#Reputation

Venkatesh Rao

vgr

Culture war wrangling has unfortunately become a key element in my consulting. It is now the 4th, and youngest manifestation of bullshit jobs.Bullshit jobs evolve in one of 4 ways:

Tides of History

labour_history

#OTD 1951. Nye Bevan resigns from the Cabinet over introduction of NHS chargesBevan tells Attlee, Labour’s budget ‘fails to apportion fairly the burdens of expenditure as between different social classes’It

Willy

Willyintheworld

1/ Just finished reading "A Matter of Life", a quick but enjoyable read on the history of IVF= in-vitro fertilization. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3406072262?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1 #bookreviews #me

GeorgeJulian

GeorgeJulian

Spent day reading PFDs (Prevention of Future Death) reports and associated stuff. So disheartening to see same issues crop up repeatedly. Am gonna share one lowlight, whilst recognising these are

adrie rose 🇯🇲

adrierising

couple of notes. 1) i’ll post my sources at the end. 2) i have no idea how long this will be. 3) i’ll add in advice where i can. 4)

Mahwash Ajaz 🇵🇰

mahwashajaz_

This is why I think @AliZafarsays has been targeted maliciously, criminally and in a disgusting, defamatory way. (Information that I'm sharing here is on the public record and public documents.)#AliZafar

Megan Mineiro

MMineiro_CNS

Public impeachment hearings kick off in just a few minutes on Capitol Hill. Down the street Roger Stone's trial is hurtling to an end with closing statements to begin at

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stillstuckinmnl

I've probably seen more J-doramas than C/K/TW dramas combined and I thought why not rec my personal picks in public in a thread? So here are my personal picks that

Jennifer 🟥🛑🧙‍♀️🦉🐈‍⬛

babybeginner

A thread:I have not written this out ahead of time, I am writing as I go, so bear with me, this is just a musing. The Lord of the Flies

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reallynotjin

'JK' is an intrepid vlogger who visits haunted locations for his videos. one night, he stumbles across lonely vampire seokjin & gets to know his secret. the rules say that

Pasquale "Pat" Scopelliti

ThyConsigliori

22 May 2020 - #PardonFlynnNow AnalysisWe've hit the Appellate Court...I try. I fail quite a bit, and this is another failure. I can't prevent myself from an "I told you

Paul Cohen

Paul_E_Cohen

Today was Jacques Toubon's last day of work in his French gov. position as "Défenseur des droits" [Defender of rights]. Largely unknown outside of France, Toubon used his office to

Wokal Distance

wokal_distance

1/ This week woke academics dedicated themselves to arguing that 2+2=5 (they're still going, see screenshots)As that played out, a Medical Doctor had his life ripped apart and his job

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uglyluhan

I was requested to do a thread on Sang Kancil, the clever but annoying hero of Malay animal fables. I'll include some explanation of the lore along with a sampling

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sunlessyoonie

#yoonkookauwhat about an hp au where jungkook is from durmstrang and yoongi is a slytherin. they meet during the time of the triwizard tournament. jungkook is durmstrang’s champion and yoongi

Count Bla

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Starting a book thread on a book about a "free" "democratic" boarding school that's been operating since the 1920's, written by a guy who worked there for years. I've read