#Crises

Blaming the lack of adequate social provision on 'humanity' when it is 100% class inequality, austerity, and neoliberalism which you *have never questioned or interrogated ever* is exceptionally on-brand @CBC.
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So I just happen to glance at my "What's Happening" side bar and see trending "Rigby Middle School" with no context. I have not seen the news. My brain:My thought
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HM Treasury has done an incredible job to rescue the formal economy: most businesses, workers & self-employed have had a lifeline. The biggest gap now - and it stretches right
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Vivre avec des délires de persécution (PTSD/Dépression). Un thread.Certain-e-s d'entre vous le savent, je suis en sévère dépression depuis presque 10 ans, j'ai également un syndrome de stress post-traumatique. Ça
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Spent some time this morning thinking about the 7 Deadly Sins - lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy, and pride. As I read, it occurred to me that, in effect,
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So the ad-hoc cmte on Police Reform concluded quickly & quietly after hearing the report back on alternative models for non-violent crisis response and public comment in support of keeping
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I keep writing and deleting tweets about this, but here we go. One of the most insidious contributors to poor staff mental health is the effect of so-called "reasonable adjustments"
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Some days it is just mandatory to face a slog through the pandemic blues. Our state is breaking records for cases, hospitalizations and intubations. Worse than when we went into
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When it comes to Israel, every rule, every law, every expectation is inverted. Some observations from myself and others: Gazans send missiles into Israel. Silence. Israel responds, uproar. Slews of
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It's weird that aesthetic is spoken about like it's a personality trait for *every*one. Some days I want to be punk some days I look like a cargo shorts dad
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THREAD: Gov* Kemp announced that some businesses will reopen Friday. Meanwhile, Georgia ranks 43rd in testing and has the 14th highest infection rate in the US, overwhelming rural hospitals already
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As if you needed another reason to vote. This is a historic constitutional crisis in the making—Trump’s Order Sets the Stage for Loyalty Tests for Thousands of Feds if he
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Getting tired of this whole ‘champion of small business’ rhetoric that National tries to label itself with. As a small business owner for over 20yrs, this Labour led govt has
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Banks are safer today, but tighter regulations have just squeezed risks into the bigger, more opaque world of asset managers, hedge funds, private equity, direct lenders and mortgage trusts. My
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Brexit has started to be A Thing again. Which is weird. But I’m told it’s my job to… you know… engage with it. So. Storytime. Companies have obviously been dealing
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*takes deep breath* I'm thinking about checking out of DSA for good because convention broke my brain and I can't pretend like I'm not still mad about it a year
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