#Threatening

Secret Capital

SecretCapital_

Notes on the US District vs Visa judicial filing. This is basically a primer on the role Visa plays in the payments system. Almost everything will be in their words,

Black Together Again

KProtein19

In honor of Juneteenth, let’s clear up a few myths about Abraham Lincoln.1. He DID NOT “FREE THE SLAVES.” Lincoln only freed enslaved ppl in confederate territories per the attcjd

Tom Wells 💙

womtells

A spooky thing happened to me the other night. I thought I would tell you about it. It was Sunday, which was Valentine’s Day. I’d finished reading my book and

Dr. Auntie Chelle Vaccinated AF

iamn0tthe1

These are the 4 HBCUs that trained Black nurses to become Black midwives. Dillard UniversityTuskegee UniversityMeharry UniversityCharles Drew UniversityAll were wildly successful at producing Black nurse midwives perfectly capable of

George Megalogenis

GMegalogenis

Funny how these things can escalate from a small piece in The Australian, to a govt. backbench threatening the ABC's entire funding, plus a 'please explain' letter from the minister

Look, it's Me!

WTheLegs

To Gen Xers who don’t understand why this BLM is so important to the Millenial generation, and can’t comprehend why we’re asking to defund the police, this thread is for

Josh Sokol

josh_sokol

In 2020, working on other science stories besides that one biggest story in the world brought me relief and escape. And hopefully readers felt so too! So let me share

Sarah Stierch

Sarah_Stierch

GOOD MORNINGHERE IS YOUR FIRE UPDATE FOR #NAPACOUNTY 8/20I have TWO #LNULightningComplex fires to tell you about: #HennesseyFire & #AetnaFire : Camera on Atlas Peak facing south. Sonoma County updates

Maj Manik M Jolly,SM

Manik_M_Jolly

Let me try and take a dig at the interesting state of Geopolitics today.Pakistan is jumping around threatening others on behest of Turkey, seeing its arch rival India busy with

Beͫvͣaͬnͨd

zorinaq

Dying of, or dying with #covid19 ?Alternative title:US Death Certificates For DummiesFirst, here's a snippet of a certificate (source: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/dvs/DEATH11-03final-acc.pdf)1/N Box 32 of the certificate is filled out

Paul Poast

ProfPaulPoast

Never thought I would need to write this, but......let's talk about the difference b/w playing college football and the D-Day invasion.[THREAD] First, let's acknowledge some similarities, such as-- both involve

pHiycrtyl

iycrtylph

for reasons i can't get into, i watched Titanic last night for the first time in 20 years, and i'm pleased to report that it is a grand, barbaric, pagan

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

After the 9/11 attacks, airlines and public buildings adopted a flurry of "security" measures, like taking away pen-knives from fliers or requiring visitors to office buildings to be photographed or

CycleGaz™

cyclegaz

Are road users with cameras snitches/grasses? A thread on why road safety is important and why we should all do our bit.As we know, around 1,700 deaths happen on our

Chad Pergram

ChadPergram

1) Unclear if Congress can get a deal to finish the omnibus spending bill to fund the gov't & on coronavirus by the end of the week. 2) In another

A.R. (Actually Republic) Moxon

JuliusGoat

Last thread (I think) on this fully intact gem of toxic bad-faith discourse.Today I'd like to drop in on the aspect I didn't touch, which is the real reason behind

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