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Cory Doctorow
doctorow
A lot of my writer friends have been alarmed by the @internetarchive's #NationalEmergencyLibrary, an electronic lending library.https://pluralistic.net/2020/03/25/national-emergency-library/#universal-access1/ The Archive has long acquired and sc
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Warfield Center
Warfield_UT
[ THREAD]Faculty Book Talk: "Monroe, Underground, and The Mamalogues: Three Plays" @DrLisaBThompson & @imaniperry October 15, 2020 These full introductions for @DrLisaBThompson and @imaniperry!!! Just in case anyone had any
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Vicky Blake UCU President Elect 🏠STAY TF HOME💻📚
zenscara
Major concerns at Durham! Rushed plan (no consultation with UCU/students!) to radically change teaching beyond #Covid19: 25% reduction of modules, outsourcing, online learning without due regard to pedagogical objectives... some
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🌈Trevor_Pott(BLM, $hero_sandwich_2020, π);
cakeis_not_alie
So I have had a few people ping me about my views on the differential wages debate, and I figured I'd piss everyone off with my opinion, so here goes:
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Cory Morningstar
elleprovocateur
July 31, 2017, #WEF: "As developments in artificial intelligence and robotics advance, there is going to be a severe and swift disruption of many working classes."https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/07/we-should-let-the-robots-take-our-jobs
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Laura K. Field
lkatfield
A few thoughts in response to the Vermeule piece.https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/common-good-constitutionalism/609037/ All meaningful constitutionalism is "common good" constitutionalism. Traditional liberal democratic con
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ICCT - The Hague
ICCT_TheHague
With the influx of public interest on the #ProudBoys and other #RightWingExtremist groups, we at ICCT wanted to highlight some crucial analysis done by past contributors on political violence and
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Pandemic Precariat
PanPrecariat
Good morning comrades! Today we are looking at the issues facing Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) students and staff. Casualisation, both at the University of Edinburgh and beyond, disproportionately
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Dada Docot
dadadocot
Some comments from Filipino immigrants circulating online are so condescending to the poor like, "Instead of waiting for dole-outs, they should plant seeds so they have food to harvest." Mamser
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Petra Boynton
DrPetra
Today's #ResearchTip is thinking about how we talk about what we do, the impressions we create and how to avoid making life hard for ourselves.Let's start with a story. Imagine
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Cory Doctorow
doctorow
In 1933, FDR created the Civilian Conservation Corps, which went on to employ 3m workers (5% of the US male workforce!) in projects whose benefit we still feel today: road-
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Cory Doctorow
doctorow
The Shitty Tech Adoption Curve describes the process by which oppressive technology is normalized and distributed through all levels of society. The more privilege someone has, the harder it is
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Cory Doctorow
doctorow
Writing in @ProSyn, @MazzucatoM warns us of a looming wave of "climate lockdowns" - harsh limits on our normal activities triggered by runaway effects of the neglected climate emergency:https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary
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ur goth dyke mom
beka_valentine
Cyberpunk 2077 is a game in which the only way they could imagine the characters being trans is if they werea) showing off their genitalsb) hypersexualizedc) conceived of as a
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Remember and Resist
remember_resist
Today marks one year since 39 Vietnamese migrants were found dead in a lorry in Essex. Join us in a show of remembrance and solidarity: post a photo with #RememberTheEssex39.In
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“You’re Muted!”
R2_B2_
A Genealogy of Cake: A Thread#CakeTwitter #Cake 1/https://twitter.com/r2_b2_/status/1282350181690810373 While genealogy has no factual or true beginning, this video from Tasty marks a recent shift in the cake discourse.https://twitter.com/t
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