#February

Thread on Saudi activist Loujain al-Hathloul — her early online fame, joining the women driving movement, first and second detentions, this week’s jail sentence and what comes next: Loujain first
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Taytu Betul, Empress of the Ethiopian Empire Who Founded Addis Ababa#Thread Betul Taytu c. 1851 to 11 February 1918), reigning from 1889 to 1913, was the Empress of the Ethiopian
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Peter Thiel effectively trying to buy a Senate seat for Kris Kobach is worth reflecting on.Thiel’s millions helped to elect Trump. As 150,000+ people have died & the economy has
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Rise and Fall of the 2013-14 Indiana PacersThread Today, I'm gonna look back at the 13-14 Pacers team and how they went from having the best record in the league
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I'm writing a tweet thread on what I think COVID in Canada in 2021 will look like. Short version: the next months will be much worse than anything yet--we are
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The UK government (via Rees Mogg) has said they will not consider any petitions unless they go through their official petition site. This means all the Change. org petitions that
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Well, in the midst of a pandemic, the President decided to prioritize foisting his tastes upon the American public through an executive order, which was first floated in February...and I
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Standing by for media conference (due 10.15am AEDT) from Premier Daniel Andrews re news on lifting Victoria's snap 5 day lockdown which was set to midnight tonight...signs are good but
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To round out 2020, I want to tweet out my thanks to some of the wonderful & smart people with whom I have worked with, & learned so much from,
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A brief history of anti-Asian violence and xenophobia in the United States: 1877 - The San Francisco Riot. A white labor strike meeting in San Francisco becomes a two-day pogrom
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HOW TO MAKE $5,000+ on FIVERR - Starting RIGHT NOW.Alright, over 50 of you asked me how to make SERIOUS income on Fiverr, so I caved in...I'll show you EXACTLY
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LRT: this is insane I actually read it three times to make sure I was reading it correctly before I posted those extracts Here’s the original story, for ease of
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Cultural appropriation is rooted in white supremacy. It is the theft and disrespect of a multitude of cultures, often in the guise of "honoring" us. It is part of every
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Nice of @NYMag to give @nicholsonbaker8 a 5000 word marketing package for his most recent nonfiction book...which is partly about lab accidents in the 1950s.https://twitter.com/NYMag/status/1346083776594636804 "I hadn’t interviewed s
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Just when @ScottMorrisonMP thought he had the extreme views under control in his party, Multiculturalism Minister @AlexHawkeMP has rejected the advice of ASIO, AFP and Dept of Home Affairs that
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I'm writing a small thread about Harsh (known as @lifemathmoney).How is he different from others?How do you think he has 181,000 followers?Is he really playing a status game?How much money
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