#Poor

Sami Jiries

samijiries

In my Akkadian class, we recently came across the word muškēnu, which is obviously cognate to Arabic مِسكين miskīn. So naturally, I decided to look into its origins and exactly

Sharbatanu Chatterjee | শর্বতনু চট্টোপাধ্যায়

sharbat_c

It's this strange man's birthday. I say strange because such an Anglophile I doubt ever existed even back in the day, and yet his œuvre in Bengali is formidable.I really

Magdalene Visaggio

MagsVisaggs

growing up poor, i have a condition i like to call "poverty brain."- i dont use credit cards because i dont want to be on the hook for something in

Molson Hart

Molson_Hart

Can you pay up for the standard model?It’s usually a mistake to purchase an irregular version of a product because it fits your needs and is cheaper.The future is more

Declan Gaffney

djmgaffneyw4

Work in progress. Decided to chart 'absolute' child poverty on the current official definition back to 1961 to illustrate why it is not absolute and why you shouldn't use it

Andy Slavitt @ 🏡🇺🇸

ASlavitt

COVID Update December 7: The first tranche of Joe Biden’s health team was announced today.The picks have been roundly cheered by everyone in health care. They send several key messages.

Don Milton

Don_Milton

WHO released a new "Scientific Brief" on Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 today. New recommendations are a mixed bag, some good to hear but others are a real problem. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/modes-of-transmission-of-viru

Agoraphobic Before It Was Yule

tbq_

I'm not going to help some asshole rank higher in the algorithm by RTing them, but speaking as somebody currently on food stamps as you may imagine I have Thoughts

briguy

dat_briguy

Montreal and Toronto both have municipal snow removal for their sidewalks. The only reason we're even debating whether it's a good idea for MPLS is because Americans have been so

Ebony Elizabeth Thomas

Ebonyteach

I mean, I'm a mentor and advisor. I hear things. I learn things. Some of it I truly do not want to know.Pre-Internet youth culture was different. But some of

Rufus Hound 💙

RufusHound

Hi,I have a genuine question about mental health.I feel sad, angry & let down by this country. These feelings have fundamentally changed who I am and how I am.But I

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JeromePVA

the ken and dearra situations proves what I’ve talked about for a while now.rich or poor, when men serve no higher, intentionally crafted purpose, they give up on their values

Sumeet Mhaskar

sumeetmhaskar

The privileged around the world deliberately conflate *poverty* with socio-economic marginalisation based on caste, gender, race and ethnicity. Let me share a few pointers from my labour courses! @AmbedkarCaravan @Profdilipmandal

Illiberal Democrat

Me_Predictor

Good time to revisit this thread nowOn some of the parameters, things turned out better than what was then anticipated (1/n)https://twitter.com/Me_Predictor/status/1261925824032395264 Salaried upper middle classes seem to have withstood sho

Doug Cameron

DougCameron51

So Sen Paterson, purportedly a member of the “Wolverine” group is being touted by NewsCorp as the next chair of the intelligence and security committee.The committee is described as “powerful”

Robert J. DeNault

robertjdenault

NPR: Biden considering Merrick Garland, Sally Yates, Deval Patrick, Doug Jones for Attorney General. All are incredibly qualified. Garland comes with the bonus of stepping away from a lifetime appointment

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