#Advocates

1) The world’s longest negotiation continues this week. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) indicated over the weekend that 48 hours was the deadline to secure a universal agreement on coronavirus
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This is so fucking stupid This is a trump supporter you geniuses who think it isn't.https://flipboard.com/topic/michigan/an-anti-lockdown-protest-in-austin-texas-drew-anti-vaxxers-and-trump-supporter/f-096f114c2e%2Fbusinessinsider.com Don't h
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1/7 This is a short thread to list out small truths I have learnt about #advocacy over the last 11 years. I hope this is of some use to law
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A #SocialWork & #Politics thread: @SheShouldRun The social work profession calls for Social Workers to be advocates. I often hear from my colleagues say, “I’m just not really in to
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Short personal thread: thank you to the many friends who have sent tweets and DMs of support over the stalking targeted at me in the last couple of days. Special
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Ah yes let’s please pay heed to the woman literally fired by the NRA, who has never had children in CISD, who has blatantly defended police violence & the murder
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A thread that @Imani_Barbarin posted earlier this week got me thinking about the ways my non-disabled communities frame making sure disabled needs get met, should abolition happen.And I’ve gotta be
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Belonging: a thread. I am most comfortable on the edges of groups. With age, I have unravelled some of what lies behind that instinct and come to welcome it.I like
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THREAD: Have Trump-appointed judges impacted 2020 election litigation and therefore how we run the election? Let us count the ways.(Spoiler: they have. A lot). 1/ There have been at least
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Pronouns in your bio reduce trust. Here's why:There are natural and unnatural human behaviors that have evolved over the millennia.We are creatures built to handle and survive complexity in our
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(1/6) We need your advice! First,Thanks so much for being a part of our growing Coinhost dot io Web Services Community! (Read this entire thread) (2/6) We feel very fortunate
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Two of these scientists, @SunetraGupta and @MartinKulldorff, have long been my friends. But I think they are dead wrong without a demonstrated plan for how such shielding would work. There
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A budget is a moral document and this budget has no soul. Full statement below. This morning City Council held a work session to discuss the Mayor’s proposed budget package
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There is an unpleasant core of people who are very upset and angry at the idea of autistic people self identifying and self advocating. These people spend their time on
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"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." Congratulations, degrowth, we're now at the penultimate stage 3, apparently. That sure went fast.
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A majority of the Culver City city council agreed tonight to agendize a discussion about exclusionary zoning our residential zones. The advocates who called for this conversation organized very openly,
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