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We’ve all learned something by watching someone else. It’s natural. But there are many nuances to how this method of learning works, and sometimes it can be life-changing, as my dog Handsome would help me understand. WHAT IS THE SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY?...
by populationmediacenter
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on Tue Apr 30, 2024 at 06:32 AM PDT
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WHAT IS MISOGYNY? Misogyny is hatred of, contempt for, or prejudice against women. It is a form of sexism that is used to keep women at a lower social status than men, thus maintaining the societal roles of patriarchy. Misogyny has been widely...
by populationmediacenter
33 comments
on Tue Mar 12, 2024 at 06:56 AM PDT
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by angryea
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on Tue Feb 27, 2024 at 05:00 AM PST
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Our species has had a wild and crazy adolescence. These days we’re facing the consequences of our irresponsible behavior. We can now see that our bad habits will kill us if we don’t quit. It’s time to grow up. Can we stop eating too much meat, using...
by AliceT4
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on Sat Jan 06, 2024 at 03:16 PM PST
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I got a shock a few weeks ago around a Thanksgiving table that my family and I did not get to share. Our plans for a happy turkey meal together had been dashed by the hosting family getting COVID only a few days before. Trying to make the best of a bad...
by rflctammt
27 comments
on Thu Dec 07, 2023 at 01:02 PM PST
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In a recent proposal concerning individuals who use drugs, San Francisco’s mayor, London Breed, suggests the implementation of substance abuse screening and treatment as a prerequisite for low-income residents to access welfare funds. Earlier this...
by frankfaiola
24 comments
on Sat Oct 21, 2023 at 03:19 PM PDT
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During a drive recently I saw one of the still pervasive MIA-POW flags, a field of black with a white logo. Now, years ago it came out that the Pentagon was responsible for the design and initial production of those. And that it was designed as a form...
by Aequaliter
35 comments
on Tue Aug 29, 2023 at 07:56 AM PDT
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What’s the point of civilization? I’d say, it’s all of us banding together to take care of all of us. Otherwise, what’s the point? If I can’t trust the community I join to take care of me, there’s no reason to join that community. I might as well...
by nigelTheBold
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on Mon Jul 31, 2023 at 07:35 PM PDT
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Let’s deal in oversimplifications for this argument. Imagine an extremist Christian man and an extremist Muslim man talking about their beliefs in a living room somewhere. Their discussion grows more and more heated, and, depending on the men’s...
by AliceT4
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on Wed Jul 26, 2023 at 11:54 AM PDT
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[NOTE TO READERS: I first wrote the following essay in October 2017, in the ninth month of the Demagogue’s presidency. But apparently I never published it. Another essay entirely now appears under the same title I then gave this one, namely, “Why this...
by dratler
2 comments
on Mon Jul 03, 2023 at 02:41 PM PDT
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All I needed was a replacement detergent drawer for our washing machine. And somehow I ended up at the Mountains of Madness with H.P. Lovecraft as my customer service rep. We’ve got a front-loading stackable washer — that we don’t stack. The soap...
by Robert Dobbs
237 comments
on Fri Jun 30, 2023 at 10:04 PM PDT
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Republicans are completely lost these days. Why are we continuing to give a rat’s ass what they are saying, doing, or talking about? They are obviously on the way out and I don’t think by giving them airtime and giving their commentary credence we’re...
by spicey
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on Wed May 24, 2023 at 09:38 PM PDT
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This will prove interesting. Disney has a huge family friendly non-controversial message about love, kindness, death (coco), and the importance of family, and finding yourself despite bigotry and ignorance (Luca (a favorite)). Disney has also added to...
by iarnstein
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on Wed Apr 26, 2023 at 12:43 PM PDT
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We are born into surrogacy, into families, villages, towns, farms, nation states. Immediately we all commence to drift. Eventually, everything drifts away. Parents, children, leaders, gods, planets. Yes, even planets drift away. The locations of all my...
by bisleybum
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on Sun Mar 05, 2023 at 12:06 PM PST
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Stalking has been referred to as murder in slow motion, which I can personally attest is true. January is National Stalking Awareness Month. According to The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, 1:3 women and 1:6 men will experience...
by SusannaSGibson
96 comments
on Thu Jan 26, 2023 at 09:51 AM PST
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Population: The Core Issue I have been talking about the root cause of climate change since 1995: population growth. We just reached 8 billion people and we increase by 80 million people a year. Anyone who is serious about talking about climate change...
by spicey
42 comments
on Mon Nov 28, 2022 at 07:35 PM PST
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“Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.” — Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr (1849) (“The more things change, the more they stay the same.”) Well, I won’t be taking my wife out for a celebratory dinner. I promised her an opulent night out if Stacey...
by dratler
10 comments
on Wed Nov 09, 2022 at 01:04 PM PST
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Welcome 🌻 to Friday’s Roundup of Good News! Sorry if I confused you by changing my usual photo for today, and a 🎩 to Carla in Sequim for using this picture and alerting me to it. There are so many things we cannot accept. Climate abuse,...
by chloris creator
166 comments
on Fri Oct 21, 2022 at 04:00 AM PDT
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Link to Part 1 of this diary— "A Grifts of Trumps" — The Week in Editorial Cartoons, The Walker Fiasco, and Great Rant Edition Please Read This From time to time, DK acts up and in spite of numerous efforts by me, it will not accept more than ‘x’...
by JekyllnHyde
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on Sun Oct 09, 2022 at 02:48 PM PDT
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And Republicans be like, climate change isn’t real. Science isn’t real. We aren’t the problem. SCOTUS be like, why should the EPA be allowed to regulate power plant emissions, there’s no problem, climate change isn’t real. We aren’t the problem. This...
by FightingForWhatsRight
4 comments
on Sat Jul 23, 2022 at 07:53 PM PDT
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