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Cristin Atoms

AtomsCristin

How Trump Is Capitalizing On Our Hardship: (a very long thread) There is an unreported pattern in Trump’s controversial rhetoric and policies, and it indicates a truly disturbing campaign strategy.

Benjamin Strick

BenDoBrown

I captured five days of tweets using #WestPapua & #FreeWestPapua tags after a crackdown by Indonesian forces against Papuans in Aug. What I found was a bot network spreading pro-govt

LGA Labour

LGA_Labour

Just over 12 hours ago, @RobertJenrick published ‘Planning for the Future’, a white paper that seeks to rip up planning 'red tape' by taking control away from local people. Shall

hypervisible dot pdf

hypervisible

What’s the most absurd/invasive thing that tech platforms do or have done that sounds made-up but is actually true? LT: for instance, the reveal that Facebook is outing sex workers.https://gizmodo.com/how-facebook-outs-sex-workers-1818861

Jared Yates Sexton

JYSexton

Buckle up, people.We have to dive deep into Bill Barr, the history of theocratic fascism in Ameica, white supremacy as religion, and explain again why the Evangelical Right treats Trump

Katie Simpson

CBCKatie

The White House coronavirus task force briefing is underway. President Donald Trump says "we are making tremendous strides against this invisible enemy,". Trump says "we're opening up America again," says

Janet Johnson

JJohnsonLaw

End Our National Crisishttps://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/10/16/opinion/donald-trump-worst-president.html?smid=tw-share Donald Trump’s re-election campaign poses the greatest threat to American democracy since World War II. Mr. Trum

TagTerritory

TagTerritory

Harley-Davidson launches ‘Serial 1’ a gorgeous new electric bikeA thread https://tagterritory.com/harley-davidson-launches-serial-1-electric-bike/ The bike producer is spinning out its e-bike division as a separate enterprise by un

World Health Organization (WHO)

WHO

Media briefing on #COVID19 with @DrTedros https://www.pscp.tv/w/chvB6jI2MTAyMHwxRFh4eUFFT2R5ZHhN3IMLoBZAbGySNyWwLZi3JnNz-A-PzQbcvlTuHmF-6Ms= "Eight months into the #COVID19 pandemic, we understand that people are tired and yearn to get

Jon Evans

rezendi

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

Bob Wachter

Bob_Wachter

1/ Covid (@UCSF) Chronicles, Day 55UCSF: 13 pts, 6 on vents (each down 1). Fig on L shows 2 waves; on downslope from 2nd. Test + rate stable at 2.2%.

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

In 2013, Daniel Rigmaiden - facing life in prison for 35 counts each of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft - was offered a surprise deal by federal prosecutors.1/ They

Jared Yates Sexton

JYSexton

Let's talk about Trump's fascist posturing last night, the death cult that worships him, and how fascism is a war on reality as well as masculine overcompensation.To be clear, we're

Jennifer Cohn ✍🏻 📢

jennycohn1

ES&S downplays problems w/ its voting machines. To know what occurred, we need public records requests. @RGarella did one in 2019 & found that, “‘poll workers & technicians reported issues

Umbereen S. Nehal, MD, MPH

usnehal

Yet we have people shaming nurses & doctors for “smiles” or for doing #TikTok & dancingDear God, if there is a shred of joy, let it beIn general, loudest #MedTwitter

Pajamas It Is

HeckofaLiberal

THREAD: I've been hesitant to touch masks because of the hot button nature of them but this is getting out of control. New models showing thousands of lives will be