#Political

Siddharth

DearthOfSid

Identity politics and its fault lines: a thread.1. Representation is paramount in democracy. An ally can never adequately represent the interests of an oppressed minority in a majoritarian society. Hence

Venkatesh Rao

vgr

Mob minds could do with some psychological distancing. I’ve pondered the Thielean anti-democratic turn for a few years now. Trump’s victory in 2016 struck me as both the most democratic

Mark Wilson 👨🏻‍💻

markwilsonit

I really enjoyed this podcast last week. Some highlights in the following tweets (thread)...https://twitter.com/dcoplin/status/1300477220067172354 Do you view IT as a cost to be managed or as an investment? [@ballantine70]Reporting lines

Yilan

redxyl

There is definitely mistreatment of Uyghurs in Xinjiang. That’s a fact. But the way that the US frames this discussion, the way that statistics are extremely exaggerated - that’s not

The Son of Abajeebano💪🏽

Hussein_Boneya

WHO ARE THE ORMA PEOPLE?The beautiful Orma people of Kenya call themselves "Gurraach Abba Jeebano". The Orma is divided into two branches.1.Irdiid and 2. Bareetuma.The hangaf for Irdiida is Utah

Robert Farley

drfarls

Gonna double down on how insane all of this is. To recap yesterday's discussion, there are two ways to think about China joining a multilateral arms control agreement with the

Gerry Conway Thinks Maybe Vote In Person

gerryconway

On a superhero comics-related note, free of political controversy, I’ve been thinking about the modern trope of first person captions replacing thought balloons and how that may undermine the narrative

Will Yale

will_yale

Read this @NPR article, and then read this from a recent @IgnatiusPost article. The problem is, most virologists aren’t China experts, even if they sometimes cooperate with Chinese labs... https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/04/23/84172964

Ángel S. Díaz

AngelSDiaz_

Given last week's escalated tension between platforms and Trump, @laur_hf and I analyzed Twitter’s public interest exception and Facebook’s newsworthiness policy. Below is a thread about these policies, and the

Lara Putnam

lara_putnam

Definitely worth reading this snapshot of the non-Astroturf grassroots reeling under quarantine: folks who've spent the last 3 ys innovating hands-on techniques for building political impact beyond media bubbles are

Alexis | Astrologer

ayyriestrology

A Marxist Astrology: A Philosophical Inquiry #dignitybabes Here's the source I'll be using today - the 2nd edition of "The Marx-Engels Reader" edited by Robert C. Tucker. The two works

The U.S. of NCAA

theUSofNCAA

What college coaches ACTUALLY look like they do for a living: Thread Dana Holgorsen (Houston football):Monster truck mechanic Jeremy Pruitt (Tennessee football):Drivers Ed instructor John Calipari (Kentucky basketball):Super Mario’s body

Paul Fahey

pjfahey

What could be as proportionately evil as abortion? Thread 1/ The Church teaches that a Catholic may vote for a political candidate who supports a grave intrinsic evil, like abortion,

Godot

OddieBirdie

Babasaheb Ambedkar is probably the most revered & feared Indian ever, across the Indian socio-political Spectrum.In past few years, he is highly (mis)appropriated by Conservative Hindus & Conservative Muslims alike.This

All Possums Go to Heaven

AndyinDC1

Antonio Gramsci was an early 20th century Italian Marxist who died after imprisonment by Mussolini. His prison diaries are worth reading for a variety of reasons, one of which is

Maajid أبو عمّار

MaajidNawaz

THREAD - all #FBPE Remainers: @jeremycorbyn will not stop Brexit. Here’s his full voting record AGAINST the EU, all the way back to 1974:1) After Farage pulled his Road to