#CULTURE

China is responsible for the virus. But to call a wet market 'primitive' is the sign of someone from a culture deeply insulated from its supply chains. Someone who has
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here’s a thread of lgbt films with poc representation disclaimer: i’m using the poc definition of anyone who isn’t white or european. while some of these movies have characters that
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Aaaand the Republican National Convention opens night 2 "Land of Promise" with some blatant transphobia All justified by the First Amendment, something something freedom of religion. "The radical left's god
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disclaimer:before i disclose this, i want to say that i do not condone “cancellation culture” and “bullying” person(s) for their words and actions. i also do not condone “blindly protecting”
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1-2 hari max for Paris? Are you crazy? Nak habiskan Louvre je will take 2 days. I spent 10 days in Paris museum and cafe hopping. Easily THE cultural centre
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So, a recent discussion on Twitter has reminded me that the military is a subculture, and that means having quite a few -isms that aren't immediately clear to folks who
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With Halloween less than three weeks away, this is a good time to share a few things about what you shouldn't do on Halloween: 1) Someone's race, ethnicity, culture, religion,
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Just had a sobering discussion. What I though was misinformation about .NET as a technical platform was actually a much more valid rejection of the .NET community. An entire group
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Been seeing too many dumb arguments on my timeline about whether an algorithm that's racially biased by data is the fault of the algorithm or the data. Not seeing enough
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S/O to @Carla_Zano A homie that has never doubted me, always advocates for me and let’s me (and others) know I’m decent at what I do. She’s a real
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The more I read the #Lancetgate #hydroxychloroquine study the more implausible any of it seems ~40% of ALL African #COVID19 deaths captured in a comprehensive electronic hospital database and cared
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My contrarian opinions (among VCs) about the Dev Tools space: (1/many)In the spirit of strong opinions, weakly held... * You can’t “just” build a dev platform on top of
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People are thinking too small these days. What would you do if you had a BILLION dollars? (other than 2 chicks at the same time, obv) Small amounts of money
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Well, I've had the weekend to round up the responses to my column on cancel culture, so now I'll run through them. A lot of them will be familiar from
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I've been thinking about something I'm calling 'issue escalation'. I can't be the first to think of it, so it probably has a different official name, but it is something
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A quick thread on the data behind how you run interviews, and how much difference it makes...1/ In 1998 Schmidt & Hunter published their study analysing at 85 years of
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