#Livelihoods

I’ve been very reflective of late. Not all of this has been productive or helpful, in fact it has often been overwhelming. This year has been tough. Really tough. From
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THREADIn 1914 there was a deeply rooted and thriving community of German migrants in Britain; by 1918 it was almost utterly destroyed. (1) In 1911, 53,324 German migrants lived in
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Why are people unable to distinguish between Virgin Atlantic, a UK based company that pays £350m in tax and employs 9000 staff, and Richard Branson, the man who set up
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My take:I hope you middle class realize that the roadblocks last night had little to do with the virus and a lot to do with putting you in your place.You
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Thought: Should the worlds’ economies not sue China(fashioned like a class action suit) for the impact of this virus on the livelihoods of ALL global citizens? Economies irreparably scarred. Businesses
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Athread on the #michiganlockdown Do we as free citizens of the State of #Michigan have the right to decide for ourselves what is 'essential' in our own lives- or was
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White women, in the absence of racialization, sometimes racialize womanhood itself, deliberately ignoring that many womanhoods are already racialized. The phrase "white feminism" calls this out as white, rather than
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(1/15) I think some nudists don't understand this, but I will say it again because I keep seeing this discussion pop up. No, under absolutely no circumstances or conditions is
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"Whatever the arguments around each particular incident" carries a lot of freight here. If the signatories don't agree about the specific cases under consideration, how can they make a shared
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So…a rather wonderful thing happened to me yesterday. A thread. I work in recruitment. I am a recruiter. Boo hiss. I know you all hate us. Well, do you know
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Top UK epidemiologist/government adviser Mark Woolhouse: lockdown was a ‘monumental mistake’ and must not happen againhttps://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/1320428/Coronavirus-news-lockdown-mistake-second-wave-Boris-Johnson Woolho
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The sad thing is that inwe are not a united society or even understand the impact of us standing together, holding leaders accountable together,engaging in CONCRETE ACTIONS.We can’t all agree
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1/ #SARSCoV2 #COVID19 transmission isn't equal: some cases transmit much more than others. We know that close, crowded, poor ventilated places (esp w loud talking/singing) link to superspreader events.Minimising these
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On the phone calling hospital after hospital. They don’t respond/switched off, if they do they say NO BEDS/with oxygen/ICU. Was finally able to accommodate a critical patient after a lot
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Long thread about class & privilege, and some clarifications. Please mute if you’re not interested. A tweep I admired has blocked me because she was apparently upset that I equated
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Maybe your side should have lifted onerous and fundamentally incoherent restrictions dictated by petty tyrants, then passed the clean bill for providing relief. Maybe they shouldn’t have first vocally, and
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