#Metaphor

Anand Giridharadas

AnandWrites

Transform the U.S. Senate or watch American democracy die.Those are your choices, and today in The Ink, @AJentleson offers a must-read primer on why.https://the.ink/p/how-to-save-the-senate .@AJentleson was a Senate insider. He

dasPost-CV

dasvee

Three ways of visualising what is happening to our country:1.The Overton window.Brexit was sold on the basis that "nothing would change" "Only a madman would suggest leaving the single market",

athreya

athreya49

Recently finished reading ‘The Economists’ Hour’ by @BCAppelbaum. It’s a remarkable history of economic policy making. What we also get in the process is a series of fascinating portraits about

in my life and times

Timfastic

The function of Capitalism is to deny money and power to works while solidifying it for the owning/elite/powerful class. So, the fact that 401(k)s ever functioned is a historical and

Markus Eichhorn

markus_eichhorn

Fraggle Rock as a metaphor for academia: a thread The dynamics of the Fraggle Rock universe revolve around the interactions between Fraggles, Doozers, Gorgs and Silly Creatures. Each has

J.S. Park

jsparkblog

For those saying “I can still appreciate Ravi Zacharias’ teaching”—I disagree. The “good” he did is only cruelty & hypocrisy to his victims. But was his teaching actually any good?

Jeune Boomer

bigauideaigue

Why mecha and robots have a place in fiction, a thread : this thread is a response to a, frantically stupid tweet. But, despite it's stupidity, it asks a good

throwaway

throwingaway77

BILLIE EILISH + PIZZAGATE? BURY A FRIEND SONG ANALYSIS THREAD: lyrics: ‘what do you want from me, why don’t you run from me, what are you wondering, what do you

Jessica Price

Delafina777

Okay, so, it's Tisha B'Av and I had some thoughts here about Av in general which you should read for context, but I want to talk about today specifically.https://twitter.com/Delafina777/status/1285980803235672065 Supposedly

Justin Logan

JustinTLogan

Rare sappy personal thread. Four years ago today, I opened a restaurant, a dream I had had for years. Two years ago today, I closed that restaurant. I’ve just been

Isabel Nyo

eisabai

What are some of the most important skills for the future? I'll put my answers in thread over next 7 days, pls join me. #bigdata #MachineLearning #saas #developer #coding #programmer

🏔️🌨️Snowy Steppes Seeker🌨️🏔️

_forest_seeker_

The rise of deconstructionist disregard for authorial intent affords the dissident right a fresh opportunity to repurpose art. Put simply, the healthy and vitalistic man can force art to align

Kingfisher & Wombat

UrsulaV

Apparently certain parties are tweeting about how colleges are just left-wing indoctrination again, and god, it’s like the universe just WANTS me to rant or something.Fine. Let me tell you

Pro Hoops History

ProHoopsHistory

Emancipation Day(s)The NBA falling over itself to recognize Juneteenth gave me the excuse to write about my other historical love: the Civil War and the loooooong process of emancipationhttps://prohoopshistory.substack.com/p/juneteenth

⚡ reboot hq ⚡

reboot_hq

our talk with @cmcilwain last night on his book Black Software was absolutely fascinating. the genesis of McIlwain's project was a quest to trace the digital origins of BLM. but

Samuel Otigba

SamuelOtigba

Failure is good. I have embraced the freedom that comes with failing & trying new things. I have become desensitised to it. 10yrs ago my biggest fear was being unsuccessful

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