#White

Yesterday I was reading about the ideas of Girard. His first big idea is mimetic desire: when you look for the source of your desires you find that most of
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THREAD. Great, question, @JoyAnnReid! I had the same question. And for an answer, I *highly* recommend "Let Them Eat Tweets," by @Jacob_S_Hacker and Paul Pierson, which gives a clear, if
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Whole lee fuck. Bruce McDonald’s Pontypool (2008) is goddamn scare reeeeeeee. It takes place entirely inside of a radio station as a shock jock’s town is slowly overcame by what
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Okay, boys and girls and non-binary darlings, circle up. IT'S STORY-TIME. I've learned some things in the last 48 hrs re: the history of immunology that, not once during the
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I understand critiques of #Hamilton that it doesn’t center slavery enough or lionized AH. I still think the casting of these figures as immigrants of color and Black people
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With respect to issues of race, there are (1) "black folk who happen to be scholars/intellectuals", and (2) "scholars/intellectuals who happen to be black".My experience has been that the first
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In October 1918, San Francisco Health Officer William Hassler successfully lobbied the Board of Supervisors to make mask-wearing mandatory as a measure against the pandemic flu.In November, Hassler was fined
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“I’m literally so excited to report anyone I see on social media at a Halloween party breaking the Covid safety rules. Here’s the reporting link for anyone who doesn’t have
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#COVID19 and #FaceMasks:We have recently updated our guidance on face masks' use.1. Their use in the community could be considered, especially when visiting busy, closed spaces - such as grocery
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Oh my – Prof Tim Hayward of the University of Edinburgh and his pal Piers Robinson have been sharing theories that coronavirus is a bioweapon and Bill Gates is head
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Yesterday, I finished Tim Lawrence’s vivid & detailed history of NYC nightflife culture 1980-1983. It’s been refreshing under quarantine to “go out” with Keith Haring, Jellybean Benitez, Klaus Nomi and
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This needs to stop. Seasoning is not causing our health issues. I love how y’all look past unequal access to resources & medical care, being harassed by cops, being systemically
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The world clearly needed another take on Twitter vs. Trump... Here's mine: Twitter is wrong but #Section230 is right. A quick thread on this week's developments. I'm sure many people
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Heshy Tischler is doing his first radio show since his arrest. His lawyers are on the show as guests and appear to be sitting in the same room as him.
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Why you should read Marie Lu's books: a thread 1) She is an author of color and we need to support more diverse authors!! and she is also an amazing
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Are we Nazis?Are we capitalist?Are we Marxist?Are we Christian?The greatest problem my people have is that they identify with behavior and ideological conclusions instead of the cause of behavior and
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