#Arendt

Jamie Bartlett

JamieJBartlett

A short thread on the relationship between social media, hypocrisy and political extremism. It’s been bugging me for years. 1/9 Everyone is a a hypocrite at some level, since it’s

Teri Kanefield

Teri_Kanefield

The courts aren't going to install a dictator (which is what ignoring the vote would do).Lawsuits require evidence.Moreover, federal judges with lifetime appointments have no motive to install a dictator

Heidi Cuda

Heidi_Cuda

SENDING OUT AN S.O.S.: As we fight an unseen enemy—the intentional destruction of truth—I turn to Dr. Joseph Pierre (@psychunseen) for his sage advice on thwarting an authoritarian takeover. Dr.

Rebecca Vincent

rebecca_vincent

Okay, I’m not done yet (still furious). The barriers we’ve faced monitoring proceedings in Assange’s case are extensive and evolving, and cannot be purely coincidence or incompetence, as it’s been

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cocoresting

the conversation rn between herndon/dryhurst/saunders getting incredibly granular with the involvement of the CIA in culture post-WWII so important and overdue -- First off, i have no care for defending

Zohar Atkins

ZoharAtkins

Time for a @threadapalooza about Hannah Arendt, a versatile contrarian, public intellectual, original mind, child prodigy, and postwar refugee, equally at home in the study of the Classics and in

Fabien Tarlet

FTarlet

Au prochain confinement - qui ne devrait plus tarder - on va commencer à assister à un craquellement. Être enfermé toute la journée, ce n'est facile pour personne. N'avoir aucun

Sam Rocha

SamRochadotcom

A BOOKISH THREADOver the years, the self-made genre of intellectual and spiritual autobiography has become my favourite one. I should have known this earlier. Books like Augustine’s *Confessions* and Boethius’

Helene von Bismarck

HeleneBismarck

Here we go ⁦@LithausMUC⁩ "It is a terrible spectacle, when the irrational becomes popular.“ Thomas Mann, 1943 "We have to stop thinking about "us“ against "them“. "We“ could be all

Eliza Mondegreen

elizamondegreen

I have never seen a movement of supposedly oppressed people so at war with the truth. For people without power, the truth and liberal science as a process to seek

Tiffany C. Li

tiffanycli

For "Intro to Data Privacy" this year, I wanted to show students a brief glimpse of the breadth of privacy perspectives in law. I offered a selection of readings and

Finchelstein

FinchelsteinF

Trump's populism means danger of fascism because 1) glorification of violence & enabling paramilitary groups to go after perceived enemies; 2)places racism & xenophobia at center of politics; 4)conflates leader,

Daphne Keller

daphnehk

The DSA has me thinking about this old tweet. At a high level, the DSA’s message to platforms of almost all varieties is: Be deeply regulated, and regulable, or stop

Dr. Tom Frieden

DrTomFrieden

Covid Epi Weekly: A Week of Great Progress for Vaccines…But Also, Unfortunately, for the VirusEncouraging vaccine news but deeply discouraging lack of action to stop pandemic. Coming weeks will be

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suzania

The other commonality is the concern for how to read. I'm only just getting this, and it's beginning to explain to me why I love Strauss despite everything. In his

Dr. ϽΓΣⱤẛ∁

CholericCleric

Democracy does matter. So do human rights.The right to not starve, the right to living with dignity, the awareness that one has these rights matters more.https://twitter.com/Nidhi/status/1361240722125426691 Democracy is meaningless when

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