#Society

Today we sent a legal notice to BECIL against a tender for procurement of fact verification and disinformation detection tools which will lead to mass surveillance of social media users.
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Ok, so today’s thread is going to serve as a lesson on language, ableism and just how deeply it’s engrained in our society and I want to talk about the
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Serious overthinking incoming...Oh, so, the Empire in Star Wars. Other than the Emperor's personal power trip, what IS it? What is its moral basis, its socio-economic basis, its legal framework?
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Thread on racial/ ethnic inequalities. 1/ Recent headlines in the UK & US show that institutionalised racism still exists, outside the context of COVID, directly related to COVID and, given
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My favorite political ideology is environmentalism for i am not only a citizen of my country but also a citizen who is aware of my responsibility to love and protect
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It is possible to joke & meme about silly trends or even rampant ideologies however maybe we shouldn't? If even for the sole reason that those trends and horrible ideologies
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I got arrested when I was sixteen for possession of marijuana in San Antonio, Texas. Here's what happened, and, if you read to the end, here's the effect it had
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10 years ago I spent some time in Beijing working on a project which helped enhance the advocacy capabilities of Chinese environmental NGOs (ENGOs) /1 Together with American and Chinese
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TW // Lil Cal , BroThis will be a thread because I don’t know how to word it concisely. I’ve talked a lot in the past about the affects of
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Anyone who is interested in the deeper dynamics of our current political crisis should be reading Del Noce. Period. It's absolutely stunning how prophetic and prescient he was. Woke capitalism.
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Mental Health resources: starting a thread on all the free helplines available. Please add any you know to the thread.My go to helpline is @iCALLhelpline they have been doing this
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#JusticeForGeorgeFloyd(A THREAD)To those who are looting, STOP. I completely understand why you're doing it, but that only creates more problems and sets us back from the progress we as a
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I am EXTREMELY DELIGHTED -- like, OVER THE MOON -- to announce that @thehikarism will direct the 'Eleanor & Park' film being produced by @picturestart and Plan B Entertainment. .@thehikarism
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April 21st OPTION: Halton Regional Council has expressed strong concern about loss of agriculture land and negative impacts that growth beyond the existing settlement area boundary will have on future
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just bc a majority of christians that are awful are the ones that get put out on social media more, does not mean all christians are that way. the christians
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This month it’ll be a whole year since I was elected as President of @CardiffUniCons! Rather apt occasion to check out what we’ve achieved thus far! https://twitter.com/jameswallice/status/1118529780830359553 Our memberships
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