#DEMOCRACY

Platforms shouldn't enforce or elevate government truths, "authoritative sources", or certain voices above others. You'll never save the stupid from themselves by weakening freedom of expression - or the tools
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I'm gonna go with the @LincolnsBible assessment of Barr: he was once "important" in the 1990s, MAGA target audience, and saw his chance to get "back in the game." Only
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Today we have seen another step up in #lockdowns through #tiers.The evidence, positive tests.At present deaths are on a downward direction. Not all deaths claimed as covid are covid.Both of
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if you don't know who @MsLaToshaBrown is, please pull up a chair... #KeepSharingtheMic https://twitter.com/MsLaToshaBrown/status/1322182865514385408 "Now based in Georgia, she’s a nationally recognized political organizer and edu
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Five lessons from #Venezuela’s election: 1) Maduro's elections are not about creating the illusion of democracy. That ship has sailed. They are an exercise in personnel rotation, a means to
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Thread to dissect the nature of dissent in the light of D Ravi's arrest IMSOT(In My School Of Thought) = A commoner's School Of Thought.@reachind_uk @reachind_USACAN @reachind_bharat @RDXThinksThat @arifaajakia @vivekagnihotri
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Woah...! Facebook just suspended @realDonaldTrump’s Facebook and Instagram account...indefinitely! Zuck has spoken https://www.facebook.com/4/posts/10112681480907401/?d=n The general response to this will no doubt be that Facebook (Mark)
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It’s easy to mix conspiracy theory whackiness with real issues in order to attack the unassailable truth that Trump’s attempts overthrow the results of this election, and Republican senators’ willingness
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How could we protect worker health and safety during the pandemic? @WorkerPowerLaw is out with a new report: https://www.cleanslateworkerpower.org/covid-report  One thing I love about this report is how much workplace
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Informal hierarchies will develop in movements for systems change, but there should be zero tolerance for attempts to gatekeep in these movements.Be skeptical of those taking on “organizer” or “activist”
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Seriously, this is an important questions #sschatreads! 1/ I am often called to task for "only focusing on the bad parts of American history." And that somehow that makes me
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To be clear on the actual process here: #cdnpoli1) After the election, the PM remains PM. If he wants to test the confidence of the House that’s fine, but if
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OHIO OATH KEEPERS INDICTED FOR VIOLENT CONSPIRACYI hope their fellow travelers are nervous, because this indictment gets closer to seditious conspiracy. And the perps are stupid. Let's look!https://twitter.com/USAO_DC/status/13545458429
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left illiberalism (aka cancel culture) is a pretty powerless force compared to right illiberalism, but gets a lot of attention here precisely because it’s confined to small elite spheres (journalism,
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Thread on the end of #TheMandalorian Chapter 14 and what it says about the restoration of liberal democracy under the New Republic (no major plot spoilers, but you should
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Not only does @AOC completely expose Zuckerberg’s inadequacy as the head of, well, *any* group or organisation she shows that he is unwilling to answer basic questions about how his
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