#Social

(Long thread--but worth reading)I received lots of pushback (including some pretty nasty comments) on my tweets re. the most recent “Nobel Prize” in economics. I believe that most comments reflect
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A few days ago, the @guardian published an article criticising the launch of @CambridgeZero, @Cambridge_Uni’s ‘bold response to the world’s greatest challenge’, as a PR stunt and an attempt to
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1)He’s wrong. I spoke to my psychologist father in law about this. The reason many people fall for conspiracies isn’t poverty (you didn’t see BIPOC storming the Capitol in mass):
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It's not racist to say Joe Biden ain't black, though it could be in some connotations, but objectively speaking Joe Biden is white. Just look at him, you have to
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But the one thing I pride myself on the most in terms of service is something you can guarantee won't happen in privatized, for-profit model. UPS, FedEx, Amazon, DHL, etc
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Bon thread sur les standards de beauté feminins a travers le monde parce que vous pensez trop que les complexes et les normes datent d’instagram.https://twitter.com/callmesweetyzer/status/1264303698869735429 Mauritanie : « Le leblow 
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Probably not in any detail but the use of fake social media profiles and fake emails specifically to make advertising data worthless is a thing going back years.So the troll
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Sooooo .... Iowa's happening tomorrow and it is looking to be an absolute nightmare. It's a thread guys.The polls have been super weird but ... well this is why this
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thread on periods, birth control, etc ~weird to say but i always enjoy discussing periods with other girls. growing up i never really had a lot of info and everytime
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Nigeria does not have the resources to susatin a prolonged lockdown. The economic situation is dire, the government launched an agressive taxation policy to attempt to remedy this, bumping up
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Gaza is on the verge of a wider COVID-19 outbreak. Cases are increasing by the hour. COVID-19 will be the final straw to an already aggravating situation. Here's why COVID-19
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Thread (sorry). This piece by @TomMcTague was the best thing I read yesterday on John Hume, because instead of hailing him as a saint, it explored the compromises he had
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Giving this another plug. Ofsted is questioned over why the removal of pupils' from a school roll is described as off-rolling in one school inspection report but not in another.https://www.tes.com/news/exclusive-ofsted-challenged-rolling-consiste
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anti racism resources for white ppl: a thread PLEASE point me towards additional resources if you feel so inclined! Google doc that includes articles, children’s educational resources, podcasts, books, organizations
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Join us online at #Raisina2021 tomorrow onwardsRegister https://www.orfonline.org/raisina-dialogue/Watch it LIVE on the following Social Media Channels:Twitter — @orfonline Facebook — http://facebook.com/orfonline YouTube — http
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I don’t know how else to put it. Lots of media outlets find Iranian butcher Qasem Soleimani more sympathetic than Bari Weiss. THREADWe’ll start with @CNN. Soleimani was “revered and
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