#NeoLiberal

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docrussjackson

Ruth Wodak is a brilliant linguist who has been analysing far-right populist discourse for decades.In the context of the latest "migrant crisis" & the demonization of refugees by those on

قیصر خان

Qaiser__Khan

Beginner's guide to the different parts of Twitter; a thread Politics Twitter: Constant drama and infighting. This part of Twitter looks like the cyber version of a WW2 battlefield on

Lumpy Louise - Reluctant Curling Enthusiast

LumpyLouish

Ok so I'm making a thread of the "Don't Need Your Votes" and will attach it to the one @FaerieWhings started.Not sure who she thinks a majority of the left

GoodKidsMadCity

GKMC18

Cops, military officers, judges sons, elected officials etc are being exposed as active fascist & white supremacist. This revelation isn’t shocking to BIPOC. Anytime we go to court for bull

planefag

planefag

Once you filter out the obligatory pep rally posts ("SCOTUS is *guaranteed* to save us, etc.,) the remaining righty discussion of a probable Biden Presidency is extremely grim, but not

Kristian Niemietz wants several competing Twítters

K_Niemietz

I've just bought Squealer's book, and I already regret it.It starts with an Ash Sarkar quote... Doesn't get any better. The first few pages already contain a full set of

Shaun Lawson

shaunjlawson

So then: Keir Starmer. How's he doing? This thread's gonna be interesting for the ratio it might receive ... or otherwise. Because I think he's doing pretty well, all things

Dr. Gonzo

DocteurGonzo4

#Thread Complotisme« L’essentiel est que l’analyse du complotisme soit ramenée à son cadre : d’un côté le pathologique, de l’autre le pédagogique. »Excellent. Implacable. F. Lordon.Via @mdiplo https://blog.mondediplo.net/p

Venkatesh Rao

vgr

Culture war wrangling has unfortunately become a key element in my consulting. It is now the 4th, and youngest manifestation of bullshit jobs.Bullshit jobs evolve in one of 4 ways:

Tim Emry

emrylaw

So, I am watching the @CLTCityCouncil Safe Communities Committee meeting (Stuff about Police) and I have some thoughts. CC: @BraxtonWinston @cltuprising @queencitynerve First off, committee chair, @Larken makes clear he

mattparlmer 🌷

mattparlmer

The biggest internal problem for China is a Canton/Pearl River Delta that is rapidly eclipsing every other part of the country in nearly every measurable dimension, and knows it. The

Rebecca Hamlin

hamlinr1

I just finished final edits on my book “Crossing” on the migrant/refugee binary (out from @stanfordpress this winter), so for this #WorldRefugeeDay I thought I’d share the recent works

Doctor-Baron 17cShyteposter, DDS

17cShyteposter

Just got my first Houellebecq, SUBMISSION, so probably won't start a new old book for a bitFortunately he's a lazy Frenchman and the whole thing isn't 250 pagesCan already see

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

One of the very last events I attended before the lockdown was a thing in Silicon Valley attended by many old friends, but the best moment of all was the

Dr. Stephennie Mulder

stephenniem

This conversation about @UTAustin athletics raises interesting points. Buckle up, it’s time to talk about the value of the humanities and ask how we got in a situation where it

pete wolfendale

deontologistics

I was quite pleased with this as a brief summary what I take to be the most counterproductive arguments made on the political left. However, it might be worth elaborating

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