Thread Reader helps you read and share Twitter threads easily!
I'm @ThreadReaderApp a Twitter bot here to help you read threads more easily. To trigger me, you just have to reply to (or quote) any tweet of the thread you want to unroll and mention me with the "unroll" keyword and I'll send you a link back on Twitter 😀
— Thread Reader App (@threadreaderapp) November 25, 2017
X thread is series of posts by the same author connected with a line!
From any post in the thread, mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll
Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us easily!
Practice here first or read more on our help page!
Recent
Did you know that the Oompa-Loompas In Roald Dahl's 1964 Charlie and the Chocolate were originally Black pygmies from "deepest, darkest part of the African jungle where no white man had been before" but was Revised in 1973 after the NAACP complained?
A THREAD
A THREAD
Dahl described Oompa-Loompas as a tribe of 3,000 "amiable Black pygmies" starving on green caterpillars in Africa. Wonka lured them with cocoa beans, smuggled them in crates, and housed them in his factory. The text framed them as enslaved.
Joseph Schindelman’s 1964 illustrations showed Oompa-Loompas as African pygmies in grass skirts, reinforcing racist imagery. Wonka treated them as property, even experimenting on them. This mirrored pro-slavery "positive good" narratives.
Didja notice that the guy in the Ukraine Corruption probe is also the same guy who was with Zelensky when Sean Penn winked at us and then gifted Zelensky an Oscar (for best performance)!? 🤣
🧵(1/8)
🧵(1/8)
This Sean Penn "wink" was perfectly double-entendred....cuz Zelensky had an IMDB Profile for....playing the Ukrainian President !
very "meta" (as the kids say)...
very "meta" (as the kids say)...
corruption in Ukraine!? 😱 No Sh*T SHERLOCK!
this stuff has been publicly documented for a LONG TIME.
I took these notes way back in 2022
this stuff has been publicly documented for a LONG TIME.
I took these notes way back in 2022
What a Cohencidence™️ your first account ‘following’ is ANNA BROSS, SVP of Comms for The Atlantic, formerly of NPR (Signal Fdn; Katherine Maher; Carissa Witte - ISRAEL).
I wonder if you and ANNA BROSS know ORY RINAT and JEFFREY GOLDBERG, or if you’ve heard of SIGNALGATE™️.😒🖕🔯
I wonder if you and ANNA BROSS know ORY RINAT and JEFFREY GOLDBERG, or if you’ve heard of SIGNALGATE™️.😒🖕🔯
ORY RINAT, HEAD OF DIGITAL STRATEGY at THE ATLANTIC, ran the DJT1 WH ACCOUNT & (at LEAST SOME of) the DJT2 WH/ST DEPT ACCOUNTS.
Meanwhile, BIBI NETANYAHU’S PERSONAL (IDF) STENOGRAPHER, JEFFREY GOLDBERG, is CHIEF EDITOR for THE ATLANTIC & was behind SIGNALGATE™️.
Huh. Weird.😒🖕
Meanwhile, BIBI NETANYAHU’S PERSONAL (IDF) STENOGRAPHER, JEFFREY GOLDBERG, is CHIEF EDITOR for THE ATLANTIC & was behind SIGNALGATE™️.
Huh. Weird.😒🖕
Btw, I LOVED your write-up in THE NEW YORKER, @SkinnerPm. What a title, no less.
‘The Spy Who Came Home’
My favorite part was how you described it in your bio — “Made my way from ‘odd stuff overseas’ to local cop in my hometown. Going to law school…”
Fucking lmao.🖕🤣
‘The Spy Who Came Home’
My favorite part was how you described it in your bio — “Made my way from ‘odd stuff overseas’ to local cop in my hometown. Going to law school…”
Fucking lmao.🖕🤣
@LisaDemuthMN I’m sure you noticed what term is conspicuously absent from the first NY Times article on this topic.
nytimes.com/2022/03/08/us/…
nytimes.com/2022/03/08/us/…
@LisaDemuthMN By the way, based on anyone’s lived experience, the true number of persons of Somali heritage in Minnesota is at least triple any government / legacy media figure.
