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pyrrho.bsky.social
@pyrrho.bsky.social
Post-colonialism, Travel, Behavioural Economics, Comp-Linguistics/Sanskrit, Hand-Percussions (Cajon, Conga, Pakhāwaj) and Tennis.
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Americans surprised to learn about increasing Hispanic support for Trump should read up on blanquismo, casta, and ethnic politics in Latin America. Not all latin@s/hispanics are the same. Many identify as white. Class or urban-rural politics often has an invisible mestizo/indígena racial element.

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This graph is astonishing. The people that bang on about “natural birth” and “women have been doing this forever without help” need to be forced to stare at this until their eyes water.

Graph of maternal mortality rate against year for the UK. Rate bounces until and down around 500 deaths per 100,000 births until about 1940, when it falls sharply. It’s been very low (~1–3 per 100,000) ever since.
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pyrrho.bsky.social

I almost read "lieu de meditation" as lewd meditation and wondered what these guys are up to :-)

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pyrrho.bsky.social

The first long-term residents of Indian origin in the UK were indeed the lascars - sailors and seamen who travelled with the East India company.

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pyrrho.bsky.social

Dean Mahomed- guy who popularised shampoo in England- did so in Georgian Eng when he travelled with his East Ind Co friends. Much depends on period/zeitgeist. Historical accounts suggest you'd be fine if you were spreading Catholicism for Portuguese, empire for British/French or Islam for Turks etc.

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pyrrho.bsky.social

There are some grammatical mistakes if one were really nitpicking but it's perfectly understandable otherwise. Only a minor editing-round away from perfection :-)

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We've all contributed to making the echo chamber a bad thing, which it is when the chamber is full of misinformation and hate-fuelled tribalism, dangerous to fools getting sucked in without checking beyond... but there's never been anything wrong with like-minded people just socialising nicely!

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pyrrho.bsky.social
@pyrrho.bsky.social
Post-colonialism, Travel, Behavioural Economics, Comp-Linguistics/Sanskrit, Hand-Percussions (Cajon, Conga, Pakhāwaj) and Tennis.
22 followers38 following8 posts