#Aggressive

scientism

mr_scientism

Basic liberal concepts like pluralism, multiculturalism, and democracy are best seen as cultural displays rather than political commitments. They are essentially ritualistic. But liberal ‘universalism’ is not therefore just a

EngLangBlog

EngLangBlog

Some language in the news stuff about the use of the full-stop in messaging. Note the framing of this from The Sun and Mail Mail (second part of

Jon Burke FRSA

jonburkeUK

1/ Despite its lower general social value than driving, flyers defend flying more aggressively than drivers defend driving. Well-off people love - dirt-cheap, if possible - flying and, as such,

Carolina Forward

ForwardCarolina

The real nightmare scenario for Republicans in North Carolina: - Democrats win control of the #NCGA w/Gov. Cooper - immediately install an independent redistricting commission into law (and possibly

Dan Vevers

DanVevers

What else did we learn?- It will not be mandatory for students to download the Protect Scotland app, as suggested by yesterday's @uni_scot statement.- Students who work in hospitality can

homo-stasis

CandyCornball

I watched Black is King. I need to sit with it more before I say much else (because the impulse to *immediately* CAPTURE and DECODE and ANALYZE for likes and

salomé 🇵🇭

SalomeSalvi

why you shouldn't be doing ahegao if you're not asian:a key point in understanding why this isn't ethical for non-asians (especially white people) to do is acknowledging that there are

Andrew ¹² 🎯

AndrewTakesWs

Putting all Jordan Love stuff here. Still think this is pretty dumb. Starting off the objective of finding someone better than Jimmy is DIFFICULT. The only real negative Jimmy has

ash

drpeppwhore

my (asian) dad was a part of law enforcement for only a few years. he eventually landed himself on the swat team and worked the gang unit. he worked alongside

Top Tweets

TopTweets88

Most Men Don’t Understand Rape Culture , Here is a Thread of examples of Rape Culture. 1. Blaming the victim (“She asked for it!”) 2. Trivializing sexual assault (“Boys will

Shadows at the Door

ShadowsatDoor

A thread on using my voice as a cis white man and the audience I've built.This account is called Shadows at the Door, and while I also have @Mark__Nixon__ over

Sindre

Triquetrea

One of the funniest experiences I've ever had on a trip was seeing a fantasy world where humans are, unequivocally, very noble creatures.All it seemed to take was one or

Raoul Pal

RaoulGMI

I have tried so hard to welcome @BitcoinTina, to try to bridge gaps and create understanding on different points of view but he relentlessly attacks if someone doesn't agree. Protects

Mike Dunford

questauthority

Right. Let's take a side by side look at the two, and see where things stand.https://twitter.com/adamsteinbaugh/status/1266119673898315778 Differences start right off the bat. The statutory reference was dropped, possibly because it

囧

sanpakuhao

thread of questions for non singaporeans do you know what singlish is? how do you pronounce “Hougang” do you think singapore is in china? huh? stupid fuck? I bet you

Dr. Melissa Dunphy

mormolyke

Off-topic, but in recent weeks I've been reminded of a fascinating lecture I once attended by someone who was multilingual about the ways we talk about illness in different languages—English