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Politics, history, books, data viz, absurdism. Never give up, never surrender. (She/they/dad)

[pogo @pogo15]

Amazing replies

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@fakehistoryhunt @moojinorbit this was the book I was referencing last time we were walking around some ancient ruins and doing interpretive-signage critique

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@eckels_sam @JulieVassilatos @torriangray It’s not just the wives, it’s the women&girls. Young girls get the tape/tied-up-with-lights treatment, too. Little boys get a pass. Extremely gross.

[Philip Bump @pbump]

Also, a brief update on Fox’s very serious and very legitimate coverage of crime over the past few months. https://t.co/v1zuUX8aoW

[Del Lusional @Del_Lusionalx]

The one who saved my life and stomped the shooter’s face in was not a drag queen, she is a trans woman. Let’s not call trans women drag queens during this time of grieving over a transphobic attack.

[pogo @pogo15]

@johnpiano @CryptTrash @UnluckyBanshee Lol how did you manage to be wrong so many times in only 5 sentences this has to be some kind of record

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@WisdomSeeker123 @blaireerskine Doubt metastasizes into existential fear, if you really let it fester

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@stoddy27 @CF__04 @FemzLondon @nayjoobie @kmr_789 @GrantWahl There aren’t any ‘new’ genders. Just because you didn’t know about trans and non-binary people until 5 years ago doesn’t mean they didn’t exist. They’ve always existed. Don’t confuse your ignorance for reality.

[pogo @pogo15]

Awful

[The Colorado Sun @ColoradoSun]

NEW: 5 killed, 18 hurt in shooting at LGBT nightclub in Colorado Springs https://t.co/I30DoJexfF

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@indigoace @punished_cait An object with an excellent ass. Objectively.

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@derrelldurrett Sells more books that way?

[Karim Sadjadpour @ksadjadpour]

1. To understand Iran's protests it's striking to juxtapose images of the young, modern women killed in Iran over the last week (Mahsa Amini, Ghazale Chelavi, Hanane Kia, Mahsa Mogoi) with the images of the country's ruling elite, virtually all deeply traditional, geriatric men.

[pogo @pogo15]

@aweiss Wow just playing it totally cool about CO-CD3 huh?

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@aweiss @AlexSamuelsx5 Also the early ballot returns have favored Unaffiliated voters by a wide margin (and the later R surge thing doesn’t really hold here)

[Amnesty MENA @AmnestyMENA]

#COP27 opens today amid human rights crisis in #Egypt. Away from dazzling hotels in #Sharm ElSheikh, 1000s are unjustly jailed in horrid conditions. Alaa Abdel Fattah’s life at imminent risk after 219 days of hunger strike and no water from today #FreeAlaa #FreeThemAll

[pogo @pogo15]

Two years ago today. May we never forget.

[Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan on 🟦☁️) @BrendanNyhan]

Happy FSTL day to all who celebrate

[pogo @pogo15]

This is like the 3rd (unrelated) story I’ve seen in the last few days about Saudi investors being all up in places you wouldn’t expect them. I’m sure it’s nothing to worry about.

[Radley Balko @radleybalko]

TIL that as the CO river dries up, AZ is leasing its largest underground aquifer to the Saudis, who are growing water-intensive alfalfa, which is then shipped back to S.A. to feed cattle. Market rate for the lease is $5 million/yr. Saudis pay $86K.

https://t.co/8sDDYCqNO0

[pogo @pogo15]

This is important

[zeynep tufekci @zeynep]

It's likely that, unless freed, one of the most prominent voices of the Arab Spring, British-Egyptian @alaa will die in prison during #Cop27, while world leaders including Biden are in Egypt, after a brutal imprisonment for almost a decade.

He didn't even get a consular visit.

[pogo @pogo15]

@HistOfTheRight Low key I’ve been rocking the “freaked out & informed” look since (give or take) the late 90s 😎 Your show is great, super accessible + interesting and I have recommend it to a bunch of folks, keep up the great work! ✊

[pogo @pogo15]

Hey, worried about fascism? (Hot tip: you should be!!) @HistOfTheRight has a great podcast you can listen to in friendly, bite-sized chunks. I’ve been catching up on the back catalog for months & feeling smarter (& more freaked out, but that’s not his fault) every day!

[Craig Johnson @HistOfTheRight]

@kathleen_belew yup, rising paramilitary/political violence isn't just how fascism grows, it's what fascism *is*

[pogo @pogo15]

@alocalbookshop @WajahatAli @mirandayaver * That we know about