#Hyperbole

Qiao Collective

qiaocollective

We condemn the racist actions of individual landlords and vendors in Guangzhou against African residents. China met with 20 African nations' envoys to affirm their commitment to hold these actors

Nicola Low #EveryDayCounts #StillFBPE

nicolamlow

Here’s a short thread on some rather worrying misinterpretations of the meaning and implications of “asymptomatic” #SARS-CoV-2 or #COVID19. This is provoked by a @bmj_latest news item by https://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/369/bmj.m1375.full.pdf Let’s

Keelan Chapman

KeelanChapman

This was purposely leaked by the Sasse team to prop him up as a "New Republican" for President in 2024. Don't fall for it. As a Nebraskan let me tell

Jared Yates Sexton

JYSexton

The Trump Administration made a decision not to fight the pandemic because it was an "effective political strategy" against Democrats.Let's call it what it is and stop playing around.Genocide.This is

Stress Management Cat

Methadone_Cat

Is harm reduction too liberal?I dunno, do you think you can get the investors in the Prison Industrial Complex to accept a less carceral view of drugs without openly accepting

Christian Tu-Cheesy Potatoes

chrtucci

Here's a thread of examples of rhetorical devices in Taylor Swift lyrics: 1. ADNOMINATION: the repetition of words with the same root in a sentence.“That you never loved me, or

Walter M Kimbrough

HipHopPrez

A THREAD: As a response to charges of racism, supporters of President Trump offer several defenses. Examples include “funded HBCUs” “giving 250 million to HBCUs” “permanently funded HBCUs” and “record

Dr. Lauren 🎃 FrankenstEEn 🎃

WrackWonder

Some delicate words about why the representation on #WynonnaEarp is sometimes a touchy subject for queer people. As in, we get fighty. Right off the bat: no gatekeeping. This

TheDudeSeesAll

TheDudeSeesAll

1. @AshaRangappa_ this message needs to get out. This makes it clear that @realDonald Trump is #PutinsPuppet and a traitor. The bipartisan, GOP-led, Senate Intelligence Committee report is devastating. https://int.nyt.com/data/documenttools

M.A. Jones 🛡️

technopopulist

The situation for the Conservative Party is worse than you think. The difficulty lies, however, in explaining how serious it is without falling into the language of hyperbole. So, I

Mattathias Schwartz

Schwartzesque

I have thoughts about the phone call between President Trump and Gordon Sondland that took place in a Kiev restaurant, according to Amb. Taylor. It's gotten considerable attention because it

Teach, Tweet, Repeat

BenjaminASmith

Surface area v volume is happening omg grade 3 #tmwyk Is it wrong to be proud of your child, if the source of your pride is a comparison of her

Jonathan Turley

JonathanTurley

As expected, the nominee is Judge Amy Coney Barrett. More than any nomination in history, this is a celebration of conservative feminists. It comes close to the day of the

robert p. baird

bobbybaird

Everything sounds like hyperbole in a hyperbolic age, but this really is one of the most damning confessions of Trump’s presidency. Just unspeakably horrifying.https://twitter.com/theviewfromll2/status/1274500280386813953 And may the gods

AdamG01UNC

AdamGSWalters

Here’s the story of how I realized that most college rivalries are basically little league rivalries compared to UNC-dook basketball. First of all, people outside NC have NO IDEA what

Peter Sokolowski

PeterSokolowski

1) The fact that people care deeply about language is an unambiguously good thing! It's easy to explain why 'irregardless' is in the dictionary, and to show that the clear