#Commons

Talk of getting out of the WA is not new; in March 2019, the Commons Lib explored whether the UK would have any grounds for termination (in whole or in
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The government denied the motion to extend free school meals to help the most vulnerable children over the holidays. Their argument is the following: 1. It’s the job of parent
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Why this is very, very bad. A thread from me, an anthropologist: #ethics #anthropology #Facebook #FB #morals #privacy #trust #security #surveillance #sociability https://twitter.com/lfdodds/status/1306289250220953602 1) The first problem wi
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The last couple of days, and the weeks leading to #OER20, have been pretty intense but very enjoyable, despite the tough times and changing plans. It has been fantastic to
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A thread on “now we’re 64” in 2021.Having reflected on the result and the SNP being one seat short of a majority, I think the result we have is on
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The Internet we have today is because of the contribution and sacrifices of so many geniuses we don't know. One such genius was Aaron Swartz.In 2013, 26 year old Aaron
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High-stakes tests are garbage, pedagogically bankrupt assessment tools that act as a form of empirical facewash for "meritocracy."1/ They primarily serve as a way for wealthy parents to buy good
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The most radical invention of modernity is despatialized place, or the creation of non-places. Think: the shopping mall or the suburban subdivision: simply locations where individuals inhabit; not places where
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As promised, the oldest continuously used structure on earth, the Fish Traps. Baiami Ngunnhu are timeless the guide said today. Brad, a local man and museum guide told us a
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On Monday we published new research with @RunnymedeTrust on ethnic disparities in Covid which found that 58,000 additional people would have died if white communities faced the same level of
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1/n. We were discussing this comic by @xkcd while examining simulated lunar regolith, today. It came from this great piece about research by physicist Dr. Karen Daniels on why SAND
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1. On Monday we published new research with @IPPR on ethnic disparities in Covid which found that 58,000 additional people would have died if white communities faced the same level
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Remember:1) 55% of people live in poverty so severe they can't achieve basic nutrition2) Arctic sea ice is vanishing triggering chaotic jet stream disruption leading to increasingly extreme Northern Hemisphere
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PSA:please, please, please check out the live streams of this movement happening right now, the media and social media bias on this topic are extremely distorted. Check out what is
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I emailed my MP. I advise you to, too. A massive, sustained outcry and demand for justice is the only thing we can do. To those thinking "it won't make
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Remember the "urban farming" wave, whose most prominent proponent was the youtuber Curtis Stone, author of "The Urban Farmer?" Stone is now a covid-denying trumpist who believes in impending civilizational
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