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Feb 16 10 tweets 4 min read
1. Starting with this #InquirerBriefing, a thread with ten readings on the dictatorship and People Power, for a month heavy with memory for some, and which is increasingly remote for many more. #EDSA32
2. Ferdinand Marcos and Us: a reflection on the dictator's attraction and appeal. quezon.ph/2017/09/11/spo…
3. Martial Law and Parental Guilt: the family is the backbone of society; when an undemocratic appeal is made, it can be powerful. quezon.ph/2016/09/21/the…
4. You cannot understand 1986 and beyond, without reviewing 1972-1985. Here, in long form, is that story, of many efforts and the tapestry they ended up creating. quezon.ph/1996/02/25/the…
5. The Fall of the Dictatorship took many years, with many different actors. How it all came together in 1986. officialgazette.gov.ph/featured/the-f…
6. My view in #TheExplainer on Why Marcos Lost. quezon.ph/2010/02/15/the…
7. A counterfactual exercise: but what if Marcos won? quezon.ph/2017/02/25/spo…
8. A reflection on "yellowness." quezon.ph/2016/11/29/spo…
9. The definitive chronicle of EDSA is online: day by day, hour by hour, seen through many eyes on both sides. If you will read only one thing, read each day. edsarevolution.com/chronology/day…
10., A reflection, written by Teodoro M. Locsin, a man who knew both Ninoy and Marcos. A healthy antidote to conspiracy theories and denialism. philippinesfreepress.wordpress.com/1986/08/23/if-…

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Feb 16
Eyewitness stories by .@leahnavarro , in four parts. 1. February 22, 1986 blacknwhitemovement.blogspot.com/2006/02/squand… #EDSA32
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Feb 13
Painting w/ a wide brush makes for vivid but misleading (because self-congratulatory) analysis. The heart of Duterte's coalition was the middle class, ditto for Dictator's Son (fueled by fear and hatred for reform + the poor). Next to last 2 sentences apply to old cronies BTW.
By all accounts the support for Voldemort Jr. cuts across classes. But anecdotally, those who had means during the dictatorship are the most shocked over Voldemort Jr.'s showing. Stunned by what their employees tell them --and not a bit afraid. But to be sure those with means
have coping strategies: they will live with the result of any election and those who believe they are in for persecution will pack up and go. The rest of the country doesn't have that luxury but then as things stand, a new middle class has arisen that is not socialized into the
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Jan 14
In my quest to look for a way to make complex timelines for a project I'm working on (on the model of this image), I found some apps/links that might be useful for those doing historical, project, data visualization, etc. work and need open-source (or free) tools. A rhread.
First, thank goodness for people who collate and share tools and information, such as this wonderful example. shsulibraryguides.org/digitalhistory…
From her entry in particular (because of my #PhilippineDiaryProject) this one looks promising, online OCR suited for old publications: github.com/OCR4all
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Jan 12
Since we all have to do our best to hunker down again, a playlist: some of my favorite documentaries as available on YouTube. Enjoy! youtube.com/playlist?list=…
A playlist of live Classical music performances: youtube.com/playlist?list=…
A playlist of music from cinema: youtube.com/playlist?list=…
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Jan 5
For me, it’s simple: #LetLenLead2022 heto ang iilan sa mga dahilan… (thread)
Ang darating na halalan ay hindi tungkol sa nakaraan kundi ang ating kinabukasan. Bilang VP napatunayan ni Leni na handa siyang magsilbe at tumulong: siya ang sinasaway at pinapalayas ng mga kinaukulan. Pero di siya naging bitter o nagbitaw ng sama ng loob. Kaya kaya niyang
makipagtrabaho sa mga sinserong tao anuman ang kanilang hanay o partido. Sa tutoo lang, iisa lang ang trabaho ng bise presidente ayon sa ating saligang batas: maghanda na magsilbe bilang pangulo kung mamatay o tanggalin ang nakaupong pangulo. Nasa pangulo kung bibigyan ang bise
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Jan 4
The Senate originally was designed to be a continuing institution even as prexy and House terms expired; but making 1/2 of senate up for election instead of 1/3 as was case prior to martial law, destroyed that. Because more past losers wanted a chance to be winners.
That is why before martial law the midterms were so important when presidents and congressmen both had 4-year terms while senators had 6 year terms; 8 senators would be up for election in s presidents midterm deciding balance in the senate. An interesting note that points to the
Well-thought-out design of of the past is that even today surveys have found that the average number of senatorial candidates people remember is 8: pointing to the human suitability of the old number up for election each time. But this was changed in 1987 to give more people a
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