#Oppression

Suara Peranakan

suaraperanakan

A lot of Chinese-Indonesians think that being a Chinese-Indonesian means that we have to side with and defend China at all costs, just because our ancestors were from China.To criticise

Charlotte Clymer 🏳️‍🌈

cmclymer

Last night, I was at a Christmas party, and this nice gentleman struck up a conversation with me. Asked what I do. I told him. He said he works in

ALSC

wearealsc

#BlackLivesMatter : ALSC’s Call to Action and Endorsement of BCALA and ALA Recent Statements.A thread. 1/ Along with the ALA Executive Board, the ALSC Board endorses BCALA’s statement condemning increased

Dani Ahrens

rebelyarns

The @ONS have decided that it's no longer possible to ask people simply what their sex is, even though this has been asked in every census since forever. Women have

Bette Dam

BetteDam

One of the best research centers on Afghanistan published it's latest report from the field. Recommended. Its about Nad-e Ali in Helmand. It reminds me of an incident Dr.Mike Martin

Ingrid M

iMusing

god I loathe the sound of Frydenberg trying to orate Liberal Party lies. It is so grating and cringe. Every gulp. The cascade of bullshit. I guess this MYEFO is

Clare Cady

ClareCady

Y'all. Let's talk a bit about video conferencing, class, and remote work. First off, the obvious. It is a privilege to be able to move one's work to a remote

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smallerrors

learning fat politics is like putting on glasses you had no idea you needed. suddenly you can see everything in shocking detail, more than you thought possible.https://twitter.com/tommyinboots/status/1343630251805585409 there's a common

Tom

attentive

Actually going to do a "thread". A couple of friends recommended Waleed Aly's essay in The Monthly, "Woke politics and power", so I read it and I had a pretty

hkukimmigration

hkukimmigration

This is a very interesting paper which covers both the prospects for HK'ers settling in the UK and the history of Hong Kong and other Chinese immigration to the UK.https://www.hackneychinese.org.uk/post/supporting-hongkongers-arrivals-h

Jeannette Ng 吳志麗

jeannette_ng

I can't stop thinking about the ways in which 1984, a book all about how language can shape your ability to resist, to rebel, has given us the language to

Randy Smith 2️⃣5️⃣ days

Randysmith1956

Thread: Many people don't realize how close we came to losing our democracy in the United States.A career criminal questioned the 1/ birthplace of Barack Obama for 8 years, knowing

Vaughan Bell

vaughanbell

Spain sentences ex-colonel to 133 years in jail for murder of five Jesuit priests during the El Salvador civil war https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-europe-54126548 Not mentioned here was that one of those priests

Ben Bradley MP

BBradley_Mans

The comparisons with #Orwell & 1984 now too numerous to ignore. It's something of a parody of a prediction of course (you hope), but the early days of #IngSoc and

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

My latest @locusmag column is up: "Neofeudalism and the Digital Manor" describes Schneier's "Feudal Security" model, where computer users are unable to defend themselves, and instead ally themselves with a

Sleeping Giants

slpng_giants

HORRENDOUS: If you’re still advertising on Fox News, you are sponsoring and attaching your brand to conspiracies and racism. Full stop.As Fox rails against Black Lives Matter, let’s see what

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