#Activists

Dr. Gerard McCarthy

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Dubious claims from USDP and military about 'electoral fraud', complaints about the Union Election Commission must be seen in this context. Basically, these guys naively designed their own political game

Maggie's Toronto Sex Workers Action Project 💋

MaggiesToronto

THREAD: In honour of the #ScholarStrike + #ScholarStrikeCanada we must talk about how sex work is studied and how sex workers in academia - specifically *Black sex workers* in academia

Ndiviwe Mphothulo

Nmphothulo

Yesterday was the 34th anniversary of the brutal murder of Dr Fabian Ribero & his wife Florence. Dr Ribeiro was assassinated for his work in exposing police brutality & for

Arash Kolahi

ArashKolahi

Rent is due today and 1 in 5 adults say they are unable to make their rent or mortgage payment this month.Millions are unemployed and more than 50% of households

Erika Heidewald, Proud Autistic Bitch

erikaheidewald

the free speech and censorship “debate” right wingers claim to be engaging in is ridiculous, in bad faith, and built on false premises. despite anything they say, conservatives already have

𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝

default_friend

Are there any obese socialites? Asking this seriously.https://twitter.com/default_friend/status/1345954151382065152 What are the demographics of fat+, which brands promote it the most, and when did it start? Interesting how the modern world

The Historic New Orleans Collection

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On this day in 1861, delegates in Louisiana voted to secede from the United States. In New Orleans—the largest market for enslaved people before the Civil War—the independence was short-lived.

Cory Doctorow #BLM

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Since the 2008 crisis, western governments' answer to every economic crash has been to smash the austerity button, dialing down public spending just as the private sector was also slamming

Damien Goodmon

damienISgoodmon

Not enuf is written a/b the copout & racism that has dominated much of urban planning theory re: high-opp hoodsIssue is nuanced but not if one understands the goal must

#LandIsNotProperty Mwalimu Wandia

wmnjoya

Kenya is so toxic because we tell Eurocentric stories about ourselves. In tourism, in education, everyone from civil servants to parents to lovers repeats degrading stories about ourselves. And we

1776 Commission

1776Report

The Civil Rights Movement was almost immediately turned to programs that ran counter to the lofty ideals of the founders. The ideas that drove this change had been growing in

EngageTheRight

EngageRight

IMPORTANT THREAD Everyone is focused on BLM & Antifa, there is another organization that needs attention. CC @JamesOKeefeIII @Project_Veritas @jackmurphylive @DonaldJTrumpJr @jasoninthehouse @seanhannity @realDonaldTrump @DanScavino @Li

James Lindsay, increasingly relevant

ConceptualJames

Video from a real DEI training at work where it is implied that people answer 4 to "2+2" because we've been conditioned to do so. The point raised next is

Jameel Jaffer

JameelJaffer

Laura Poitras says the Assange indictment poses a grave threat to press freedom. She's right. 1/xhttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/21/opinion/laura-poitras-assange-espionage-act.html It doesn’t matter whether Assange himself is a proper

Yuan Yang

YuanfenYang

As a tech journalist in Beijing, I'm glad we're talking about China & cybersecurity. But I worry we're too focussed on bans & not enough on finding practical solutions for

Seerut K. Chawla

seerutkchawla

‘Neurodivergent’ is what the disability model calls people who are neuro atypical, ie people with autism, Aspergers, ADHD.The disability model is woke, they believe they have to ‘fight’ on multiple

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