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You may have heard that a number of my stellar colleagues at Vox Media were laid off. The cuts were harsh, including people on parental and...

You may have heard that a number of my stellar colleagues at Vox Media were laid off. The cuts were harsh, including people on parental and bereavement leave. To help them get through it, @vox_union@twitter.com has set up a GoFundMe — please contribute if you can https://www.gofundme.com/f/vox-media-layoff-fund-2023

Google's spell checker does not approve of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Google's spell checker does not approve of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Great thread on a fascinating paper. I learned a lot reading both.RT @mkmdem@twitter.comCongrats to @annemeng_@twitter.com &...

Great thread on a fascinating paper. I learned a lot reading both.

RT @mkmdem@twitter.com

Congrats to @annemeng_@twitter.com & @anthlittle@twitter.com on a valuable new paper challenging the near-consensus that we're in a period of democratic decline. It's worth reading the thread & paper. But two points in response before anyone concedes the threat is over-hyped. /1 https://twitter.com/annemeng_/status/1615746297885036545

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/mkmdem/status/1615802807075934226

Best night of my adult Cowboys fan life

Best night of my adult Cowboys fan life

It considered Malaysia an acceptable answer but not Indonesia. I’m completely lost

It considered Malaysia an acceptable answer but not Indonesia. I’m completely lost

Doing a geography quiz that asked me to make the border countries of the Philippines…uh, define “border”

Doing a geography quiz that asked me to make the border countries of the Philippines…uh, define “border”

Most of this quote sounds like a modern critique of "critical race theory."It's actually from a speech by George Wallace in...

Most of this quote sounds like a modern critique of "critical race theory."

It's actually from a speech by George Wallace in 1963, infamous for its battle cry: "segregation today . . . segregation tomorrow . . . segregation forever."

RT @ZeeshanAleem@twitter.comI attempted to sketch out the meaning and possible consequences of the political trajectory of Greenwald,...

RT @ZeeshanAleem@twitter.com

I attempted to sketch out the meaning and possible consequences of the political trajectory of Greenwald, Taibbi, Gabbard et al.

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/left-right-populism-greenwald-taibbi-tulsi-rcna64256

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/ZeeshanAleem/status/1612496976280707072

Calling this Brazil’s January 6 isn’t reductive or oversimplified. It gets at something really important - the way anti-democratic...

Calling this Brazil’s January 6 isn’t reductive or oversimplified. It gets at something really important - the way anti-democratic movements learn from each other across borders

When I say direct links, I mean really, really direct https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/11/23/brazil-bolsonaro-bannon/

When I say direct links, I mean really, really direct https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/11/23/brazil-bolsonaro-bannon/

Usually it’s wrong to interpret foreign events through American analogies, but what’s happening in Brazil is an exception. The far-right...

Usually it’s wrong to interpret foreign events through American analogies, but what’s happening in Brazil is an exception. The far-right there has very explicit and direct links to their American peers; there’s a reason Jair Bolsonaro is currently camped out in Florida

Folks may be wondering why I’m not posting a lot - it’s because I’m back on leave with little Daveed! See you all in March

Folks may be wondering why I’m not posting a lot - it’s because I’m back on leave with little Daveed! See you all in March

Been playing a lot of Magic on paternity leave so far, so it’s a little confusing to come back online and see everyone talking about a...

Been playing a lot of Magic on paternity leave so far, so it’s a little confusing to come back online and see everyone talking about a very different MTG

Finally getting around to reading @dziblatt@twitter.com’s book on conservative parties and democracy in Europe, and it’s as good as I...

Finally getting around to reading @dziblatt@twitter.com’s book on conservative parties and democracy in Europe, and it’s as good as I expected. The use of UK bond market data to identify whether elite fears about democracy were genuine or not is particularly clever https://www.amazon.com/Conservative-Democracy-Cambridge-Comparative-Politics/dp/0521172993

“I never thought the leopards would eat MY face”

“I never thought the leopards would eat MY face”

Miles Bron energy is off the charts

Miles Bron energy is off the charts

Me: Seems like a great day to wear the new henley @phylliskessel@twitter.com got me for Hanukkah!Toddler: <immediately dumps bowl of...

Me: Seems like a great day to wear the new henley @phylliskessel@twitter.com got me for Hanukkah!

Toddler: <immediately dumps bowl of Cheerios and milk all over me, pushes soggy cereal into the shirt with her legs somehow>

Of course Medvedev is engaging in authoritarian propaganda. But it’s clumsy, ham-handed propaganda that just makes him look dumb - a...

Of course Medvedev is engaging in authoritarian propaganda. But it’s clumsy, ham-handed propaganda that just makes him look dumb - a pretty apt metaphor for the past year in Russian foreign policy

Going to be extremely satisfying revisiting this series of insane predictions in about a yearRT @MedvedevRussiaE@twitter.comOn the New...

Going to be extremely satisfying revisiting this series of insane predictions in about a year

RT @MedvedevRussiaE@twitter.com

On the New Year’s Eve, everybody’s into making predictions

Many come up with futuristic hypotheses, as if competing to single out the wildest, and even the most absurd ones.

Here’s our humble contribution.

What can happen in 2023:

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/MedvedevRussiaE/status/1607487338401206273

HOW BOUT THEM COWBOYS

HOW BOUT THEM COWBOYS