#Concession

eric farnsworth

ericfarns

Thread on #Venezuela: Dictators in trouble always offer limited, symbolic "concessions" to play the international community for time and aid. The pattern is repeated so often that it is, well,

Dan McLaughlin

baseballcrank

Democratic crowds will chant "lock him up" on the campaign trail, and the same people who professed to be horrified in 2016 will be fine with ithttps://twitter.com/blakehounshell/status/1136450871770923009 Democratic crowds will

free to fic (foff)

freetofic

(1/?) this is *also* why many anti-shippers conclude that nuanced arguments are 'just made-up excuses for predators/rapists/[csa offenders/csem]' (also bc nuance is boring, hard, and scary)https://twitter.com/freetofic/status/127345

Bruce Daisley

brucedaisley

New analysis: male dominated firms want workers back to their desks...... and are choking out diversity by cementing in less flexible working policies.A thread... Australia has started to return to

MZS

mattzollerseitz

Not that I wasn’t sensitive to the issues before, but taking regular care of disabled people in the last few years — my dad; my mother-in-law; my wife at the

Sean Hawkey

seanhawkeyphoto

COVID lockdowns have reportedly been a veil for some mining projects that have stepped up under cover of lockdown. in Honduras for example.A few pics of mine about mining. (it's

Carlos Osweda

COsweda

ThreadGood video by Karlyn Borysenko @DrKarlynBI'd like to comment on a couple of points she makes.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Osx5hpucACo Dr. B asks "Do we want the government or angry mob--perhaps the government AND/OR

Akshay Alladi

akshayalladi

100% agree. This is a fundamental issue of sovereignty, not an FoE issue.https://twitter.com/arisroussinos/status/1317494902301786112 This point is worth elaborating. It is wrong to frame this issue as some debate about what

Alicia Martin

PharmAlicia

The blatant cost errors aside, the part of Sue’s article I take issue with is her description of dispensing fees being to pay for the pharmacist to pull stock off

Amit Schandillia

Schandillia

[THREAD: WHAT IF HE REFUSES?]1/51"Senator Jones has just informed me that the returns indicate your election, and I hasten to extend my congratulations. We have submitted the issue to the

Dr. Guendouzi ( The Cerebral Assassin )

fimiletoks

Lagos state records1.6m cars on its road daily according to the MOT. 227 cars per km compared to the national average of 11 cars per km. The state is built

Untour

soyalyster

REPENTANCE III: Peut-on demander ce qui est déjà acquis?''Car c'est en espérance que nous sommes sauvés. Or, l'espérance qu'on voit n'est plus espérance: ce qu'on voit, peut-on l'espérer encore?'&#

Blank Slate

blankslate2017

Contrarian Take: We already know what @AmbJohnBolton is likely to say. Other witnesses who have already come forward are more compelling than he will be. Of course it would be

'wole

woleolabanji

Here are a two reasons why 'Northern Nigeria' appears to not have had ENOUGH.Thread.https://twitter.com/OoTheNigerian/status/1334766794431733761 1. EquanimityThe average northerner deals with tragedy (and this government has been tr

simon maginn

simonmaginn

How to destroy a political party.1. Select your cause. This could be anything, but it’ll work better if it’s simultaneously highly emotive, imprecise, and presented as something people will find

asif

aj_raja

UNIQUE MELANESIAN SOCIETY – ‘BIG MAN’ AND POLITICAL ORDER ThreadMelanesian region includes 4 countries; Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea (PNG) and numerous smaller islands. Melanesian society is organized