I am so thrilled to see @shekhargupta et al stand up for the civil rights & freedom of anti-vaxers, and other rednecks, in Canada.

Civil rights are the foundation of a sound democracy and should include the right to infect others with your Covid viruses.

Bernie Madoff's sister, husband found dead of apparent murder-suicide hill.cm/lv49gCo

Money is edging toward its biggest reinvention in centuries and central banks are acting quickly to ensure they don’t fall behind. Here's a look at Central Bank Digital Currencies, or CBDCs (via Carolynn Look) trib.al/jqb2bVz

2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case: Twitter removes controversial caricature by Gujarat BJP trib.al/FN5gkI3

The FBI has warned of criminals increasingly using 'SIM swap' scams in which criminals obtain cellphone SIM cards from unknowing victims and steal their personal information, including their cell phone numbers and bank account details. abcn.ws/3LJQ21P

Education is a public good. Contrary to Brahmanical faith, you net-gain when others are also as educated as you are.

The world spends 6% of GDP on education. UPA planned to spend 3%. Modi spends less than 1% of GDP on education.

Is that clear enough?

You have probably heard of 4G or Hybrid wars. Is there any literature on 4G or hybrid civil wars?

There are some interesting videos in circulation on twitter that might explain the omission. I don't have links to them though.

SonaliRanade Key failure of communism was to deny the emotional need of many people to believe in God or some such power, however irrational it may be, when faced with horrors / inexplicable suffering in life. One can't deny humans that freedom of faith. The entire ideology needs reinvention.

Not asking that simple question is crucial to the narrative that is being peddled by powers that be. If that question was asked, cause & effect would be impossible to invert as TS does.

Communists have generally failed to grasp Indian culture and social reality because for them class trumps caste.

To come to grips with the reality of caste, they have to dump class, as well as Marx’s theory of history, where class explains all.

Modi has shrunk the school system for rural poor under our very noses and capped spending on all education for last 7 years.

There has been no protest against any such policy. Forget protest; not even awareness.

The Marxist have killed Marx and intellection with their own version of Khatam an-Nabiyyin.

Must-read thread. Hate and horror are part of a continuum.

Thefts of catalytic converters are skyrocketing in King County, and throughout the U.S., as thieves sell the stolen devices for the precious metals inside. See what one suspected thief had on his to-do list. Sara Jean Green: st.news/3BHDP9h

The RW fascists are brainless. The LW have long been brain dead.

The complete lack of any new ideas in the Leftist camp should worry us all.

France seems to be opening the way towards reordering European peace & security, and improving arms control and CBMs with Russia.

Good!

for the West to accommodate an assertive Russia is better than to push it into the Chinese camp.

lemonde.fr/international/…

Thread.

Always remember. Russia is European at it core and culture.

Has anybody counted the number of rural schools closed by Modi since 2014?