#World

We were all born with a natural high frequency, and as we age it fades away, but we still crave those free, aloof feelings, which is why we are naturally
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When parents say their autistic kid doesn't have auditory sensitivity, and then give out details that show that the kid (likely) has auditory sensitivity, a thread:1. They don't want to
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there's been one too many "classic books suck" threads by weird yuppie checkmarks lately and I believe literature has its context and all sorts of complicated things, but here's my
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Today’s amazing piece of #suffrage history is this Sporting World clip from 1915. 1/8 Both Fred Clarke of the Pittsburgh Pirates and Pat Moran from the Philadelphia Nations are wholehearted
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Christian medicine was one of the greatest horror stories of human history. Jesus had inaugurated the demon theory of disease. Disease was cured by removing demons from the body.Jesus was
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As much as I’ve been dreading this - the time has come. @nprgreene has just one more day @NPR. His departure is going to leave such a big hole. David
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"Both sides" and academia - a thread.Here's the problem with placating right-wing grifters and loons who shout about "liberal indoctrination" from their positions as radio and TV hosts pandering to
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Why are we not building vaccine production capacity all over the world, coupled with fully open sharing of the necessary tech? For those who count in QALYs, it would surely
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I come from a long line of killers on my mom's side - Cossacks, military men - and don't like the romanticizing of violent repressions, "Lenin wuz right," "Stalin was
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Say you want to execute a $30k trade in a $1bn mkt cap stock, around 0.2% of adv so not massive but not small. Would that be cheaper in the
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January 1st New Year Day has no real significance. For me, it is just another day. The Gregorian Calendar, which we follow, is itself unscientific, and a bit of a joke,
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Last Day “Crypto In a Layman’s World”‘Why should I concern myself with crypto’Bitcoin hits $23k and it got everyone talking about it.However that’s not the only cryptocurrency, it’s just the
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BOLOGNA, ITALY: The conscience of a country's population standing against their politicians speaks through this woman who says her life has been destroyed by lockdowns & has nothing to eat
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Lebanese-style pita is so utterly superior to every other form of bread that there surely is some foul play involving French baguette cartels preventing it from becoming ubiquitous. It's like
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For the past decade, I've spent every week of my life in the air. I have flown obscene distances, made extreme layovers, and seen airports in countries in all continents.
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Love this picture. Crew! @andreajenkyns, Great MP! Jacob Rees-Mogg, Christ's messenger in Somerset. Great judge of character. He wasn't wrong! Good old Phil! Anyway God bless Donald Trump, a force
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