#Terms

Lindsay Ellis

thelindsayellis

Today's adventure in novel writing a "period piece" (in 2008 lol) is the many terms and words we use now that did not exist (or were not in wide use)

Rob is remaining indoors

PencilBloke

1) Can we stop with sort of thing already? Stop ascribing behaviour we find repellant and harmful to mental illness. Someone can be narcissistic - even an arrogant & harmful

Angelo Galvez

KabesangGalvez

i think the recent direction the mcu has taken especially with the disney + shows lends credence to the dark avengers theories (major mcu disney + spoilers) there have been

Recomposition

communistrecomp

In many respects, the GPCR was a failure. It was not a revolution, but a failed revolution - it shook the state to its foundations but did not overturn it.

dan solomon

dansolomon

how the fuck much money is $310 billion dollars, i genuinely have no idea anymorehttps://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/23/new-310-billion-in-aid-for-small-businesses-is-likely-already-used-up-banks-say.html i used to think it was a lot but somebody explain it

jacqueline

tpwkjacqueline

𝐆𝐄𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐌𝐄; 𝐀 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃 𝐀𝐆𝐄/𝐍𝐀𝐌𝐄/𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐒hello! i don’t use my real name cause i’m scared my irls will find me so i go by lucy. i only s

Kris Karnauskas

OceansClimateCU

I'm not certain this is caused by #COVID19 but there have only been two years since 1975 when CO2 rose less since the first of the year. Please don't misunderstand.

Studio Glibly

NoTotally

A "slur" is only a slur if it comes attached to systemic inequality, because the dehumanizing aspect of slurs are explicitly used to deprive populations of lives and livelihoods. Otherwise

Walter Shaub

waltshaub

Donations to campaigns, PACs and Super PACs are legalized bribery that keep the rich and powerful in control. This stuff is poison for democracy. Any serious talk of protecting democracy

Ron Hira

RonHira

Dubious by @washpost @william_r_kerr Kerr said argument unemployed Americans should get first dibs at job vacancies over foreign workers might sound good in principle, but in reality, the people looking

Ian van Zyl

HabibiSouth

My take on this "coloured" discussion: (1) It is not a monoculture or monolithic ethnic bloc. Very diverse cultures identify themselves as "coloured", including some Cape Malays, some Khoisan people,

Fatidicus Aeternus

AugustusReditus

It's amazing how often people can't find a way to articulate exactly why they find something like having a high bodycount or having an onlyfans account offensive.https://twitter.com/Virescence/status/1246503531739328512 Their pure materialist

Joel Bocko

LostInTheMovies

Lots of thoughts about this. Here's two: 1) This really puts the minimum wage fiasco of a couple months ago in sharp perspective; 2) Bernie & others should rally in

James Lindsay, man of internet swagger

ConceptualJames

I just got a really interesting question about what to do if businesses around you openly support Black Lives Matter and that makes you uneasy. It's an interesting question worth

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twoseokist

friendly reminders!- dyke, lesbo, lezzie, etc are all lesbian slurs and you CANNOT use them if you aren't strictly a lesbian- butch and femme are lesbian terms and you cannot

Emmett Macfarlane

EmmMacfarlane

This is a good thread. I think there are good points on both sides. But it's worth noting that by June it could very well 'look' like the virus is