#Orwellian

Caitlin Johnstone ⏳

caitoz

The Assange Extradition Ruling Is A Relief, But It Isn't Justice"Judge Vanessa Baraitser has ruled against US extradition for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, but not for the reasons she should

Daniel

DanielSounders

I think a lot of people misunderstand the harm of corporate surveillance. I wanna talk about it. Here’s the thing: it’s bad, but for reasons that have nothing to do

Summer Whitford

FoodAndWineDiva

Our fragile Democracy has always relied too heavily on the assumption of scruples and integrity of elected and appointed patronage rather than tested, proven career professionals with impeccable qualifications and

Hillel Neuer

HillelNeuer

BREAKING: China was Chair of the U.N. Human Rights Council vetting process that picked Amnesty International's former chief Irene Khan to be the next world monitor on free speech—to

robot jesus

ecce_robot

So let's talk. #SaveSaeran2020 the person should have used hashtags to prevent their content being exposed to people who didn't want to see it or who could be triggered by

Damion Schubert, Zen Designer

ZenOfDesign

Let's talk a bit about online communities, policing them, and why the efforts of mendacious miscreants like Ted Cruz to ban 'silencing conservatives' are inherently bullshit./thread Let's pretend for a

Shaun Lawson

shaunjlawson

So here's a complicated position (or set of positions?) for you. My own ones.1. The narrative about antisemitism in Labour was a disgrace, a nonsense, and 99.7% false (and provably

Corbin K. Barthold

corbinkbarthold

1/ While I was in the hospital for the birth of my daughter, Techdirt posted my thoughts on the right's reaction to the post-Capitol Siege deplatformings.And what a reaction it

Carlos Osweda

COsweda

ThreadHow dishonest is Joe Scarborough @JoeNBC?THIS dishonest. George Floyd died May 25, 2020.Portland's riots began May 27.Seattle's riots began May 27.Los Angeles's riots began May 27.DHS Rapid Deployment Teams were

ElizaPetch

ElizaPetch

A summary of the Owen Jones interview with Judith Butler for those who can’t stand to watch.OJ’s questions are designed to elicit from Butler the sort of statements a self

Christian Christensen

ChrChristensen

1) Let's just cut the bullshit and get to the heart of the Trump ban: If there's anything "Orwellian" about all of this, it's the right re-framing the for-profit, privately-controlled

Robert Pelton

WollastonWntr63

Registered as a Republican02/10/81 - 01/24/20 I sometimes wonder if Ronald Reagan were still alive if he'd be lamenting the 2nd time a party had left him. I can't speak

Matthew Sheffield

mattsheffield

The story behind this video that Trump promoted today from his social media guy is Alice in Wonderland stuck in a "Matrix" simulation of "Inception." I wasn't planning a thread

xťřåbíğģğ *Better Living Through Comedy

xtrabiggg

Thread... Do you wonder who does the #FactCheck (censorship) for @Twitter @Facebook @YouTube @Google et al? I did a little research on who owns & operates all these 'news' sites

Iona Italia, PhD

IonaItalia

Talking last night to my therapist about that feeling I have (& I think many other people share) that the Overton window of what it is acceptable to even try

Justin Donnelly ⌬

JDon_chembio

Let’s talk about the adjudicatory panels in the proposed #CampusCompact and how they differ from those that deal with violations of the Honor Code or Fundamental Standard ⁦@Stanford⁩. A thread:

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