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I love looking at people’s personal libraries. Especially the books that people tell me they read over and over throughout their lives.
It’s like seeing the foundational texts of someone’s life, values and interests.
What are your personal foundational texts?
It’s like seeing the foundational texts of someone’s life, values and interests.
What are your personal foundational texts?
December 11, 2024 at 6:23 PM
I love looking at people’s personal libraries. Especially the books that people tell me they read over and over throughout their lives.
It’s like seeing the foundational texts of someone’s life, values and interests.
What are your personal foundational texts?
It’s like seeing the foundational texts of someone’s life, values and interests.
What are your personal foundational texts?
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NJ passes a law preventing cranky fucknuts from going apeshit on school libraries and librarians.
www.nj.com/politics/202...
www.nj.com/politics/202...
N.J. just struck a blow against banning books
It's called the "Freedom to Read Act."
www.nj.com
December 10, 2024 at 1:29 PM
NJ passes a law preventing cranky fucknuts from going apeshit on school libraries and librarians.
www.nj.com/politics/202...
www.nj.com/politics/202...
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This artist transforms personal trauma into art through her unique smoke-painting technique, exploring themes of ancestral beliefs, colonial history, resilience, and healing in her powerful works.
Transforming trauma into art through smoke and spirit: Congolese artist Géraldine Tobe
This artist transforms personal trauma into art through her unique smoke-painting technique, exploring themes of ancestral beliefs, colonial history, resilience, and healing in her powerful works.
globalvoices.org
December 11, 2024 at 4:00 PM
This artist transforms personal trauma into art through her unique smoke-painting technique, exploring themes of ancestral beliefs, colonial history, resilience, and healing in her powerful works.
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Love it! 😹😹😹
www.rawstory.com/local-satani...
www.rawstory.com/local-satani...
Local Satanists turn tables on Christian program in Ohio schools
A group of Satanists in Ohio have turned the tables on a "religious release" program in public schools that allows for students to be taken off campus for religious education in the middle of the scho...
www.rawstory.com
December 3, 2024 at 8:00 PM
Love it! 😹😹😹
www.rawstory.com/local-satani...
www.rawstory.com/local-satani...
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The only "born males" in dresses we need to worry about.
Sure in heck is not the transgender community.
93-year-old retired priest pleads guilty to rape in 1970s sex abuse of teen www.rawstory.com/catholic-chu...
Sure in heck is not the transgender community.
93-year-old retired priest pleads guilty to rape in 1970s sex abuse of teen www.rawstory.com/catholic-chu...
93-year-old retired priest pleads guilty to rape in 1970s sex abuse of teen
A 93-year-old retired priest has pleaded guilty to rape, kidnapping and other charges in connection with the sexual abuse of a teen boy in the 1970s. Lawrence Hecker pleaded guilty Tuesday to state ch...
www.rawstory.com
December 4, 2024 at 12:37 AM
The only "born males" in dresses we need to worry about.
Sure in heck is not the transgender community.
93-year-old retired priest pleads guilty to rape in 1970s sex abuse of teen www.rawstory.com/catholic-chu...
Sure in heck is not the transgender community.
93-year-old retired priest pleads guilty to rape in 1970s sex abuse of teen www.rawstory.com/catholic-chu...
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"Just a little reminder that the South Korean president who just declared martial law was elected two years ago on a wave of anti-feminist backlash."
Reminder: December 2013
By Brian Whitmore
December 20, 2013
#BlameFuckingPutin - #SurkovWon since March 2013
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Reminder: December 2013
By Brian Whitmore
December 20, 2013
#BlameFuckingPutin - #SurkovWon since March 2013
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Vladimir Putin, Conservative Icon
The Russian president is positioning himself as the world's leading defender of traditional values.
www.theatlantic.com
December 3, 2024 at 7:27 PM
"Just a little reminder that the South Korean president who just declared martial law was elected two years ago on a wave of anti-feminist backlash."
Reminder: December 2013
By Brian Whitmore
December 20, 2013
#BlameFuckingPutin - #SurkovWon since March 2013
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Reminder: December 2013
By Brian Whitmore
December 20, 2013
#BlameFuckingPutin - #SurkovWon since March 2013
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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Revenge of the Patriarchs
Why autocrats fear women.
www.foreignaffairs.com
December 3, 2024 at 8:08 PM
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"In South Korea, gender inequality is increasing with high rates of physical and digital crimes against women, largely driven by young, educated men blaming women and feminism for societal issues." eastasiaforum.org/2022/12/09/s...
South Korea’s misogyny problem
Violence and sexual assault against women are on the rise as gender issues become one of the main sources of social friction in South Korea, writes Katharine Moon (Harvard University).
eastasiaforum.org
December 3, 2024 at 6:13 PM
"In South Korea, gender inequality is increasing with high rates of physical and digital crimes against women, largely driven by young, educated men blaming women and feminism for societal issues." eastasiaforum.org/2022/12/09/s...
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Just a little reminder that the South Korean president who just declared martial law was elected two years ago on a wave of anti-feminist backlash. Misogyny is routinely part of the authoritarian package.
www.bbc.com/news/world-a...
www.bbc.com/news/world-a...
