#Moment

Jose A. Del Real

jdelreal

The president's speech tonight was heavy on racist tropes, including multiple broad-brush references to rapist immigrants and a mention of the "kung-flu." These remarks go far beyond the rhetorical bounds

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LFCSean__

Explaining Adama Traores "goal drought" in the past 2 seasons Adama has received many critics as of late, due to his lack of goals. This "lack of goals" talk is

Halo

Haloquin

Thinking about #tarot I've been reading cards (& using other divination systems) for over 2 decades. Tarot in particular makes my heart sing.I think it's awesome regardless of your metaphysics.Wanna

@RQueeninc Jim

RQueeninc

Is this our moment in time? Here we are, and here is not that good for us. We are at the end of our Republic. The mechanism that controls our

Ross Douthat

DouthatNYT

Let me briefly defend @ezraklein's claims about the centrality of polarization to America's problems against @ezraklein's argument that the "dearth of the democracy" is really America's biggest challenge.https://ww

Gerry Conway Wears A Mask Because He Cares

gerryconway

On a superhero comics-related note, free of political controversy, I’ve been thinking about the modern trope of first person captions replacing thought balloons and how that may undermine the narrative

Janek Lasocki

JanekLasocki

1/ In every place in #Belarus where thousands are turning out to see opposition candidate Sviatlana #Tsikhanouskaya one song is played each time: Разбуры турмы муры (Break down the prison

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

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GunduHuDuGa

#Ganesha #Symbolism #DeeperMeaning Reading one of my new books, I am awed by this wonderful explanation behind the birth of Ganesha. We all know the most commonly held stories, but

Michael Mina

michaelmina_lab

New efforts w mass testing in Liverpool have dropped incidence by 2/3rds in weeksNot a “clean” pilot study of rapid tests bc other interventions also started at same time. There

Anfield Effect

AnfieldEffect

A major problem with Liverpool at the moment is having a consistent team choice without any strange inclusions in the squad. The last time we said, “that’s the strongest team

gniW

gniwing

Covid. Ce qu'il aurait fallu dire.- dans l'idéal tout le monde devrait porter des masques mais nous n'en n'avons pas assez. Pour des raisons que nous ignorons encore nous avons

Adam Bronson

APBrons

A thread on three cool books that influenced the political take on display in my recent Dissent piece (link to the piece here). [1/7]https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/shinzo-abe-and-the-future-of-japanese-democracy First, ‘H

Łukasz Borchmann

LukaszBorchmann

Grateful to receive the Best Paper Award at SemEval for our work on propaganda detection. The jury appreciated combining neural models with traditional ML methods and analyses providing "clear conclusions

Tom Nichols

RadioFreeTom

Reading this piece from last summer by @normative, I realize that there is a parallel here between Qanon's "Storm" and the Cold War cults that sprang up at various times,

Rebecca Waters

bec_h2o

So... What's everyone up to tonight?Cc @grepbeat Although pertinent to Raleigh and Durham, it's still pretty relevant. Participate in networking, and learning events.Networking is important for finding talent. (Note my

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