#Rhetoric

Helen Pluckrose has returned to Hermit Mode

HPluckrose

I am quite worried by the tendency to push back at currents that see racism everywhere by not seeing racism anywhere. I think it's clear that this is a result

Art Reyes III

ArtReyesIII

Michigan showed tf up yesterday & the day before that & the day before that & the day before that. After MI certified the election, key dominos fell: GSA moved

Javi Correoso

javicorreoso

Thread: Throughout the last few days, I’ve seen various disturbing, racist tweets in reference to “Miami Cubans”. A lot of these are based on an extremely unfair characterization of the

John Hayward

Doc_0

Time once again to demonstrate that "presidents have no mandate to wield power after close elections" is a scam directed solely and entirely at Republicans. By any objective standard, Biden

Damian Shiels

irishacw

The taoiseach: “iconic and historic locations such as this should be preserved or at a minimum incorporated into any new developments” But successive govts have not acted to identify &

Don Moynihan

donmoyn

As a professor of public management, I'm interested in how bureaucrats respond to regimes they disagree with. One option they have is to mix exit (quitting) with voice (protest). Haven't

Jarrett Skorup

JarrettSkorup

1) So the @nytimes featured a 7,000-word profile of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. In several places it is factually incorrect while also being very misleading in its focus and what

Joe Parkinson

JoeWSJ

The youth-led protests in Nigeria are still growing - and today the #EndSARS demonstrators managed to essentially shut down Africa's largest city. I'm in Lagos -- here's a link

Suman

steadyblogging

the Vox link about the LA bicycle highway (& more!) is an oldie (2015) but a goodie:https://twitter.com/travis_robert/status/1254455597573066752 the "more" about which I learned via the article includes: --the 1890s Hotchkiss

Dr. Audrey Truschke

AudreyTruschke

Alright folks, a little primer on Hindutva or the Hindu Right Wing, to which presidential hopeful Tulsi Gabbard has ties. This is meant for Americans without much, if any, prior

Amos Toh

AmosToh

1/ hi everyone. @hrw is looking for a technology and human rights director. the deadline for applications is may 3. there's quite a lot in the job posting, so i

#SOULWAR ✝

CatesDuane

Thread: PRESIDENT TRUMP'S AMAZING STRATEGY TO LET THE DEMOCRATS DESTROY THEMSELVES IS WORKING.The reason the MASK never slipped fully to reveal their Demonic Nature before now was due to the

Nikolaj Bichel

Nikolaj_Bi

In a recent "Off the Leash" podcast, @charliemoores and @domdyer70 briefly touch on trophy hunting (TH), and they made some comments about emotions, ethics, and conservation that I thought it

Sindarina, Finder Of Edge Cases

sindarina

"No 10 seeks to end coronavirus lockdown with 'immunity passports'"Since I've already had to 'HELL NO' someone who was musing "How about ... a badge that show you're safe?" about

sin is becoming a potato

terussin

ive been really thinking for a while and so im gonna rant about how performative anitwt is for a bittw racismbut do keep in mind this warning is only for

Julia Mason, MD FAAP

JuliaMasonMD1

I recently re-read a super useful article about how adults can respond to children who express gender dysphoria. It's from 2012, by David Schwartz Ph.D. and it's called "Listening to