#Standards

A.R. (Actually Republic) Moxon

JuliusGoat

Perhaps a quick primer on the difference between "cursing" and "obscenity" is in order.“Cursing” is language that breaks agreed social rules of propriety.“Obscenity” is something that violates fundamental standar

el gato malo

boriquagato

cov exists in contagious form for ~5 days but in detectable form for ~77. this is leading to massive false positives for clinical cases, hospitalizations, and deaths.this vastly distorts the

Pulp Librarian

PulpLibrarian

"Tired of reality? Escape into the world of role-playing games." In particular one whose corporate history is a wild mix of battle, quests and the fickleness of fortune.Today in pulp...

Roger Pielke Jr.

RogerPielkeJr

Decision by Swiss Supreme Court not to revisit CAS decision on Caster Semenya isn't surprising, given the Swiss deference to arbitral decisionsBut is does show a design flaw in int'l

Stone Butch Cassidy

StoneButchCass

People really need to start talking more here in PDX how the idiotic and thoughtless use of the word "femme" in place of woman is leading to actual discrimination, especially

Meredith Kleykamp

kleykamp

Some disorganized thoughts and not a thorough review bc I haven’t systematically kept up with this literature. These are mostly sociologists, and voices I’d add to the convo. Not up

Leigh Day

LeighDay_Law

THREAD: #Shipbreaking in Bangladesh. Wealthy western companies maximise profits while abusing the right to life of impoverished workers, dumping toxic hazardous 1/16 Shipbreaking is ranked by the ILO as among

zoë middleton

zoyamiddleton

Hello #diasterjustice friends, I'm about to tweet my experience with the public hearing for ITC hosted by @TCEQ. You'll recall ITC from the #ITCDisaster which was one of a handful

UMass CAD Lab

UMassCADLab

What is #Juneteenth ? How — and why — is should kids learn about it? This is article answers: "Lessons about Juneteenth need to recognize the challenges those who fight

Amir Attaran

profamirattaran

I'm writing a tweet thread on what I think COVID in Canada in 2021 will look like. Short version: the next months will be much worse than anything yet--we are

Calling Bullshit

callin_bull

A couple of months ago, an almost unfathomably bad paper was published in the Journal of Public Health: From Theory to Practice. It purports to prove—mathematically—that homeopathy will provide and

Peter Foster

pmdfoster

So. The hunt is on in Whitehall for #brexit dividends...to show some clear value in the freedoms given by Brexit. As we report today one area being looked at is

The TL Young Black Boss ➐

lovehahamoney

A real nigga thread of our secrets????? Let's goooooo Girl's you need to understand that 90% of men will fuck ANY girl. (We ain't got any standards)*terms and condition

Joey Schafer

Joey__Schafer

So @EFF released a series of tech policy recommendations to the incoming Biden administration. Most of the principles seem good, but the one I know the most about, namely disinformation,

Alex Cobham

alexcobham

As the EU draws closer to agreeing multinational companies should publish their country-by-country reporting, the lobbying is becoming predictably extreme. 'BusinessEurope' has written to Portugal's @pedrosizavieira, who chairs

Nishka Krishna

NishkaK

So weird to hear so called devout Hindus intellectualizing the dharma - trying to explain the devatas in scientific terms, in western parameters - this means this force or nature

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