https://twitter.com/parirobo/status/1049569665997987841

I just ran the numbers, and it's really shocking. You can see the democratic decline in a global context. It's hard to explain to non-political scientists how bad this is. I'm having to rewrite the syllabus and think about how to communicate what's happening to my students. pic.twitter.com/Xnc7jXxaXt

— Richard Hanania (@RichardHanania) December 12, 2021

>The fact that this is not a joke; is a joke in and of itself. Your education is a farce.

>I cannot tell if you're joking or not.

>I know this is too complex for you non-political scientists but…. soyjak.jpg

>Wait how are we supposed to take this chart seriously when it has Russia in the 90s with a huge “democracy spike,” when Yeltsin staged a coup with US support, blew up the parliament and mowed down protestors. There were actual elections being held but the US wanted their guy

>Every Poli Sci democracy scale is made to fit the narrative of the creator, you can tell by noticing obvious in each model, his is blatantly ridiculous because it pretends Jim Crow doesn’t exist

Ninjaripper exists, guys. It doesn't work this way. pic.twitter.com/r16HYSxgEb

— Smutbase (@Smutbase1) October 8, 2022

Idk if anyone else here has bad thigh gap genes but we'll get there one day 😖

This is totally end Iran now, amirite?

https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/xypbbq/iran_leaked_documents_reveal_toplevel_orders_to/?sort=controversial

https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/xsbrv3/iran_leaked_documents_reveal_toplevel_orders_to/?sort=controversial

https://old.reddit.com/r/neoliberal/comments/xswj6i/iran_leaked_documents_reveal_toplevel_orders_to/?sort=controversial

https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&q=Iran%3A+Leaked+documents+reveal+top-level+orders+to+armed+forces+to+%E2%80%98mercilessly+confront%E2%80%99+protesters&since=&until=&near=

Iran: Leaked documents reveal top-level orders to armed forces to ‘mercilessly confront’ protesters

Iran’s highest military body instructed the commanders of armed forces in all provinces to “severely confront” protesters who took to the streets following the death in custody of Mahsa Amini at the hands of Iran’s morality police, Amnesty International said today after obtaining leaked official documents which revealed the authorities’ plan to systematically crush the protests at any cost.

The crackdown has left at least 52 identified victims dead and hundreds injured to date.

State denial and coverup after a week of unlawful killings Amnesty International has obtained a leaked copy of an official document which states that, on 21 September 2022, the General Headquarters of Armed Forces issued an order to commanders in all provinces instructing them to “severely confront troublemakers and anti-revolutionaries”.

Protesters tortured and otherwise ill-treated Amnesty International has documented widespread patterns of torture and other ill-treatment by security forces, including severe beatings of protesters and bystanders.

Her clothes were coming off her body and the security forces kept pulling her by the hair…” “Two nights ago”, the protester added, “several of my friends were beaten with batons.

Any force used in response to such violence must at all times comply with the principles of legality, necessity and proportionality in accordance with international law.

I feel like the dramatic potential for the war in Ukraine has seriously ramped up in the last few weeks. Everywhere I know on Reddit is completely r-slurred and basically unreadable. Is there some sort of place where same people hang out and talk about the conflict and it's developments? Feels like it's gotta exist somewhere.

Wall Street Journal article

Reddit seethe

CHINA NUMBA 1