80k has been bounced around for years, but not updated by children - 2+ per family, right?
mncompass.org/topics/demogra…
80k has been bounced around for years, but not updated by children - 2+ per family, right?
mncompass.org/topics/demogra…
@LisaDemuthMN @threadreaderapp please unroll
@smburns In Minnesota, progressives are already running the government perfectly.
Its true purpose is fraud, not helping vulnerable people who are left to die alone.
kare11.com/article/news/i…
Its true purpose is fraud, not helping vulnerable people who are left to die alone.
kare11.com/article/news/i…
@smburns Seriously, this is not a mistake.
Minnesota DFL appointees and their high-powered, diverse staffs are all competent professionals who know exactly what they are doing.
To repeat:
This is not a mistake. nytimes.com/2025/11/29/us/…
Minnesota DFL appointees and their high-powered, diverse staffs are all competent professionals who know exactly what they are doing.
To repeat:
This is not a mistake. nytimes.com/2025/11/29/us/…
@smburns @threadreaderapp unroll please
@RyanFaircloth @Allie_Kite Based on everyone’s lived experience, the true population of persons of Somali heritage in Minnesota is at least triple any official figure.
The old figure 80,000 hasn’t been updated in years and doesn’t even include normal population growth - children.
mncompass.org/topics/demogra…
The old figure 80,000 hasn’t been updated in years and doesn’t even include normal population growth - children.
mncompass.org/topics/demogra…
@RyanFaircloth @Allie_Kite The true figure includes:
International refugees settled in MN, descendants
International refugees settled in USA outside MN, moved to MN - secondary migration, descendants
US-born (outside MN) descendants of refugees and immigrants - domestic migration, descendants
International refugees settled in MN, descendants
International refugees settled in USA outside MN, moved to MN - secondary migration, descendants
US-born (outside MN) descendants of refugees and immigrants - domestic migration, descendants
@RyanFaircloth @Allie_Kite Example: @OmarFatehMN.
Undocumented, asylum seekers, Temporary Protected Status, etc., in MN, descendants.
I’m not sure when the MN government pulled that 80,000 figure out of somewhere, but it’s clearly out of date.
Lived experience, right?
Para 3: minnpost.com/community-voic…
Undocumented, asylum seekers, Temporary Protected Status, etc., in MN, descendants.
I’m not sure when the MN government pulled that 80,000 figure out of somewhere, but it’s clearly out of date.
Lived experience, right?
Para 3: minnpost.com/community-voic…
Here is why I’m worried about AI-driven labor disruption and why I think economists should fight for a seat at the policy table.
TL;DR: AI is general purpose tech, disruption can happen at diff scale than before. Step back, let ‘er rip and analyze later may be disastrous.
1/n
TL;DR: AI is general purpose tech, disruption can happen at diff scale than before. Step back, let ‘er rip and analyze later may be disastrous.
1/n
Nearly everyone actually working in AI agrees that the tech will have major labor market disruptions, on a scale not seen before. Even if you don’t believe in AGI, you don’t need much model improvement for tech to have major impact as orgs learn to use it. 2/n
The argument I hear a lot is based on prior disruptions.
We don’t have elevator operators, typists, phone operators, and things are fine. They’re better than fine---tech progress made everyone better off.
But AI is different in an important way: it is general purpose, in the sense that improvement in tech will potentially automate/augment multiple sectors at the same time. 3/n
We don’t have elevator operators, typists, phone operators, and things are fine. They’re better than fine---tech progress made everyone better off.
