#Discourse

Ugh, this @davidfrum piece comes somewhat close to understanding municipal bankruptcy (and thus state bankruptcy) but then screws it up pretty dramatically. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/04/why-mitch-mcconnell-wants-states-go-bankru
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I just woke up, im hungry and i have to get up and start my day in about five minutes or so but im having thoughts so let's talk about
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Yes #FriendlyJordies is running a Labor troll farm on facebook spreading lies & misinfo to deceive older voters in the QLD state election. Clearly being fed info & campaign material
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On non-binary gender legal recognition: let's avoid a binary framework for understanding it. There are broadly 2 positions showing up on my timeline: Trans Rights and Trans Liberation: posited as
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thinking about starting a hey! follow these unproblematic men that say smart stuff and interact with me in a nonsexual way there are actually quite a few of you (I
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A prominent area of #WhitePrivilege in US academia is in "South Asia Studies" and "Religion in South Asia." This is still an area in which blatant racism and prejudice is
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“There is almost always a convergence of politics and religion in the Maldives. Because state and religion are so interwoven, it’s hard to know where the perimeters of one ends
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Today we had a small xokam at my Mahi’s place. My Ma, as the surviving eldest child on her side of the family, guided the intricate rituals of an Assamese
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A critique AND defense of the #AEW women's division.A thread. AEW's women's division is struggling. Anyone with eyes can see that. However, I think the discourse around the division over
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Congratulations to @salma_mousa_ on the publication of her landmark study on the effects of intergroup contact on Iraqi soccer teams!https://science.sciencemag.org/content/369/6505/866 .@betsylevypaluck and I had the honor of providing our
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Difficulty discourse is back so here's a thread with links to two more threads where I discuss how what we think of difficulty is really a ton of different design
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My disconnect from modern comics really began with Joss Whedon's Astonishing X-Men run. I LOVED Grant Morrison's New X-Men. Maybe my favorite comic run ever. 1/many The problem is that
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Here's a thread, written while ago, hadn't published. Relevant now bc overemphasis of *liberal* identity politics on representation rather than material change, was *factor* in another temaNote that this's as
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THREAD: Great piece by @Scholars_Stage What jumped out at me: "what spooks them more than American weapons and soldiers are ideas—hostile ideas they believe America has embedded in the discourse
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I am *begging* everyone to have a more nuanced narrative about heartbreak and healing. I get it's in good fun but this narrative is so pervasive I've heard it in
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Happy #PansexualVisibilityDay we are valid and that statement should never be taken as an invite towards discourse!Fellow pan artists and allies feel free to share your art and socials
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