#Impossible

Venkatesh Rao

vgr

After Black Death, ungovernable state and depopulation lasted almost 200y. It is not a given that the world is necessarily governable simply because we prefer it. Governance escape is possible

Akanksha S

antarcticblues

Found the thread in my neurodivergent FB group and had to come to Twitter to find it so I could share this REAL TALK. As someone who doesn't know how

AQ

Evollaqi

You'll notice when watching western TV from across the last ~70 years that each show would only have been found agreeable by its own particular audience.Audiences a decade or so

Connected Single-Wides

2xwide_dreaming

... I think we are at the point where it’s more reasonable to believe that time travel is possible, than it is to believe it’s impossible.The only people I know

Hotels Not Hospitals

hnh_sf

*A thread & urgent call for help* On Saturday we were able to rent a hotel room for a senior, disabled woman so she can shelter indoors for a week.

Glenn Greenwald

ggreenwald

Very interesting @AOC interview in NYT today, where she says: "the history of the [Democratic] party tends to be that we get really excited about the grass roots to get

Helen Scott

HelenScott88

A thread on why using graduates to tutor is not going to help.2008ish I was paid a bonkers hourly rate (probably more than I earn now) to 'tutor' students in

John Culver

JohnCulver689

1/Depending on how the chaos and incompetence of Trump/GOP pandemic mismanagement and miscommunication play out when it comes to masks, social distancing, and vaccination in coming months... 2/ it's quite

Christina Pagel

chrischirp

A thread on my thoughts about the A-Level fiasco for what it's worth 1/9 Any standardisation to past school results will disadvantage students who are getting much higher grades than

Raoul Pal

RaoulGMI

Ok, looks like I need to explain this tweet...https://twitter.com/RaoulGMI/status/1347316138062053376 Its just a thought but...Let's say there is a $100bn of institutional money ready to come into BTC in the next

Shortkings, by George R. R. Martin

3liza

ive said this before but i really dont understand why the "true crime fandom" isnt rabidly anti-cop. it is literally impossible to read a single in-depth piece about any mysterious

walking rapidly through striations of light

_antifalockhart

I don’t actually have or see the problem with the “she tiddy” cartoon, the only actual problem with dude artists putting fetish porn into mainstream comics was the entire spaces

Peter Manseau

plmanseau

Reading @JeffSharlet’s and @QuinceMountain's tweets today about the covid death rate & reopening the country, I realized the dynamics at play in this debate are eerily similar to a story

Carlos Osweda

COsweda

THREADOnce again, @realDonaldTrump demonstrates why he'll be reelected in a landslide.TANGIBLE, EARTHSHAKING RESULTS versus endless howling at the moon over NOTHING.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1cM1QQ9sTI We see Trump's manageri

Jennifer Kretchmer

dreamwisp

23 project in the queue. Plus, y’know, life stuff.Somehow, it’s still not enough to make a steady living and there aren’t enough hours in the day.Feeling really overwhelmed today. This

E.W. Niedermeyer

Tweetermeyer

Rawlinson's quotes about "production hell," saying that rapid innovation is important early but you need to embrace process as you approach production, is exactly what I was talking about in

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