#Discourse

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

Combined Arms Center

usacac

GROUND SUPPORT & STRATEGIC BOMBING High-altitude precision strategic bombing first started gaining momentum in the mid-1920s at the @USArmy Air Corps Tactical School (ACTS), which was at Langley Field in

Seth Abramson

SethAbramson

(THREAD) In 5 years, I've never accused anyone of being a foreign disinformation agent. That changes today—as scary things are happening I need to talk about and Twitter needs to

nadia²⁸ loves louis

tbsfireproof

remember that petitions regarding middle eastern issues unfortunately go unnoticed a lot of the time. here's a thread of some organizations you should donate to instead (if you can) and

Omar Wasow

owasow

For 15 years, I’ve been studying 1960s civil rights protests with particular attention to how nonviolent and violent actions by activists & police influence media, elites, public opinion & voters.

Jonathan Korman

miniver

I have been muttering about this in side conversations for a while, and feel like this may be a good moment for a long thread to talk more directly about

Leonard Ugbajah

learning_leo

So, I decided to write again today, I focused on "The proposed 5% reduction in the levy for imported cars: a crash reflection on trade policy and the governance problem

BlackHatHuey

BlackHatHuey

My Response to Drizzt’s criticisms of 1011 (THREAD): To start, I just want to say that I have no problem with him or the fact that he didn’t like the

Celtic Medusa Rose-FromTheGrave-ns

CMRosens

Just started a free Gothic Fiction class with @RomGothSam - looking today at types of demons in Gothic texts. Starting with interacting with the paradigms and understandings of the devil/demonic

j ∞⁷

moonIunatik

i'm finally on my lunch break, let's get into D-2's lyrics 01. Moonlight: wow just on the first song i already wanna sit down and spend like 30 minutes

Zichen Wang

ZichenWanghere

A Thread: One key "false narrative"/disinformation complaint from Brussels towards Beijing: China is exploiting the crisis to divide and undermine the EU, via its medical supplies and alleged accompanying propaganda.

HJ Giles

HarryJosieGiles

Here's a wee history of the emergence of transphobia in the SNP, with some thoughts about what it might mean for the struggle in Labour.I'm less interested in "saving" Labour

Gaurav Sabnis 🇮🇳🇺🇸

gauravsabnis

A most underrated PuLa speech is this from 1987 in New Jersey. He chides NRI parents for whining about their kids not learning "their" culture, music, language etc. He's like,

Paul Cohen

Paul_E_Cohen

Today was Jacques Toubon's last day of work in his French gov. position as "Défenseur des droits" [Defender of rights]. Largely unknown outside of France, Toubon used his office to

Aslisho Qurboniev

aslishahqurbani

I am reading Ahmed El Shamsy’s recent book on the impact of #printing on modern discourses on #Islamic scholarship. Like his previous book, it is extremely readable and insightful. I

Kirsten Han 韩俐颖

kixes

on #Covid19 tech + surveillance in 1/ Unlike this time last year, when Singapore's epidemic curve shot up and we were seeing new cases in the 100s/1000s (mostly within migrant