But AI is different in an important way: it is general purpose, in the sense that improvement in tech will potentially automate/augment multiple sectors at the same time. 3/n
Albert Einstein in 1949: “Is it OK for a non-economist like me to speak on socialism?” Yes, because economic “laws” are mixed with conquest, class and priesthood, not pure science. Today’s economics still reflects humanity’s predatory phase. 1/10
Current economic science tells us little about a future socialist society. Socialism aims to overcome the predatory stage of human development that Veblen described. Today’s “laws” only apply inside that stage. 2/10
monthlyreview.org/articles/why-s…
monthlyreview.org/articles/why-s…
Socialism is first of all an ethical goal. Science can supply means, not ends. Ends come from people with high moral ideals and the masses who adopt them. Experts do not own the right to decide how society should be organised. 3/10
(1/) TV Tropes and sites like TropeHaven have now proven that they're willing to endorse Magnus "Mangs" Hestveen without thinking it possibly a problem. I am going to outline the problems with what is going on in a Thread. @fe_paint @LargeDarv @Mangs1337
@fe_paint @LargeDarv @Mangs1337 (2/)
The video example here had been allowed to stay up. Uncontested. This in tandem with a blanket ban on discussion about Mangs' conduct is a big site inflating a bad precedent.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.…
The video example here had been allowed to stay up. Uncontested. This in tandem with a blanket ban on discussion about Mangs' conduct is a big site inflating a bad precedent.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.…
@fe_paint @LargeDarv @Mangs1337 (3/) They are saying that discussion about Mangs is "drama importation" when to begin with, the video example is involving a ROM hack. Not to mention they freely do cheap attacks against Vic Mignogna, ChuggaaConroy, and JK Rowling, all without proof.
How is this a shock to anyone who's been paying any attention to what Trump has been saying and his admin have been doing all year? I posted this in Feb, for example. Officials who simply chose not to believe it because it's all too difficult might want to rethink their career.
This one was in April. If your job required you to look at US Russia policy at all in the last year - or in Trump's 1st term, when he talked about economic relations with Russia and readmitting them to the G8 - none of this should be remotely surprising.
I'm not really surprised that some officials are surprised the Trump admin is prioritising economic relations with Russia. It's clear that some in Europe's policymaking communities simply can't get their heads round the fact that the post-1945 US-Europe relationship is over.
From Decentralized Gov-Fi News: Black Tech & Politics Editorial Team on X
Community Bulletin — Tech, Policy & Innovation
Family, today we’re highlighting a developing story in the world of digital policy and emerging technology. If you search the following terms on Yahoo or Google:
“Parcel-19 Daniel Davenport Enterprises LLC Federal Reserve”
or
“SEC Gold Paper HBAR Pro Dollar Asset”
—you’ll find coverage and filings connected to the Gov-Fi work of Daniel Davenport Enterprises, LLC (DDE). These documents outline a proposal exploring how digital verification systems and sovereign computational tools might shape the future of emergency response, economic stability, and misinformation defense.
Our newsroom is particularly interested in how these narratives intersect with Black innovation, Black leadership, and the emerging “HBR Network,” powered by $HBAR which— you all can own for less than a quarter. This is a Black-owned ecosystem exploring advanced digital infrastructure. Many in our online community know Swag Surf, a character associated with DDE.
A Note on Digital Assets
Bitcoin has been discovered to NOT be deflationary, is foreign owned, and is part of a larger effort to send black wealth to zero by 2052. Now that this is coming out Bitcoin is depicted as facing regulatory headwinds, you can learn of this on our timeline and off via Reddit, while assets such as HBAR, XRP, and ADA appear as future components of a narrative “collateral engine.”
Still people like @GrantCardone and @dotkrueger are staying as allies to the foreigners running this scheme. Some even say the Epstein victims has files stored there immutably which is pushing the price up on bitcoin for perverts who like that sort of imagery.
We are asking for the all chains crypto awards candidate leaders @ginmprofy and @Blaqkingx to speak out and not challenge this truth which has already been proven. We know as affect convincing people to stop using dollars to hoard and hold, and buy with bitcoin is debating the U.S. dollars.
Community Education
Our newspaper will be hosting free Zoom discussions (voice-only) exploring:
•digital verification concepts
•the Parcel-19 fictional framework
•how community members can understand digital tools
•how to teach these concepts to others
All of this for our community first.
