#Political

A repository of #MMT resources by @ActivistMMT.

MMTResources

A large collection of examples demonstrating the #MMT view of class conflict/class struggle, and where specifically MMT addresses it.[THREAD v.1](With thanks to many.) From a 2019 post by Australian economics

Spring Seeker

_forest_seeker_

Part of the appeal of the Lord of the Rings is largely unspoken, it is aesthetic, it is the feeling of being men striving towards great goals among the ruins

Darren Newman

DazNewman

The Equality Act (10 years old today) was a close run thing. It was given Royal Assent two days after the announcement of the 2010 General Election. Parliament was dissolved

Mandate Now

mandatenow

On 20/5/20 @nspcc gave evidence to @inquiryCSA @ the #ReligiousOrganisationsandSettings hearing. It was asked its position on #MandatoryReporting & again rolled out its unviable proposal (not #MR) that mistakenly purports

Paasha Mahdavi

paashamahdavi

Policies to reduce natural gas flaring may unintentionally increase the venting of methane -- a MUCH more potent greenhouse gas.Our latest in @PNASNews, joint with Raphael Calel @McCourtSchool, and a

Jeff Jarvis

jeffjarvis

: An unfortunately terrible example of COVID reporting in The New York Times, in which they give practically unhindered voice to a preprint paper by a controversial scientist who's being

Dr. Leta Hong Fincher 洪理达

LetaHong

Glad to guest host this week’s ⁦@politico⁩ China newsletter: “Feminists thwarting China’s population goals”https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-china-watcher/2021/04/29/feminists-in-china-thwarting-governments-populatio

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).Inside: Experian doxes the world (again); and more!Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2021/04/30/dox-the-world/#Pluralistic1/ Experian doxes the world (again): And the breach is still ongoing

Megan Ming Francis

meganfrancis

- Ida B Wells: 1892 wrote first lynching expose - NAACP: 1909 argued 1st civil right was protection of black lives & launched massive campaignIf u are trying to understand

Dr Sandy O'Sullivan (Wiradjuri)

sandyosullivan

#BlackXplaining10171/million Instead of whitesplaining articles being avidly retweeted with #BLM, cite these Black words. Words: Mitch Hibbens (@mhibb87)https://www.3cr.org.au/inyaface/episode-201907121600/wiradjuri-queer-man-mitch-hibbens-

Ali Mohamed 🇪🇬

alimoham8d

With the current #GERD negotiations problem , I have seen alot of ethiopians saying that egypt doesn't consider itself as an african country and they asked, what have egypt done

Shaun Lawson

shaunjlawson

Just for a moment, let's ignore the shenanigans which Trump's team has planned for the days after the election. Just for a moment, let's treat all things as essentially equal.This

History Under Your Feet

HistorifyToday

Today is the Jayanti of P.V.Narasimha Rao, the man who liberalized the Indian economy, and opened it up. And more than anything else, provided the much needed stability for India

Noam Blum 🦉

neontaster

I see people doing this so I'll try to do an October horror movie recommendation thread. Don't expect everyone to enjoy all of these, obviously, but some are weirder and

File411

File411

P-R-E-D-I-C-TGosh if only we could have P-R-E-D-I-C-T-ed the various viruses that “could turn into pandemics” - it’s not like in 2009 the Obama Administration (Bird flu) funded scientists, like $200M

Firas Durri

firasd

1) When the Covid crisis is over, one of the strangest sub-plots will have been the fracas around Hydroxychloroquine. Starting from medical practitioners worldwide adopting its usage in a ‘cargo