#Escalation

Asfandyar Mir

asfandyarmir

[THREAD] Today, a year since the Indian government's removal of Kashmir's autonomy, I read three important reports on the politics surrounding Kashmir since the Indian government's decision. Some highlights from

Venkatesh Rao

vgr

Government beyond neighborhood scale is 90% corner cases. Defaults need low governance. Eg. If everybody drove carefully and there was universal healthcare you could get by with low traffic regulation.

Patricia Ann

Patricia_Ann_E

I know many of you who have followed me for a while know that I have talked about violence against nurses before, but I feel the need to address it

Angry Woman Who Isn't Funny & Ruins Everything Fun

dudgedudy

Hundreds of Trump supporters still rallying at Freedom Plaza in D.C. tonight--the earlier sleet storm has stopped. Jack Posobiec leading a chant of, "turn them off!" (referencing the media) "Tomorrow

Sunder Katwala

sundersays

It's good to see pro-vaccine campaigns to address ethnic minority hesitancy about the vaccine. (Nb: good reasons to please avoid "myth-busters" as a framing of pro-vaccine advocacy) Goal: pro-vaccine social

Dr Norlaine Thomas

Norlaine

Let's talk about journalism...https://twitter.com/HighTimes1235/status/1296541305569517568 Basic tenets of journalism:1. Is it true?2. Is it verifiable (can you prove it's true)?3. Is publishing it in the public good? 1. Is it true?

molly conger

socialistdogmom

there are quite a few counter protesters at the youth organized black lives matter protest here in elkton, va. many of them are open carrying rifles in an effort to

Matthew Federman

matthewfederman

14) Once the patterns of the show become evident, subtle permutations keep it fresh. Switching up normal character pairings can reveal interesting new dynamics. Larger form-breaking episodes often announce important

Pulp Librarian

PulpLibrarian

One chemical weapon is still widely used across the world: tear gas.Banned in war it can be deployed in peacetime as a riot control agent. But where did it come

Rob Donoghue

rdonoghue

Ok, gonna talk about a thing I've seen kicking about. It's a disagreement, not a criticism, so I'm not tagging the inspiration, just because I think the sentiment was good,

Effy, Has Made A Goddess Blush With Her Devotion

EffInvictus

So let's do something positive today and talk about racism, the atomic bombings, and the Pacific War. My most important source here will be John Dower, War Without Mercy: Race

Marianna Spring

mariannaspring

This week has been a very busy one for all things disinformation, conspiracy theories and hate speech.And much of what has happened is emblematic of what’s to come! A reminder

Jamie Merchant

pathtopraxis

MMT is a state theory of money, but what is needed now, as the title of my essay suggests, is a money theory of the state: how money power both

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

If you only learn one technical term from labor economics, make it "chickenization" - @CLeonardNews's term for the way that the Big Three poultry processors have structured the chicken-farming industry

Matthew Porges

matthew_porges

Rather than occasionally tweeting random updates, I'm going to put all the emerging information about the renewed conflict in #WesternSahara in one thread that I can update as things unfold.

Kinnaird McQuade 👨🏻‍💻💥☁️

kmcquade3

A few thoughts on the $80 million fine from the Capital One Breach - a thread. Based on public information, we know that this happened, in part, to overly permissive

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