#Institutions

Wokal Distance

wokal_distance

1/DISRUPT! DISMANTLE! DECONSTRUCT!Wokies say that all the time because in woke world to "disrupt, dismantle, and deconstruct" refers to a specific set of strategies for attacking something. So, let's talk

Big Prof.

MightiJamie

I am not sure about these unilateral decisions by social media networks. Especially in anticipation of future behavior. They do this for someone we hate or someone who is hated,

The Public Archive

public_archive

Academics could gain a certain clarity about themselves if they acknowledged that being an academic is a job, not a mission, and that being an intellectual is merely a form

sententiae antiquae

sentantiq

A thread on that Katz op-ed.Let’s leave aside the fact that writing for Q-llette (and heterodox etc) is an act to consciously affiliate oneself with a particular POV, one in

Waqas

worqas

Our treatment of minorities should definitely be better but we have never claimed to be custodians of liberty, fraternity, egalité, nor have we bombed poorer countries thousands of miles away

Marc Normandin

Marc_Normandin

This will sound goofy but it tells you a lot, I think, in terms of reading the room. Gideon's first major campaign ad featured her wearing a Patagonia jacket. In

荊楚土農

Hubei_Peasant

1. This is an interesting point, and has spawned an interesting but chaotically sprawling discussion, so I'll try to organise my comments and rebuttals hereBroadly, there are kernels of truth

tea, with bourbon (they/them)

ColonizedLocal

it’s very weird how y’all don’t expect anybody to be critical of your “political faves..”well, it’s not weird, it’s sad.it’s like y’all forget they’re human and that others have *actually*

Ezra Klein

ezraklein

What we're seeing from Trump and his allies today is an autocratic attempt. It's not a competent one, and it probably won't be an effective one. But that's what it

Robert Saunders

redhistorian

There are important differences between Trump and Johnson, but I'm wary of the idea that Johnson is "liberal" and Trump "authoritarian". I fear this overstates Johnson's "liberalism", and risks missing

Sarah Gardiner

S_B_Gardiner

Thread. A jumble of emotions as Pres Biden signed the first round of executive orders, including repeal of the Muslim Ban. I was a consular officer serving in Madrid when

Ella Road 🐞🌈🌍

Ella_Road

The whole artist team @TRPlymouth - a theatre I’ve had the honour to work with for 3yrs - are about to be made redundant. This won’t be the only theatre

Dr. Simran Jeet Singh

SikhProf

I understand that talking about religion in public is complicated, and that the upside is hard to quantify.But if we let universities strip away their commitments to religious diversity, we

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Dr_Tad

We're living through a crazy period. Covid has made everything much clearer. Politics-as-usual is now more obviously the formal, negative administration of society by a political sphere that is hostile

Ahmed Baba

AhmedBaba_

To be a Republican right now is to put one man above your country.It’s to be in total opposition to democracy itself, and specifically, one that allows Black people equal

FlyingShotLake

Ken_Meen

Of the many serious faults of the Kenney govt, the one that is most troublesome is the hiding of information and manipulation of facts behind decisions that prevent citizens from

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