#AmeriCAN

To my friends and followers from the US, or who would benefit from an analogy using the current US political climate as a comparison point to what's happening in Venezuela.
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The Supergiant discussion today reminded me of a talk given at ATA 2019 by the AVD's distinguished speaker, Pablo Romero-Fresco:The top-grossing films of all time made 50% of their profits
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Look guys - THE SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST IS PRETTY SERIOUS.(I know you might say when it wasn't but we are talking risk of a big conflict)The thread on
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First: I want to establish that the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) is a CIA front group that has nothing to do with democracy and everything to do with promoting
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Today, let's talk about the almighty Paul Kagame that according to the Western & highly rated media, he's the poster boy of Africa & the champion of a modern Rwanda.
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George W Bush is a war criminal who facilitated the killing of over half a million people in Afghanistan and Iraq.Dick Cheney is a war criminal who helped with the
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Very disappointing to see the power struggle play out so openly already now. To be clear, @AOC did not start it, but this doesn't help either. #ShortThread https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/08/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-ends-tr
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It might not be fair to say I found The Queen's Gambit demoralizing, but it would be accurate. Like The Aeronauts, it's part of a troubling media project of male
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A thread on the historic roots of why it's difficult for the UK and the EU to agree a deal. European culture is notoriously averse to compromise, largely because of
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1/n This is the ONLY piece of literature Ive ever come across that I would be willing to bet came from actual conversations with super intelligent Aliens. It is my
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Okay I’m going to start my thread on Namjoon’s English from the perspective of an ESL teacher (me) and before I get started I want to talk briefly about what
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This conversation about @UTAustin athletics raises interesting points. Buckle up, it’s time to talk about the value of the humanities and ask how we got in a situation where it
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I don’t really agree with this take tbh. Sure, European excess population might have been ample enough for colonizing efforts, although I would debate that in some cases such as
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History is not an endless loop that just repeats over and over and over. It's not a spiral, where nothing is the same but everything rhymes. History is not a
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The CPC, and their enabling press & surrogates, wish us to believe they haven't behaved like Trump's GOP. That they haven't copies Trump tactics, to try to get it to
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When it comes to US High School & even college level athletics, there's good reason to believe the discussion on a policy level has shifted:From: "Lowering testosterone levels the playing
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