#Exceptionalism

Al-Shabaka الشبكة

AlShabaka

THREAD: COVID-19 has upended life as we know it in 2020But for the Palestinian people, it also meant further escalation of an already harsh reality of Israeli occupation, settler-colonialism, blockade

Josh Greenberg

1JoshGreenberg

THREADUNDERSTANDING TRUMP’S COUP STRATEGYAlthough everything currently unfolding has been predicted far in advance, denialism continues to flourish. Many people are drawing incorrect conclusions with regard to Trump’s strategies and dis

Antonello Guerrera

antoguerrera

7) Sir John: "In the #Brexit Referendum, Britons voted to leave EU. I have never hidden my view, nor have I changed it. To my mind – and I am

Venkatesh Rao

vgr

Been reflecting on wealth and success (in conventional sense, which may involve some combination of wealth, fame, accomplishment, historic impact, etc) lately.Both are things I am not personally very motivated

Carolyn Poddig

CarolyninFandom

We will never go back to pre-covid life. This is the case. There are things that MUST be addressed however by liberal individuals or post-covid life will deepen the inequities

Darcy Anne

Dragonfly_Darcy

I'm seeing a lot of MT Dems soul searching on "what we did wrong", how we can do better, where we need to go from here. There are a lot

Tom Gatti

Tom_Gatti

A lot of number crunching, careful reporting, late nights and screen-based eye-strain have gone into this week's special issue - from the whole @NewStatesman team - so I'm excited to

David Pivtorak

piv4law

I know it's very early but even after 1 week it's becoming quite clear what themes will play a central role in the Biden Admin over the next 4 years.

JT Chapman

_SecondThought

This is going to be an important thread. We need to talk about YouTube, and private media operations in generalThis thread was prompted by YouTube’s shadow ban of my new

Paul Nuki

PaulNuki

The Government has announced is splitting up @PHE_uk PHE. You may think this a good or bad thing but do not be fooled. The agency is in many ways infuriating

Dhruva Jaishankar

d_jaishankar

THREAD: Now that U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has named or nominated senior members of his foreign policy and national security team, it might be useful to survey what all they

astrobites

astrobites

Next up, we're covering Special Session 107:The CSMA Panel: A Discussion on Anti-Blackness in AstronomyFeaturing @That_Astro_Chic @CapricePhillips @DavidZegeye and Erin Flowers, and moderated by @jazztronomy First topic: What Black scie

Nina Teicholz

bigfatsurprise

In the US, "We live shorter, poorer lives" according to a Nat'l Academies' report. The report was called a "catalogue of horrors." Newspapers were "stunned" and "surprised." That was 2013.

Jessica Price

Delafina777

Okay so I want to preface this with I love the shit out of the Expanse. I tried and failed to get through S1 twice--I couldn't stand Holden or Miller--but

Alex Ford

apf102

A thread on why we can’t just rely on ‘the historical method’ as a guarantor of the pursuit of historical truth. We must engage with the underlying purposes and ethics

Whitney R. Robinson

WhitneyEpi

Reading this article (in which I'm quoted near the end), I realized why I have such a strong visceral reaction to some of the negative coverage of @ProfEmilyOster's work on

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