#Society

Been thinking about that line in the Independent Group announcement, about "policies that are evidence-based, not based on ideology", and how crazy it is that so many people whove worked
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So the transphoberati have been insisting “trans people don’t believe biological sex exists!”. And a lot of voices I love are pointing out that that’s not true, just that it’s
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Sigh. I wrote a whole book about what Americans in the 1790s thought about the French Revolution, and how that French-inspired wave of transatlantic radicalism shaped American politics, so I
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America doesn’t lack riots because we have a good system—we lack riots because the Red Scare stomped out all of our growing leftist movements and that impact is still felt
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My gosh, the nerve! THRILLED and AMAZED that President Trump BANNED "Critical Race Theory" from federal training sessions. Surely CEO's, Presidents, and Boards of corporations, universities and other institutions can
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1. I would be curious to know how many contemporary Republicans would endorse this proposal for a social safety net (at the end I'll reveal who said it, and I
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A thread comparing empirical research & philosophical experimentation with reference to gender and children.Through empirical research over many decades theories around child development have been developed. These are pragmatic theories
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Today is disturbing, terrifying really. But this is the revelation we must have the courage to face. THIS is us. This is America. This is also Christianity. No, not every
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An excellent point by @esaagar. Opposing hindutva is one thing, but treating it as a lunatic fringe is simply inaccurate, and a rhetorical ploy often used to justify reductive, bigoted
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There's a person with a verified account defending the McMuffin lady on the basis that "her feelings are valid" and "right now she has reason to fear food tampering".Yeah, and
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Happy 30th anniversary to one of my favorite Disney films. I'm gonna talk about a few of my favorite scenes throughout the day. The first being the opening title sequence,
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There's a lot of talk about 'preserving healthcare' as a primary goal of pandemic management. That's not wrong, but it begs the question of what exactly we mean by 'preserving
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Now reading: "Social psychology as history" by Kenneth Gergen (1973, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology) h/t @derxen 1/n "An analysis of theory and research in social psychology reveals
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Place-based nature of COVID-19 transmission might point the way forward for Ontario, on getting as close as we can to elimination. Would need ramped up testing, better resourced contact tracing,
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In the West, Jack Ma has been seen as the epitome of China’s private entrepreneurial drive. In reality, he has long been part of China’s “special-deal” economy that lifts up
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Thread: #Covid has shone a bright light on inequalities that have existed for far too long. We can no longer look away and ignore. As we continue through this crisis
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