#Speech

it's later than i planned, but this is a thread of what i wanted to say after seeing violet evergarden: the movie.no spoilers (1/9) there are things i'd say about
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to me, this chapter, and the meteor speech is fundamentally about coming to terms with your lack of agency in the world and accepting what you can and cannot control.
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Ten Reasons Why We Must #SaveIndieBookstores, a thread: 1. Indie bookstores support new voices in ways algorithmic, online shopping cannot. Booksellers in indie stores take pride in finding, reading, highlighting,
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I know, for journalists, that seeing the layperson comment on newspaper cuts can be frustrating. But asking the reader/customer to offer up money for reasons of principle, not just product
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I really enjoy listening to the #weareinbeta podcast but for a variety of reasons I have fallen significantly behind, much like I did in 2019. Today I'm planning to 'binge-listen'
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A very happy birthday to the legendary actor, Al Pacino. People point to Scent of a woman as Al's best performance because of his Oscar win for that role and
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Free speech is a constitutionally protected right, but it has limits. Notably, it does not extend to incitement of violence or efforts to intimidate voters. In the event of civil
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1. I've talked a bit before about how the right wing of British Labour (Starmer and co) and the right wing of the Conservatives (Spiked et al) are both staffed
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1. OK, @BernieSanders, @davidsirota, @ninaturner, @briebriejoy, @fshakir, it is long past time to sharpen the message. Unprecedented times demand BOLD LEADERSHIP, not a return to the status quo that gave
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Mandated reading at Ashoka University /1 Inglorious Bestards movie rat speech - https://youtu.be/YTFdjs_QGWc Evoke disgust for a living being and people will easily harm it. /2 What's with this targeted demonization
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After getting tear gassed last night in Portland, a member of the protest's new "Wall of Vets" said the gas was so strong it was leaving burns on his skin.He
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this tweet is so dangerouskatie hopkins is one of the main people who spreads the narrative that being called a racist is worse than being a racistpeople buy into this
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As a rightwinger outraging over #swedenriots, I say that we MUST take full advantage of it. You see, things like these are NOT easy to defend, and we can use
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That,sooner or later,the power sharers of Pakistan will fall out of step with each other is a foregone conclusion.This has been Pakistan’s political history. Examples 1)ZAB went rogue after the
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1. All right, fine, I'm waiting for a frozen pizza to cook, might as well rant about libertarianism in the meantime. I wanna focus not on the psychology of adherents
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Normalisation of a repressive regime? Nothing about this govt is normal - think back 1 year and compare the amount of the following to today HonestyOpennessIntegritySelflessnessObjectivityAccountabilityLeadership (as in leading by
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