#Freedoms

Appalled as we are about events in Washington on Wednesday, let’s keep an eye on the bigger picture. Rather than resurrecting Trumpism, as they’d hoped, the insurrectionists have ensured its
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It’s just a mask.It’s just six feet.It’s just two weeks.It’s just non-essential businesses.It’s just non-essential workers.It’s just a bar.It’s just a restaurant.It’s just to keep from overwhelming the hospitals.It’s just
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Delighted to share my new article with @jerometenk on China and the future of international order, now out at @IntOrgJournal Thread: 1/https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-organization/article/domestic-politics-chinas-rise-
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#ZeroCovid gives us an early taste of a debate that will define the next decade in public health here and around the world. Scientific intervention and zero tolerance for harm
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unanticipated consequences: de-platforming of Trump by US social media is forcing other countries, especially other big countries, to assess penetration of their communications systems by US social media.https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1
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Statement on yesterday’s events: Yesterday, my office was appointed to represent a detained Canadian in the aftermath of a peaceful demonstration. I expected I would need no more than 30
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Hong Kong's population contracted by 50k residents in 2020, biggest shrink since WW2. Lam govt believes mainland arrivals will offset aging and emigration, and is pushing youth to seek work
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What does wartime conservatism look like right now? Good friend asked me this tonight, I immediately launched into what could be called a philosophy of wartime conservative. In rough summary
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Last night I got talking to my aunt. A staunch Republican, ex prisoner of conscience, ex dirty protester in armagh jail. We've not seen eye on eye on trans issues
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If you're socially inclined 2 leftism, I understand you. I was the same way. I wanted life to be fair, to help the marginalized and impoverished, I wanted to do
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1. So many of our constitutional freedoms trace back to the trauma of the police-state imposed on Boston in the years before Lexington—and lately, I’ve been thinking again about one
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Look, no matter what Starship told us all back in the 80s, you can't actually build a city on rock and roll. Fortunately #AdamSmith is here to help. (with Hume
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The gap between Xmas and the first Monday after NYE is an important break for many. A time to reflect in the old year and prepare ourselves for the new.
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A few of my thoughts on RESPECT (a thread):I was taught by my parents from “knee-high to a grasshopper” when to kneel and when to stand for showing respect.1/ 2/Kneeling:1.
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THREAD: I want to say some things about China, Chinese people, the brutal, mendacious Chinese Communist Party regime, & what we should do about it all.I am conscious that I
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Twitter routinely blocks, censors, amplifies or promotes online content, which is *integral* to it's functioning. So, why is this particular case so important? A rambling thread. https://twitter.com/divijualsuspect/status/13569153353670
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