#Schools

Private schools are engines of inequality. Their promotion of individualist identitarianism is a way to distract from their role as pillars of class society: a way to make everyone feel
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this is a great graphic from @LaffersNapkinconsider what this means if you do random testing among mildly or asymptomatic peoplethey are (or were) contagious for 10 days, max.they can test
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St. Paul presentation on winter plowing: The city activates staff up to 36 hours before a heavy snow forecast to de-ice streets. Here’s the order of operations: Do you call
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Thread: some updates and highlights for followers new and old!I've been somewhat quiet #OnHere lately, but this interview is one of the things I've been working on, and I'm quite
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⁦@EnserMark⁩ - like this! I tell kids, ‘Only 26 letters & the French keep using same letters all the time. How hard can it be?’ Then I run TOWARDS bits
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Around an hour away (or less) from the Silicon Valley, there are many communities with limited to no broadband access and a dire lack of affordable, reliable internet connection at
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THREAD: Last week, IDPH reported the COVID death of a Cook Co female in her 20s. My research indicates this death is a suicide that occurred in May.At a time
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This is my mum, she’s 83 and has got dementia. She met my dad in 1962 when she worked for the British Army as a translator. My dad was in
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What I really want to know about #covid19 beyond the fatality rate:>R0: is it 2.7? 3? 5?>Hospitalization rate among infected>Temp/Perm disabling rate among infected.Many people don't realize that a disease
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Over the last 2 years a rash of crowdfunders have suddenly popped up from a handful of anti-trans “gender critical” individuals. Some have had single donations over £12k from anonymous
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As a professional-class white parent whose children attended predominantly African-American public schools, I was surprised how angry I became listening to the brilliant “Nice White Parents” podcasts--And how I was
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Thread: A sacrosanct element of American democracy is the secret ballot. Voter intimidation is still a real threat, but we know once we're in the booth it's up to the
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Is Secularism a joke in India ?The preamble of the constitution states that India is a secular state and this word was added in the constitution after 42nd amendment act
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leaving aside all the censorship issues and partisan assclownery of "ideas so correct they must be protected from scrutiny and opposing viewpoints" i think we actually start to land on
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If anyone wonders wtf is wrong with me, this is my home townhttps://twitter.com/wilcre/status/1315634428857774080 The walls of reality are thin in the Maritimes. I’m pretty sure I’ve shared a drink with
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Live Dream Journal. Last dream was of so many dreams at one time (thousands) and dealt with someone then offering me a stage to tell the story of my ideas.So,
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