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ibnErnest

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

Daniel Schultz

pastordan

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

Jerry Paffendorf

WELLO

With people discussing systemic racism and what to do about it, I'm sharing a short story & request regarding the most egregious example I've had the displeasure of getting to

Tom Mackel

temackel

@RudyGiuliani @LLinWood @MattBraynard (long thread) Election officials committed possible postal fraud when they distributed ballots via nonprofit postage. Election officials get reduced postage rates via NVRA of 1993 for voter

Punish4Q 🇺🇸P4Q💀

Punish4Q

//THREAD\\Trump signed an executive order on June 11, 2020. This EO is "Blocking Property of Certain Persons Associated International Criminal Court"I'll break down a little bit what this means below.https://www.whitehouse.g

Patrick Porter

PatPorter76

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

Marco Rogers

polotek

Economics just isn't this simple. I wish that people who wanted to use this simple definition would admit that they're incentivized to do so because it benefits them in their

Jason Hughes

JasonLHughes

Alright, so here is the next thread in my series on the French army in the 18th century. Today we will be covering the first years of the War of

Rachel Gutin 🏳️‍🌈

Rachel_Gutin

The eighth panel I attended at #ConZealand this year wasn’t technically a panel. It was a dialogue between @doctorow and @Ada_Palmer entitled “Corey Doctorow and Ada Palmer Discuss Censorship and

Julia Rogers

JuliaRuRogers

1/ My paper on discovering the #ReactionCoordinate & characterizing the rate-limiting step for passive #LipidTransport is out now in @JPhysChem B!https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c04139A summary of our findings and their

foone

Foone

This thing is probably faster at number crunching and basic I/O than the CPU used in the original IBM PC, and this one is in something you pee on and

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

You've probably heard Zuboff's excellent coinage "Surveillance Capitalism" and perhaps you've read the paper it was introduced in, or the book that it led to. Today, I've published a response

Robin P, AICP

BourbonPlanner

Thread: the electoral college is fixable. Currently, the EC gives a pretty tangible benefit to GOP. In 2016, Trump's Evote outperformed his pop vote by 10.8%, while Hillary under-performed by

Carla-Jean

CarlaJeanStokes

Today marks the 76th anniversary of the Dieppe Raid. It's a great example in why it's important to cite your photography sources whenever possible. Wanna know why? Thread Photograph

John Hoare

mumoss

Here's a thread about why I really, really wish PasC sheets contained the correct information... and how they often don't. So, the Gregorian chanting coming out of the radio in

Determination ❤️ Undertale for Smash Campaign

UTXSSBU

Welcome to DETERMINATION - An Undertale for Smash Campaign! We got our Sans Mii Costume, now let's go grab that smash invite! (Thread) UNDERTALE is a very unique game,

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