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Zephyr Teachout

ZephyrTeachout

I have some thoughts about the Facebook oversight board.1) the Facebook oversight board is paid by Facebook. (yeah, through a trust, no diff)2) the Facebook oversight board is wholly unaccountable

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ADavidHaleJoint

One of the things I’ve seen a lot of hand-wringing about is that Medical Team A says it’s not safe to play and Medical Team B says it is, so

Kevin Book

kevinbookdc

#Wonk warning: a #thread on social cost of #carbon (SCC). We at @CVEPLLC expected @JoeBiden not just to reinstate higher SCC in his #dayone #climate order but also to look

Elizabeth Jardina

ejardina

Let's talk about mask anxiety. A confusing thing is that anxiety doesn't necessarily feel like being nervous or edgy. If you, like me, are claustrophobic, and your anxiety leads to

Glenn Greenwald

ggreenwald

This is amazing, but not really. There is no more authoritarian species in the wild than US liberals. In every controversy, they side with institutions of authority: they love the

Rich 🐺🖤

heywildrich

lmao neoliberalism is truly amazing. it's so tremendous, such a juggernaut.it can turn "socialists" into cheering for corporate sleaze bags in a couple years, make Islamists support gay marriage and

Selina in PDX 🗽🇺🇸

PDXSelina

Wdn't put it exactly this way. Agree with Amy Chua's contention that tribalism's a natural human behavior, but many of us belong to multiple overlapping, different tribes, which diversify our

A.J. Somerset

ajsomerset

Today in Your Fact is Not In Fact a Fact:This chart is making the rounds, purporting to demonstrate that there is no relationship between gun ownership in Canada and rates

Andy Smarick

smarick

If you are sick of my endless optimism and my incessant lecturing about closer-to-home public service, please ignore this thread.1/ I just finished my first meeting as chair of the

Adam Gurri

adamgurri

Books that have started me on various intellectual journeys, a thread. Starting w/ the most cringe. Sowell's book started me on a lifelong journey of wrestling with Hayekian ideas. It's

Helena HoliGays Greer

BlumAgainCurios

What I hear when people argue that Daphne didn't rape Simon is a LOT of unacknowledged baggage about sex and gender:The myth that women can't rape/men can't be rapedThe myth

The Stoic Empire

TheStoicEmpire

~Thread of quotes~1) I don’t care how rich you are. I don’t care whether you’re a top Wall Street banker. If somebody has to tell you when to be at

Dr. William Horne

wihorne

"There is a theory, an assumption, a conjecture, that in some way socialism is inimical to liberty and independence of the individual. Just how and to what extent this diminution

Simon I stand with Jackie Weaver’s Cat Myerson QC

SCynic1

Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi gave evidence on behalf of Ken Livingstone at his disciplinary hearing. Here are the quotes. You probably see the difficulties & the justification for removing her from @UKLabourIf

Radical Catholic

RadicalCath

It is truly a shame that Catholic commentators and clerics alike have chosen either to ignore this matter altogether or to use it as an opportunity to issue dire warnings

emily

emilywritesgood

Remember when Rush called a woman raped by members of the Duke University lacrosse team a “ho”? Remember in the 80s when Rush had a regular segment called The AIDS

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