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Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

On Jul 1, I'm giving a seminar on how Big Tech distorts our discourse for the @oiioxford. It's free to attend, but you need to RSVP: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/6015930181073/WN_MnlH5x2XTRqiKKmhU0QPAg1/ This is a

X-Wings & History

XWnHIST

Let's all dig into today's dogshit history take: Won't anyone think of the poor impoverished guns-and-drums military historians?https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-01-31/max-hastings-u-s-universities-declare-war-on-m

Roderic Day

RodericDay

Western-leftist critiques of capitalism, informed by anarchism/libertarianism, tend to focus on the mechanisms of exploitation. The best example is the simplistic anti-communist metaphor by Bakunin, rehashed by Chomsky, about "the

Desi-Rae Thinking :)

desiraethinking

I've heard and thought about this notion a lot.If we want to have any human-created thing in the world and not just work entirely on our own, specifically choosing what

pete wolfendale

deontologistics

There are two lines of thought about 'concepts' in philosophy: one that sees them as shared ideals (either metaphysically (Plato/Frege) or socially (Hegel/Brandom)), and one that sees them as cognitive

George Selgin

GeorgeSelgin

Thread: It's tempting to think that Carl Menger's famous theory of how money can spontaneously emerge from a state of barter supplies a basis by which BTC might displace the

Alberto Arenaza

albertoarenaza

Trump just signed an executive order to make federal hiring skills-based rather than degree-based. It's a step in the right direction, but there's a ton of stuff that needs to

Sam Rocha

SamRochadotcom

A thread of appreciation for Gloria Purvis:This past year, I was blessed to be in dialogue with many people within the Academy and the US Catholic Church. I mean no

R.B. Lemberg

RB_Lemberg

Today marks three years since Ursula K. Le Guin passed away, on January 22, 2018. Ursula was very dear to many of us, and her work life-changing to many more.

Roderic Day

RodericDay

I'm starting to discern a Nietzsche -> Mark Fisher -> Capitalist Realism -> "anti-idpol" pipeline.Still fuzzy around the edges, but *very nihilistic* at its core.That someone who hated the masses

Dr. Rachel Schine

RachelSchine

In medieval Arabic chronicles, the ethnicity of qiyān (enslaved entertainers) is often unstated unless the woman becomes an umm walad (mother of an owner's child), at which point it still

🛣Cherie On My Wayward Sons👬🏼

cheriemorte

Joking aside, this scene is a great example of classic #spn contradiction: Sam & Dean speak of themselves as Dean =closed book emotionally/Sam = always wants to talk feelings. This

Ezra Klein

ezraklein

This is a good @mattyglesias post about techno-politics but I want to quibble with the part of it that’s about my essay on the policy feedback loops you can build

Julia Serano

JuliaSerano

I wasn't able to speak openly about who I was for the first 27 years of my life. because of transphobic "free speech". here's my response to "A Letter on

David Perell

david_perell

Writing online is a superpower.Here’s a list of people who should start writing online.1. The Niche HobbyistThe Internet rewards people with obscure interests. Writing online will help you find other

Dr. Holly Walters (a.k.a Left Field Notes)

Manigarm

The Terror Memes have begun.So, I've been casually watching my very Conservative Christian family members (and Trump supporters) react to the election results. Here's how it has played out so

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