Actually, if you had read the excellent thread by @wrong_speak, you would realize that the context -- that slavery was once a constant and almost universal feature of societies (at almost every stage along the technology spectrum), then you would understand the context.
That slavery was constant does not make slavery moral, or excuse those who condoned it. It does, however, demonstrate the openmindedness and moral courage of those who opposed it.
A number of people have commented and liked this study. To be clear, there are a number of alternate explanations:
a) Testing in these countries is limited, so the number of infections is less than it is in other places that test more regularly.
b) Age of population. If my memory serves, Africa has one of the youngest continents. Since COVID is a disease of old age, the low number of deaths might be attributed to the age of the population.
Aug 29, 2021 • 14 tweets • 4 min read
Back in the days of vinyl, when you wanted to pay tribute to someone you made a mixtape. Inspired by @naninizhoni's perceptiveness, a couple of my favorite "white" singers.
Back in the day, they had the Columbia House music club. My aunt used it to send her nephews music. She decided I would like folk and sent me Buffy Sainte Marie.
May 30, 2021 • 14 tweets • 5 min read
Sometimes I think the sum total of my twitter life can be boiled down to one or two on mots and sitting between @Theo_TJ_Jordan and whomever he is arguing with enacting the comedy routine whereby by agree with both sides, I only enrage the other participants... A thread...
The problem is I understand Theo Jordan's rage. If we all agree there is a problem, then the best way to go about fixing it is to have an honest discussion. Here is the problem which Michael Harriot wishes to bring into the spotlight.
May 27, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Overlooking the simple fact that lockdowns have been very, very good for the rich -- and hence Tomas Pueyo has more skin in the game than John Edmunds (who will not become a billionaire whether the virus continues or not) we come to the meat of what he is saying.
Controlled burns have been a staple of forestry management since primitive times.
For the past 20 years, California has attempted to enforce a zero burn policy, banning controlled burns.
Oct 9, 2020 • 18 tweets • 4 min read
One of the biggest trends I have noticed over the years is the lack of love present in people. Not familial love, not romantic love, but the sense of commonality you would get when interacting with people in the day to day world.
Perhaps it is because I worked for most of my life in menial\blue collar jobs that what I see missing is the sense that I used to have that I was making the world a little better by doing things that made someone's life a little better.
Sep 19, 2020 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
@futurebird I don't know how to do the threaded comment yet. So this is a bit of a longish reply.
Short answer, though. Drug addicts and the Homeless don't vote.
Cops both vote and cops also belong to Unions that contribute to political campaigns.
The same goes for the people who make the tanks and stuff for cops. They also provide jobs and board positions for politicians who retire or are voted out.
People want safety and vote for cops.
But large overtime needs to be explained
Sep 15, 2020 • 12 tweets • 2 min read
Spent some time with my LGBTQ++ identifying, mixed-race former high schooler. Last night.
It seems even Gen-Z is chomping under the bit of the boomer\millenial self-righteous alliance. Quotes (as best as I can remember)
"Liberals who dismiss Black Conservatives are dismissing the lived experience of Black Conservatives. They are being self-righteous believing they know what is best for Black People"
Sep 13, 2020 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
So were Kaivan Shroff not a Senior Advisor at the Institute of Education, the utter ignorance that this tweet promotes would not be as problematic. But because this demonstrates the intellectual vacuity of the "educated class" in America, it requires some clarifications.
1. Mr. Shroff seems to imply that there is an epidemic of LEO dying from COVID.
Mortality Rate for people between 35-64: 6%
%COVID deaths:
# LEO fatalities from COVID: 105
# Total LEO: 750,340
% of LEO Dead because of COVID: 0.013 %
Est# of Deaths from other causes: 45,020
