#Intellect

John Inazu

JohnInazu

A thread on @HawleyMO’s First Amendment tweet last night. My thoughts might also apply to some of Josh’s other legal claims (including his views on the electoral process), but since

Dan Kaszeta

DanKaszeta

OK. Here's my hypothesis: Some really dumb conspiracy theories are basically "Gateway theories" designed to suck in the vulnerable into deeper stuff. Let me explain.... Take, for example, the recent

Kevin Carey

kevincarey1

1/ This essay is what happens when someone of middling intellect with an axe to grind writes about a subject -- community colleges -- that they know absolutely nothing about.

Ahl-e-junoon

DuneKhaal

Who destroyed Indian Buddhism? People are surprised when they learn that Buddhism has disappeared in the land of Buddha. The convenient excuse is that Muslim invaders sacked Nalanda & destroyed

Ophir Gottlieb

OphirGottlieb

A threadWhat is it we say about the market right now?...The digital transformation (DX) due to COVID-19 is a permanent shift in the way technology is used by people, governments,

Jane Orwell’s Woke Mob Ruffino

janeruffino

Yep yep, I don’t debate on the internet anymore. I don’t enjoy debating and I dislike the idea that 1. It’s a sign of true intelligence to be willing to

Steve Hauck 🚀🛰🌔

hauck

My mentor, role model, and friend Roger J. Phillips passed away yesterday. Roger was a gentle giant of planetary geophysics who took great joy in working through the mysteries of

April C. Wright, "in these uncertain times"

aprilwright

Humans are prob actually less intelligent than other speciesWe dominated based on selfishnessDolphins have funPandas eat bambooElephants are amazingPrimates have complex social structuresDogs/cats are worshipedThere’s long range “whale

🍒 Andrew Fletcher 🍒

ScotiaIndyref2

Edwin Muir, Scottish Journey (1935), Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing Company, 1979, p. 2-4..A century ago there was a great clearance from the Highlands which still rouses the anger of the people

Eshan Kokkiloo

EshanKokkiloo

Since I have covered 2 genocides across the world, might as well cover one which is personal to me, of Kashmiri Pandits.Most indians would have heard about it in speeches/manifestos

𝓳𝓸𝓮 (eternal like limit)

thekingoftimbs

A rant explaining my prison abolitionismPrison is essentially built on punishment. There's been reformist efforts to help it resemble rehabilitation, but what remains is that prison is a hell of

MK

MKdawah

How HOT is hell? [A thread, estimating the temperature of the heat of the punishment created for the disbelievers, disobedient, and non-repentant sinners.] The authentic narration states that the fire

Too Long Dead

toolongdead

The first time I heard a man (seriously) call himself a feminist, I laughed, assuming it was a irony-laden empathetic joke. Roughly 2002, both in our early 20s, we were

Sherrilyn Ifill

Sifill_LDF

So excited. Starting now, the world premiere of #MyNameIsPauliMurray at @sundancefest. #PauliMurray was another among a litany of women like Ida B Wells, who many don’t know also challenged segregation

Monica C. Bell

monicacbell

I woke up today thinking about cultural capital in elite educational settings. I'm always inspired by @tony_jack's work, but today I was thinking about grad school/law school context. If you're

David Dubrow

davedauthor

THE CLASSICSThere's been a bit of talk lately in reaction to a number of YA authors publicly trashing the classic works of literature that have been traditionally given to schoolchildren

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