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editor, writer, plain language advocate and organizer, empathic, sensitive, fair, innovator, artiste, grandmother The Foundations and Processes of Clear Communication https://www.sfu.ca/publications/books/foundation-processes-clear-communication.html
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OPINION: Malcolm X saw beyond America’s carefully crafted image of itself as the land of the free. He exposed the contradiction between its rhetoric of democracy and its practice of imperialism.

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Known as the red card, a resource distributed by the nonprofit Immigrant Legal Resource Center lists tips and legal rights for immigrants who might find themselves targeted by federal agents. Demand for the cards has surged since President Trump returned to office. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/u...

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‘Venture capital is killing more value than it creates,' author and tech activist Catherine Bracy argues in a new book, World Eaters. Silicon Valley needs to focus more on solving real-world problems and less on fast profit, she says.

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Say it loud: this is fascism – and we must all resist it | Letters

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Republicans aim to extend a $684 billion tax break that benefits many of them

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Russian President Vladimir Putin “is a war criminal who should be in jail for the rest of his life, if not executed,” says U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Roger Wicker, a Mississippi Republican.

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I'm dying laughing at this list! 😂

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It's not complicated. They're just trying to stop women from being able to vote.

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This reads like the opening paragraph of a novel so bleakly dystopian you'd put it down after five pages

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#edchatie I am here to listen and learn. I've done instructional design for adult learning; my interest in cognitive science is communication. To concretize my learning at a point in time, I wrote The Foundations and Processes of Clear Communication. www.sfu.ca/publications...

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#MedSky #PsychSciSky

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All your book smarts won’t amount to much if you can’t be succinct and persuasive #OHPsych #OHP #IOPsych #iopsychmemes #psychology #psychologymemes #psychmemes #APpsych #scicomm (rerun)

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In the absence of social media enabling them to find each other, form a movement, and seize political power, we'd recognize much of the far-right as just profoundly psychologically and emotionally unwell people, the way we can see that Kanye's Nazism is part of his acute mental illnesses.

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I am really frustrated that the press is discussing the destruction of USAID as something that has happened rather than an illegal action that will likely be undone in two weeks when courts tell the world that it was illegal.

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International Day of Human Fraternity Tuesday Feb 4, 2025 Promotes peace, tolerance, inclusion, understanding, and solidarity among all peoples Promotes cultural and religious tolerance worldwide.

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Since I read the advice in Seventeen Magazine as a teenager, I have followed the mantra "Act; don't react."

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William August Hinton, and his daughter Jane Hinton too... schaechter.asmblog.org/schaechter/2...

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Academics and researchers are receiving emails from their higher-ups, explaining that rules are changing and their institutions are carefully monitoring the situation. Have any university higher-ups sent emails saying "We continue to be unwavering in our support for the rights of all human beings?"

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I find it difficult to keep separate in my mind the sins and crimes of the new leaders of the US government. Who paid a teenager for sex? Who paid a woman $50,000 to quell a lawsuit for rape? So I am now just thinking of them as a group and describing the whole bunch as The Marauders.

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Creating is a subversive act. Luckily for me, creating and disseminating knowledge is my job. Best not to waste this privilege and opportunity.

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This is an amazing quote, from a Jan 6 prisoner who is refusing Trump’s pardon. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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"At the time of writing, nearly thirty people work in Checking at The New Yorker, almost all of them full time. It is labor, at scale, that produces accuracy." www.newyorker.com/news/the-wee...

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Reports coming in from New York that the Statue of Liberty has just put down her torch and is walking back to France.

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I am declaring February 1 as Silent Letter Day. Whose celebrating with me? www.facebook.com/reel/1090689...

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Brain rot is not a new term californiaprimerecovery.com/brain-rot/

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‘We cannot afford to “stay in our lane” As scientists & clinicians, we must demonstrate solidarity & collaboration in defence of evidence-informed policy’ ‘We must fight for truth & integrity in public discourse. Our collective voice & courage are more critical than ever’ @chrischirp.bsky.social

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