#American

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

We are in an extraordinary moment, but not an entirely unprecedented one. Since the earliest days, societies have had to cope with disasters that wiped out the ability of everyday

Nicholas A. Christakis

NAChristakis

German cafe tells customers to wear pool noodles to enforce social distancing. That is all.https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/15/europe/german-cafe-noodle-distancing-scli-intl-grm/index.html This German cafe must have copied this elementary school

Carly STAY HOME Putnam 🦖

CarlyPutnam

I realize all news is bonkers right now, but this situation has been ESPECIALLY bonkers, so let's dig in!https://twitter.com/OKPolicy/status/1253025795100073986 ICYMI (or forgot, because time currently has no meaning): in mid-March,

VoidSurf

VoidSurf1

We can't understand the present if we don't understand the past.In this thread, you'll see what the past 120 years looked like for the USA. The source data is all

Dave Griffith

poorerthandead

Thread: If anyone is teaching Flannery O'Connor this fall, the publication of @AODonnellAngela's important new book RADICAL AMBIVALENCE: RACE IN FLANNERY O'CONNOR (@FordhamPress) has basically laid the foundations for a

Inflection Point

Cobleone

August heat & smoke, manifest no fire. Another lynch pin dead; move on! MAGA hope & change 2.0. a farce.The tumult of unhinged detractors continues as @POTUS Twaddles. Is he

Drew Holden

DrewHolden360

THREADPerhaps the reason @IlhanMN has gotten pushback is because the way she defines “systems of oppression” encompasses, well, just about everything our society likes. Don’t believe me? Well, follow me

Seth Abramson

SethAbramson

(THREAD) Don't pretend "pre-election-cycle Trump"—as historically horrifying as he was—is the Trump terrorizing America now. We now face: Fascism Terroristic Violence Coordinated Psyops Possible War GenocideThese dangers

Jennifer M. Miller

historianjennie

A lot has been said about this article today already but I wanted to add one thing: these types of arguments have been articulated by leading political scientists for a

❤️LATINA ON FIRE❤️@lizcabrera55

lizcabrera55

No Makeup @lizcabrera55 going to put on my face so I can go To The Mither of All Caravans Can’t wait!!! @RickyRebelRocks @lizcabrera55 @OfficialLFT2020 @qbanaso888 @lizcabrera55 @TheDaveWeinbaum @lizcabrera55

Kellum Dander

kellumdander

[THREAD]The stunning hypocrisy of today's @GOP1. They claim to be the party of "family values," but they support the foulmouth guy who cheated on every wife he ever had and

LST

LongShortTrader

Reminder: Labor lost to Capital (in the USA) many many years ago... don't fool yourself if you think this country is about labor. It's about the interests of capital.https://twitter.com/kaylatausche/status/1242517645443977219 This

Erik Loomis

ErikLoomis

This Day in Labor History: November 13, 1970. Jeon Tae-Il, a Korean sweatshop worker, burned himself to death in protest over the sweatshop conditions of he and his fellow workers.

Rick Quinn

apophatic1

Expect to see more of this from evangelicals who have been mildly critical of Trump from now leading up to the election. I especially ask those of you who thought

Will Bennett

thewillbennett

LIVE DEBATE TWEETS SORRY NOT SORRY Dude just talked about the Supreme Court nominee for two minutes without even saying her name. Then said the democrats would’ve done the same

Top Bin

topbin_football

(THREAD) Why Arsenal are in a bit of a hot mess right now in terms of squad development, and signing players 27+ like Thomas Partey would be a HORRIBLE MISTAKE.