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Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

US lawmaking has a distinctive failure mode: because of the Constitution's absolute language and extensive jurisprudence, lawmakers can please their base by enacting bad, overreaching or stupid laws and then

Tom

attentive

You can look at what gets reported about Xinjiang and the repression of Uighur Muslims through the lens of atrocity, but also through the lens of similarity. For example China

Travis Seifman

toranosukev

It's well known that the Mongols led two failed invasions of Kyushu ("mainland" Japan) in 1274 and 1281. But according to the 1701 Chūzan Seifu 中山世譜, an official history of

Don Watkins

donswriting

Thread. Be meanIf you’ve followed my work for any length of time you’ve no doubt heard me talk about connecting with your audience, looking for shared values, stressing the positive,

avid brothers

hermanos

Dolly Kill Kill is a post-apocalyptic comic by Yusuke Nomura and Yukiaki Kurando (no translator/letterer credited?) that I like, even from back when it was on MangaBox. It's violent and

Barbara Bleiman 🎓(for teachers)

BarbaraBleiman

A thread on a chronological KS3 English curriculum, to spark debate: 1. Nothing wrong with teaching chronology. But why not a timeline on the wall or in student books, adding

François Godement

FGodement

@i_montaigneEN just published at https://www.institutmontaigne.org/en/publications/europes-pushback-china my policy paper "Europe's Pushback on China". It explains how the EU has just added to a strategy of defensive measures

Mike Baker

ByMikeBaker

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler is entering the protest crowd right now. People are already confronting him. People have surrounded the mayor, cursing him and calling for resignation. "He doesn't deserve

Meme America GIF Again🇺🇸

GifAgain

Post-modernism was an attempt to cancel Western grand narratives (i.e. the Bible, the Torah, the Magna Carta, the Constitution, Shakespeare, Locke, Hume, etc.) & attack the heart of civilization (i.e.

India Wants To Know - Panel Quiz Show

IWTKQuiz

Shakuntala Devi is often described as "India's most famous woman mathematician". Her biopic led discussion like what does a mathematician do? Is mathematics all about performing massive computations? Or is

Becca Krukowski

DrBeccaK

I just reviewed NIH fellowship applications for the first time. Since these are very different applications than the R applications I usually review, I made note of a few common

Steve Schmidt

SteveSchmidtSES

I find it necessary to reach for the language and colorful colloquialisms of my native land, New Jersey, in order to express my feelings about today’s event in Bedmimster. It

Nicholas Loubere

NDLoubere

This thread is valuable as it lays out the horrible situation in Xinjiang. And the OP is correct that the opportunistic, hawkish right can't be an ally to the left

Hanmi💛ⁿᵃⁿᵃ💛 𝘚𝘭𝘦𝘪𝘱𝘯𝘪𝘳

ColorMeBlueMoon

Cho SeungyounA vocal analysis #엑스원_새롭게_다시만나 @x1official101#X1_newbeginning The different voices of Cho Seungyoun- Head voice - Chest voice - Passaggio (!!)- Falsetto voice #엑스원_새롭게_다시만나 @x1official101

TRHL™

TRHLofficial

One of the most important threads I’ll share. It contains organized information so you can draw your own conclusions on what could happen on 1.6.20. and the parameters of Mike

Danté Stewart (Stew)

stewartdantec

I’ve been thinking a lot about the disciples on the road to Emmaus, those two who had lost hope in a moment of great struggle. We often tell this story

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