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alírio

@thereriver

very small megafauna, very big potato. a luta continua. organizer @MimbresSchool. black studies at warwick. they/ele

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Joined May 2019
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jake rhodes@jakebrodesNov 5
Some of my favorite poems are from the Song Dynasty. like half of them are written by bored bureaucrats and they’re all like Stacks of paper on a desk Why I wish to go be with the foxes of the field I want to cut the magistrates throat
michael 🙆🏻‍♂️ goldsmith (@mgoldsm) profile picturemichael 🙆🏻‍♂️ goldsmith@mgoldsmNov 3
reading anna kerenina for the first time and at the risk of making a ridiculously facile observation it's crazy the extent to which a nineteenth century russian novel is basically just riffing on all the same bullshit we're talking about in 2026
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OF COURSE HE IS THROWING HANDS… WHO DID YOU EXPECT? WILLEM DAFRIEND?
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Willem Dafoe for Outlander Magazine (2026)
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Zalasta@ZalastaOct 31
Beaucoup de respect pour Bourdieu mais j'aurais moi aussi pu écrire que les classes sociales tendent à se reproduire si j'avais été le 7ème mec au monde à faire de la socio
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Okay Andy but allow me to suggest an alternative: what if the people who still have multi million £ fortunes built on slavery paid it? theguardian.com/commentisfre…
British people can’t be made to pay for the wrongs of slavery – but we must confront our complica...

British people can’t be made to pay for the wrongs of slavery – but we must confront our complica...

Financial reparations are not the answer. Working together with our Commonwealth family is the best way to ensure prosperity for us all, says UK prime minister Andy Burnham

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nodding my head at saint augustine. just makes sense
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Joãofi@joaofilimasOct 25
Meu pai perdoou a ex dele quando ela tentou matar ele, mas terminou imediatamente no dia que ela falou mal do Lula
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LULA
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He does not know how the chicago manual of style works
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why do people assume the inclusion of a text on a syllabus is necessarily laudatory
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sometimes i accidentally wander over to threads
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PROBLEMATIC AGE GAP. MY PARTNER IS STILL MAKING STONE HANDAXES WHILE I AM ADORNED IN BEAUTIFUL BRONZE
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T(3)@dreamsandfeversOct 16
There's a section in Augustine's Confessions that describes an astrologer making up a chart for the son of a rich man and the son of a slave who are both born at the same time. Despite sharing a chart which predicts success, the slave's son spends his life as a slave.
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wife: what would motivate you to finish your book? punishment?
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This is why you should be able to squat 150kg at least because what if a baby elephant wants to ride your back and you don't have enough strength to pick it up. Couldn't be me.
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@HVMHaberOct 14
Ağırlığının farkında olmayan bebek fil, oynamak istediği adam onu taşıyamayınca hayal kırıklığına uğradı.
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Replying to @thereriver
doctors would sometimes be called as expert witnesses to testify in freedom trials when the plaintiff's race was in dispute. in some of the frontier states they'd probably be the only locals "skilled in the natural history of the races of men," as one case put it
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People were eating some real bullshit before the Colombian Exchange huh.
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So that is school
Andrew Yeung (@andruyeung) profile pictureAndrew Yeung
@andruyeungOct 5
We created gyms because modern day work no longer required physical activity. Without exercise, our muscles atrophy. I predict we’ll need gyms for our brains too, once AI starts doing our knowledge work.
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I want an AI to wash, sort, and fold all my laundry for me
Basel Musharbash (@musharbash_b) profile pictureBasel Musharbash
@musharbash_bOct 4
I’m a competent adult. Why do I need an “AI agent” to check into a flight for me? I’m literate. Why do I need an “AI agent” to read and write emails for me? Also, I don’t get so many emails that I can’t answer them myself. The reason “no one uses AI” is that there’s no serious utility here for the vast majority of people.
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brady@zipoffsOct 3
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alírio@thereriverSep 25
apropos of nothing, if you're now an academic (or someone else we might optimistically call a professional reader), when did you learn to read?
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