#Conversations

Many people are stressed by social media, especially Twitter.Here is what I do to keep my sanity: 1. Be selective who you follow. Choose uplifting people and people you enjoy
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I'm working on a Tolkien-related ep, & I'm reminded of my favorite anecdote from the notoriously conflict-averse JRR - in 1938 a German publisher wanted to publish a translation of
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I'm puzzled by the state of the AI community today regarding ethics. It's so difficult to assess that not even @le_science4all has a complete picture. This is very problematic because
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Community Colleges are extraordinary, rivaling only branch public universities for their impact on American higher ed. The obsession with elite universities in our elite publications isn't surprising, but it's bad
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If you're not here, why not? This panel is for YOU!Panel Discussion 15 - This Panel Is for You (Yes, You!): Creating an Inclusive Culture of Allyship to Fix the
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this discourse is people conflating different two meanings of protect by "protect children" they mean "youre not allowed to post adult things on your 18+ account" and when folk are
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The influence of friends on your self esteem & growth is often under rated. Some years ago, I had a friend who always focused on what was wrong with things
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1. As somebody who did door-to-door for 4 years I am very keen on being able to immediately assess personality and genuineness. Current dissenters of ADOS all have very similar
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Once the AST heard that the position of Arsenal’s Supporter Liaison Officer (SLO) Mark Brindle was under threat from a restructuring we immediately contacted Arsenal to express our deep concern.
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Across all political & ideological commitments, there's a movement today away from civil discourse & towards signalling, dunking, & mindless pile-ons. It's aided (or caused) by the amplification dynamics encoded
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ThreadIt still amazes me how much traction/justification Trump gets from people who claim that "he tells it like it is". I had a brief conversation with a highly intelligent/educated woman
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In this project, the "hadouken" element in the logo was realized after I sat and learned about what the client values most. Let's talk a bit about one of the
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Above and beyond all discourse on reviews, lists, tagging, whatever...I really dislike when "reviews are for readers" (as strongly as I agree with it) is used as a shield for
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[CW: sexual violence]When someone is sexually assaulted, a common response from people around them is "You have to make a police report!" Many bystanders see reporting as a step towards
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The performance and accessibility conversations on web frameworks is the same one for the climate crisis and the pandemic:Most of the impact is controlled systemically, yet we focus the convo
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ON TEACHING CHARACTER WRITING (thread):Now, right off the bat, I'm speaking "against" a paradigm that everyone subscribes to and a lot of people have succeeded doing. That is the end
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