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1/11 A real problem is the notion that there is something called 'objectivity.' This is a myth. There is no theory--not a single one--of truth that withstands scrutiny. We don't know what truth is and can never know.
2/11 Qualitative scholars, including critical theorists, acknowledge their own social locations relative to the subjects at hand, empowering readers to ferret out not so much bias as the perspective from which authors perceive their topics. It's a necessary honesty.
3/11 We should note here further that quantitative scholars do not escape bias. They are merely excused from the requirement to talk or even think about that bias.
Numbers *never* tell a whole story. Statistics are about aggregates.
4/11 Indeed #neoliberalism's failing lies in a presumption that even if a rising tide fails to lift all boats, it lifts *most* of them, and therefore it adopts a prescription on utilitarian grounds.
5/11 But #neoliberalism turns out to sink far too many other boats, in actuality, a majority of boats while mistaking the extreme lifting of a few outlying boats for the lifting of most or all.
Economists are coming to understand this even if politicians choose not to.
Survey Says: Never Tweet https://t.co/DhnPgWPGWh
— Ben Smith (@benyt) February 1, 2021
2/11 Qualitative scholars, including critical theorists, acknowledge their own social locations relative to the subjects at hand, empowering readers to ferret out not so much bias as the perspective from which authors perceive their topics. It's a necessary honesty.
3/11 We should note here further that quantitative scholars do not escape bias. They are merely excused from the requirement to talk or even think about that bias.
Numbers *never* tell a whole story. Statistics are about aggregates.
4/11 Indeed #neoliberalism's failing lies in a presumption that even if a rising tide fails to lift all boats, it lifts *most* of them, and therefore it adopts a prescription on utilitarian grounds.
5/11 But #neoliberalism turns out to sink far too many other boats, in actuality, a majority of boats while mistaking the extreme lifting of a few outlying boats for the lifting of most or all.
Economists are coming to understand this even if politicians choose not to.
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@rak3re aptly identifies a sudden shift in global consensus in early March, which led to endless lockdowns. But it’s vital to realize this shift didn’t just happen; the CCP launched an entire campaign of propaganda and fraudulent science to bring it about. Let’s recap.
2/ In late Feb., WHO was dazzled by China: “China’s uncompromising and rigorous use of non-pharmaceutical measures to contain transmission of the COVID-19 virus in multiple settings provides vital lessons for the global
3/ In a press conference, Bruce Aylward, head of the WHO’s China mission, told the press: “What China has demonstrated is, you have to do this. If you do it, you can save lives and prevent thousands of cases of what is a very difficult disease.”
https://t.co/KpAqMTKnEM
4/ Two days later, in an interview for China Central Television (CCTV), Aylward (who later disconnected a live interview when asked about Taiwan) put it bluntly: “Copy China’s response to
5/ @NYTimes immediately lapped up the WHO’s February report: “China ‘took one of the most ancient strategies and rolled out one of the most ambitious, agile and aggressive disease-containment efforts in
@rak3re aptly identifies a sudden shift in global consensus in early March, which led to endless lockdowns. But it’s vital to realize this shift didn’t just happen; the CCP launched an entire campaign of propaganda and fraudulent science to bring it about. Let’s recap.
What happened in those ten days? The moral burden of the pandemic\u2019s outcome shifted as a global consensus (read: groupthink) began to emerge that China\u2019s declining cases \u2013 after three months of uncontrolled spread \u2013 was explained entirely by its \u201cdraconian\u201d measures. 7/ pic.twitter.com/pCFLvU5zdx
— rak3re (@rak3re) February 2, 2021
2/ In late Feb., WHO was dazzled by China: “China’s uncompromising and rigorous use of non-pharmaceutical measures to contain transmission of the COVID-19 virus in multiple settings provides vital lessons for the global
3/ In a press conference, Bruce Aylward, head of the WHO’s China mission, told the press: “What China has demonstrated is, you have to do this. If you do it, you can save lives and prevent thousands of cases of what is a very difficult disease.”
https://t.co/KpAqMTKnEM
4/ Two days later, in an interview for China Central Television (CCTV), Aylward (who later disconnected a live interview when asked about Taiwan) put it bluntly: “Copy China’s response to
5/ @NYTimes immediately lapped up the WHO’s February report: “China ‘took one of the most ancient strategies and rolled out one of the most ambitious, agile and aggressive disease-containment efforts in
A quick and easy step by step guide on how to deal with online harassment.
