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Steam has some EXTREMELY cheap RPGs right now, so I'll recommend some B-side stuff that's worth a play: Blackguards! A CRPG somewhat in the style of Final Fantasy Tactics (but
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My local newspaper (@sotlive) today published a story showing the 'challenges the city faces'—basically a bunch of photos of rough sleepers. Looking through their timeline I couldn't see any tweets
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[QUICK THREAD: 3.5%]1/18Not to jinx it and more importantly, not to celebrate premature optimism (barely been two years since it backfired last), but the signs do look promising.Here's six key
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We live in a MIMETIC SOCIETY, in which right and wrong are largely determined by what others do, can do, and are expected to do. Imitation is the norm.It seems
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An Indian cant wait for a VP of foreign country to knock down our Pompous External Agfair Minister for his attempts to bypass any oversight on Kashmir and believes it
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Since it is #TransAwarenessWeek , if you are a trans creator why not introduce yourself and make the world aware of what you do! If you have a favorite trans
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TSL’s suggestion that Zhenya should sleep with Daniil Gleikhengauz to improve her chances of making the Olympic team is incredibly unprofessional and disgusting. I think it calls attention to a
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Thread - an open letter to @Keir_StarmerDear Keir,I write to urge you to at least ask your party to abstain from the Brexit Trade deal vote. Many people are surprised
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At this point I hate most of you. I am embarrassed to be a political journalist. This is a profession full of bullshitters who promote nonsensical doomsday hype in the
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On many levels, the Clubhouse case seems insignificant: comparatively small numbers, probably going to be shut down, not reflecting majority ethnonationalism&denialism trend in China.But from a dehumanization perspective, it’s remarka
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As an aside and probably sticking my hand in the fire, there’s a difference between people who mess up but want to do better and people like JK R*wling who
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I started the week deciding to put some finishing touches to my #RTMA2019 paper. I'm now at a point where I can see all my previous work forming into a
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A little while ago a coach told me a story and I’m going to steal it because he’s not on Twitter and said I could. Think it’s true but then
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1/ I’m new to Twitter, I’ve never posted, I’m not interested in followers, likes or retweets. I’m here to keep track of what’s going on in the world. That being
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So some very smart folks have asked about how we would apply the AMIP metric to studies of rare events. This kicked off a discussion of what robustness checks are
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Exclusion: A few thoughts, while I organise ideas for a section of the book.As social animals we exclude people from our social groups constantly, they don’t fit in with our
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