#Tragedy

MCK

CruzKayne

this isn't really what twitter is for, but ten years ago today my son died and I basically never talk about it with anyone other than my wife. it's taken

Duncan

DuncanHenry78

Stop weaponising suicide. Facts about suicide are easy to find. The idea that there is or was an epidemic of suicidal trans teens is not borne out by facts. There

Emily VanDerWerff 🙋‍♀️

emilyvdw

Reading the big piece on the YouTubers who gave up their autistic adopted son in The Cut, and can I tell you how much I hate the term "Gotcha Day"

Kalkin Trivedi 🇺🇸

KalkinTrivedi

Hard to predict when an avalanche is going to happen. Best bet is to notice the signs & remain in a state of preparedness until the snow-load resolved one way

Stephen W. Carson

RadicalLib

Here's an example of what Morgoth is talking about... With a twist.This is a thread on the story of Pope Pius XII, the Pope during WWII.Decades after WWII he was

Fr. Casey, OFM

caseyofm

(Long thread, likely an upcoming video)There are many aging members of religious life that are uncomfortable with the spirituality of the next generation, more concerned with liturgy and public symbols,

Big Daddy

bigdaddyofnine

The price of lockdown:We live in Pennsylvania. Our governor has decided that, for our own good, we are no longer allowed to eat indoors at restaurants as of today 17

zeynep tufekci

zeynep

This overly bureaucratic prioritization, and the outrage over a few undeserving people cutting ahead (which I don't support but the harm is much less than all this) will likely do

Joe Hogan

jwhogan42

Something I've thought about a lot in the last couple of days it that the same country whose scientists and infrastructure produced not one but TWO highly effective vaccines in

Sam Dylan Finch

samdylanfinch

This is what I need folks to understand about calling the police on a suicidal person:Even if the person survives that encounter, prolonging someone's life is NOT the same as

Jonathan Parkes Allen

Mar_Musa

a few mostly personal thoughts on the news concerning the Hagia Sophia: my feelings are rather mixed, tbh. Part of me is glad that somebody at least gets to publicly

Avishek

ChaxCR

Over the past few days we have seen the manufactured protest against the #FarmBill2020 unravelling and the overt Islamists sitting in the Republic are shedding crocodile's tears in solidarity.Lets put

Al Duncan

AD_Classics

I'm teaching Aristophanes' (wonderfully complex and remarkably topical) THESMOPHORIAZUSAE in Greek this Fall. Less than two weeks in, the students and I have been struggling with a few terms, and

Dr. Liz Bourke (🏳️‍🌈 all year)

hawkwing_lb

Sometimes I think about the Lord of the Rings, and how many people see it as a triumph of good over evil. When I can't read it - books or

Peter Apps

PeteApps

A final thought on Jenrick's announcement today. The route of the government's problem is a failure to distinguish the varying levels of risk in buildings and until that nettle is

Peter Khalil MP

PeterKhalilMP

1/This week, @CraigKelly got a slap on the wrist by the PM for his dangerous promotion of quack COVID treatments. But Morrison & Co. have allowed him to spout misinformation

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