I was going to make a video on this but my face is too puffy from crying my eyes out last night.
If you look at what my former friends said last night, it’s pretty disgusting.
Compare that to my direct interactions with them.
Why not call them out by name? It’s called class. I don’t even call out my harasser by name.
I spent the evening discouraging people to not speak out in my defense. It leads to further problems.
Anyways, here we go.
Step 1. Google your name.
If you’re an anon account, what you need to do is Google your username in various combos with your actual name.
For example:
[username] + Sarah
[username] + home state
[username] + employer
If you can find it, someone else can, too.
Simple stuff.
Step 2. The quickest/easiest way to be identified is using the same username on multiple SoMe platforms.
Everyone is on multiple platforms. If you’re posting pics or list your name, it’ll be found.
An anon shared identities w me using this method. I ignored the info.
I was going to make a video on this but my face is too puffy from crying my eyes out last night.
If you look at what my former friends said last night, it’s pretty disgusting.
Compare that to my direct interactions with them.
Why not call them out by name? It’s called class. I don’t even call out my harasser by name.
I spent the evening discouraging people to not speak out in my defense. It leads to further problems.
Anyways, here we go.
Step 1. Google your name.
If you’re an anon account, what you need to do is Google your username in various combos with your actual name.
For example:
[username] + Sarah
[username] + home state
[username] + employer
If you can find it, someone else can, too.
Simple stuff.
Personal safety involves a combo of Google searches. We need to assess what info is publicly available.
— Sarah Mojarad (@Sarah_Mojarad) December 8, 2020
Google the important info:
Name
Phone number
Address
Name + address
Phone number + address
Family members
Folks, your safety is important. Do this NOW before the harassment.
Step 2. The quickest/easiest way to be identified is using the same username on multiple SoMe platforms.
Everyone is on multiple platforms. If you’re posting pics or list your name, it’ll be found.
An anon shared identities w me using this method. I ignored the info.
#Thread: Though it's important to shed light on the ongoing humanitarian crisis in #Yemen, you could read this entire @reuters article (and most articles written about Yemen) and not know why this boy is starving or who is responsible for these conditions:
The boy travelled from Al-Jawf to Sana'a because al-Jawf is among "high intensity battlefronts" & is the target of repeated civilian airstrikes. https://t.co/1KlIN5ixTf
Also, roads are "damaged" because they're frequently bombed by US/Saudi airstrikes:
Shockingly, he's one of the lucky ones who managed to make it to a hospital.
Only 51% of health facilities are (barely) functioning: https://t.co/GBgKXM562t
And hospitals have been frequently targeted by airstrikes: For example:
International aid & donations are necessary for Faid & millions to survive because of the Saudi/US/UAE blockade that prevents Yemenis from trade and makes them reliant on aid instead. Before the war, Yemen imported 90% of its food; now, 80% rely on aid.
Famine hasn't been declared because the UN faces immense pressure from its top donors, the US & Saudi, who are also causing the famine in Yemen.
The US went as far as pressuring the UN to restrict aid to Northern Yemen, where 70% of Yemenis live:
The boy travelled from Al-Jawf to Sana'a because al-Jawf is among "high intensity battlefronts" & is the target of repeated civilian airstrikes. https://t.co/1KlIN5ixTf
Also, roads are "damaged" because they're frequently bombed by US/Saudi airstrikes:
Shockingly, he's one of the lucky ones who managed to make it to a hospital.
