#Hindsight

Justin Forsyth

justinforsyth

Thinking back 15 years - to 3 days that changed the world. I was Tony Blair’s adviser on Africa. After 6 months of tough negotiations we arrived in Gleneagles for

Maya "yes, that's really my last name" Hey

heymayahey

20/21 hindsight: comps are an outdated hazing ritual, but it's a good practice-run for trying to synthesize your unique argument out of a whole buncha discourse. It's hard. And I

Ted Fraser

ted_fraser

RCMP presser starting any moment now: key issues here: timeline of events, what the Mounties knew and when, what kind of guns shooter was using - and verifying other details

Janelle Belgrave L.Ac

JSoAbove

"Kate spent 10 years as a girlfriend learning the ropes. Everything happened much more quickly with Harry and Meghan, who entered the Royal scene with her own, fully-formed ideas. I

Laurence Broers

LaurenceBroers

New Armenian-Azerbaijani violence: some reflections at the end of day 1 (thread). Any reflections at this stage are inevitably provisional in a highly fluid context, no hindsight here and could

Ferenc Huszár🇪🇺

fhuszar

Over the weekend reports of racial/gender bias in Twitter's AI-based image cropping have started blowing up. I wanted to add some context from my perspective as an ex-employee and as

bachelor dankovsky's internal gay monologue

transongorkhon

i think a lot of character criticisms are missing a focal point of narrative structure when it comes to stories like Pathologic, which is: only the player is omniscient. the

Olakunle Soriyan aka The Ruckus

olakunlesoriyan

1) So, what Africans wanted in 1960, is what they still want in 2020. Africans were really never as interested in "Independence" as they were in the freedom their individuality

Irollwithsoul

irollwithsoul

Lesson of the week #faroeislands http://kvf.fo/greinar/2020/08/05/torshavn-mayor-keep-your-kids-home Children in Tórshavn have to stay home because some people did not follow social distancing guidelines during Ólavsøka This partly the f

Vanessa Kisuule

Vanessa_Kisuule

Not feeling very accomplished or successful as an artist? Here's a non exhaustive list of different flavours of success, and I bet you my house money fund you have tasted

IsThatConfirmed

IsThatConfirmed

Read this article with interest this morning. Now a boring thread again about my day job.....https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-path-speci-idUSKBN21P1VF A reasonable percentage of my Cyber career has been dealing with major

Batman

iBombayIndian

Aksai Chin & the Line of Actual Control a thread.Aksai Chin is a story about the Humiliation of India at the hands of the people who we make jokes of

Midnight_Riding_YoQi

Soul_Rebellion1

Liberal Brainwashing + Control is real {A Thread of Experience}1. There’s something about being plugged into the liberal consciousness that has you believing that your life is under threat unless

Wesley Morgan

wesleysmorgan

That 100 estimate is kind of a fascinating thing. Although they would repeat the number, a lot of senior military and IC folks, when asked, will say they don't really

PoliMath

politicalmath

State & local public officials have gotten (and deserve) enormous deference in how they are handing the COVID crisis.Some are better than others, but they need room and grace to

The Renegade of Funk

renegadetensai

Brief thread on Ahmaud Arbery:Given the facts known, I think it is appropriate that the McMichael father and son pair were arrested.My reasoning is simple: Private citizens (especially ex-cops) should