#Language

drew 💫

shinysocialist

some context: i’m a first generation american. my parents were both born in Israel proper. grandparents on moms side born in Egypt, on dads side grandma Egypt, grandpa Hungary. all

Patrick Duce

PatrickDuce

Instead of shouting at the “migrant invasion” headlines thrust your way, cast your eyes this way instead… A short thread on language & framing of migrant destitution, #NRPF & good

Miquel Duran Frigola

mduranfrigola

OK, I am ready to send a draft of my second fiction book to the editor. I'll be sending 1/3 of the book. Deadline was September 2016 (!). In this

🧟Sia's Semi-reincarnated Simulacrum

digitalkai

Do you watch tv series with subtitles, even when you understand the language?Do you often need people to repeat what they just said?Do people often tell you to lower your

Helen Pluckrose has returned to Hermit Mode

HPluckrose

He's not having a discussion. First he said we confuse current critical theories with the Frankfurt School & we showed we distinguish them clearly. Then he said we see the

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mysticquartzz

{ thread }stop fetishizing asian people.. i have noticed ever since anime and k-pop started getting viewed and followed by western audiences. and i noticed a problem that started to

Tako Schotanus

5esse

An awesome new @jbangdev release! https://github.com/jbangdev/jbang/releases/tag/v0.34.0We're especially proud of two features we think are really useful: automatically install Java when needed and something we call "implicit catal

AAH REAL MONSTERS (still keaton)

Iamphouse

i lost my arrival au wip thread but i'm nearly done the first update and: i love them, your honor [always sunny theme] "The Gang Quits Their Jobs to Hang

Elvis Buñuelo

Mr_Considerate

An interesting and thorough look at the right-wing troll formerly known as @millionheartsuk and now known as @SW1Forum.https://twitter.com/troll_research/status/1327568393571020802?s=20 @SW1Forum has an obtrusive interest in identifying ‘

rui!

yibolimbo

to preface, I am a proponent of the "just let them fuck" dynamic in fic/art, but I noticed something weird about ao3 tagging in this fandom today: thread if you're

Thomas Lecaque

tlecaque

Stop this crap. Stop it. "Literal cannibals" ok, cute some sources. We've got plenty of examples of cannibalism in Europe--specific circumstances and motivations, and everyone being horrified. These two continents

rie. hanbin quiz 📌

onlyhubi

a #hanbin crack au wherein he started a mention party on his account, replying to every hannies, but then he accidentally spoiled something that isn't supposed to be out yet.

Alan Henness Esq.

zeno001

Hi @SwanmoreCollege The Equality Monitoring Form in your job application asks, under the heading 'Gender Identity', "How would you describe your gender identity?'...http://swanmore-school.co.uk/general-information/vacancies

Julian Sanchez

normative

That’s... so obviously false I don’t even know where to start. Apple doesn’t even have majority market share in the markets it competes in.https://twitter.com/rollcall/status/1313617543656017922 The idea that Facebook has a

marie❀

marieseverytime

my first opinion on every song of positions : a thread shut up : the intro is the most magical, it makes me very happy. i love it a lot,

Rachel Coldicutt

rachelcoldicutt

I absolutely get the need for ambitious, galvanising language but describing rolling out a mass testing programme as “Operation Moonshot” makes me really, very uncomfortable https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/london-playbook/politico-lo