Why misogyny is at the heart of South Korea's presidential elections
Disgruntled young men who resent feminism are the focus of candidates vying to be president.
www.bbc.com
December 3, 2024 at 6:11 PM
Just a little reminder that the South Korean president who just declared martial law was elected two years ago on a wave of anti-feminist backlash. Misogyny is routinely part of the authoritarian package.
www.bbc.com/news/world-a...
www.bbc.com/news/world-a...
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Remember when some Europeans tried to get us to stop going to Russian operas and reading Dostoevsky because of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine? Anyway Palestine today has the highest proportion of child amputees in the world, and Israel is still playing in all major European sports tournaments.
December 3, 2024 at 7:13 PM
Remember when some Europeans tried to get us to stop going to Russian operas and reading Dostoevsky because of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine? Anyway Palestine today has the highest proportion of child amputees in the world, and Israel is still playing in all major European sports tournaments.
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I will never, ever get over this.
December 3, 2024 at 5:49 PM
I will never, ever get over this.
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I liveskyed the 2024 Martial Law Declaration of Korea.
This is the thread.
This is the thread.
According to Korean constitutional law, if martial law is declared in a state of non-war, the National Assembly can vote to make the president stand it down. The National Assembly is gathering now.
We are just now getting footage of inside the National Assembly.
We are just now getting footage of inside the National Assembly.
December 3, 2024 at 5:09 PM
I liveskyed the 2024 Martial Law Declaration of Korea.
This is the thread.
This is the thread.
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Lee Jae-myung, Leader of South Korea's Democratic Party, live-streamed himself scaling the walls of the National Assembly to bypass military barricades so that he could vote to overturn the President's martial law.
December 3, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Lee Jae-myung, Leader of South Korea's Democratic Party, live-streamed himself scaling the walls of the National Assembly to bypass military barricades so that he could vote to overturn the President's martial law.
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I was preparing to pitch an op-ed on the nationwide protests calling for President Yoon's resignation, aiming to provide global context amid the limited international coverage.
Given the urgency, I’m sharing it now. I didn’t expect events to escalate this quickly. #SouthKorea #Democracy
Given the urgency, I’m sharing it now. I didn’t expect events to escalate this quickly. #SouthKorea #Democracy
South Korea Is Fighting for Democracy Again—And the World Needs to Know
Last updated December 3, 10:09 AM South Korea Is Fighting for Democracy Again—And the World Needs to Know Heesoo Jang Assistant Professor of Media Law and Ethics Journalism Department, University of...
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December 3, 2024 at 3:11 PM
I was preparing to pitch an op-ed on the nationwide protests calling for President Yoon's resignation, aiming to provide global context amid the limited international coverage.
Given the urgency, I’m sharing it now. I didn’t expect events to escalate this quickly. #SouthKorea #Democracy
Given the urgency, I’m sharing it now. I didn’t expect events to escalate this quickly. #SouthKorea #Democracy
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The assassination of Palestinian chef and cofounder of Gaza Soup kitchen's Mahmoud Al Madhoun by the IDF is unconscionable.
This man has been feeding 3,000 people a day during a genocide.
This man has been feeding 3,000 people a day during a genocide.
December 3, 2024 at 4:12 AM
The assassination of Palestinian chef and cofounder of Gaza Soup kitchen's Mahmoud Al Madhoun by the IDF is unconscionable.
This man has been feeding 3,000 people a day during a genocide.
This man has been feeding 3,000 people a day during a genocide.
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Illinois has put an end to the injustice of cash bail. And it’s working better than anyone expected.
Illinois Has Put an End to the Injustice of Cash Bail
Amid a national backlash against criminal justice reform, Illinois has achieved something extraordinary. It’s working better than anyone expected.
www.thenation.com
December 2, 2024 at 6:32 PM
Illinois has put an end to the injustice of cash bail. And it’s working better than anyone expected.
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About 523 of the 3000 dying and endangered languages that will become extinct in the world by the end of the 21st century are spoken in Africa.
Why tech giants must do more for African language inclusion
About 523 of the 3000 dying and endangered languages that will become extinct in the world by the end of the 21st century are spoken in Africa.
globalvoices.org
December 3, 2024 at 5:20 PM
About 523 of the 3000 dying and endangered languages that will become extinct in the world by the end of the 21st century are spoken in Africa.
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I don’t understand why society has deigned all women to be natural caregivers whereas childfree men aren’t scrutinized for not liking kids even HALF as much as childfree women are.
Good ol’ misogyny.
Good ol’ misogyny.
November 29, 2024 at 6:02 PM
I don’t understand why society has deigned all women to be natural caregivers whereas childfree men aren’t scrutinized for not liking kids even HALF as much as childfree women are.
Good ol’ misogyny.
Good ol’ misogyny.
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#Antinatalism #Parenting #Procreation #ChildFree #BirthControl #Pregnancy
www.cnn.com/2024/06/05/h...
www.cnn.com/2024/06/05/h...
A long-awaited birth control option for men may be closer to reality | CNN
After decades of false starts, researchers say they are finally making progress on a long-acting and reversible birth control option for men.
www.cnn.com
December 2, 2024 at 7:17 AM
When you are meditating, meditate a vision where #RutoMustGo and his kafment of liars and sycophants wame #AngukaNayo..
December 3, 2024 at 4:13 PM
When you are meditating, meditate a vision where #RutoMustGo and his kafment of liars and sycophants wame #AngukaNayo..
