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Cory Doctorow

doctorow

High-stakes tests are garbage, pedagogically bankrupt assessment tools that act as a form of empirical facewash for "meritocracy."1/ They primarily serve as a way for wealthy parents to buy good

NathanAClark

NathanAClark

Top level footballer’s wages are 1) astronomical and 2) a matter of public interest So we can’t be surprised that they come under scrutiny but they do so, in my

Patrick Henningsen

21WIRE

POINT OF ORDER: Whenever you hear anyone say, "We're in a #pandemic" - firstly you must challenge them on it. How to win the debate...Reply by saying: "No, it's not

Jeremy Giffon

jeremygiffon

Deleuze (via Foucault) argues that before Napoleon we were in societies of sovereignty and that after until WW2 we were in a society of discipline. The former sought to tax

Andrew Carter

_andrewcarter

I spent some time today reading The NandO archives from May, 1895, when the Confederate Monument was dedicated here. Read coverage of that and from the days surrounding the dedication.

Drew Deal

drewdeal

Here are my compiled demands for @realDonaldTrump and ALL other public officials:Americans need to be treated like adults with FULL #transparency along the following lines:1) Celebrate those that have recovered.

Alexandra Edwards, PhD

nonmodernist

one preventable case is too many i am grateful for how clearly @nkalamb frames this issue: "There's a climate here [in the South], where there's absolutely no concern for working

dolley todd

JamesMadisonLvr

My thoughts on Federalist Paper No. 10; A Thread First of all let's get this out of the way, JAMES SLAYED THIS PAPER !!! I have never seen such

Emma Kennedy💙

EmmaKennedy

The govt’s Agriculture Bill1. Ditches British Animal Welfare standards2. Will mean UK is flooded with cheap low quality food.3. Will put UK farms at huge disadvantage4. Uk will not be

Maria Sol Taule

soltaule

Why are activists often charged with illegal possession of firearms and explosives? (A thread) The case of illegal possession of firearms is separate from illegal possession of explosives. Illegal possession

London Breed

LondonBreed

Here's the latest on what's happening in SF today to respond to COVID-19:Two individuals at a shelter tested positive, and we've learned they had been in contact with the 19

Beck Pearse

rebeccapearse

Like most union members I am keen to understand the case for the proposed @NTEUNational and @uniaus jobs protection framework.Some Qs about the metrics for financial loss + mechanisms for

Abukar Arman

Abukar_Arman

1/Everything You Don't Want To Know About #Terrorism?The United States Saudi Arabia tag-team that opened the Pandora's box.Bandar Bin Sultan who was Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to US (& its de

BBC News (UK)

BBCNews

The UK economy has suffered its biggest fall on recordBetween April and June, during lockdown, the economy shrank 20.4% compared with the first three months of the yearBut, what is

Young Funkenstein

ZFunkYeah

As we head into the most politically divisive election in a century I'd like to tell you about an America I saw once where we could trust in the government.

Infospectives

TrialByTruth

Fantastic work! Off to explore details #FacialRecognition #HumanRights #Privacy https://twitter.com/libertyhq/status/1293111391109500928 Detailshttps://twitter.com/AdamWagner1/status/1293126985334521857?s=20 These are not new concerns about