I teach political science. Tourist with a typewriter. Hedging my bets here @brettincny.bsky.social. Actually, they’re all shit. Maybe I’m done w social media.
The Israeli media now confirming that the gov't did receive clear warnings from Egyptian intelligence about the imminent attack that occurred on October 7. The PM's office initially issued a flat denial after the first report, but then did an about face and admitted it.
For @X such antisemitic message:
"Still about those disgusting Jews.... Sad that no one talks about the 80 million victims of the second war, they are probably "worse" than this Jewish vermin. May they burn in hell, phooey."
is no violation of the Twitter rules.
@elonmusk@lindayaX@Support
Antisemitism has caused immense pain and suffering throughout history, leading to discrimination, violence, and genocide of which Auschwitz remains one of the most important symbols.
Leaving such language unchecked perpetuates the cycle of hatred and reinforces the idea that such hateful language is acceptable on this platform.
Remember: it did not start with gas chambers but hateful ideology that was expressed with words.
🧵Unpopular opinion, but someone has to say it. #TeleviseTheTrial would be a disaster for our nation. Nobody is considering the harmful effects this could have on all of us. Before sharing anymore support for televising the trial, please consider the following 5 consequences: 1/6
Here's why the new charges re: Trump's efforts to destroy video footage are so damning.
With retention of documents he can make all his BS arguments about declassifying, presidential records act, etc.
Once you start trying to destroy evidence, all that goes out the window.
Dear #MAGA,
You don't try to erase surveillance video if it shows the FBI planting evidence.
On the other hand, you do ask to delete it if it shows you breaking the law.
The Deep State is total BS.
Legal immigration is *impossible* for nearly all immigrants wishing to immigrate to the U.S. legally.
You can’t just “get in line.” That’s a fiction perpetuated by those who want to keep immigration illegal.
My latest report explains why. Here’s the summary in 1 pic... 🧵
@BrianMannADK Compounding the problem is these districts’ struggle to find qualified full-time teachers and substitutes. We’re seeing a lot of that in the northern Catskills
For 1000 years, Arabic was the primary international language of commerce, scholarship & politics, much as English is today. Over the centuries, English adopted many words that were borrowed directly from Arabic
For Arabic Language Day, here are 20 words with Arabic origins…
Welp, I can no longer post my new handle because of Eoln’s “Unsafe link” bullshit. What a joke he’s turned out to be. My pinned post links through to @ 58mph @ sciences. social
People really need to understand how mainstream it has become in some tech VC circles to argue that journalism itself is dangerous as an idea and should be abolished, and that it will be up to the tech world to carry this out.