#Controversial

Arlen Parsa

arlenparsa

You may have heard that the US Capitol Building was built with slave labor. That's true.But what most people don't know is the extraordinary story behind the statue that sits

Zilly

Zillychu

Fiction does affect reality.Different kinds of fictional media affects reality differently.All psychosocial analysis carries nuance. This is non-negotiable. And what a lot of people are saying recently, is that all

steven t. piantadosi

spiantado

New result published by @SpringerNature has proven mathematically that homeopathy works. I had to tweet about this paper. Homeopathy is often thought to be "natural medicine." In truth, it's not

Sohail Nakhooda

snakhooda

1. Given that @Politico had recently removed an op-ed on #Macron for failing to meet editorial standards,it seems no lessons were learnt on improving accuracy of coverage as this new

EachOther

EachOtherUk

Today is #HumanRightsDay and the first day of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights’ 70th year. Now that’s something to celebrate! Today is #HumanRightsDay marking the 69th anniversary

Charles Thépaut

diplocharlie

Shadi, a number of these examples are misleading, which weakens @AkyolinEnglish’s argument, and yours. For instance:https://twitter.com/shadihamid/status/1336793510243164161 Headscarves are not banned from public buildings. Civil servants

Salazar

MikeSalazar777

THREAD: Phil Spector's name is in the news again for obvious reasons, since the convicted murderer recently passed. Reading an article today, I've bumped into the trailer of an HBO

Craig S. Altemose

craigaltemose

So Governor Baker just vetoed a climate bill two years in the making. A thread analysis of his excuses:https://twitter.com/davabel/status/1349859947929096195 1) He claims this bill works against Housing Choice.Yet the folks

Ben Doyle

BenJamesDoyle

Re my last tweet: through the CV/cover letter vetting process I often wanted to email individuals to give feedback. Sadly there are too many to make this practical, so instead

Rebecca Vincent

rebecca_vincent

It’s been a worrying few days for UK press freedom. On Thursday, photojournalist @andyaitchison was arrested for photographing a protest against poor conditions in Napier Barracks, a military camp in

Faisal Islam

faisalislam

Taxation Bill being prepared for HoC next week that could contain, if necessary, the “notwithstanding” clauses which would deactivate some elements of NI Protocol & allow UK unilaterally to determine

Venture Capital

kelly2277

Trump Jack Abramoff, Paul Erickson & Maria Butina connectionhttps://twitter.com/potter_black/status/1022177122251665412 After Jack Abramoff was released from prison... https://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/abramoff-congress-lobbying-ro

Ari Peskoe

AriPeskoe

Sunday marks 20 years since the start of California Energy Crisis FERC proceedings. On August 2, 2000, San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) asked FERC to cap all bids into

Guy Van Vlierden

GuyVanVlierden

It had been known for a while that far-right militants from Belgium are undergoing training in weapons skills and war techniques in Eastern Europe. Now, we have identified a few

Robert Mills

Robert_Mills

I hope I’m not kicking a bees nest too hard but that Times story really hit me today. I’m dwelling on it and I hate being quiet about things I

Tom Kelsey

TKelsey915

1/ Some interesting ideas in this short piece on tackling our toxic political discourse. THREAD on the abuse of MPshttps://twitter.com/RichardHRBenyon/status/1349672697261920256 2/ tl;dr: The language politicians themselves use is statistic

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