#Politics

I don’t expect any significant updates in #NY22 today. Instead, I’m gonna drop a thread below with a little bit of math, a little bit of the journey it’s taken
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.@LLinWood is reporting that China may have purchased Dominion Voting 10/8/2020. Verification has not yet been received. Take this as potentially breaking news.https://twitter.com/llinwood/status/1333815984390610945 OK this is what I found
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Personally, I find the idea that Priti Patel didn't know the harm she was causing 100% plausible. And why? Because people without a shred of empathy do not know and
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Waiting for BidenWe’re waiting. Waiting for the leadership that will allow us to live our lives again. We have been living with COVID for so long, it often feels like
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I have heard -- disappointingly -- some people saying that ABS-CBN deserved to lose its franchise because of its violations.Let's go through the arguments (which are also in the Congressional
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So what makes a government "legitimate" (شرعي) ? This is an interesting question to explore, because it leads back to the sources of law. Among modern states, a government is
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Mini-rant so I can get it off my chest: I keep seeing people saying white churches MUST preach anti-racism. Stop it. For one thing, any time you tell somebody they
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Thread: On realism and Iraq. @McFaul, affronted that some in US progressive politics are calling for a "progressive realist" foreign policy, insists: realism is responsible for war and destruction over
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It’s the 10th Anniversary of the Millbank Occupation And I was thereMovements are not made in a single day, but the occupation of the Millbank Tower on the 10 Nov
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It seems nobody wants to say that the situation in Great Britain to Northern Ireland is a consequence of the choices made by the UK government - and that is
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From Denver to Minneapolis, we're starting to see cities & city officials respond to BLM & change their policies.That can be hard to keep track of, so I'm starting a
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Time to (Ashokan) Farewell the fuck out of 2020LET’S GOOOOOOOOO#civilitea https://twitter.com/gothamgirlblue/status/1344282502043750400 I’m seeing that Florentine Films card; I’m hearing the name of Wilmer McLean, and I’m feeling no
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A thread summarizing "Sovereignism Part 1: Digital Creative Destruction"My 12-part essay series explores the digital disrup­tion of the nation-state and the subse­quent amplification of individual sover­eignty during the digita
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Its Sunday and we’re doing a long thread on past medical abuses against Black communities to try to help science Twitter understand why “trust” is not the goal – the
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What/is Five Eyes? Where it started and why? What is it used for?Are there only 5? 10 ? 14? Even Moar?The connections to #Bigtech & #BigPharma Let’s take A #FVEY
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A few thoughts on this sad development 20 academics criticizing an paper is fine; good science, really10000+ hate mail for studying schools in Sweden is insaneAnonymous docs/ prof (hiding in
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