#Society

Aight, y'all are gonna get a crash course tonight whether you like it or not.Question: Do you all know what BPD is?It's a wonderful little thing called "Borderline Personality Disorder,"
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18/ Lets dive into the nature of these coordination failures; If u havent read “meditations on moloch” - https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/ u should! it is a thoughtful analysis of the animalistic forces
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The Modi government has been at pains to emphasise the virtues of PM-CARES over PMNRF in India's battle over #coronavirus, but both funds fail the test of transparency in one
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Whether you agree or not, I predicted Trump would be a 2 term president when he was elected, sitting next to my family as we sobbed. Mostly b/c we saw
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If you haven’t spent any time listening or reading about the pandemic stories of students, teachers, & staff, I recommend this 4 part audio doc series from the @nytimes on
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I've long been loath to use the word "fascism" casually -- words mean things, and those things matter. My personal rubric is the great Umberto Eco's essay "Ur-Fascism," summarized, with
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THREAD: I've realized that a lot of my script development conversations with clients revolve around the same thing: introducing as much conflict as possible. The more conflict, the more interesting
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Some (incomplete) thoughts on today’s #QueensSpeech (content note: mention of rape, gender based violence and homo/bi/transphobic persecution) (1/16) We agree that changes need to be made to the asylum system
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Look I was abused by someone in academia which shares a lot of similarities with writing communities (and often overlaps tbh) and I can tell you this:1. someone who is
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We can now read the Imperial College report on COVID-19 that led to the extreme measures we've seen in the US this week. Read it; it's terrifying. I'll offer a
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The most Beautiful Tourist attractions in Nigeria[Thread] Obudu Mountains, Cross RiverThis mountain range located in Cross River is home to the Obudu Cattle Ranch and Obudu Mountain Resort. It covers
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Donald Trump and his supporters' reaction to COVID-19 is indictment on white American pathology. That he is willing to kill us all by ignoring science shows there is something sick
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This year the annual awards ceremony corresponds w/ #graduatestudentappreciationweek, which is a great opportunity to recognize the hard work & accomplishments of our students at the MA and PhD levels!
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1/18Growing up in Tucson and going to med school @UAZMedTucson, I thought I knew a lot about #coccidioidomycosis. Definitely not!Here we discuss history, epidemiology, ecology, some cool facts about #Cocci,
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I think @DouthatNYT is largely right here. But his main caveat—“Who are you going to believe, my stats or your lying eyes?”—seems a bit understated. Because, unlike the countries Ross
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shitposting and the dadaist movement: a thread that nobody asked for so i've been writing a paper on memes because liberal
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