#Sphere

Shadi Hamid

shadihamid

Religion without the promise of an afterlife is a problem for justice“This prospect of a life after death has always been connected in the Christian sphere of ideas with the

David Smith

dtsmith_sydney

So many Republicans in the DNC line-up today.1. Anti-Trump Republicans are probably the single most over-represented group in the American media opinion-sphere, with high profiles because they worked for previous

Daniel A. Horwitz

Scot_Blog

The first portion of this is complete and total garbage. Let me take a moment to explain why.https://twitter.com/nikkihaley/status/1276156422347206657 Applying the First Amendment—which exclusively restricts *government* censorship—to t

Harry Oppenheimer

HarryOppy

Today we were thrilled to announce the 2020 @HarvardGovernm1 Faculty Mentoring Award went to (twitter-less) Iain Johnston. If you don't know Iain, here is a few things you should know

Doru Sepailov

sepailov

Thread on short-term political action for the American right.1) There should be no black-pilling on the court outcomes. It was expected, and only further delegitimizes the legal system of the

zeynep tufekci

zeynep

Besides the obvious: Thinking how friends in Sri Lanka had told me how they begged Twitter & Facebook to act on accounts instigating ethnic cleansing but often couldn't even get

Caroline - Real Feminists XX 🇿🇦

radicalhag

Marilyn Frye on access is a very compelling read. She points out that those with power have access to those without power, but not vice versa. So parents can enter

Kai Cheng, Priestess of the Old Religion

razorfemme

I honestly believe that there is a huge discussion to be had about free speech and - not "cancel culture" - but rather disposability culture on the left. But this

Sam Shearn

samshearn

Tillichiana: Tillich never had an existentialist turn, he was an existentialist idealist. He read Kierkegaard as a student, Nietzsche as a grad student, Schelling all the time, was always a

Sane Democrat

sane_democrat

A thread on American democracy and elections. The primary win of Laura Loomer is an excellent case to illustrate some structural problems. FL-21 was redrawn as a safe/solid D district

Keith Patarroyo

KeithPatarroyo

I'm puzzled by the state of the AI community today regarding ethics. It's so difficult to assess that not even @le_science4all has a complete picture. This is very problematic because

Ben Goertzel

bengoertzel

1) While I have extremely little respect for Trump's intellect, character or literary prowess, it actually annoys me that he's been blocked from what is effectively a near-universal national US

brexology - BrexitDB.com #RejoinEU #FBPE

brexology_uk

Gove's NIP letter is a hell of a work of delusion and deflection. To recap:- May's backstop would have keep the UK in the EU trade sphere eliminating NI problems.-

ken 🎄🎀✨

kencucci

ok people really dont care about southern states and it shows "they're stupid, they're redneck conservatives, i dont care about the hurricanes" etc etcyou know that like. even if you

Ron

CodeMonkeyZ

Why did Bill Gates meet the Chairman of the CCP Xi Jinping in 2015?Did they discuss epidemics?https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/topics_665678/xjpcxbayzlt2015nnh/t1250549.shtml Bill Gates with Chinese Premiere Li Keqiang."Chinese governm

L Harris

ladyduckpojok

Walking down the street, sitting in a park as a teen or a young woman, reminiscing about the books I read, debating ideas with myself, contemplating life and the world

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