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“See something, say something”
Originally posted on Confused:I think rhetoric of the slogan “See something, say something” used by Translink Transit Police and other policing agencies alike, although may mean well, is misguiding. ?...
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Are Blacks Really Targeted More in Police Shootings? What Do the Numbers Say?
Originally posted on BCNN1 WP:(Harry Campbell, New York Times) If anything good has come out of this month’s fatal shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., it is that the death of the black teenager...
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The Ruins of Music
Originally posted on Archaeology and Material Culture:The Grande Ballroom in Detroit in 2009, which remains in ruins today (image from Albert duce). Music has a rather ephemeral materiality rendered in...
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What Is Left to Say?
Originally posted on tressiemc:In his 1934 essay, “A Negro Nation Within a Nation”, WEB DuBois wrote: The colored people of America are coming to face the fact quite calmly that most white Americans do...
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What we talk about in our twenties
Originally posted on write meg!:Over the weekend, I had an interesting chat about chatting. What we talk about with others. How we handle social situations. I’ll admit to getting a little anxious in...
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Ferguson: Ten Bloggers Speak Out
Originally posted on WordPress.com News:Many details about the violent death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, remain unclear. What is beyond doubt is the intensity of reactions to this story —...
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Update on Talking About Race: Start With Questions
Originally posted on Shed Some Light:? Yesterday, I wrote about my plan to discuss race and specifically Michael Brown and Ferguson in my classroom today. We began with a “think, pair, share” activity....
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BPD and parenting
Originally posted on kelzbelzphotography:A while ago I was asked by a fellow blogger about parenting and bpd (boarderline personality disorder) and how it affects my parenting and children. Most of my...
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A Tragedy in Song: “Hot Nigga” by Bobby Shmurda
Originally posted on M.B. Watson:About a week ago, as I enjoyed abnormally slow Starbucks Wi-Fi, two young women walked up to my friends and me. They had a question that I did not expect until after it...
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How we rationalize the privacies we invade
Originally posted on Vanessa Martir's Blog:I’ve been thinking a lot about privacy. Privacy from the perspective of a memoir and personal essay writer who is revealing family secrets, breaking silences...
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Demilitarization of the Police Requires Demilitarization of Civilians
Originally posted on Benjamin Studebaker:The recent clashes between demonstrators and police forces in Ferguson, Missouri over the death of Michael Brown at the hands of police forces has many calling...
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Doing more only to do less – do we glorify busy?
Originally posted on Campari and Sofa:My friend Gavin was telling me about a conversation he had with some Dutch colleagues. Gavin, and his compadre Georgina, find that the sheer volume of work they...
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Another thing I’m sick of: blaming fat women for our lack of clothing options
Originally posted on Tutus And Tiny Hats:Give me the pretties, pleeeeease. While I’m on a roll of ranting about things that piss me off, here’s another one: the recent trend of blaming the lack of plus...
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Seeing Through the Illusion: Understanding Apple’s Mastery of the Media
Originally posted on 9to5Mac:Apple CEO Tim Cook with former VP of Worldwide Communications Katie Cotton “Beautifully, unapologetically plastic.” “Feature for feature, it’s identical to iPad Air in...
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Facebook Ruined My Life, Now They Must Pay
Originally posted on Peg-o-Leg's Ramblings:Should a ginormous corporation be allowed to humiliate a child and profit from her pain? Could $167,000,000 in compensation even begin to make up for her...
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Letters
When was the last time,you wrote letter. Or has technology taken over the way we communicate?Filed under: Blogs
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5 million RBS & NatWest savers to be switched to – Money Saving Expert
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/banking/2014/09/5-million-rbs–natwest-savers-to-be-switched-to-low-paying-accountsFiled under: Blogs
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