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Kgopolo Mphela

PhilMphela

Here’s the thing... Being an artist is not just about having the skill or talent... lack of that. This “they should’ve signed this other person” debate misses one point. If

Carly Silver

CarlyASilver

Who's up for more #Oscars outfits as images from the ancient world? First up is double nominee Leslie Odom Jr.His gold Brioni ensemble reminds me of this gilded statue

David Kaye

davidakaye

a simple, superficial and ultimately brief thread on this last day of my mandate as @UN special rapporteur on freedom of opinion & expression. pls read this first, the touchstone

Dr. Sophie Coulombeau

SMCoulombeau

So I’m late to this, but I’m just catching up on the #ReclaimHerName kerfuffle. And, given that Naming And Literature (with a side of gender) is kinda my thing, I

GigaHerzl

HerzlGiga

Let me explain why the "Human Rights Watch" report on Israel is so problematic, in just a few tweets - and why the response from so many in the Jewish

Allan

UnrealAllan

Let's have a thread on why it's preposterous for anyone to care whether or not Trump will willingly leave office if he loses or contests the election. All citations are

Nick Grube

nickgrube

U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard finally released a copy of the demand letter her campaign sent to Hillary Clintonhttps://twitter.com/TulsiGabbard/status/1194386961848356866?s=20 Brian Dunne is the attorney who wrote it. He works for Pierce

forwomen.scot

ForwomenScot

Abuse & women's rights. A long threadThe past 24 hours have seen another fab thread from @jk_rowling which, inevitably, resulted in further abuse. However, senior politicians in Scotland have been

François Malaussena

malopedia

Attendez attendez, j'ai une bonne histoire ! La Georgie est un état américain, en général contrôlé par les républicains (la droite américaine), via des tactiques dans les procédures de

Sanjay G Reddy

sanjaygreddy

Angus Deaton's article, just published in @TheIndiaForum on 'randomization in the tropics': https://www.theindiaforum.in/article/randomization-tropics-revisited @ramreddy As frequently, I disagree with Deaton on certain points, for instan

Jónas Haraldsson Balding 大老板

BaldingsWorld

A couple of thoughts about the Trump announcements. First, the changing of the Hong Kong status is simply a recognition of reality. Second, China cannot however both claim that it

David Folkenflik

davidfolkenflik

Thread: It may seem like some quaint vestige of a time gone by.But let me spell out why I think developments at the Voice of America and its parent agency

Femme Loves💜🤍💚

FemmeLoves

Transphobia: a threadThe definition of transphobia is too broad. Excluding male bodied people from my dating pool, or wanting single sex provisions for women and girls is not transphobic. Grave

Synaps

SynapsNetwork

THREAD Amid all the uncertainty and anxiety, here are things we’ve seen change for the better in Lebanon. The list, as the events themselves, is disorderly, open-ended, and subject to

Nath.

ChelseaNath

Each Premier League Club’s most underrated player. (2019/20)[A Thread.] Arsenal: Granit Xhaka. Despite his tendency to make rash tackles and poor decisions at times, Xhaka has enjoyed a resurgence under

Jeff Jarvis

jeffjarvis

The virus (and fights against masks and vaccines) are merely McGuffins, props in the crazy right's anti-intellectual effort to own the libs, the experts, institutions, authority: anger for its own