#Power

I’m about to dive into the UC STTF report. This won’t be quick (days?) and will take some windy digressions, but I’ll thread1. 50 “College Board” mentions (ht @JonBoeckenstedt)2. 7
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Quotes with no context: “I want to tell that tiny Alpha that he may be fertile but that doesn’t mean that he can fuck.” “Jeremih has a catalogue ya dumb
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What exactly happened in the Eurozone this week? Something about a German court & the ECB?It's complicated, but has implications for the Eurozone's #COVID19 recovery & the EU itself.What follows
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Starting a book thread on a book about a "free" "democratic" boarding school that's been operating since the 1920's, written by a guy who worked there for years. I've read
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THREAD/ I didn't write this. I had to share it. "100 reasons to vote for #JoeBiden that don't mention Trump."1.) $15.00 federal minimum wage2.) Reinstate DACA – allowing new applicants
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Celebrating five years of Shadowproof (@shadowproofcom) today. There was never guarantee we would succeed and still be here. Fortunately, we have journalists, members, & donors who believe in us, and
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The X-FilesCome along friends, now let me tell you a story "I might as well just kill myself, life is meaningless. I'm just a clump of cells anyways. God doesn't
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We've had a few days to reflect on wanting to spend & "into oblivion"Not encouraging. But are Arms Races really that bad?Let's turn to the data!https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-usa-armscontrol-idUSKBN22X2LS Let'
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THREADA chronically-ill lady's top tips/tricks/advice on working from home, self-care, planning & organisation, and other miscellaneous bits and bobs. Enjoy! T This thread is going to take me a while,
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Woke tribalization - *&* reflexive anti-Wokeness tribalization that occurs in response - can nurture undesirable & ultimately personally & socially destructive impulses & behavior *in us*.Tribalization makes us blinder, more
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HAPPY ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH!!!! MY FAVORITE MONTH OF THE YEAR!!!! I'm gonna spend this entire month shouting out the amazing people who work hard, shatter barriers and
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Listening to Pride and Predujice for the first time and Mrs Bennet was JUST about to describe the lace on one of Mr Bingley's sister's dresses and Mr Bennet cut
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At this point it’s pretty clear the issue isn’t just Trump’s mental health but also that of the millions of Republican enablers who support his sociopathy and cognitive impairment. He’s
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Financial capital outpaces the installation of new technologies, in part because financial capital is responsible for speculating new technologies into existence. Speculation fuels capital growth, and with capital a group
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So I notice the final two twilight movies are "breaking dawn parts 1 and 2" - are they actually just two halves of one story? And if so, should I
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Jumping out of that fascinating Webster school board meeting to monitor tonight's @RochesterPAB meeting. You can follow along here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-snc9nfSBM Executive Director Conor Dwyer-Reynolds is going over the po
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