Sam Walls

[1984’s George Whorewell @EwdatsGROSS]

This is the best email I have ever seen

[Duke of Qin @qin_duke]

One interesting thing about Southeast Asian lawless zones is that it attracts very different sorts of people depending on your country of origin. From the developed West, the sorts of people who end up there are either drug addicts and/or paedophiles. The Chinese who travel there

[scientism @mr_scientism]

Once the media reaches a certain level of sophistication, people start thinking they're in a 'developed country' because there are flashy TV shows about cops solving crimes, doctors diagnosing diseases, etc, and they have more exposure to these than the actual services.

[Duke of Qin @qin_duke]

The liberal state seems to love CEO leaders, but they do so for entirely wrong reasons. There is the conception that a CEO is by default a titan of industry, a go getter risk taker who is focused on achieving results who will bring efficient best business practices to government.

[BrianMier @BrianMteleSUR]

The media treated Lula as guilty before proven innocent for years, normalizing Bolsonaro's rise. Last week, he was declared innocent of the 26th charge related to the US DOJ/Brazilian Public Prosecutors Lava Jato investigation. In this thread I'll briefly describe all 26 cases+

[Nick Drachman @ndrach1]

You've gotta respect the ambition

[professional hog groomer @bidetmarxman]

There is a curious phenomenon that results from the relatively brief window of time a single human lifetime provides: we perceive the current state of the natural world as “normal”.

This is known as the Shifting Baseline Syndrome. 🧵

[Battlement 🇱🇰 @BattlementLK]

🧵Thread:

How a network of CIA operatives in Africa and Europe got exposed

1. Around 2013 the US started noticing that CIA agents who were supposed to operate undercover in Africa and Europe were being successfully identified, disrupting their missions even before they started

[Maria @real1maria]

🇿🇦🇺🇸 South Africa will not be bullied - Naledi Pandor

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

This is Namibia, where the desert meets the ocean

[Steve Stewart-Williams @SteveStuWill]

One of my all-time favourites. Stare at the red dot on the woman's nose for 30 seconds, then look at an empty wall while blinking quickly. Promise it's worth it... https://t.co/jsmr9VtTjj

[Frederik Gieschen @FrederikNeckar]

In 1986, Buffett ran a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal: "We want to buy businesses worth $100 million or more."

"In 44 days the tax you must pay may soar..."

"Berkshire Hathaway will have no problem in completing a transaction by the December 31 deadline."

[Ah陈🇲🇾🇨🇳🇭🇲❤️🇷🇺 @lt3066]

@shaunrein Western expats became critical of CPC when Xi JinPing crack down on corruption, bribery and special deals.
Western politicians became critical of CPC when Xi JinPing is too efficient and hard for them to contain and manipulate.

[William B. Fuckley @opinonhaver]

The reason republicans get so incredibly huffy when any of the tools of law enforcement are ever turned upon them is they think “criminals” as an inherent class of people (who they of course could never be part of) rather than a descriptor for someone who commits illegal acts.

[Beyond reasonable doubt @BN9195]

There's a fundamental split between Taiwan and the US on how to defend the island. Taiwanese think "if the island is so important to the US, then the US should defend it if China attacks. At worst I can surrender and China won't kill me. It's the US's loss"

[HAMAS! SUPPORTER! @mongrelforlife]

I finally read Blood in My Eye and holy shit.

[Martha Lincoln @heavyredaction]

Follow-up promo tweet: read Herman and Chomsky’s “Manufacturing Consent” (1988) on the “system-supportive propaganda function” of US mass media. Analysis remains fundamentally timely and some of the case studies are frankly shocking

[영노 🐍 @yeongno3]

Anglos the kind of people who will pour missionaries into your country for centuries to spread Christian values and “civilize” people, then later complain about how people living there are too socially conservative, and try to “civilize” you again.