Twitter was David’s public platform and tools for practicing a new language – clear and understandable for everyone, it was a space where he made friends and enemies.

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Sun 16 Aug 2020 10:59

RT @davidwengrow: @davidgraeber @bradski_nomaths @jrhennessy @Patrick_Wyman Riding vehicles for fun/prestige was central to elite cultures…

Sun 16 Aug 2020 10:09

RT @tim_waterman: David Graeber on harmful jobs, odious debt, and fascists who believe in global warming https://t.co/PJfEmf5EQw

Sun 16 Aug 2020 10:08

@leemountste @AbiWilks In the early to mid 20C guys like you were trying to keep Jewish refugees fleeing pogroms & then the rise of the Nazis from escaping too. If you’d succeeded I’d never have been as my entire family would have been murdered

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Sun 16 Aug 2020 08:59

@dayvidbaaba @DavidOlusoga in the Americas they also often tended to be worked to death in a fairly short period of time. So it was utter atrocity. I do wonder how to create a language to overcome the ruling class’ endless attempts to set all workers against each other, that doesn’t belittle such facts

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Sun 16 Aug 2020 08:53

RT @yashalevine: Let’s be honest: No one in America or the EU actually cares about Belarusians. They just want to destabilize Russia. Unlea…

Sun 16 Aug 2020 08:41

@bradski_nomaths @jrhennessy @Patrick_Wyman @davidwengrow I guess the place to look would be Pausanias, who wrote a tour guide to Greece mainly for Roman tourists. If there were any such attractions he’d have surely noted them.

Sun 16 Aug 2020 08:34

@bradski_nomaths @jrhennessy @Patrick_Wyman interesting question! I’m not sure how we’d know. Gardens for pleasure, sure & historically these have included diversions, mazes, pools, fountains to play in, but when do you draw the line and say something is a “ride”? .@davidwengrow

Sat 15 Aug 2020 23:56

@NathanielEdmund @markgrueter it’s sad to have to point this out but thanks you for doing so

Sat 15 Aug 2020 23:48

RT @BorisJohnson_MP: Congratulations to all the students whose parents were wealthy enough to buy them good A-level results.

Sat 15 Aug 2020 21:38

@hiyawathathecat maybe someday I will write a textbook called “how to be stupid.” You will feature prominently. Once again: saying neither candidate reflects the will of the American people on an issue is not the same as saying they are both identical on that issue.

Sat 15 Aug 2020 15:06

@markgrueter Right: so if I say “neither candidate supports Medicare for all” that’s illegal speech because it equates them. Right. Block.

Sat 15 Aug 2020 14:22

RT @Hewniverse: @janbartch @davidgraeber @JoeDunman Except when she very notably didn’t https://t.co/qIoR44NGur

Sat 15 Aug 2020 14:21

@hiyawathathecat No, it’s you who aren’t capable of distinguishing between someone who points out neither candidate is reflecting the wishes of the American people on a specific issue, and someone who says both candidates are the same in all respects.

Sat 15 Aug 2020 14:15

@info_zampa @markgrueter yeah that’s why I muted that guy. He’s arguing almost entirely with very stupid people that exist only in his head.

Sat 15 Aug 2020 12:28

@AndyHoltonDJ @TheMendozaWoman you’re acting like the kind of guy who’d when he sees a mugging victim lying on the ground bleeding to death, & the mugger still kicking him, would say “now you two stop fighting.” You’re effectively making up an argument to suit your convenience. That empowers thugs.

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Sat 15 Aug 2020 12:24

@markgrueter there are wannabe cops who respond to any criticism of even the most atrocious right wing Democrat is intrinsically objectionable & something that must be policed. I have no interest in their attempts to police me.

Sat 15 Aug 2020 12:14

@AndyHoltonDJ @TheMendozaWoman Maybe it is. But if it isn’t, pretending that both sides are equally guilty is going to have the effect of empowering the aggressors and creating more infighting not less

Sat 15 Aug 2020 12:13

@AndyHoltonDJ @TheMendozaWoman There are two factions. The first has been trying to destroy & purge the 2nd for five years. The 2nd has not been trying to destroy & purge the 1st. The only way the 1st will stop is if the 2nd is destroyed or purged. Is that what you’re calling for?

Sat 15 Aug 2020 12:08

@Arrsum_Kong I point this out sometimes. What if there’s a really good teacher and she gives a class which only 6 students take and they’re all inspired to write brilliant papers? Would she be allowed to give them all an A+?

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Sat 15 Aug 2020 12:06

RT @Arrsum_Kong: @davidgraeber Like whenever students start doing well due to their own hard work there’s always a panic about exams becomi…

Sat 15 Aug 2020 12:05

@AndyHoltonDJ @TheMendozaWoman The faction Starmer seems to have decided to represent has been tearing the party apart since Corbyn was elected. This is a perfect example of the “you two cut it out” fallacy

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Sat 15 Aug 2020 12:04

@MarkHamptonHK All the more reason to make sure we keep those jobs so smart poor kids don’t get up to mischief

Sat 15 Aug 2020 12:02

RT @matsudaoko: 今日の毎日新聞に白井聡さんによる『持続可能な魂の利用』の書評が掲載されています。ぜひ読んでください。 「「おじさん」の絶滅は無血で可能なのだ。」 https://t.co/V3RQiQCK7V