#Essay

compiledwrong

compiledwrong

My startup CEO has sent us something to read, https://stratechery.com/2020/how-tech-can-build/ which is a response/follow-up to https://a16z.com/2020/04/18/its-time-to-build/So here is me reading both of them. Gangway. "This monumental failure o

Free Black Thought

FreeBlckThought

POWERFUL & timely essay by @JohnRWoodJr. Read the thread. It's may not be what you expected:"We do need unity in America. We need peace & order. We need justice &

roderic day calledme a brown person a white racist

solitudepenguin

Once again, Tankies being genocidal denialists so here is a mini-thread of Xinjiang http://chuangcn.org/journal/two/spirit-breaking/ https://twitter.com/p_chardo/status/1276319385767096320 https://daikon.co.uk/blog/we-have-not-heard-from-my

Dr Ben Vincent

GenderBen

This is a thread on our new book 'TERF Wars: Feminism and the fight for transgender futures', where I'll say a bit about the context behind it, the format (for

Dr. Erik Wade

erik_kaars

There's a new Op-Ed about how "medieval" America's response to the plague is. I'm sure #MedievalTwitter has thoughts, but, since my Global Medieval Lit class happens to have been reading

Sir Samuel Vimes

RealSamVimes

This article is garbage and has either been written by someone who isn't a Police Officer or who is not representative of any copper I know. There's some really clear

Daily Suffragist

DailySuffragist

Is citizenship earned or inherent? Did women need to prove they _deserved_ the vote?Once the US entered WWI, women were eager to be of service--especially women with something to prove.

Amy

xamyrichiex

This looks fun. I’m going to do this. #eastenders Day 1: Favourite family - The Brannings - some of my favourite characters are in this family. They have a huge

Retired Golden Girl ✨ (black parents but biracial)

Girlgoldened

At 22 years old, I’m not ashamed to say that I don’t like working hard. I got into a Top 3 University on a full scholarship, studying on a hugely

Aditi Parekh

aditipar

I don't think too many women follow me, but I figure this thread will find whoever it needs to.My 2020 Indian Bride's Emotional Survival Guide Overarching insight: There is

Malcolm Clark

TwisterFilm

1./ Are children ever 'born in the wrong body'? A thread about schools, puberty blockers and children's brains. For years the idea of 'born in the wrong body' was a

Matt Sheehan

mattsheehan88

I've been going through some old China photos that make me smile, and wanted to start a thread here to share them with you all. I'll be posting ~1 per

Sharon Dodua Otoo

SharonDoduaOtoo

Last night I reluctantly entered a discussion about the @buchmesse shortlist and then only left about 2% of my thoughts there. It looks einigermaßen ridiculous for me to be commenting

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

This is the second and final week of "The Attack Surface lectures," a series of 8 bookstore hosted virtual events exploring themes in the third Little Brother book, Attack Surface.https://read.macmillan.com/torforge/cory-doctorow-

Ariana Martinez

MartinezAriana_

My heart is exploding with warmth & hope for thriving audio arts community. Thank you to everyone who came to Sound As Material with WAVS from @WBRU. All of the

Nick Hune-Brown

nickhunebrown

OK, a thread. @TheLocalhealth is usually a quarterly, but that obviously makes no sense these days. We had an entire issue ready to go that we’ve put on hold (after