#Autonomy

This Day in Labor History: April 7, 1947. Telephone operators for the major phone companies walked off the job in a strike that led to the formation of the Communication
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Today I would like to revisit the 'independence' myth.I've just read an ABA enthusiast saying that 'many' autistic people won't be 'independent'.No-one is.It has always been a myth, this independence
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It’s tough to be an intern!As a resident, 1st priority is to provide quality care for our patients & 2nd our interns.Here is a series of tweets on ways residents
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This is a personal thread, reflecting on where I've been and where I'm headed. It's also about "chronic suicidality" and access to healing and who knows what else, I haven't
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#ThreadAs it’s the one year of #Kashmir losing its autonomy, I’m re-sharing all the pieces that I wrote over the last one year. Starting with this one where I explained
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I think it's time to discuss the efficacy of Pull Request Reviews as a way to ensure code quality and shared understanding on software teams. Here's a little thread on
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To continue my discussion of the harmful & pseudoscientific nature of broad swaths of modern US education, I want to bring in my work as a literary dignity activist (Google
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An obituary for @myceliorum, a titan of disability advocacy.This is going to be long. Amelia "Mel" "Voicy" Baggs, also once known as Amanda Baggs, was angry, and insightful, and changed
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VIDEO THREAD:#Sudan’s government celebrates the signing of a peace agreement in #Juba, but key questions remain:•How comprehensive is the deal? •Does it address the root causes of Sudan’s conflicts? •Are
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In our second webinar, @PravinSawhney spoke with clarity and eloquence on subjects that he has been dealing with for decades. He elucidated on the future of the trilateral security landscape
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San Francisco reported 730 overdose deaths last year, on a population of around 800k. Nearly one in a thousand known to be dead from drug overdoses. That makes Covid look
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University education is a privilege even in developed parts of the world. Basic education is a fundamental human right. Right to free and compulsory primary education. Right to available and
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1/ Jess Varnish has lost her employment/worker status appeal against British Cycling. You can read about it on all good British news websites, but I guarantee none will focus on
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I'm never one to do the watch a horror (or horror adjacent) movie every day of October, but so far have seen Spiral, Underworld, and Amsterdamned. The last was never
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My Core Thesis for Tesla (a thread): By 2022, the world will have “normalized” what is now considered science fiction: the concept of a robotaxi. Tesla price target of $5k
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I am one step from making a damn widget to filter out American news, stories, entertainment, to get a damn break from time to time. Also Google doesn't let us
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