#Democracy

a simple, superficial and ultimately brief thread on this last day of my mandate as @UN special rapporteur on freedom of opinion & expression. pls read this first, the touchstone
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By "cheat" I meant that it's harder for the GOP to suppress the vote.There's a paper trail, so recounts are possible. With some machines, there's no paper trial (looking at
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1/ @SethAbramson's PROOF trilogy lays it all out. His sources are major media: @nytimes @latimes @washingtonpost @politico @TheAtlantic @thedailybeast @axios etc. Practically every single sentence ends with "as reported in
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Collective action problems and Covid: a thread. Many people, rightly, point out that Covid is not just a matter of individual choice, because it is a negative externality. Mary's behaviour
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Humanity's Madness Would Not Be Possible Without Extensive Marketing"Without extensive marketing it would never have occurred to anyone that murdering human beings in other countries is a good career path
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People ask, “How can Trump, an incumbent, run for reelection on the message that he'll get rid of the chaos that he caused?”Because I read @heathercoxrichardson’s book and wrote about
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Thread: It may seem like some quaint vestige of a time gone by.But let me spell out why I think developments at the Voice of America and its parent agency
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1/ SO: Thoughts. I have a few.This was a day. A glorious day. I've been re-tweeting and sharing a lot of memes, and happiness, and joy videos today, because for
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@EmmanuelMacron is addressing France for the 3rd time since the #COVID19 crisis began. France has been under home confinement since March 17. —says he understands how hard this is, especially
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One life ends, and another begins.Once in a while you just level up, see something that clicks, and nothing is quite the same after that. Those life defining shifts in
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𝙎𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙮 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨These stories are tweet's threads that focus on certain issues... with a more extensive and comprehensive look on the subject.
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Lots of requests for a step-by-step explanation of Johnson's plans to breach Protocol on Irish border. No problem. And by the end, you'll understand why this man is totally unfit
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Today's log out of the : Twitter confirmed to @washingtonpost that it suspended "hundreds of accounts" tweeting under hashtags defending the Philippine government's covid response. The accounts violated rules on
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Today I am sad. Very sad. It’s the first time I have felt defeated and awash in grief for reconciliation. I’m certain many other indigenous people feel similarly. What was
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Between April and July, we hosted 12 global conversations to analyse the fallout from COVID-19 and to articulate the changes we need for a better world.The webinars were a grand
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8. In one sense, progressives need to actually learn a language they have neglected for far too long. That is the language of finance and power. Learning languages takes time,
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