#Political

May Peterson, Wicked Witch Girl (she/her)

maidensblade

Actually, no, let’s NOT normalize romances in which the leads don’t end up in a relationship, because there’s already a category which distinguishes that from romance: love story. IOW, let’s

Aaron Lavinsky

ADLavinsky

A few hundred protestors gathered outside the Minnesota Governor's Mansion Saturday to demonstrate against the state shutdown in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, urging the Walz administration to ease

Claire Fox

Fox_Claire

THREAD @DontDivideUsNow & EDUCATION: Last week a bunch of us issued a statement entitled Don't Divide Us. The response was overwhelming. One big concern that many brought up, is that

💧😷Queen Victoria

Vic_Rollison

Since I know how media narratives are formed and spread, I'll explain how the 'NSW is better at covid contact tracing' narrative has been used in the 'it's all Dan's

vishnu v y

vishnuvy

Health Vs Politics: Should science or medical journals comment on political decisions affecting health? YES Because Politics affects everything including health. Let’s see some eg. of medical journals critical of

Noah Smith 🐇

Noahpinion

1/This thread argues that prizes like the Econ Nobel should be given based on the importance of the questions people *ask*, not on how sure we are that they got

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

The central claim behind Comcast's long holy war against #NetNeutrality is that without "network management" (slowing down your connection to the sites you like unless they pay bribes to

Kim O'Connor

shallowbrigade

I just finished a project on Ray Bradbury and it's fascinating how, from Neil Gaiman to Gary Groth, every single comics guy's terrible opinions on "censorship" emulates Bradbury’s exactly. What

Ben Shapiro

benshapiro

Democrats' radically nuclear response to the SCOTUS vacancy is a real threat to Joe Biden's candidacy. Up until now, Biden has been able to run as the "take a breath"

KRicciardo

k_ricciardo

@POTUS @realDonaldTrump @DariusVolket @DonPier27990569 @BettySwernofsky @Aungiexyz @NinaMuzeka @MelissaHoughto6 @chillinginLV Please Read CarefullyHere's some ground rules for this weekend: 1. Don't wish me a Happy Memorial day. The

Scott Adams

ScottAdamsSays

Three countries we hear are doing better than others with #coronavirus are Germany, Denmark, and Sweden. What do they have in common? Genes is one thing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Germanic_peoples I need a

Dr. Jennifer Raff

JenniferRaff

I have the honor to be co-guest editing a special issue of @PhysAnth on race. This special issue, in dialogue with our @AAAGenetics session and Presidential Panel in 2019 on

J Michael Waller

JMichaelWaller

.@MrAndyNgo is giving a very sober, sophisticated, yet easily understandable assessment of Antifa methodologies, from organization to command-and-control, to weaponry.https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/the-right-of-the-people-peaceab

zeynep tufekci

zeynep

The widely-shared NYT story Trump admin's meddling with the CDC has really worrying claims unsupported by the science. It should make multiple corrections. No, it is not "normal" or okay

Freedom ZeⒶlot

TruNatureChild

I’m about to learn this tankie some knowledge today!Capitalism is bad. Free markets are good. Any Marxist ideology, defined as a derivative of Marxist teachings (“leftists, big “A” anarchists,” tankies

every cop contribution is a policy failure

aaronnarraph

To sum up:1. Several students went to College Dems with legit concerns re: Morse.2. They sent a PRIVATE letter. Seems a DNC lawyer was involved, which is gross.3. The letter