#Reality

Shaun Lawson

shaunjlawson

Many people disdain the United States for all sorts of reasons. Totally legitimate, correct ones too. So many people, foreign and domestic, have suffered at its hands; so so many

Eliza Mondegreen

elizamondegreen

Some quotes and thoughts on Eric Hoffer's The True Believer, which I've been reading this week... “All active mass movements strive, therefore, to interpose a fact-proof screen between the faithful

Rav Arora

Ravarora1

In 2020, BLM dominated all facets of American life.But did black lives really matter last year?Thousands of black Americans were killed during a record-breaking homicide wave. The media and broader

Rebekah Fenton, MD, FAAP

RFentonMD

In honor of MLK Day, I want to share a thread about his year in Chicago (did yall know he spent time here?) In 1965, after the Voting Rights Act

Abeba Birhane

Abebab

Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Poulo #FreireTranslated by Myra Bergman Ramos #amreading Introduction by Donaldo Macedo (Some context: the book was first written in Portuguese in 1968 and translated and published

forwomen.scot

ForwomenScot

Highlights from debate on #IDEVAW2020 debates yesterday. "I am a woman—an adult human female—and my life, like the lives of many women, has been shaped by the fear and reality

Simon DeDeo

SimonDeDeo

Straight up confession: every time I read a biography of the Bloomsbury scene—Virginia Woolf, Keynes, Wittgenstein—I cry when it gets to the First World War. We were so close. We

Silver

SilverIce0101

Yo From The Heart, Vol. 2. 10/10 album. The amount of soul and emotion in this is ridiculous. I've been sitting here bumping and vibing and didn't even realize I

WA Budget & Policy

budget_policy

As WA faces increased statewide restrictions, @GovInslee is considering economic relief to small businesses and individuals. So what should the Governor & #WALeg be considering to support communities? One simple

Alex Haagaard (they/them)

alexhaagaard

Been thinking a lot lately about the construction of disability along lines of in/visibility to the medical gaze and I figure I may as well compile these fragmentary thoughts into

Quarantining Brandon

BecomingBrandon

I have had some time away from the Twitter-machine and have thoughts about Will Muschamp and South Carolina and where we go from here. I apologize if the pending thread

Flute Person

ComradeFlute

French protesters are not better equipped, more skilled, or more radical than Seattle protesters, they just have more of them. Why is this? Because France doesn't have a culture of

Sheryl Ring, Esq 🚩🌈 ✡️

Ring_Sheryl

THREAD.I see this argument a lot - that a sexual harassment/assault civil suit for money damages is somehow less credible than a criminal case. I've handled cases involving both (and

Highland Good Food Conversation

highland_food

Today's the day! Highland Good Food Conference Day 1Vision Setting: What does a Highland Good Food System look like? We will be tweeting on this thread throughout the day- please

Simon DeDeo

SimonDeDeo

Feynman wisdom is that you don’t truly understand something until you can explain it to a newcomer. This gets confused with two seemingly similar claims, however, both of which are

The Provost / سيدة الفتنة

MsEntropy

Jeff Sessions didn’t resign - read the letter. “At your request, I am submitting my resignation” means : fired, not resign. Democrats’ Midterm win of the House opened up the

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