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1/OK, let's talk about the COLLEGE APOCALYPSE. Coronavirus, with a bit of help from Trump, is going to smash the U.S. university system. And it's going to smash the economic
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This hi-larious nugget of delight popped up in my feed, and it compelled me to reiterate why men should never, ever — under any circumstance, even under pain of celibacy
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Leftists with very little understanding of the actual labor conditions of sex workers are eager to categorize the class character of sexual labor. The fact is sex workers’ labor conditions
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But as someone who has read him for several years, I know that it's ridiculous. It's just that he has some other views that, because they have been made verboten
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We can only hope all this stuff is posing and PR aimed at impressing the newspapers because if it isn’t, it’s going to be a long and very stupid few
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I moved to the US in 2000. I’ve learned that many white Americans have a delusional amount of confidence in their govt & its institutions.They’re childishly naive in believing institutions
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Excellent thread from @ProfPaulPoast on Biden’s new foreign policy apparatus.Some thoughts [thread]https://twitter.com/profpaulpoast/status/1330139139128356865 .@ProfPaulPoast makes several excellent points, as usual. My two cents to chip
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Public defenders: -20/10. No, I will not explain. BigLaw: Think they’re better than you, despite taking notes for some partner all day. Will ask what your salary is and then
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It’s undeniable that Facebook is elevating right-wing voices on its platforms and even helping far-right politicians get into office.But now it’s denying responsibility.“Right-wing populism is always more engaging,” an exec
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The anthropological record on state formation is more complex than it’s made out to be. There wasn’t a linear progression from hunter-gatherers to agriculture, to cities and the institution of
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Hey! I deleted the Tinder tweet, which I assumed was the perfect DC dating app scam to ensnare liberal women, but actually described a real whistleblower facing serious charges. Don't
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I want to spell out exactly why Republicans are in a political no-win scenario. To do that, let's go down each plausible branch of what might happen next. Tweet storm
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The Helsinki Accords were signed 45 years ago #otd - but they weren't the revolution in human rights politics that many claim they were.https://historyned.blog/2015/08/01/40-years-later-rethinking-the-helsinki-accords-and-human-rights/
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I keep seeing studies claiming that social media filter bubbles are overstated/nonexistent, based on surveys of peoples' news diets. But, with love and respect to @andyguess @BrendanNyhan and others, I
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I feel like I should talk abt my experience w gender identity so y’all can understand why rting terfy and/or transphobic shit is harmful to ur followers ever since I
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One of the biggest things I’ve taken from this past week:there are a lot of people who should do some reading around the specific political and historic meaning of the
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