#York

Jonathan English

EnglishRail

A thread about some of the issues raised by Torontonians on the @voxdotcom video. I ride TTC and, believe me, I know its limitations. But as these maps show, the

Tim Swanson

ofnumbers

seems to be a number of questions related to how commercial bank-backed "stablecoins" actually work. this thread is a short briefing that illustrates how cryptocurrencies (DeFi in particular) is relatively

Daily Suffragist

DailySuffragist

Obama’s 2d inaugural invoked a throughline “from Seneca Falls to Selma to Stonewall.” Brett Kavanaugh has surely been itching to object since. In dissent yesterday he wrote: “Seneca Falls was

Courtney Milan 🦖

courtneymilan

Okay, so this is a fairly decent explainer about how SCOTUS decides to take cases, but I think it's a little vague and lacking in some background explanation.https://www.goldsteinrussell.com/pro-bono/supreme-court-criteria/ https://twit

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

Hard to know what's more bonkers about this story: that Citibank "accidentally" sent $175m to a hedge fund called Brigade Capital, or that Brigade is refusing to return it.https://edition.cnn.com/2020/08/18/investing/citibank-

EverythingOppresses

SoOppressed

Thread: So many people are reacting with surprise to the NY Times's firing of a star journalist with the explanation that "intent doesn't matter". That's insane! they exclaim. How can

Ari Shapiro

arishapiro

If you've been wondering what #DefundThePolice looks like in practice, @npratc has been exploring the question all week. There's no single, simple answer, but these five conversations give you some

Amanda Orson

amandaorson

Fintech thread: Prior to Curve my background was startups, generally, and my domain expertise had been growth/ martech/ driving traffic and building, selling businesses atop that.The last year has been

Gino Fanelli

GinoFanelli

I'm going to clear something up: there is not an eviction moratorium in NY. That ended in October. Cuomo announced an extension of the moratorium that month, but it was

Mista Longs

_ShawnCombs

There's been this FALSE narrative floating around that Carribeans, specifically Jamaicans created the artform of HipHop, which couldn't be further from the truth. Since it's Black History Month this is

Dan Kaszeta

DanKaszeta

Today, several religious denominations in the USA commemorate the day as "Four Chaplains Day" Indeed, the US Senate proclaimed February 3, 1998 as Four Chaplains Day, and it is celebrated

Joy WE VOTED!! WEAR A MASK!! Reid 😷)

JoyAnnReid

Teachers, lawyers, real estate agents ... the breadth of ordinary people you might encounter in your everyday life, having no idea what their ideology or capability for violence, mayhem and

Brandon T. Harden

brandontrevion

It’s Election Day and I’m on the ground in South Philly. Follow along for updates. The DMs are open. Florence Easley, 94, said she wore her best coat to vote

Robert Skvarla

RobertSkvarla

This is bullshit. In many instances, they were prepared but refused to act; in Fishtown/South Philly, cops' inaction was plainly an act of aggression as they aligned themselves with groups

Kevin Wei (he/they) #SaveSYEP #BlackLivesMatter

kevinlwei

THREAD: angry and confused about NYC's latest budget, one that didn't #DefundNYPD? Here's how the NYC's budget process works Tl;dr: it's long, complicated, and not always transparent--but the process is

Tinglong Dai

TinglongDai

0/n The biggest puzzle in the last few days of 2020 is this: Why is COVID-19 vaccine rollout so slow in the US? To see how slow it is, a

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