Robert Alexander
@robmalexander
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GSP/Upstate SC. “The Bread Whisperer of #ATL.” Personal views. Retweets are not endorsements. Gastronomy, Social Commentary & Politics. He/him
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So hope for a great sea-change On the far side of revenge. Believe that further shore Is reachable from here.
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Busy, cold night at Stonehenge as we move the stones backwards an hour...
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"Social media brought out the worst in the news business, and news, in turn, brought out the worst in a lot of social media." —@cwarzel Good capsule description of what has happened in this space since 2010. (And I live, breathe and teach this subject...)
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Big Tech’s relationship with journalism is much more complicated than it appears.
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OBAMA: “If you want to solve the problem you have to take in the whole truth. Nobody’s hands are clean. All of us are complicit to some degree… Moving forward can’t happen if we’re confining ourselves to outrage.” https://t.co/sAfmddDyuK
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Charlottesville’s Robert E. Lee statue has met its end, in a 2,250-degree furnace. The divisive Confederate monument, the focus of the deadly “Unite the Right” rally in 2017, was secretly melted down and will become a new piece of public art. More on the process:
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One more photo of the cemetery in Terlingua on Día de los Muertos. You can see all of the graves with the candles lit on them as the sun sets. There was a car with its headlights on behind me, illuminating the foreground.
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“On Friday, shells hit a convoy of evacuees on the coastal road they were told to use, killing around a dozen people, doctors said. Footage from the road showed dead children lying in the sand.” - @AP
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushed back against growing pressure for a humanitarian pause in the nearly month-old war to protect civilians and allow more aid into Gaza.
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The nazi National Front (whose leaders have denied the Holocaust and believe the U.K. should not have fought Hitler in WW2) march passed the Cenotaph without a peep of condemnation from our political leaders….
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I wanted to share some thoughts on what’s happening right now in Israel and Gaza. https://t.co/fEaYWFisnN
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It’s been 17 days since Hamas launched its horrific attack against Israel, killing over 1,400 Israeli citizens, including defenseless…
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My latest. There has been a feverish attempt to deny that the conflict between Israel and Palestine has anything to do with European colonialism. So I went into British archival history and brought back some receipts
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The violence of colonization was not limited to bombs and armies.
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On this day in 1874, a white mob engaged in Election Day violence against Black voters in Eufala, Alabama, to suppress votes and ensure white supremacist victory at the polls.
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On this day, a white mob waged deadly violence against a Black community seeking to vote.
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One gauge of the civilian toll in Gaza so far: At least 72 United Nations staffers have been killed in Gaza so far, the UN says. Whatever that is, it's not surgical.
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A grave and harrowing crisis is unfolding in the South Hebron Hills, demanding the utmost urgency and gravity. Settlers, masquerading as a military force, have launched a barbaric assault on Susyiah village. 1/
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