#Brutal

I think for many people the talk about defunding is (completely understandably) overwhelming and hard to imagine. I really do get that. and what I also get is that many
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Major escalation taking place right now in Israel & Palestine, with significant human rights implications. @hrw is investigating these events. Some preliminary takeaways based on what we know now &
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#OnThisDay, April 7th, 1947, the Ba’ath Party was founded by Michel Aflaq, Salah al-Din al-Bitar, with connections to a party of the same name by Zaki al-Arsuzi in #Syria. It’s
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Here's a short thread about Chuck Grassley's defense of a corn-based economy. Because I've seen this before. My mom grew up on a tobacco farm in Virginia, and all of
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Starting a THREAD OF MINI GAME REVIEWS. Taking care of my backlog! You've probably played or seen these games but if you haven't.. the time is now. A SHORT HIKESimple
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When you replace "Owned slaves" with"Was an active and willing participant in a vast conspiracy to kidnap children from their families in order to force them into industrial and sexual
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hi, twitter fam. as i’m sure some have noticed, i haven’t been very active these last few weeks, and i’d like to briefly pop in to say hi, and answer
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I've had so many ideas over the years but just for fun here are a few that really stick out in a little thread.Some of this I'm toying around with
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For the ones who think this is marrymond I’m sorry you might want to say hi to your ophthalmologist ! If you want to educate yourself please read the complete
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COVID & WILDFIRE CONCERN—Wildfires can increase #COVID19 death too. Notably Harvard study finds:1 μg/m3 increase in PM2.5 8% increase in COVID-19 death rate.How bad is West Coast #wildfires? 100-400
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the thing with rachel is that she both has & lacks self awareness, in the sense that she swears up and down that she's not doing anything wrong because this
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'Belarusian lawmakers have approved several amendments to legislation that severely restricts civil rights and the free flow of information...' This is a brutal regime that tortures protesters simply for demonstrating
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Trumps daily briefings are profoundly dishonest, delusional, confusing and erratic. The virus will not disappear anytime soon and the worst will not be behind us by June and it won’t
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As usual, @mipsytipsy breaks down what *good* engineering management incentives look like: https://charity.wtf/2020/09/06/if-management-isnt-a-promotion-then-engineering-isnt-a-demotionI’ll write about my (similar) take in more depth. But
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1. Interesting report from German insurance company Allianz showing a no deal Brexit would cost EU countries €33bn in exports. Germany would be hit the hardest with an €8.2bn loss,
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non black mutuals, friends, followers, whoever can see this- i am speaking to YOU directly. your silence is active violence against black people. your choice to not see color is
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