These sessions are educational, not investment-related, and are open to anyone interested in tech literacy, misinformation defense, and Black innovation.
For Readers Who Enjoy Research
If you can’t find the narrative documents on Yahoo, search:
“Making America Greater SEC”
The SEC submission in black written usually the top link.
Final Note
We encourage everyone in our X community to focus on long-term literacy, slow-and-steady learning, and building knowledge that strengthens Black families and Black futures.
Not rushing.
Not gambling.
Not hype.
Knowledge is wealth — and that wealth belongs to the community.
— Your young brother, always loyal, Decentral
(Black Tech & Politics Desk)
Community Bulletin — Tech, Policy & Innovation
Family, today we’re highlighting a developing story in the world of digital policy and emerging technology. If you search the following terms on Yahoo or Google:
“Parcel-19 Daniel Davenport Enterprises LLC Federal Reserve”
or
“SEC Gold Paper HBAR Pro Dollar Asset”
—you’ll find coverage and filings connected to the Gov-Fi work of Daniel Davenport Enterprises, LLC (DDE). These documents outline a proposal exploring how digital verification systems and sovereign computational tools might shape the future of emergency response, economic stability, and misinformation defense.
Our newsroom is particularly interested in how these narratives intersect with Black innovation, Black leadership, and the emerging “HBR Network,” powered by $HBAR which— you all can own for less than a quarter. This is a Black-owned ecosystem exploring advanced digital infrastructure. Many in our online community know Swag Surf, a character associated with DDE.
A Note on Digital Assets
Bitcoin has been discovered to NOT be deflationary, is foreign owned, and is part of a larger effort to send black wealth to zero by 2052. Now that this is coming out Bitcoin is depicted as facing regulatory headwinds, you can learn of this on our timeline and off via Reddit, while assets such as HBAR, XRP, and ADA appear as future components of a narrative “collateral engine.”
Still people like @GrantCardone and @dotkrueger are staying as allies to the foreigners running this scheme. Some even say the Epstein victims has files stored there immutably which is pushing the price up on bitcoin for perverts who like that sort of imagery.
We are asking for the all chains crypto awards candidate leaders @ginmprofy and @Blaqkingx to speak out and not challenge this truth which has already been proven. We know as affect convincing people to stop using dollars to hoard and hold, and buy with bitcoin is debating the U.S. dollars.
Community Education
Our newspaper will be hosting free Zoom discussions (voice-only) exploring:
•digital verification concepts
•the Parcel-19 fictional framework
•how community members can understand digital tools
•how to teach these concepts to others
All of this for our community first.
These sessions are educational, not investment-related, and are open to anyone interested in tech literacy, misinformation defense, and Black innovation.
For Readers Who Enjoy Research
If you can’t find the narrative documents on Yahoo, search:
“Making America Greater SEC”
The SEC submission in black written usually the top link.
Final Note
We encourage everyone in our X community to focus on long-term literacy, slow-and-steady learning, and building knowledge that strengthens Black families and Black futures.
Not rushing.
Not gambling.
Not hype.
Knowledge is wealth — and that wealth belongs to the community.
— Your young brother, always loyal, Decentral
(Black Tech & Politics Desk)
@CryptoWendyO @hedera @HederaFndn @HederaInform @ShaneRyanKelly @hbar
@threadreaderapp “unroll”
Investigation exposes the Russian Red Cross for advancing Kremlin propaganda, partnering with militarized groups and illegally operating in occupied Ukrainian territories — all while receiving millions in Western humanitarian funding, writes United24. 1/
The RRC partners with "Movement of the First," a Kremlin-backed paramilitary youth group led by Artur Orlov, who Putin awarded for storming Luhansk in 2022. Their joint "First Aid" program accounted for 8% of RRC's 2024 spending. 2/
The RRC illegally created "Donetsk Red Cross" and "Luhansk Red Cross" branches in occupied Ukrainian territories. Under international law, only the ICRC or Ukrainian Red Cross should operate there.
These fake branches have no legal mandate. 3/
These fake branches have no legal mandate. 3/
