#Communities

THREAD: This crisis has unleashed devastation on our collective mind, body, and spirit. But black and brown people are doubly devastated. I want to talk a little bit about the
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Thread: As a historian, the most interesting thing about the new WW2 film Midway was the director's decision to dedicate the film to: "the Americans and Japanese who fought at
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This is going to be a messy thread, but a long overdue one.I want to share how my relationship to social justice/online communities has shifted in the last few years.It
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I’ve posted about covid19 a lot over the last few months, but never commented on if we should shut down the country or when we should re-open, because I didn’t
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Well Alberta, it's been an amazing 16+ years getting to know you. Tomorrow my boys and I are off to Vancouver Island to move back to our hometown of Duncan
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(1)“My heart hurts.”.“There has to be a better way.”.“Why can’t we all just get along and be peaceful and have equality for all?”.“This is heartbreaking.”.“How gut wrenching.”.“The current events make
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Apparently it's #NationalTeaDay in the UK. Today I'm drinking one of the best black teas - Qímén ('Keemun', 祁門紅茶) from Anhui province in China.Anyway, question: Did people in island Southeast
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Why animal agriculture is a human rights issue as well as an animal rights issue, and why that issue disproportionately affects people of colour: The Amazon forest is home to
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Join me in this Twitter-Party. I am celebrating my 1st Runniversary today, with a virtual tweet-party of milestones since starting to run, exactly a year ago. Huge thanks to @NHSC25K
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New paper out today looking at how rates of hospital of admission for self-harm vary by ethnicity in London https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-021-02087-9 with @HatchStephani @MatthewHotopf & @IoannisBakolis 1/ Rates of self-harm by
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Begging white people to support BLM and related work has diluted the integrity of true revolutionary work. I still don’t get why folks were so focused on getting mainstream support
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we don’t have to wait until november for change to come to america, there are elected officials at every level who can change policy today. these demonstrations shouldn’t stop until
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Today is a fun day because today is my 10th year on T and THIS is a long thread that I will NOT apologize for because almost no one ever
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A #ScholarStrike thread in anticipation of tomorrow and Wednesday's action. #ScholarStrike is, first and foremost a disruption of the everyday routine in academe, an action by folx in higher ed
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Thank you to @LDBildy for coming onto my podcast! This is probably the most exciting one yet. Here's what I took away from our conversation. It may be time for
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It’s the job of the leader of the @LibDems to stand out from the crowd, cut through in the media and make the case for our liberal, progressive vision to
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