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discovering and sharing bits of knowledge related to social issues / social change, culture, politics, and history.

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Sending you into the weekend with some plant-based book recommendations. lithub.com/what-to-read-n…


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Boredom has a history, a set of social determinants, and, in particular, a pungent association with modernity. nyer.cm/FG1fly5


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In pictures: British Museum reveals 103 ‘forgotten’ Hokusai drawings bit.ly/3mlswf5

ArtReview_'s tweet image. In pictures: British Museum reveals 103 ‘forgotten’ Hokusai drawings bit.ly/3mlswf5

White Sands, NM 📡

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“Social enterprise is a model through which capitalism can be “re-booted” - Richard Cobbett of @SE_Mark #socent #socialimpact socialenterprisemark.org.uk/social-enterpr…


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When you buy from social enterprises you're helping build a better world. Huge thanks to @michaelsheen @mrchrisaddison @caitlinmoran @salihughes for supporting our latest #BuySocial campaign launching 7 October. Take part and find out more here >> ow.ly/zBJa50w8bYf #socent


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Happy Autumn Equinox! Now begins the season of warm drinks and light jackets 🍂 buff.ly/30IsVfx 'Autumn' by Edward Atkinson Hornel (1864–1933), @Tate

artukdotorg's tweet image. Happy Autumn Equinox! Now begins the season of warm drinks and light jackets 🍂 buff.ly/30IsVfx

'Autumn' by Edward Atkinson Hornel (1864–1933), @Tate

Impact Investing VS Investing With Impact via @forbes forbes.com/sites/francois…


“We live in a world of commerce, but that doesn’t mean it has to be through the selling of goods – it could be through the selling of services like re-tailoring clothes and reconstructing clothes.” i-d.vice.com/en_us/article/…


While some people create problems, others create solutions. A wonderful example from @velosophySthlm 🚲 qz.com/1685111/ via @qz


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Our CEO @cliffprior provides his insights in the @PioneersPost & @_EVPA_ #ImpactPapers series 'Beyond our comfort zone: Why it’s worth working across the spectrum of capital'. Social impact investment can be highly valuable across the spectrum, read more bit.ly/2KPsOZy

BetterSocCap's tweet image. Our CEO @cliffprior provides his insights in the @PioneersPost & @_EVPA_ #ImpactPapers series 'Beyond our comfort zone: Why it’s worth working across the spectrum of capital'. Social impact investment can be highly valuable across the spectrum, read more bit.ly/2KPsOZy

Healing trauma is about finding paths to the unconscious - and music seems to be one of them. A beautiful piece by @Jayson_Greene.

Music therapy connects us to the most basic human truths p4k.in/dvFlAHr



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#ToniMorrison at the Studio Museum in 1978. "Art reminds us that we belong here."

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"Art reminds us that we belong here."

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"[The books] were the only things she could call her own. That collection grew as the years passed until it dominated everything else in our home, until it became the only consistency in our lives." lithub.com/the-books-that…


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"There’s a cave that goes for miles beneath a nearby river that comes out in a neighboring state where one can submit paperwork at a tiny glass window in the side of a tree that is also an office for The Department of Forgiveness." Thank you @parisreview for helping me tell this.

“I’d written about jail in a short story decades earlier, and the actual experience of it was only somewhat different. There were no windows.” theparisreview.org/blog/2019/08/0…



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The enduring popularity of “Friends” is a cultural riddle, @MJSchulman writes. nyer.cm/d5sWuis


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