In 1831, French aristocrat Alexis de Tocqueville traveled to the US to study democracy. He saw some positives, but also noted a few flaws such as: -tyranny of the majority -isolated individuals -materialism He claimed religion was essential to prevent these dangers...🧵

Of all his great back heels, by far his most important one! 💪🏿

Since water privatisation under Margaret Thatcher in 1989, more than *72 billion pounds* has been paid in dividends to shareholders. Water bills have rocketed by more than *360 percent.* Investment has been cut. And now *record* quantities of sewage is being pumped into our

I watched this happen on the morning of 4 June 1989 in Chang’an Avenue, near Tiananmen Square, the morning after the night’s massacre. Don’t believe the propaganda lie that no massacre took place: I saw 40 people killed in front of me before giving up counting in despair.

The Rise of Hitler: A History of How Democracy Fell in Germany and Its Parallels to Today 🧵1/11: His past was steeped in scandal—a felon, accused of treason and sedition, his actions and rhetoric frequently straddling the line of legality. He was convicted for attempting to

Ongoing riots in Paris, at the Champs-Élysées. Police are being attacked with fireworks and paving stones following PSG's victory 🇫🇷

I’m surprised what’s happened in Switzerland isn’t a bigger story. An entire town wiped off the map by a glacier collapsing, likely as a direct result of our warming climate. This is like something out of a disaster movie. https://t.co/dhN84pVCBZ

SPEECHLESS BEFORE / AFTER #BLATTEN The magnitude of destruction after the 3:24 pm collapse of Birch Glacier is immense! 😱 All the forest has been razed and the ice/wood/debris dammed the Lonza river 🌊 Some buildings of Blatten are buried 🏠 📷 Pomona

Upstream and downstream view of the deposit! 🪨🧊🌊 Massive... 😱😱😱 https://t.co/EgQQjq8YCO

INCREDIBLE !! Here we are... 😱😱😱 After days of overloading and cracks propagating, Birch Glacier collapsed over Blatten today at 3:24 pm and dammed the Lonza river... Devastating! 😭 https://t.co/EgQQjq8YCO

Chelsea vs Real Betis in Wroclaw tonight! 🇵🇱💥

Chelsea and Betis fans engaging in the 'Battle of Worclaw' this afternoon... 🙈👊

Chelsea vs police in Wroclaw ahead of the Conference League final

Footage shows unseen journey of car driven into Liverpool fans at parade

🚨 Switzerland: Blatten declares ‘special situation’ as glacier collapses 👀 More info below... https://t.co/ZwaSruAcRe

🚨 THE FACE OF THE MAN DRIVING THE VEHICLE IN LIVERPOOL

Horrific

just voted for Gary Lineker in the National TV Awards, presenter category. Join me and share! https://t.co/ImHND5rROk

Chaos erupts in Massachusetts neighborhood as ICE drags away mom—clinging to her baby. The crowd asked ICE to show an ID or warrant for the arrest—agents replied, "We don’t have to show you anything." Local police then arrested the teen daughter of woman ICE had just detained