#Society

Socialist_Tipster

Eyecatcher_Pro

Interview (January 7) with a quite level-headed Portuguese epidemiologist, who also works as a scientific consultant for the government.https://www.publico.pt/2021/01/07/sociedade/noticia/henrique-barros-confinamento-resolve-problema-cria-s

Foz Meadows

fozmeadows

This is going to be incredibly bad, and I'll tell you why: the most interesting thing about the Arthurian legends is the women and every single adaptation bar Sam Neill's

Darren Byler

dtbyler

Excellent overview from @JimMillward & @RianThum of the dispossession, institutional capture, & domination of Uyghur society, which together build a new frontier of global capitalism & state power. CC: @BeijingPalmer

maya morena

themayamorena

Thread from this report on sex trafficking from 1914 in Massachusetts "Experts" were picked to investigate the white slave traffic. It was to investigate sex work or "immoral women"Experts included

John Cocker

CockerJon

One of the most important themes in #ItsASin was the fact they were breaking the law. Age of consent was 21. Gay Threesomes were illegal. Gay sex outside the house

Write Winger

RealWriteWinger

1. It’s simple really, and based on a core philosophy: usury is the scourge of the earth designed to enslave all who get wrapped up in its tentacles, and all

tibaq

TTibaq

On David Foster Wallace, fiction & the thoughts of an aspiring writer. One of my favourite (almost) contemporary novelists is David Foster Wallace (d. 2008). He was an American novelist,

Pearson In The Wind

LukeLPearson

'Diversity and Inclusion' in corporate Australia is fucked... in case you're not familiar with the space or the issues within it, let me juxtapose the actual concepts with what most

Andy Elders

AndyElders

THREAD: We need to talk about mandatory minimums and the Bad Cases. Reform opponents want to use these cases to justify carve-outs or otherwise water down full abolition of mandatory

Hudson Belinsky

hudsonbelinsky

An opportunity to learn for those who are willing.Ever heard of Operation Reinhard? Approximately 1,470,000 Jews were slaughtered in a three-month span.That’s 1,470,000 of the estimated 5,800,000 Jews who were

Funk Butcher

FunkButcher

When you look at the Black experience in this country. ASSIMILATION is closely linked to SURVIVAL. There’s an older generation of Black people in this country that took racist abuse

Jesse Colombo

TheBubbleBubble

Hello, everyone – I want to chime in on the latest phase of the speculative market mania, which includes the GameStop price explosion. This is extremely unhealthy. People from all

Lyman Stone 石來民

lymanstoneky

Low-wage work is great for getting somebody from 75% of poverty to 150% but a person who's never been above 150% FPL by age 35 is extreeeeeemly unlikely to climb

Jessica Diamond ♿ She/her

JessicaXDiamond

Thread on ableism in vegan communities. I asked the other day if people would be interested in this, and the answer was a resounding yes. I'd like to make some

Taylor Nichols, MD

tnicholsmd

He came in by ambulance short of breath. Already on CPAP by EMS. Still, he was clearly working hard to breathe. He looked sick. Uncomfortable. Scared.As we got him over

Dr. Kristina Killgrove

DrKillgrove

New today is an awesome book, “A Most Interesting Problem: What Darwin’s Descent of Man Got Right and Wrong about Human Evolution,” edited by @desilva_jerry and pub’d by @PrincetonUPress. In

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