https://t.co/OrFbwNP9Fi https://twitter.com/TheRaDR/status/1179725503709765633?s=17

Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg (@TheRaDR) Tweeted:
«I mean, it’s 2000 years of thought, growth, development. And a lot of books. A lot. Start with Shaye Cohens From the Maccabees to the Mishnah and Steinsaltz’ Essential Talmud. Or, like, I hear Goodman’s History of Judaism is decent but have not personally read.»

Also:

https://twitter.com/upstreamism/status/1179729695581069314?s=17

L. Rhodes (@upstreamism) Tweeted:
«@TheRaDR Rebekkah’s Children is a good, brief introductory comparison of how both Temple Judaism and early Christianity developed in response to Roman imperialism in the first few centuries of the Common Era.»

https://twitter.com/jeanniecool/status/1177456565701316608?s=20

«My dust-bowl-surviving farmer grandpa told my dad: If you don’t know how to vote, ask your banker* what he thinks, then do the opposite.»

https://www.thewrap.com/exclusive-host-todd-starnes-out-at-fox-news/

Once again, you cannot say the quiet part out loud. Fox doesn’t want to SAY stuff like this, but they want their viewers to THINK it. So, as a Fox personality, you have to create that impression without actually saying it. If you’re dumb enough to say it, you’re out.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/morgansimon/2019/09/30/geo-group-runs-out-of-banks-as-100-of-banking-partners-say-no-to-the-private-prison-sector/

Hmm. This seems big. I guess they’ll need to turn to Chinese, Russian, 2nd-tier US, etc. banks?

«the American private prison industry is a relatively new phenomenon, with the first private prison opening in 1984. Given their business model depends on keeping a consistent and increasing number of people incarcerated, it’s been speculated and critiqued that this is why GEO Group and CoreCivic have spent $25M on lobbying over the past three decades to push for harsher criminal justice and immigration laws.»

https://twitter.com/drlisadcook/status/1179092136043696129?s=20

«When someone will give you money before they give you status, you know what the status is worth.»

This applies beyond race.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/01/us-manufacturing-economy-contracts-to-worst-level-in-a-decade.html

The experience of Kansas shows that Trumpists will take a LOT of pain before being overrun by people with sense.

«A gauge of U.S. manufacturing showed the lowest reading in more than 10 years in September as exports dived amid the escalated trade war.»

https://warontherocks.com/2019/07/russian-ai-enabled-combat-coming-to-a-city-near-you/

Our modern world:

«In at least one instance, Russian information operations in Ukraine targeted the families of soldiers deployed to the war in the East. The families received a text saying, “Your son is killed in action,” prompting them to call or text the soldiers. Shortly after, the soldiers got a text urging them to “retreat and live,” followed by an artillery strike on the location where the Russian-backed separatists detected a large uptake in cellphone activity. Such coordination demonstrates Russia’s ability to combine electronic warfare, cyberwarfare, information operations, and kinetic force to hurt its adversary not only on the battlefield but also on the home front.»

I think this one tweet right here is a microcosm.

https://twitter.com/emmaogreen/status/1178297055850192896?s=20

«Those who have talked most openly about white supremacy and pushed most intensely for gun reform, immigrant rights, etc., have often found themselves isolated. 5/x»

This is interesting. https://kylejhoward.com/blog/engaging-whiteness-a-wrestle-not-against-flesh-blood/

«In the meantime, we must recognize that seeking to dismantle the oppressive power and privilege of “Whiteness” is not a battle against flesh and blood. It is a battle against spiritual forces who desire to keep people groups oppressed and the reputation of the church marred. As White Christians seek to learn about the history of Whiteness, why it was invented, and what it has done; the anger, sensitivity, and rage they will encounter will be spiritual warfare. As Christians of Color, especially black Christians, seek to engage white Christians on these things we must also recognize that we are entering into a stronghold that the devil has used to cause profound devastation in the church. Satan will not let this go easily. We fight to bring awareness because we cannot allow the devil to continue to hold the church and the world captive to systems of oppression. We must also be careful and faith-filled because the battle to dismantle this stronghold has left martyrs in its wake.»

https://twitter.com/Noahpinion/status/1177638725041311744?s=20

https://twitter.com/threadreaderapp/status/1177651361233682432?s=20

This is an interesting thread. Basically, all the scaremongering about offshoring and automation may be just so much hocum.

(Original NY Times story: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/27/business/economy/jobs-offshoring.html.)