#Precarious

Fellow SWers, whether or not you are online-only: I am begging you to not use the Twitter Tip Jar feature when it becomes available for you. Here's a thread why:
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This CareTech children's home in Stockton-on-Tees, run by its (ironically named) Spark of Genius subsidiary: Ofsted has "serious and and widespread concerns" about the safety of children who live here.
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Hi! Please stop going to people's houses because you're bored. Your SINGULAR job right now is to stay home, assuming you're not an essential worker or going outside for groceries/medicine/another
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This detail in WSJ’s report on CV19 in a La. prison echoes hundreds of other stories—but it’s also just an echo of the slower-moving crisis that this pandemic hijacked: our
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The #Coronavirus accelerates the emergence of what sociologists call “les nouveaux pauvres”; those are not “unfortunate enough”to receive aid, & are not rich enough to live without it. They work
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I am very lucky that @Concordia has opted to keep TAs employed and paid through our contracts, which end later this month. My colleagues and I are however not eligible
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Today I will write a thread regarding Bihar elections, In a earlier tweet few days back I said UPA will win Bihar,if no harakiri committed, many questioned me,what do I
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What are things people don't know about China/Taiwan that big publications can inform us on?1) How new Chinese obsession w/Taiwan is; how old Taiwanese movements for self-determination are2) The chasm
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Not too much of an exaggeration to say that Alistair Jarvis' piece in the Guardian today was one of the most disingenuous and disgusting pieces I have read re: UK
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fauci says he "does not want to be the grinch" then steals the turkey from cindy lou who.seriously, are these people not aware that other people can see them?https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/fauci-says-small-gatherings-d
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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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Asad Haider with an excellent article on the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. I highly encourage everyone to check it out. I will be writing my thoughts this weekend.https://thepointmag.com/politics/dismissal/ I find
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Here’s some shots from Sedona. I little solo 4WD adventure a few years ago, boo @DogeLuver42069 This shit was pretty precarious especially since I was the only homo on the
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This is an important first. But inquiring minds want to know, how is he able to balance family responsibilities and a high-flying career? What's the secret sauce?https://twitter.com/katiezez/status/1330969719474708490 I should add
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1. Academic conferences for highly sensitive people/introverts/folks who find current systems unbearable: a) they would be held in soft gentle space near a brook, the ocean, or a lake. With
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Don't be surprised if MLB clubs, watching their MiLB affiliates' precarious financial situations, wait for them to reach the brink or hit bankrupty, then buy those affiliates themselves for pennies
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