#Major

Truly gobsmacked by Epic's anti-Apple monopoly video that parodies Apple's classic "1984" Macintosh commercial. Here's a top-of-my-brain breakdown, as a video game AND computer historian:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v
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UK: The National Infrastructure Commission has released its final report into the rail needs of the Midlands and north of England, commissioned by the government to inform the development of
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for non-usa moots who don’t know what’s happeningtw for distressing imagery, guns, police, and violence in the usa’s capital city, we have a capitol building- used for many major governmental
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I'd like to ask Kirk Cox what exactly people are being silenced from saying. What, specifically, do they want to say, but don't, for fear of being shamed for it?And:
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THREAD: I thought I was done talking about some of the glossed-over realities of being a dominatrix, but oops, I’m not.Today’s rant: Spending a shitload of money to open a
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It baffles me how a hack who does not go to Syria and has no problems whitewashing crimes of al-Qaeda in Syria thinks anyone would find him credible on Syria.#Monbiot
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Doing a thread on my teaching tomorrow--a course on Zhuangzi in conversation with contemporary western philosophy. So stoked! Tomorrow my co-teacher Pauline Lee and I will talk about the importance
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I've had this conversation dozens of times with white friends and colleagues. It is, I would argue, one of the major epistemological fault lines in our political culture today. tl;dr--structures/systems
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Why Red Bull build a football club competing in the #UCL from scratch![THREAD] The year is 2020, RB Leipzig made it to its first ever UCL Quarter final against
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My full time job for 2020 has been examining Selena’s life & legacy. I’m also a lifelong fan. I’ve read everything. Seen all the archives. Spent time w her dad
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I woke up this morning & Google photos reminded me that it was my traditional wedding on this day, 3 years ago & as some of you may or may
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Is the TTP resurging? Some angles on the trajectory and internal politics of the TTP. 1/n Formed in 2007, TTP remains one of the most lethal center-seeking insurgent movements in
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Woah. This is one of the more damning reports I’ve ever read on Facebook. Yes, that says something. It’s a deeply reported must-read on how Facebook’s political and PR interests
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When some people picture Miami, they think of the sleek condo towers that make up its skyline, the beaches, the nightlife.They see it as a culturally diverse destination. But beneath
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Sam Pollard tells @jelani9 that J. Edgar Hoover must have thought,"How dare a Black man try to change the America I grew up in?" Have historians resolved whether J. Edgar
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Winners and losers in the Second #NagornoKarabakh War. A thread. 1/ Having largely recaptured NK, Azerbaijan has been able to resolve the one grievance that has been central to
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