#Appalling

One of the most striking things about Christopher Columbus's letter to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella is the casual way in which he suggests conversion to Christianity and genocide. It
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Thread on this unbalanced and dangerous piece from @Independent on OST in prisons. There is so much wrong with this article, it reverts to the old methadone bashing trope failing
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The incumbent in #LA03 posted this appalling threat this evening — we will have a formal statement in the morning. In the meantime, we call upon the Republican congressional delegation
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Happy anniversary to this piece by @RonanFarrow, which brought down Joi Ito at MIT Media Lab.https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/how-an-elite-university-research-center-concealed-its-relationship-with-jeffrey-epstein If you’ll recall
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She is right.i also heard abt couple of disturbing cases of harassment on Twitter perpetrated by male officersSince the young girls on the receiving end chose not to publicly name
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It’s hard to recall that we *thought this. SARS-COV-2 was new, but structurally it’s akin to other, endemic CoVs (229E, NL63, OC43, HKU1). Yet it was decided that:“Because this virus
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The details of Sadiq Khan's TfL bailout have now been published.And it's not great for the Mayor.- No Gov instruction to increase the congestion charge.- Khan was already planning to
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What’s happening in Wisconsin absolute travesty State won’t delay April 7 election & GOP legislature refusing to mail ballots to every voter in order to protect right-wing state Supreme Court
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Q: Why did I watch the Docu-Drama "The social Dilemma"?Q: How did it change my perspective on social media platforms?Q: Why do I recommend everybody watching it right now?Q: Why
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Short thread on @johnypits Afropean, notes from black Europe. Original plan: read it as companion to our planned summer Euro train hol. Then Covid intervened. So I read it now
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Thread about E-Book licensesI am glad to see this subject recieve attention and I appreciate much of the underlying sentiment involved. That is positive.I do not see the pandemic, though
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On #WorldMentalHealthDay , which poignantly for me coincides with October's #ADHDAwarenessMonth, I wish to follow the example of others & share my experience in what I believe is an unfit
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tw // ableism , sexual assaultlet’s talk about this. (please rt and spread) #AutismAcceptanceMonth (1/?) in this video, mark rober talks about how is son is on the autism
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I finished reading that Snapewife article, and here are my thoughts on it: a thread. This one. Boy, do we need to talk about this. First of all, this article
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THREAD: 2 teachers at a California school reportedly coached a 12 year old into a trans identity behind her parents back. The school also changed her name and pronouns without
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✦ Octopath Traveler Thread ✦I'll be tagging things as #vanipath so feel free to mute these! #vanipath I actually don't know who to go with first gjdjgmskgksg I'm gonna do
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