Hoarder of unread books. WUSTL AB, UMich MA (ABD). Comparative global anglophone lit, 1840–2026. Ethics, power, partswork, & ToM. AuDHD longhauler. He/him enby.
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David Davison retweeted
Sure, there's value in being able to defend deeply-held positions against insane reactionary critiques, but the line between "I'm just asking questions" and "I am sanewashing the most loony, hateful bullshit you can possibly imagine" grows ever thinner.
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David Davison retweeted
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It's a remarkable level of insecurity and concession to liberal hegemony. None of his freak views are worth anything to him unless people he thinks of as normal accept them as morally within bounds. He will never get satisfaction on this, and it clearly gnaws at him constantly
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David Davison retweeted
I know your type’s political philosophy is entirely based on contrarianism, but you should have the theory of mind to understand some people have principles. If I believe that government is inherently derived from the people’s general will and that voting is the best way to measure that, why would I *not* want universal suffrage
Not a trace of embarrassment to admit you’ve never had any WrongThink.
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Fine, okay, I'll say it: Maybe we should have limited voting to *only* women for a few centuries, as a historical balance, to make reparations and so that performative mugwumps wouldn't piss themselves.
Legitimacy requires sharing power, and sharing power means sharing power.
I’m not even super right wing on questions of suffrage. I’m certainly willing to entertain all kinds of arrangements. But what I believe pretty strongly is that there are no intellectuals remaining on the left with respect to this stuff. I just literally don’t know how you can watch us speed run into having a girls party and a boys party and still have basically no introspection about the intersection of gender and politics beyond just, “patriarchy bad.”
Like, never, even in your darkest moments, even when you’re alone on a desert island and no one can see you or hear you and there’s no risk of you getting in trouble, do you ever think critically about the consequences of universal suffrage? Do you literally have no critiques? Do you genuinely believe there are no downsides? Will you not allow yourself to have any ordinary thoughts at all?
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There is this idea businesses primarily seek to make money. That is a lie of capitalism propaganda.
When the breakout show of the year centered on intimate, queer hockey love, streaming services didn't misunderstand and approve a ton of straight hockey content from…confusion.
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Every person operates within a field of perception and expectation, which locally limits what options appear reasonable or plausible. Ideology is everywhere here. What the media execs choose is only purportedly about profit or even shareholder value. Standing often comes first.
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With the miraged "vibe shift", after corporate America decided to capitulate to outright fascism—that's only tangentially to make money, or under the idea that being progressive, even performatively, would get you punished.
They are serving an ideology they like (or don't mind).
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David Davison retweeted
the labour party effectively ending online anonymity just before they hand over everything on a silver platter to reform continues the long tradition of liberals working in lockstep with fascists.
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David Davison retweeted
western liberals have long loved to talk about the evil of censorship in communist societies — and then they go and censor the internet
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David Davison retweeted
Jun 15
It doesn't matter because that is not the point of these restrictions, surveiling adults and removing online privacy is the point
Jun 15
I’m not a tech person so maybe this is dumb but isnt it easier to create a “children’s phone” at point of sale so you get a phone with built-in restrictions rather than asking every single person in the country whether they are over 16 or not through hackable digital ID software?
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David Davison retweeted
It’s purely a coincidence that the only place to find reliable (non-legacy media) information pertaining to Israel, Palestine, Epstein Files, Climate Change, COVID etc is social media and that governments around the world are banning access to this for our younger generations.
Jun 15
Pretty sure this is all coordinated between key Western states that want to end online anonymity
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David Davison retweeted
whether 90% or 100% of kids at a given pt in time have had at least 2 c19 infections is a non issue. weird discourse. ppl still resistant to recognizing the horror show that sending yr kid to schools/daycares w/ no infection control is basically guaranteeing repeat covid
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David Davison retweeted
if you understand Engels' piece on social murder you should damn well understand why you not wearing a mask spells death for the disabled
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David Davison retweeted
I don’t think it’s “attacking” her to point out that, based on her very willing work history, she’s not actually concerned about “his transgressions” — and frankly, neither are you.
Jun 15
I don't think attacking a person who staffed a scandal-ridden candidate until the end is making the case for Platner.
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David Davison retweeted
Comparing Face ID for Apple Pay to submitting ID online to access social media is like comparing unlocking your own front door with your own key, to handing your passport over to a company you’ve never met so they can decide whether you’re allowed into your own house.
Jun 15
There will be lots of outrage today about the social media ban & legitimate fears about privacy/data protection
But worth pointing out how much personal information we already give away. Face scans every time we use Apple Pay. Email addresses logging into random WiFi networks.
Community note
With Face ID, the face scan is processed locally on your device using the Secure Enclave. The mathematical representation of your face stays on the device and isn’t uploaded as part of an Apple Pay transaction.
apple.com/au/legal/priva…
support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/se…
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David Davison retweeted
it's always "i need proof that kids are even getting covid" and never "i need proof that giving kids zero covid protections is safe"
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David Davison retweeted
do we have a source to assume majority of kids have only had covid 0-1x & will only have covid 0-1x until adulthood lol
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Do we have a source for “the kids have all had COVID multiple times?”
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David Davison retweeted
Jun 15
As it happens, my sex ed teacher DID talk about blue balls. Made sure to tell us that it's not as big a deal as men say it is and not to let them talk us into things we didn't want to do because of it :)
again i think we need to put women through sex ed again where they get a lesson on what blueballing is and why men are frustrated about this
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David Davison retweeted
Jun 15
Seroconversion is to indicate whether the person or population is immune naive or not.
With the prevalence of seroconversion remains high, it means newborns are getting infected while the older kids are out of the cohort (0-17).
That's direct inference to repeated infections.
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David Davison retweeted
Jun 15
She has spent a lot of effort calling people that she disagrees with illiterate.
Maybe it's time for her to reflect on the ableism on display instead.
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