#Governments

thal (hiatus)

thalestral

Growing up poor without access to creative media has given me a very different perspective on piracy than I commonly see in twitter discourse.Suffice to say that morality under capitalism

Daphne Keller

daphnehk

The contemporary equivalent of the Military Industrial Complex is the nexus of state and private platform power. We need a catchy phrase for that, and it needs sustained scrutiny. Things

geoffrey gertz

geoffreygertz

New publication! In @RIPEJournal, @jonasbunte, Alexa Zeitz (@Concordia) and I analyze the faltering global export credit regime. A thread with some key findings 1/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09692290.2021.1916776 For decade

Mike Makowsky

mikemakowsky

I was given the opportunity to lay out a proposal to end law enforcement as a system of taxation by the good folks at @hamiltonproj and @BrookingsInst, which you can

Frontier Technologies

FrontierTechHub

#FrontierTech can be used to make democratic participation more inclusive, but poorer, rural communities often lack access to digital connectivity.So how can tech be used to ensure that *all* citizens

M.R. Leiser

MLeiser

For a year now, I have argued that the @EU_EDPS, the #PeppPT & #DP3T movements hijacked narrative on #contacttracing apps long before science & risks were known. In doing so,

Jambavan

SirJambavan

General rant on #VaccineMaitri -- ignore if you want to!## This is my opinion. If you think this is ridiculous, you are free to have yours ### I have immense

Govind Raj

govindraj70

#Modi_Hatao_Dash_BachaoThe blastards who wanted @narendramodi to stop wasting money on vaccines and give that money to farmers are blaming him for not vaccinating India quickly enough.Thread: 1/N The primps who

Aaron Maté

aaronjmate

Look at @EliotHiggins' "response": he won't answer my question (https://twitter.com/aaronjmate/status/1321123817863917568?s=20), but he will try to weasel his way out of it by impugning me to others.I'd say he's ge

Barrister's Horse

BarristersHorse

THREAD:HE'S BEHIND EU 1. I may of course be wrong on this, but I don't think so. The EU is heading into another 'existential crisis' as they like to call

CEDAW People's Tribunal

CedawPT

FAQ time!So, what is CEDAW?CEDAW stands for the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against WomenAdopted by the UN in 1979Signed by the UK in 1981Ratified by

HRH the Duck of Edinburgh 📕

amphitryoniades

I'm going to watch this, because I hate myself.https://twitter.com/cambridgeunion/status/1330818718818066434?s=20 Oh my goodness, they also have Iain McNicol on, saying that he feels he should've "pushed back more" against

Bernie'sTweets

berniespofforth

1/ Let's talk about SERCO - a thread.Chief Exec is Rupert Soames, he’s the brother of Nicholas Soames. Which is handy for networking through the government. 2/ SERCO is the

StockTrooth

Stock_Truth

1/ The only time I disagreed with @chamath.Yes, big companies are largely owned by investment firms. But those investment firms represent assets of regular people (pension funds for companies, states,

Arian El-Taher

areltah

My acct will likely be suspended soon from mass (fraudulent) reports.So I will say this now.Liberals—last night—flooded my mentions with vile & racist obscenities, in response to me calling out

Cheryl White

LadyScorcher

People who have been following me for a while know that I occasionally talk about the hierarchy of controls, which I use in assessing risk and establishing appropriate precautions in