#Political

Again, I put it to you

okaputu11

Gorvenors used to be voted... Swapo used to lose to Dudu Murorua of UDF in Kunene... They decided to am end the constitution during Pohamba's era to handpick them. And

Pallavi Rohela, M.B.B.S., M.P.H.

Experiential_Dr

Does anybody remember the claims India’s Prime Minister made when declaring a sudden lockdown in March 2020? He had referred to the 18 days long Mahabharat war, to draw a

Tze Ming Mok

tzemingdynasty

I just keep un-retweeting this piece so I can retweet it again. Because even though I'm not even a Hongkie, I am feeling all of this, like, a lot.https://twitter.com/wilfredchan/status/1264289843074531335 Hong

Kim Weeden

WeedenKim

Some thoughts on this @BrankoMilan piece from the perspective of a sociologist whose work is economics adjacent. (I study income inequality & its sources, include rents; gender inequality in wages;

LJ Breedlove

LJBreedlove

#OregonWildfires2020 For the last week, my life has been surrounded by smoke &fire. Even so, I count myself among the fortunate. The Almeda fire started 3 miles from my house.

Reem

ReemsView

Found this gem of a piece written by some anonymous soul ... WE ARE NOT IN THE SAME BOAT ...I heard that we are in the same boat. But it's

Droll Embiid.

GeeDee215

yes. white ppl have the most racially segregated social lives of any group; Black ppl are illegible to white people in anything but the flattest waysThat's why you fixed your

Max 🧢

maxgerek

Starting a thread of my policy ideas.1. Clean up the city: $1,000 fine for littering or serve 16 hours of community service over the course of 2 months cleaning up

Varun

varun_alse

Idk who needs to hear this, but the Stock Market is NOT EVEN CLOSE to being an accurate indicator of every day American household wealth. When Trump touts the market

Seaver Wang

wang_seaver

I will respectfully disagree with @TricksyRaccoon on the usefulness of this kind of degrowth too.I do appreciate Meg (and Kendra) spotlighting this aspect of the conversation though since the back

Tadeusz Giczan

TadeuszGiczan

I’m away this week with almost no internet so just a quick comment. This morning Putin has publicly endorsed Lukashenko and stated that Belarus election was free and fair. This

Erin L. Thompson

artcrimeprof

Protestors fighting for a new balance of power in America are calling for the removal of Confederate monuments. The same monuments were put up by protestors fighting for the same

Duncan Robinson

duncanrobinson

https://www.economist.com/europe/2020/04/25/privacy-in-a-pandemic Privacy is best understood as a religion in the EU But some are struggling to keep the faith Privacy heathens are using all sorts of wanton methods to try

Joshua Wong 黃之鋒 😷

joshuawongcf

After @SecPompeo officially declares HK ‘no longer autonomous’, here is my msg to world leaders & foreign companies: 1/ National security law carries massive damage to expats & investors in

Daniel Rotger

danielrotger511

Everyone fawning over Obama and going "that's my president", remember that police brutality was very much a thing while he was president and he did next to nothing about it,

Zach Dorfman

zachsdorfman

Technical know-how is necessary but not sufficient for executing an effective digital information operations campaign. A spy service would ideally possess a subtle sociological and political understanding of their target,