Nothing—absolutely nothing—matters more than *who* you invite to the party (call it a party or not, you’re hosting a party). Who you invite sets the parameters of who your guests will meet, what kind of conversations they will have, and how they will feel. — kasey (@kaseyklimes)

— charlotte bancroft a.k.a. austerity measures (@wifekisser303)

First: there are 2 billion air con units in the world and they account for 10% of all electricity we use.Second: it has revolutionised architecture and totally reshaped global politics... — The Cultural Tutor (@culturaltutor)

THREAD. Behind closed doors, a little-known bureaucrat in Los Angeles just signed one of the weirdest--and most dangerous--contracts I've seen in my career: it gives huge control over the “justice” system in Los Angeles to the consulting firm Accenture.— Alec Karakatsanis (@equalityAlec) September 4, 2023

“Damn. This is the most unreal (and yet depressingly so real) story of unintended consequences I've ever read. "Why Do Employers Provide Health Care in the First Place?" Some excerpts... https://t.co/q1DFnfXvzl”

Sometimes I get frustrated when I compare arts and tech salaries, butlooktech peopleI'm not saying you are the problemI'm saying the exchange rate is in our favorand someone with a FAANG salary could literally commission their own opera once per yearso we should do that— Dr Kate Compton (@GalaxyKate) June 8, 2022

Efficiency and tech advancement could be prioritized if we had a societal structure that didn’t require people to work in order to obtain access to basic resources required to stay alive such as healthcare, housing, and food. We prioritize jobs bc we lack a social safety net. https://t.co/UjqxrC1LXE— Jen Bartel (@heyjenbartel) June 21, 2023

I'm really surprised that no one is actively talking about what an America run by the GOP looks like. We can see it in deep red states right now, and it's horrifying. 1/n— Brynn Tannehill (@BrynnTannehill) April 18, 2023

Sources:1. https://t.co/4x5lVCIwZ42. https://t.co/Bc4oFxTnd03. https://t.co/tabNU56LEc4. https://t.co/0qk93bEv0S5. https://t.co/yRh517CHbe6. https://t.co/m17g7VWvhI7. https://t.co/xtnR3PAXKM8. https://t.co/9P9aZCNWx79. https://t.co/Kce9FEWDiO#BasicIncome pic.twitter.com/zBpqVZOw3K— Scott Santens (@scottsantens) April 12, 2023

Another layer that’s not getting a lot of press — #BlackRock owns Norfolk Southern #OhioTrainDisaster https://t.co/lhDuMWEPPU https://t.co/MmIL9PMafs— Holly (@HollyBlomberg) February 17, 2023

What people don't realize is that this is the default state of housing in a market economy, and it's great for consumers. Turning aging homes into an investment vehicle by artificially constraining supply, the way it's done in the US and many other places, is extremely harmful. pic.twitter.com/J3sCihYJ0n— François Chollet (@fchollet) January 21, 2023

“People on Twitter squawk about contrarian truths that get “censored” but what’s really suppressed are the things that people find way too horrifying to consider, so we get an uncoordinated yet collective denial of things we should be facing up to.”

🙌 THE 4 DAY WORK WEEK HAS HIT IRELAND WITH ASTONISHING RESULTS. 🙌The Irish Findings are as follows:• 100% of the companies involved are continuing with the 4-Day work week ➡• 85% of companies which reported data on revenue reported growth in revenue 📈 (1/X)— Dr Dale Whelehan (@Daleyfurter) November 30, 2022

1/20 Dear friends, I need to draw your attention to something super bad and super important (and it doesn’t originate from Russia for once). Last week the EU has taken a shockingly stupid and damaging decision to close down national corporate registers of beneficial owners 🧵🧵🧵 pic.twitter.com/DA3kO7Enlh— Maria Pevchikh (@pevchikh) November 29, 2022