#Expectation

a reminder that yes survivors coming forward are strong, when they shouldn’t have to be.and yes we can be soft in the midst of having to be strong (an effective
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today I’ll be making a pinto bean pie. yes this is real here’s the ingredients (but ignore the flour in the back I thought I needed it but i don’t
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“[white tears] I just want to be a good person. I’m so sorry. I can’t believe that I didn’t know...I need to do better...I just [blows nose loudly]...I just hate
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So-called "VIP Syndrome" is an established clinical treatment issue that might be affecting the President's care. [h/t @QuinlanSievers ]It's not being discussed much, but it's real. (1/5)https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pm
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Institutional racism is normally seen to be ‘Blacks can’t get jobs in x profession’ or ‘black kids excluded from school’But it may be that institutional racism exists, just less of
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Buckle in folks. This is the beginning of something wonderful. I’ve always wanted to watch the AVP movies chronologically, so I’m gonna do it, and I’m gonna tweet about it
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A single side of A4 that welcomes them to English by name, introduces myself as their teacher, and lists a couple of the books I read over summer, with brief
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Three romance movies I love. Originally, romance is not my first choice when it comes to movies. I found a lot of them to not be my cup of tea,
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If I was asked by an NHL team if it thought a potential draft pick had done the work to earn a second chance, and they showed me this letter,
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Alright, I’ll bite. You know how wherever you go, if there’s a Black woman (younger or older) in that space, most of the time you automatically feel a kinship with
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Have talked w/countless neighbors in past 24 hours who hold multiple things true: fiercely want justice for #GeorgeFloyd, understand outcry yesterday that resulted in damages/destruction to numerous businesses even if
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the role of CGI in new movies is to take the fantastic, the impossible, the other-worldly, and make them appear mundane and common for "realism." (images from THX 1138) the
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Absolutely true. And it's not just fact that I've not had to seriously worry about proving various things because of my educational background (fancy); it's not just that I've never
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1/ Getting many responses/questions to this tweet so let’s break down what these “pods” or “bubbles” are and are not. Short thread: https://twitter.com/abraarkaran/status/1318758651503443968 2/ They *are* a way to stop
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As a doc student, I was VP of our student association & attended dept meetings in that capacity. I remember a convo where faculty across programs were talking about just
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You ever think it's hella fucked up how there's this general societal expectation that boys "should" have kissed or fucked by a certain age?I had my first kiss with a
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