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by skrbjc 4y ago
What and utter waste of time and effort.
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by skrbjc 4y ago
But main also might be offensive because it's implying one thing is more important than another and some marginalized people who have not been the main group of people may not feel great about that. Really we should use one and two. Bu
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by skrbjc 4y ago
But that's implying that only mothers give birth, and erases those who don't identify as mothers who give birth. That's how I understand their thinking, at least. I agree with you and think anyone who is offended by motherboa
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by skrbjc 4y ago
Many people willingly do things like this voluntarily at their jobs to the point that the job they were hired for seems like a second priority for them.
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by skrbjc 4y ago
I’ve worked in administration at multiple universities and have a masters degree in education so I am well aware of how these institutions function on the inside. It is an indisputable fact that university administrations have become very b
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by skrbjc 4y ago
As an example, here is an org chart at UC Berkeley for their "Division of Equity and Inclusion". There are 14 positions here that are just at the director level. There are many more people that work under these people. Dania, the
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by skrbjc 4y ago
And how do you define "diversity"? Through externally presenting traits? Through who and how people decide to have sex? Much of diversity efforts seem to focus on these things instead of actual diversity of thought and experience.
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by skrbjc 5y ago
Trump was also kicked off of twitter while being excoriated in the media and then took, what, two years to launch something? Musk is not nearly as trashed in the media and could leverage promoting an alternative while still on twitter. Obvi
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by skrbjc 5y ago
One of the actual major tax problems in CA is that property taxes are not equally applied. I bought my house in 2017 and pay well in excess of $10,000 a year in property taxes. But guess what? My neighbors who bought their houses in the 90s
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by skrbjc 5y ago
California politicians need to break away from the hold of the progressive left. All I see in the bay area are politicians arguing over who is more progressive rather than anyone actually suggesting how they will practically and concretely
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by skrbjc 5y ago
Agreed, if you look at Alameda, CA it is a town with many beautiful victorian homes. In the 70s and 80s they were tearing them down as fast as they could and building ugly apartment buildings in their place. Then they changed the laws so yo
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by skrbjc 5y ago
The article does suggest that housing density doesn't really solve the problem and that we should be more OK with letting "urban sprawl" happen. Personally, I think we need both. Let the urban areas increasingly densify and l
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by skrbjc 5y ago
For the first article: "The study, which was published Monday in the Archives of General Psychiatry, controlled for variables like socioeconomic status because rates of severe drug problems tend to be greater amongst the poor. Despite
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by skrbjc 5y ago
“ We find that the negative effects on noncognitive outcomes persisted to school ages, and also that cohorts with increased child care access had worse health, lower life satisfaction, and higher crime rates later in life.” https:/&#x
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by skrbjc 5y ago
Thanks for your perspective from someone close to the situation there. I believe many Americans have a picture of a perfect system in Europe, but the truth is likely different. Can you elaborate on the negative aspects of the train system,
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by skrbjc 5y ago
The relationship between people who build companies and work in those companies can be mutually beneficial with investors.
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by skrbjc 5y ago
Interesting, but that name is cringey for some reason. I can't put my finger on it, but the way it looks and how it is said in my head, puts me off.
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by skrbjc 5y ago
Interestingly, there is work being done to extract uranium from seawater, which while more expensive that mining at the moment, is starting to prove to be economically viable for certain reactors. https://en.wikipedia.org/wi
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by skrbjc 5y ago
Not really, the peak is around 6PM when people get home from work, turn on all their lights, tvs, appliances, etc. This will change as well with the push to fully electrify residential homes, which would mean very heavy electricity usage in
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by skrbjc 5y ago
That should be illegal
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by skrbjc 5y ago
It's very healthy for your baby to delay cord clamping as long as possible
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by skrbjc 5y ago
Non refrigerated milk can still be from cows.
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by skrbjc 5y ago
Another way to look at it is energy, especially affordable energy is an essential service that many many people rely on, especially in a cold place like Canada. Regardless, I agree that the emergencies act is overkill. I think the Canadian
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by skrbjc 5y ago
You seem to have never heard of a strike.
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by skrbjc 5y ago
Are you as outraged by this as that?
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by skrbjc 5y ago
All protests cause economic harm. How many businesses were closed and looted during the protests for BLM? What is the correct amount of economic harm in your view? What are the terms under which a protest should be allowed by a government?
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by skrbjc 5y ago
They're not "breakthrough" cases since the vaccine was never intended to stop transmission and very clearly does not stop transmission. They're just cases amongst people who took the vaccine.
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by skrbjc 5y ago
This says everything about what is wrong with the woke/anti-woke, in-group/out-group craziness playing out on in the world right now.
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by skrbjc 5y ago
It's not saying to not vaccinate kids, it's saying the evidence says masks are ineffective at preventing the spread of covid in schools, which means it's meaningless to wear them, and that there is a negative cognitive effect
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by skrbjc 5y ago
Funnily enough, I've seen many people riding bikes in the street with no helmet, but wearing a cloth mask.

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