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Re:The Delusional Scam of the Self-Help Book Industry on Thursday July 08, 2021 @04:34PM (#27777264)
The wording can also help to codify it in your mind. Or offer a shift in perspective, like this:

"Treat Yourself Like Someone You Are Responsible for Helping"

Why would you have preferred that over Montessori?
It's the "How Do You Do Fellow Kids?" meme come to life.
Re:Google reports soaring attrition among Black women on Friday July 02, 2021 @11:32AM (#27712812)
"Diversity" = Identity based approach to society

"Inclusion" = Restricted speech and justification for purges

"Equity" = Equality of outcomes

Re:Rally, a novel privacy-first data sharing platform on Friday June 25, 2021 @12:47PM (#27633239)
Sorry if this is too off topic, but is there a name for the art style they are using in the illustrations? It seems to be all over corporate sites these days.
> Unless social media companies start penalising polarising content and rewarding more constructive posts,

Twitter and Facebook are not shy about having a hand in the conversation. If anything they reward polarizing content, and they've shown interest in censoring wrongthink, but do they have any interest in turning down the temperature?

> these platforms will continue to be swamped by political animosity that risks spilling into real-world turmoil.

It's more than a risk, it's been spilling into real-world turmoil for years.