#Indefensible

Michael Hobbes

RottenInDenmark

This story gives useful context to the NYT piece about the girl getting her college admission revoked for saying the n-word. If we're concerned about kids' lives being ruined for

M i c k H a n n i g a n

HanniganCork

On Nov 20th, Trans Day of Remembrance, an Open Letter was published which provoked quite the reaction. Amnesty Ireland, a signatory, later posted that criticism of the Letter used “decontextualising

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

Disney made a LOT of...uh, problematic...movies, but none quite so indefensible as Song of the South, a Reconstruction movie in which a formerly enslaved man tells a young, wealthy white

Anand Giridharadas

AnandWrites

Generosity is not a substitute for justice. This should shock no one.https://twitter.com/zachmider/status/1296786600626720768 When Robert Smith made his dramatic gesture at the Morehouse commencement, it was celebrated around the world as

Ryan Goodman

rgoodlaw

Thinking about the rule of law? You maybe thought Michael Cohen was returned to prison for dining out.Looks like he was reimprisoned for refusing to stop publishing a book about

BeaglesResist

BeaglesResist

1/22 An open letter thread to the Democratic members of Congress, old and new. It's long, sorry, but I'm mad about this thing.@SpeakerPelosi @SenateDems @HouseDemsNUSA @SenSchumer @DNC 2/22 At

Judd Legum

JuddLegum

1. I know it's Christmas Eve but people should understand what's happening with Facebook ads and the Georgia Senate runoffs.These elections will determine the trajectory of American politics for the

James McEnaney

MrMcEnaney

Much of this might not be unnecessary as John Swinney has announced there will be some sort of u-turn on Tuesday, but in the absence of any detail I think

taber טבור

taber

hi, one-time Civil War semi-scholar, hard confirmhttps://twitter.com/PopeNicholasVI/status/1278384324967006209 one chapter of my life has been on my mind, where I went from dismissing Confederate memorials and flag displays as just weird

leave the capitol - exit this Roman shell 🐚

fireh9lly

my parents are watching Spaced and it really is a picture of Gen-X pathology Spaced is objectively speaking a good show. Excellently written and acted, a directorial style that was

🇺🇸 Mike Davis 🇺🇸

mrddmia

A grand jury indicted Ibrahim Bouaichi for rape, sodomy, strangulation, abduction, & burglary of Karla Dominguez.Over the prosecutors’ strong objection, Circuit Court Judge Nolan Dawkin released him on bond—citing COVID.He

Paul Reynolds

paulrey99

Ignore the faux-outrage from Remainers on UK stance over NI protocol. EU threatened to hamper & blockade GB=>NI trade. Does anyone really believe EU’s threats are not a provocation to

Elizabeth Jardina

ejardina

Let's talk about mask anxiety. A confusing thing is that anxiety doesn't necessarily feel like being nervous or edgy. If you, like me, are claustrophobic, and your anxiety leads to

Doug Lindner wears his mask over his nose

DougLindner

Now that the candidates who talked most on structural flaws in our democracy (Pete & Warren) are out, it’s on us to keep highlighting those problems. Here’s a lesser-known one:There

Ruth Fox

RuthFox01

The deteriorating #Covid_19 situation raises important questions about the role of Parliament in the coming days. @HouseofCommons is adjourned until 5 Jan & it can only be recalled by the

Amir Ali

theamirali

#SCOTUS shadow docket may be walking into its next “Dunn v. Ray” crisis. This time it would be the disparate execution of a Black inmate, instead of a Muslim.

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