#Grifting

James Lindsay, increasingly relevant

ConceptualJames

Not sure how to make this clear, but the entire "diversity" industry is a PR hustle, nothing more. Do what they want for temporary positive PR (until the next round

Linda

LindaWesson

1. Someone was asking why conservatives/Evangelicals are so easily conned by grifters. Good question, and I think the answer relates to much of what's wrong with our society. 2. It

Andy

DowneastCapital

Hey @SEC_Enforcement do you even care anymore. Chairman unloads stock this week ahead of a secondaryCriminal behavior, now we know why @chamath tried to frame it as recycling capital for

Mary Beth Williams

wampumpeag

Back in 2005, when I was covering the Jack Abramoff Senate hearing, I discovered (and blogged on) a meeting between John Weaver and Karl Rove which led to John McCain,

Mark Noonan

Mark_E_Noonan

I think what really bugs we about the Trump trial and those defending it as somehow morally necessary is how grossly unjust the trial is. And in that it dawns

Venkatesh Rao

vgr

Grifts are undertheorized, and too often conflated with long cons, scams, frauds and other more blatant soft crimes. Lemme offer a definition.A grift is a scheme that profits from the

Citizen of Somewhere Else

CitizenSE

Dusting off my speech act theory books to anticipate Trump's defense team approach to muddying the waters on "incitement." Since nobody can doubt the "to insurrection" part, that's their only

Dr Adam Rutherford

AdamRutherford

Oh heavens. Briefly, the D in PhD, DPhil, EdD (et al) stands for Doctor, this qualification is a doctorate. It comes from the Latin docere - to teach. 1/n It

Trinity Voted for Biden/Harris

TrinityMustache

Reminder: there are a lot of shady twitter PACs that will try to take your money for the Georgia runoffs, keep a huge cut for themselves and harvest your data.

James Lindsay, increasingly relevant

ConceptualJames

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FredsMother

MotherFreds

A thread on the British Royal Family's grifting in undignified ways. Selling milk in China. We cannot relate.... 2. Selling your Royal Nonce Ex-Husband for cash...we don't know those

Steven Alderson

StevenMAlderson

A lot (!) has been said about this already, but, like everyone else on Twitter, I think my opinion is *very* important...It’s disappointing to see just how sanctimonious, self-righteous, &

Deplorable Pepe

CocosPatient

Ok fam, buckle up, it's Pepe Thread Time. 1. I grew up in the 1980's and early 90's. I can recall the last of the great times before

No-One

judeinlondon2

The Canary are basically an unserious unfit grifting “publication” who do no due diligence or care with their output. Their editor is the modern day equivalent of a shock jock

Pete Davis 🌱

PeteDDavis

There seems to be four characters in Washington political life today: Decision-Makers, Inside Advocates, Outside Advocates, and Grifters. They all have different MOs. The decision-makers mostly want to keep their

Laura Jedeed, Professional Stocker

LauraJedeed

Oh BOY!! Andy Ngo's book just dropped!Haven't even BEGUN with the words, but let's look at the picturesThis is one of the first pictures in this book and you can

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