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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Tue 23 Jun 2020 22:46

@patriciacameron @JeffSharlet the only people I remember predicting the Soviet collapse publicly and getting the dates about right were sociologists Emmanuel Todd and Randall Collins

Tue 23 Jun 2020 22:25

RT @TheWatchers_: Siberian town records possible hottest-ever temperature in Arctic Circle https://t.co/o4zG4UNKpP #WXrecord #Siberia

Tue 23 Jun 2020 22:25

@JeffSharlet Yeah if that’s what they thought they kept it an awfully good secret considering their public statements wildly overestimated the strength of the Soviet military, economy, etc, to justify high spending to meet the “threat”

Tue 23 Jun 2020 21:24

@inside_lemon @silkyjohnson403 @RioftheLevites I tend to agree with myself on most issues but there are exceptions.

Tue 23 Jun 2020 20:36

@LouisProyect1 @RioftheLevites otoh, you might want to examine your reaction. Madagascar is a poor country. The US is racist. How would you like it if any time you mentioned that Americans say, like barbecue, or baseball, the only response was “America? They’re all racists!”

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Tue 23 Jun 2020 20:27

@LouisProyect1 @RioftheLevites yes it’s very poor. But where I was at that time (1989-91) people had nice houses and lots of food, just very little else. Things have gotten worse. Hardly surprising 97% make less than a dollar a day, since about 97% of the economic activity is in the informal sector.

Tue 23 Jun 2020 20:24

RT @johnpilger: An article by Avi Shlaim was censored by the Guardian, which cut: “Churchill, [Boris] Johnson’s hero and role model, person…

Tue 23 Jun 2020 20:23

RT @JonangusMackay: @johnpilger @guardian PS: The strange appointment of Smeeth, most of whose career has been devoted to lobbying & #propa…

Tue 23 Jun 2020 20:23

RT @JonangusMackay: @johnpilger Thoroughly in keeping with the bizarre fact that the no-holds-barred bruiser Ruth Smeeth, ex-Israel lobbyis…

Tue 23 Jun 2020 19:55

@BlckCatBlckSky @RioftheLevites @davidwengrow I’m still working on the conclusion of the DW book

Tue 23 Jun 2020 19:47

@RioftheLevites Actually it wasn’t about my friends at all (most of whom there wouldn’t be much to gossip about)- it was a running gag about what people would really do if they had a lot of free time on their hands based on my own experience in a village in rural Madagascar

Tue 23 Jun 2020 19:44

RT @nachimir: @thelucifersmile @IwriteOK Probably to make this kind of trampling publicly acceptable/tolerable in this case too: (source: h…

Mon 22 Jun 2020 19:51

RT @Kendal_Uzun: Turks impose zero tolerance for the Kurdish language, even in a pure Kurdish city. *** Elected mayor of #Batman was repl…

Mon 22 Jun 2020 16:01

@James_J_Marlow actually there were four founders of Momentum. Three were Jewish and the fourth was married to one of the other three.

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Sun 21 Jun 2020 22:21

RT @PomegranatePod: 🎙 Excited to announce our new podcast 🎙 💥💥 @PomegranatePod 💥💥 We are creating a monthly podcast for you – bringing t…

Sun 21 Jun 2020 18:24

@flardaman @SamuraiElf @WFMU I don’t really want to learn more about what was happening at that time. I prefer new, good fun music that doesn’t make me think of lost times, places and people.

Sun 21 Jun 2020 15:32

RT @walangsalapi: How to explain kingship to your kids. It seems to be stuff from @davidgraeber book On Kings but with illustrations and wa…

Sun 21 Jun 2020 15:32

RT @JangleRocks: @davidgraeber 4/ anecdote: in 2000 I was working at a water utility, w/ 3 other musicians. All of us played 40-60 min sets…

Sun 21 Jun 2020 15:04

RT @mwiik: https://t.co/rHjR8qna7x “The TRUTH Why Modern Music Is Awful” ⏰ (20m) 🎥 Scientific analysis of why most modern pop music sucks.

Sun 21 Jun 2020 15:01

RT @MimosahSka: @davidgraeber Nope, you’re not missing it. I’m a street musician. Over the last decade requests for current songs hav…