#International

Aisha Fayyazi Sarwari

AishaFSarwari

A #Thread on the beautiful things related to women in 2020. Watching Nanette by Hannah Gadsby.#HappyNewYear The new inheritance law that allows #women their inheritance rights even if they agree

Andolanjeevi AK @ Campaign Earth Worm

earthwormjhark1

The stand off between @Twitter and the #Indian government is symptomatic of a shrinking space for dissent. In an early response they temporarily blocked a respected news outlet and several

John Hayward

Doc_0

When people voted to drain the swamp, they knew the alligators - the high-profile D.C. power players, special interests, and safe seat senators-for-life - would be a problem. They underestimated

Deanna Ting

deannating

For many Chinese Americans, there's this underlying perception that Chinese American food doesn’t really represent us, or that it’s a culinary kowtow to Western culture. I argue it’s quite the

Foxglove

Foxglovelegal

Breaking: More than 200 @Facebook content moderators (and supporting employees) from across the US and Europe have published a demand for better protections - and full employment rights - during

Louis Rossouw

lrossouw

SA COVID-19 model updated: I have not tweeted about it in some time. So as a reminder the model is calibrated to 90% of excess deaths from the MRC (up

Devika Dutt

devikadutt

This year saw many central banks arriving at swap agreements with the Federal Reserve. What determines which countries are able to access $ swap lines and (before 2002) emergency $

Robert Saunders

redhistorian

Universities should indeed offer "value for money" - but how do we measure the value of education? Every test that comes from government is crassly econometric. We need to recapture

Dr. Sara Yael Hirschhorn

SaraHirschhorn1

THREAD: I've said it before & I'll say it again:We do a massive disservice to the unique historical experiences of both black South Africans & Palestinians to make this solipsistic

Bad Linguistics and Orwell Takes (莫去我厝拜年)

Bad_Linguistics

[PINNED THREAD]Hello, welcome to Bad Linguistics Takes!This thread will explain several things about this account. Please read if you'd like!Any corrections or additions will be at the end of the

Jim Geraghty

jimgeraghty

But the fun part of today’s Morning Jolt is going back two years at a series of “Unsolved Mysteries” in the news in early 2019.https://twitter.com/jimgeraghty/status/1092799834812227584https://bit.ly/2MYLHy1 For example, remembe

Dannielle (Dossy) Blumenthal PhD

DrDannielle

Thread on @Millie__Weaver documentary. @POTUS was FRAMED: "Gov contractors were hired by gov officials to frame the @realdonaldtrump campaign, set him up for the Russia collusion investigation, provided witnesses for

Jon Swales

jonswales77

Leeds City Council have approved plans for Leeds Bradford Airport Expansion. This will increase passengers from 4 to 7 million annually. This has happened in the context of climate breakdown.

The $SPY

The___SPY

A thread on the interlinked debates around migration from gateway cities and its potential consequences.This is highly uncertain and reflects my thoughts as of today, which can (and do) change

Disgruntled Catgirl

ManjiButt

Alright, so here's why this is so fucked up. Idk if it's people working out a deal or what, but here's what I've noticed over the past few days:To start

Linda Bloomfield

LindaBxx

Happy #OpportunityTuesday! Every Tuesday I share 10 #artsopps, commissions, open calls & applications closing soon. Here are this week's!Always PAID (or free/cheap for training) & for a range of artists;

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