#Protests

1/35ish) My first ever mega thread. An American friend asked if I could explain the grades chaos. #examshambles This is what I came up with. It happened a) because the
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To simplify following the criminal justice news of the last 36 hours, I posted a set of 10 links to police brutality videos on Facebook Can't do that here, obvsSo
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If you plan on joining any protests:- Void all your social media accounts - Ask family to remove pictures of you, get them to private their accounts - cover your
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I’m going to do a running thread with news stories pointing out how they would read in a liberal tabloid until someone launches one. Top Docs Warn America: Test Or
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When Africans both living on and away from the continent said 'Hey, pls pay attention to us as humans not just for your entertainment or romanticized ideas of Africa', this
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Just had a HUGE mind-blowing win at work that I want to share for a little #MondayMotivation as we go into this new week imagining what a just and equitable
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Let's talk about Andy Ngo and limits of strategic nonviolence. Something Bob Altemeyer mentioned in The Authoritarians is that people get more authoritarian when confronted with violence of (almost) any
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Dishonest Republican cop Steven Lee, running for Democratic office in Flushing, has record of domestic violence & abuse of sex workers, yet received $15,200+ in real estate funding, funneled through
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what you can do to help in the uk - A THREAD this website has links to petitions you can sign + places to donate + other resourceshttps://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co  educate yourself
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#THREAD: As a Hong Kong freelance journalist, I’d like to say something other in-house journalists may not dare say due to their code of conduct. Forgive me for being sentimental
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What's really happening in Venezuela and why are Venezuelan people going through a crisis right now, a long anti-american imperialism (must-read) thread: First you should know that Venezuela is a
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This weekend has seen countless cases of brutality towards protesters. I want to talk about one specific tactic, vehicle ramming, and how it took hold in 1) the American far-right,
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The Trump Superspreader Tour 2020 comes tonight to Fayetteville, North Carolina. Follow for a video thread. Trump begins by saying nice things about Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Trump's audience isn't thrilled
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Several aspects of the Proud Boys false incitement emails point to Iran - "FBI says Iran behind threatening emails sent to Florida Democrats" https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/fbi-says-iran-behind-threatening-emails-sent-flor
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sooo about this coinbase blog post. you know, when you publish something like this, you might piss off some of your team. and then they might talk.(p.s. to coinbase GSOC:
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I've long been loath to use the word "fascism" casually -- words mean things, and those things matter. My personal rubric is the great Umberto Eco's essay "Ur-Fascism," summarized, with
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