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TRUMP'S COUP TIMELINE* This thread will use military time and EST time zone for any times provided.November 7, 2020 - The press calls the 2020 presidential election for now President-elect
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Today in 1932, the Pipil people, joined by mestizo peasants and communists, rebelled against the dictator Maximiliano HernΓ‘ndez MartΓ­nez. What followed is known as La Matanza, β€œThe Massacre”, Salvadoran history's
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The Great Rat Massacre Of 1902 (and how it backfired spectacularly)(Thread, sources here: https://bit.ly/3ob2cDX ) While we're talking about Β£500 incentives, I thought it would be fun to look back at
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During the Scottish referendum debate in 2014, we heard a lot of discussion of what would happen to monetary policy.Scotland already issues its own banknotes, backed by the Bank of
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Ok, Im probably going to get in trouble for this one, but time to name names and put shit together. I decided to dig into the care facility that was
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THREAD (long one this time)I’m reading 2 new books: Brett Christophers' Rentier Capitalism, and @PeterKGeoghegan'sDemocracy for Sale, and together they paint quite a picture. Let's explore... TL:DR Our rentier economy
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This Day in Labor History: December 12, 1957. The AFL-CIO evicted four unions from the federation for corruption, most notably the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Let's talk about corruption in
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"Is a virus alive?""Is Pluto a planet?""Is Louisiana Creole a language?"Y'allI don't think you understand exactly how many conversations in Academia are just "Is a hotdog a sandwich" for peopl
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We are @AdrianPlau @nic_o_la @mistry18691987 and we've been working on TEI manuscript descriptions @WellcomeLibrary through our period of building closure following Covid-19. In this paper, we will tell you about
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1 like 1 reason we need rent controls high rents trap tenants in the private rented sector high rents are a key cause of homelessness high rents cost the public
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"A South Korean court ordered the Japanese government on Friday to pay damages to a group of former 'comfort women' over their treatment at Japanese military brothels during World War
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BREAKING: Another extinct ice age beast exhumed from the permafrost. Exceptionally well-preserved carcass of a juvenile woolly rhinoceros discovered in Yakutia. Its internal organs and stomach contents await investigation. Photos
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Porn hub and many sites of its like have a haunting issue that is a plague on our society, the following is a thread on how this conglomerate and others
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Who wants to read something not related to COVID? I have a new paper out today with SACHRP chair, Stephen Rosenfeld, on IRB quality and the challenges of different board
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ThreadThis is why I was never a Libertarian @LPNationalLook at these tweets from @Jorgensen4POTUS, the Libertarian Party presidential candidate.One: Two: The Libertarians support totalitarianism.I always knew that under the right
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