#Spectacles

Gareth Harney

OptimoPrincipi

1/5) Pliny the Younger had little time for spectator sports or the fickle fans, obsessive in their support for their favoured colour chariot-racing team:"I am not in the least bit

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JohannesTEvans

my favourite thing about smee is that he's such a fucking idiot, and SUCH a fucking idiot he doesn't know that he's an idiot, and captain hook is OBSESSED with

Underwhelmed

jagdesh

In the past 10 months or so, as the whole world spiraled into the it’s unknown future, I personally went through many episodes of uncertainty with my job and with

Lydia⁷ IA-ish: Uni

Lydia130613

I don’t think it’s helpful to spread the idea that previous comebacks were problem-free and somehow it suddenly got worse. I’ve been involved with comebacks since 2016 and I’ve never

Yair Rosenberg

Yair_Rosenberg

This is just a friendly reminder that the Democratic National Convention is not fan-service for people who are already voting for Biden, but a giant infomercial intended to persuade voters

David W. Congdon

dwcongdon

People rightly balk at this, but this is the idea at the root of Lindbeck’s postliberal theology that formed at least two generations of the leading theologians in the US.

The Tweedy Mutant ♿🌈

the_tweedy

Let's talk about "accessibility theatre"...Too often nondisabled people use "accessibility" to justify making themselves the protagonists in disability-related work. Y'know when nondisabled people will concern-tr

John Ganz

lionel_trolling

because they are all just sort of shitty people who get off on being perversehttps://twitter.com/zachwehrwein/status/1349385501787222017 the fact of the matter is the broader left is ultimately not that hospitable for

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zei_squirrel

anti-"woke" liberals do the same for the same reason: their social function as members of the professional media class is to divert attention to meaningless spectacles. it also helps both

Laocoon of Troy

LaocoonofTroy

Thread on people in gov't1. Washington faced down the Newburgh Conspiracy by giving a speech to the officers involved."Gentlemen, you will permit me to put on my spectacles, for I

Snehal Nimje

snehalnimje

Back to BLR airport after 6 months. @BLRAirport has really nailed the process. Entry to security took < 25 mins. Kudos to them. The boarding pass kiosks are open. You

Andrew Knight 🇪🇺🇩🇪🇦🇺🇬🇧

AndrewKnight226

Quote from Adam Poole from 'Campaign to Rejoin EU' group.A thread;"A few thoughts on a sad night for us allAfter 4 and a half years of fighting today the leavers

Anand J

anandj_

Ready for a Weekend long-read about Humming bird effect? Warning - This is really a very long thread that you might actually call it a yarn. (1/35) A thread about

Keith Woods ☘️

KeithWoodsYT

Thread: 1. Hyperreality comes from the observation that in postmodern society the division between virtual and the real becomes illusive. Hyperpolitics is the blending of hyperreality and politics, or of

Tom Emrich

tomemrich

1/8 I've had folks ask me if I think this is the Year of Consumer AR Glasses. Some thoughts...2021 is expected to see consumer smartglasses from various players. These devices

John Hayward

Doc_0

This is one of the most concise summaries of the totalitarian ethos I've ever seen.https://twitter.com/60Minutes/status/1082068489597267968 If Congress is serious about taking a bipartisan stand against peddling divisive falsehoods and

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