#Rhetoric

Goth Bot Alice

GothBotAlice

1/ Last night, private Slack chats were dropped for Boulder's anti-homeless group Safer Boulder. Safer Boulder (SB) are a group comprised of mostly progressive liberal community members, who pretend to

Jasmin Mujanović

JasminMuj

I want to offer a theory for why 73 million Americans voted for Trump despite his evident deficiencies as a president and, truly, as a human being. To my mind,

John Zahorik

johnzahorik

This thread is about the SCIENCE OF PROPAGANDA.The polite term PROPAGANDISTS (er, I mean PUBLIC RELATIONS COUNSELORS) have created for this is the TAXONOMY OF INFLUENCE STRATEGIES.23 unique ways to

Seth Abramson

SethAbramson

I wrote this 2 days ago.America has been put in the position of not knowing if any alleged threat against the president is real or was contrived to advance the

erin rockfort (in nano...heaven?)

pineapplefury

Okay I usually don't do this but I'm gonna weigh in on this newest round of fucking gatekeeping nonsenseAlso I was woken up at 4am by someone messing around on

Kerri 🦋

KerriJersey

#TrumpDynastyYou all need to be watching this. Trump has been cheating, conning, lying, and bribing people his entire life. Most of us knew this, but his supporters really need to

Bu Noor

bu_noor89

[THREAD] Sunni genocide fact or fiction?Recently on Twitter there has been discussion on Sunni genocide as it is commonly denied by Shias who claim it is merely a fabrication &

TEAM BHARAT

TeamBharat_

Thread:Col. Ajai Shukla (retd) had floated a conspiracy theory about the #Pulwama attacks, claiming that ‘Pakistan Army & ISI carried out the attack to get Modi re-elected’ as Modi in

Wesley Yang

wesyang

NYT editor Dean Baquet makes highly revealing statement about the 1619 Project: "The project fell fully within our standards as a news organization. "https://twitter.com/cliffordlevy/status/1316017794664652800 The declaration is t

sarah ullman

thesillysully

The Silver Lake Neighborhood Council’s land use committee (also known as Urban Design & Preservation) is failing because it doesn’t represent the neighborhood it serves. Silver Lake is 64% renters

David K Smith

professor_dave

This Pride month, as anti-trans rhetoric in the UK pushes to ever higher intensity, I want to talk about three trans scientists. I want to highlight their ground-breaking science, but

PotterCast

pottercast

Our latest episdoe is out, in which our hosts discuss and unpack the latest harmful statements from JKRhttps://open.spotify.com/episode/19TDTPtJJilfJZwibPVm1i?si=oLaD3oHTQSadQvMQiTiiiw Remember, in December we released this episdoe with @ja

R.O. Kwon 권오경

rokwon

Last night, I was part of an otherwise lovely Zoom panel with writers I admire. Two of us are Asian American—one Korean, one Sri Lankan—& a racist troll or two

Thom Woodroofe

thomwoodroofe

The next Vice President has the potential to play a huge role in regalvanizing US international climate leadership. A lot of coverage today on @KamalaHarris’ domestic climate credentials and promises,

David Schleicher

ProfSchleich

This @jodyavirgan and @pastpunditry podcast on the 17th amendment with @jbouie is quite good, but misses the most interesting thing about the 17th amendment, that it was justified in part

Guilty Men

paulewart23

Tony Benn in the first 5 minutes of The Wilderness Years gives the only honest & correct diagnosis of said years. His words still apply today.'Labour hasn't appeared to stand