#Discourse

i constantly think about pacific rim's "in order to fight monsters, we created monsters of our own". in science fiction you have two different approaches when it comes to monsters.
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The #localgov role in the #COVIDー19 response is being massively underplayed by govt & national media. Perhaps because it’s so wide-ranging & as always with councils, heavily skewed towards supporting
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There has been so much about discourse about show vs books even it comes to Kaz. Let’s talk about what they got right.1. Highlighting that he’s a thief by showing
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This is....not strictly true. Or at least there are so many neurodivergencies are still named with the word Disorder in them. Also, neurodivergencies DO still create disorder & distress sometimes,
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my other esoteric ttrpg take for the night: i don't really think it's accurate to describe playing a game (including storygames) as 'telling a story'. why? well, it doesn't actually
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1/ I'm a Planner. My profession believes in placemaking. But I also acknowledge that my profession built cities on the basis of segregation, racism, and violence. We did and we
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Woody was more abusive in Toy Story than Lilo in her movie.Woody had position, power, and privilege and was threatened by his own ego when Buzz arrived. With just a
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This is a hell of a thread. All tech like this start with idea that it will ONLY be used for good things. Blatant abuse of lawful interception is a
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seein lyric discourse on tl and all i can say is that i’m a lyrics person all the way but only with artists i know who can deliver...there’s no point
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Indeed, This book is a miracle , it's unique fusion metrical and non metrical composition, which is present throughout the whole Quran cannot be found in any Arabic book, past
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Twitter has gotten to the point where hashtags do nothing other than confuse and reduce the impact of what you’re saying, with few exceptions for specific use cases (like events
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I've been meaning to talk about the general decay in the discourse on this platform & possible ways to counter it in a way that helps us achieve our goals.I'd
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The conservative right only pretend to care about feminism when they can use it to defend their own patriarchal handmaidens from the mean, nasty left. @MagdaSzubanski, I’m so sorry you’re
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Stop saying metal shouldn’t be political. It’s always been political. Did y’all really listen to “War Pigs” and never read the lyrics? If you want politics out of your art,
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had enough of reality lately, retreating to the sea for a bit. daily diet of low level c programming, long walks along the shore and reading ctrlcreep's book at the
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saw some people saying "the media is lying about supposed leftist content creators"I spoke to someone about this earlier today, and I do have thoughts. these creators have served their
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