#MODERN

Farooq Butt

fmbutt

One interesting mega trend happening out there today is a stress test of the whole concept of the "nation state".The nation state is not a self-evident thing that is a

Meg

agameganon

I have issues with posts like this. No contemporary historians, even very few historians of the last few decades, writing on AtG uphold this idea of a chaste “buddy” relationship

Chris Ferdinandi ⚓️

ChrisFerdinandi

Earlier this week, I wrote about how you should always bet on HTML.Today, I wanted to break down just how dramatically more performant than JS HTML can be. A thread...https://gomakethings.com/always-bet-on-html/

Lafayette Lee

OrangePartisan

The scratches the surface of why I no longer identify myself as a “Conservative.” Perhaps I would have labeled myself as such in another age, but that field is now

#InformedDissent

PeebsY0

I'm a Leftist. I donate to Liberals. I've never been much of a joiner, but things are different now. If we dont participate, we will lose our freedom. It's just

Lis grateful to be a Kiwi Smith

AlisaSmith

Why I won’t be voting National, a thread. (Feel free to add your own but no bullying please.)#WhyIWontVoteNational

Lord Space Hungarian of Poplar and Limehouse

andraswf

“In Hungary, we are very strict that we would not like to have a parallel society, or open society or a mixed-up culture.” Viktor Orbán, Prime Minister of Hungary, 25th

Vusi Thembekwayo

VusiThembekwayo

Who owns South Africa’s informal economy? This questions seems rhetorical at face value, until you consider the nuance & the detail. Taxis, Spaza shops, funeral parlours & even shebeens &

(((E. Glen Weyl)))

glenweyl

Thanks to @henryfarrell , I just finished one of the best books I have read for years, @hugoreasoning and @dansperber's The Enigma of Reason. I strongly recommend it to anyone

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BhagwaanUvacha

Charvaka school:I see a lot of people getting high on Charvaka school of Hinduism. They seem to think its some sort of a revelation, and are akin to those idiots

The New York Times

nytimes

President Trump didn’t just fail to drain the swamp. He reinvented it.Part Four of the Trump tax investigation reveals how he turned his properties into the Beltway’s new back rooms,

Jon 🏹👱🏻 Bauman

AnoYaro

Getting back up to speed with modern C++ after a couple years writing rust really makes me appreciate what a nicely designed language rust is. Some thoughts as I go…

the UBI guy

theUBIguy

1) Everybody's coming around!It's such a relief to see the supporters of a jobs guarantee uniting with the supporters of UBI in the time of #coronavirus, finally coming together on

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ratuteragung

I'm far from being a historian of early modern Southeast Asia but here is a thread about rumour in historical writing and how Sejarah Melayu makes an interesting source in

swoopy haircut edgelord

angelcloverr

Sad but interesting to think about how statistically speaking there is likely a decent number of kids who grew up watching edgy content which joked about things like depression/suicide, bipolar

Dr. Agon Fly

AcesOnSpades

While y'all are typing 140 characters I'm just gonna go ahead and start listing Beyonce hits and you can feel free to jump in with Rihanna hits it you like.Irreplaceable