#Institutions

The Magdalene Laundries were despicable & I was reminded of them when reading about Ballarat Female Refuge & Ballarat Asylum in Victoria. This history is very intriguing & reveals how
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1/ This is an incredible article. When people have no faith in their institutions, things that should not be leaked get leaked. It's a mix of useful information about the
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Why are people more upset at looting & the destruction of property & the blocking of roads than the murder of an innocent man!! & not just one murder, but
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@PhillyD hey saw the video today. I’m autistic person and have been very outspoken about the Next for Autism discussion. Making a quick thread to just add some thoughts and
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Trump is #actually pretty bad at politics. That's why his (net) approval rating has been historically stable and almost perennially low, and why he will very likely become the country's
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These 100 books were selected based on key factors, including originality, ambition, artistry, critical and popular reception, and influence on the fantasy genre and literature more broadly https://ti.me/2SUuo0v  Fantasy books
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THREAD: Something I think is getting lost in all this is, our institutions (just barely) did hold back an authoritarian onslaught like this country hasn’t seen in the modern era.
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Trump’s election in 2016 was not the beginning of the attack on America, but the culmination. By the time he announced, all of our major institutions (media, intel, electoral politics)
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The "oh, Acme Co. will solve the problem" answer to the postal crisis is the product of a civic derangement where too many have simply failed to learn the fundamental
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One reason pundits' criticisms of professors lead to dysfunctional conversations is that pundits view the criticism as punching up and many professors view the criticism as punching down. I'll try
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Quick announcement: I am discontinuing access to the viewable version of our tech statement database. We've made it public for the last 6-weeks and we're now keeping it private for
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1865: In a statement to Congress, President Abraham Lincoln states, β€œI have two great enemies, the Southern Army in front of me, and the financial institutions in the rear. Of
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Today’s #ChauvinTrial verdict is a long-overdue step for accountability, yet tremendous work remains if we want to eliminate the systemic racism that persists in all of our institutions - including
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so helpful to read a lockdown critical article from a leftist position, which is a perspective I share. Lockdowns, in my view, protect the healthy and financially well-off, enforcing working
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Many ppl who find success in coercive settings leave w/ a bootstrap mentality b/c they learn saying 'yes' + 'buying in' can make their lives easier. So let's be sure
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I have never been on a protest march before.Previously, they never made sense to me. I doubted their ability to influence events and always thought there were more effective ways
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