#AMPLIFY

Its my b'day tomorrow, I' ll be 19. Here are some things, I've learnt in life so far and want to share with you guys. 1. No one has their
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Dear instructional designers: i process speech at 600 WPM. My brain does not want to listen at 160. If your "self-paced" learning module presents the text but makes me wait
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Y'all so mad about voting b/c u have unrealistic expectations about what voting doesVoting won't stop racism, but it could put ppl in charge that makes racist more accountableIt won't
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No one is defending TJ. Not a single person. Many are using TJ as a pretext to attack-physically and demonise innocent Indian muslims. Indeed, we strengthen bigots by not speaking
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Today's MN tornado was a stunning example of a "small but mighty" vortex. Why may this have happened?Some speculations:First, hodographs were reminiscent of other quasi-minisupercellular events which produce surprisingly longe
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Quick thread. In media and a communication studies, there’s something called confirmation bias. The media in the west and developed countries look for the lowest factor and amplify it as
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every gives chrissy a hard time for her politics but do you guys even pay attention to john legend? hes the worst kind of lib and hes so adamant about
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How to deal with your problems.-A Thread- 1) Is it really a problem? Or is it a blessing in disguise?Our brains first response is usually "danger, danger"But, if we slow
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I’ll let you in on a little something from the subculture of “big accounts” on Twitter.Ordinary people who have followings only on here. People without any outside notoriety or reasons
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Dear @tmorello: I love you very much but I hope you realise how offensive it is to the victims of genocide when you amplify a professional propagandist for a fascist
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In an effort to amplify voices routinely marginalized, @jessicaxmaria gathered a list of Latinx-authored books releasing this year. "I want my reading to reflect the kaleidoscope of stories the world
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.@natwexler highlights a critical issue for T's in the last 20 yrs... a migration towards crummy reading-passages-with-comprehension-Q's in ELA, an unintended consequence of high-stakes testing.Also, how schools are bringing in
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My tips for making horror comics: 1. Consume lots of horror. As you do, think about what you think works or doesn't work. Okay that scene was scary... but why?
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It’s been good to see more HAES/IE accounts discussing the impact of racism. I hope the discussions continue. Because they have been lacking. What we need to do is not
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Tempted to just mute "cancel culture" going forward. But some supposedly people are failing to distinguish between ideas that are not discussed in the mainstream because they were discredited eons
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White liberalism has created a cottage industry around black trauma that benefits more from letting systemic racism happen and commodifying the reaction to it than it does from actually doing
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