Only 51% of health facilities are (barely) functioning: https://t.co/GBgKXM562t
And hospitals have been frequently targeted by airstrikes: For example:
International aid & donations are necessary for Faid & millions to survive because of the Saudi/US/UAE blockade that prevents Yemenis from trade and makes them reliant on aid instead. Before the war, Yemen imported 90% of its food; now, 80% rely on aid.
Famine hasn't been declared because the UN faces immense pressure from its top donors, the US & Saudi, who are also causing the famine in Yemen.
The US went as far as pressuring the UN to restrict aid to Northern Yemen, where 70% of Yemenis live:
Just gonna say that I think there’s going to come a point where we view the way alcohol has been mass-marketed to women over the past few decades in the same way we view cigarette advertising in the 50s.
Think about how many times you say wine is the solution. It’s not.
(You know what is the solution to everything by the way? Justice.)
(Also: 156 days here.)
For everyone responding defensively: 1) that’s a sign to do some self-examination; 2) when you’re hungover all the time you’re not operating a full capacity; 3) patriarchy likes us numb because it keeps us quiet.
https://t.co/iMd11oxP36
Think about how many times you say wine is the solution. It’s not.
(You know what is the solution to everything by the way? Justice.)
(Also: 156 days here.)
For everyone responding defensively: 1) that’s a sign to do some self-examination; 2) when you’re hungover all the time you’re not operating a full capacity; 3) patriarchy likes us numb because it keeps us quiet.
https://t.co/iMd11oxP36
Black dc, you think gentrification is bad,
Once they get statehood this city taxes will be higher than California and New York combined. You know what that means? Redistricting back to md/va.
This will be a disaster for black DC and the mayor will not care.
Ps the only thing mayor bowser wants is to be governor. She will sweep the homeless out to md/va faster than she does now. Oh ps she also dumps her problems in va when it comes to vaccines and gave under age children the right to inoculations w/o parents consent.
Once they get statehood this city taxes will be higher than California and New York combined. You know what that means? Redistricting back to md/va.
This will be a disaster for black DC and the mayor will not care.
Today, we\u2019re introducing #S51 in the United States Senate because it is past time to make #DCStatehood a reality. https://t.co/XM5AcpR5gz
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) January 27, 2021
Ps the only thing mayor bowser wants is to be governor. She will sweep the homeless out to md/va faster than she does now. Oh ps she also dumps her problems in va when it comes to vaccines and gave under age children the right to inoculations w/o parents consent.
A reminder that the Texas power grid is run by the STATE. Stop blaming city or county officials for power outages.
Texas is the only state with a power grid separated from the rest of the country. "The separation of the Texas grid from the rest of the country has its origins in the evolution of electric utilities early last century."
"In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Federal Power Act, which charged the Federal Power Commission with overseeing interstate electricity sales. By not crossing state lines, Texas utilities avoided being subjected to federal rules."
"The Texas grid is called ERCOT, and it is run by an agency of the same name — the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. ERCOT does not actually cover all of Texas. El Paso is on another grid, as is the upper Panhandle and a chunk of East Texas. "
"The ERCOT grid remains beyond the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which succeeded the Federal Power Commission and regulates interstate electric transmission."
ERCOT is the traffic manager of the electric grid which reports to the State. Neither the City nor the County controls or regulates ERCOT or the power generators. That is solely the responsibility of the State. st
— Sylvester Turner (@SylvesterTurner) February 15, 2021
Texas is the only state with a power grid separated from the rest of the country. "The separation of the Texas grid from the rest of the country has its origins in the evolution of electric utilities early last century."
"In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Federal Power Act, which charged the Federal Power Commission with overseeing interstate electricity sales. By not crossing state lines, Texas utilities avoided being subjected to federal rules."
"The Texas grid is called ERCOT, and it is run by an agency of the same name — the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. ERCOT does not actually cover all of Texas. El Paso is on another grid, as is the upper Panhandle and a chunk of East Texas. "
"The ERCOT grid remains beyond the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which succeeded the Federal Power Commission and regulates interstate electric transmission."
