#Destructive

Andrew Livingstone

realandrewliv

1/12In response to a few requests, this is another thread on norms and behaviour change, with added entry points to the social psych literatureKey message: descriptive & injunctive norms are

Molly McKew

MollyMcKew

There's something about the impeachment hearings I want to raise.For all not in the tiny cone of foreign policy narrowly relating to Russia/its neighbors: it's impossible to express how weird

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

If you live in California, you have been blitzed by messages to vote for #Prop22, a rule that would allow Uber, Lyft, Postmates and other money-losing, destructive bezzles to continue

The Multibeast

themultibeast

IMO Preventing divorce and broken families starts with how we talk to pre-adolescent and adolescent boys. All other efforts are band-aids."It is easier to build strong children than to repair

Martha Crawford

shrinkthinks

I don’t think our primary problem is “public shaming”I think our dominant culture-wide problem is that we have forgotten how to make good use of our healthy guilt. We’ve become

Booker T. Marx-Snowden 🏁🐍

MacSmiff

In this country, giving charity is socialist unless you do it the right way and get the tax break. Words, generally speaking, mean next to nothing here. People just reach

ames

kiIIsmymind

DEAR PATIENCE:you’re having a hard time; letting anxiety get the best of you. you’re very emotional and just wish there were someone who would listen to you pour your heart

Oby Ezekwesili

obyezeks

The fastest route to the destruction of the social fabric of Nigeria is the Culture of Impunity.What is Impunity? It is the “exemption from punishment or freedom from the injurious

Dan Salt

danieljohnsalt

1/ The problem with these breathless articles about government is they don't actually move things forward or inform the public about the situation.They come across as more gotcha journalism -

Martin Heavy Head

mheavyhead

I don't "want the land back." That's not what decolonization means to me at all. Nobody owns the land. That is a ridiculous practise. As a Blackfoot person, I don't

Khadija

Douj_

Borderline Personality Disorder was wrongly thought to be “on the borderline of psychosis” which caused stigma for people suffering from it. In fact, BPD is a mood disorder more on

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zei_squirrel

he's been very successful at masking it, but obama really is the archetypal demagogue the ancients warned about, who employ populist rhetoric and their personal charisma to channel legitimate frustrations

Christmas in Julie 🎄

JuliaFtacek

I've been thinking more and more about Luna Younger's hair getting cut—it's been the focus of a lot of horrified reactions by trans women to the story, and for good

Gopi Shankar Madurai

gopishankarmdu

My name is Gopi Shankar Madurai.I am a #LGBTQI activist.The 'left' lobby tried to bully me off Twitter. My crime? I refused to play along with their blatant Hinduphobia &

Intro:Singularity⁷ ™

InSingularitae

A thread for you if you are struggling with self harm or thinking of doing it. I am not an expect and this is not a replacement for professional care

Annie Tan won't die for DOE

AnnieTangent

You know that feeling where you want to cry all day? Yeah, that's me. I'm so tired. Being anyone involved with @NYCSchools is tiring right now. There's not enough time