#Archive

THREAD: I think this piece by @JoshuaMound poses some useful provocations. I also think to some extent he sets up a straw man (specifically @AlecMacGillis). It is possible to both
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Je n'ai pas vu le film Hold-Up. Honnêtement, pas deux heures 40 de mon temps à perdre sur ce smoothie frelaté de complotistes en tout genre.Par contre je retiens une
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In a ruling blocking the creation of detailed residential school reports on which institutions faced the most abuse claims, an Ontario judge said history of Holocaust wouldn't change by knowing
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The Official Danny8bit Reboot and Adaptation Archive I’m a comic book writer who daydreams about working on licensed properties a lot, and I’m always making threads about how I’d personally
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Deeply Borgesianhttps://twitter.com/QuasLacrimas/status/1271889431012786176 "Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept
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Oh, man, @kilmeade is *so* close to getting it. I'll see if I can help him understand why "that narrative flipped" in the 1960s.https://twitter.com/revrrlewis/status/1144569693044391942 First of all, yes, the Democratic
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Some of the greatest turnarounds in history.NationalMeiji Restoration, 1868Singapore, 1965Boluan Fanzheng, 1978Estonia, 1991Manmohan Singh, 1991TechAndy Grove, 1986Steve Jobs, 1996Jeff Bezos, 2001Elon Musk, 2008Mark Zuckerberg, 2012Satya Na
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Forward secrecy and metadata privacy are two of my favorite crypto topics. A KGB training manual contains a good story of why: 1) The GRU detects a new CIA radio
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THREAD on once most respected profession COURTESAN, GANIKA, ended up in undignified NAUTCH GIRL, PROSTITUTESThe only entertainment in NON-TV age became NOT only OBSOLETE but an ABUSE in modern age.A
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It's pretty clear Liz Cheney's days in Republican leadership are numbered. In today's thread we're exploring what that means for the future of the GOP.Is there anything positive that could
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IT'S TIME... The full first chapter of my webcomic is online!Soliloquy follows some performing arts students who duel on a stage that distorts reality. It's a story about art, identity,
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I've been thinking about a weird mystery from Summer 2016. A bizarre sockpuppet Twitter account started tweeting commands at Trump & associates.And then Trump did those thingsIncluding the infamous "Russia,
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Today is Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day. As an Armenian, I want to put together a brief thread detailing the history of this tragedy as a means of spreading information about
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There's a fleeting scene in Brief Encounter when Celia Johnson nips into Boots the Chemist to change her library book: “Miss Lewis had at last managed to get the new
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On this 4th July, when America & UK are in such political turmoil, here is a THREAD to shine a light on the way that attachment experiences in childhood shape
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The Lincoln Project and other "never Trumpers" are not our allies.The enemy of our enemy is *not* our friend.Appropriating the image and legacy of Lincoln to suit their messaging and
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