My tweets

• Tue, 12:20: Good piece on the decision by @rickperlstein to put his footnotes online. Been thinking about this. https://t.co/LypljknU4a - @SPchronvitae
• Tue, 12:23: This picture of violence at the NATO summit in Chicago. It's terrible. But notice how the police have no firearms. http://t.co/oncqtUMZt1
• Tue, 12:31: Yesterday I wrote a piece on trigger warnings and @ThisAmerLife - http://t.co/qui4UsJvAz
• Tue, 12:34: As near as I can tell, @ThisAmerLife uses content notes to note sex, the n-word, and violence against women. Not, eg, disability speech.
• Tue, 12:36: RT @TheAtlantic: "Total police control over black bodies has echoes in American history." http://t.co/e3vFQKpfH2
• Tue, 12:36: I get that my thoughts on @ThisAmerLife are totally irrelevant today, given #Ferguson - but I wrote it and they are my thoughts!
• Tue, 12:37: And now back to comparing mass protests in big cities to #ferguson and noting lack of firearms from cops in former.
• Tue, 12:40: RT @theJBRU: @tressiemcphd @wesleyverhoeve @ChuckWendig Grenade launcher used to fire tear gas. See if your police have one: http://t.co/6u…
• Tue, 12:45: This image of the Chicago cops at NATO is supposed to show massive overkill. Infinitely less scary thatn #Ferguson http://t.co/UB78bOnYFD
• Tue, 12:46: The Chicago PD stand in formation, they have masks and sticks. That's it. No tanks. Especially no automatic weapons. http://t.co/UB78bOnYFD

( Read more... )