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Ideas Untrapped

IUntrapped

#IdeasThatMatter STATE CAPACITY starts here. The fundamental question, what is STATE CAPACITY."State capacity describes the ability of a state to collect taxes, enforce law and order, and provide public goods."

Ben

blippd

1/ n As promised, a quick thread. Combination of my (non-PhD / layman's) dive into learning about Monoclonal Antibodies and how it's helped me uncover a few fun / interesting

Mariah

mariahjjada

It’s interesting to see people get shocked over things pertaining to slavery/the treatment of Black people.. and those things are just the tip of the iceberg. I’m going to write

Patrick Henningsen

21WIRE

(1/25) #2020Lessons: Not sure if anyone else noticed: many the Left are now loudly self-identifying as 'Progressives' as a sort of pious, more pure religious offshoot/sect of the Democrat and

Anne Scheel

annemscheel

New paper!Got the best news on the weekend: "Why hypothesis testers should spend less time testing hypotheses", by @LeonidTiokhin, @peder_isager, @lakens, and myself, has been accepted at Perspectives on Psychological

Shaun Lawson

shaunjlawson

This is a really interesting, overdue piece which makes many good points. It is somewhat flawed though.1. All countries have national stories; very, very few are ruthlessly honest with themselves

T.K. of AAK!

AskAKorean

For the 75th anniversary of the Liberation Day, I'll answer any question you might have about Korea's colonial times and beyond. Please reply with your question here, and I'll get

Save Your Sons

SaveYourSons

Society’s leaders have corrupted the nuclear familyHere are 5 ways to save your children, and in doing so save the world=THREAD= First you may be asking:What’s happened to our families?

Tom Sugrue

TomSugrue

1/ The Trump family business was built on housing discriminationhttps://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1278136326647406593 2/ I trace the troubled history of Trump, real estate, and race here:https://www.publicbooks.org/the-big-picture-

آل معلم

Aal_Moalim

Is there a consensus really?Ibn Jarir Al Tabari does not seem to think so:He says when explaining the verse "إلا ما شاء ربك" in Surah Hud 11:107https://twitter.com/helal_hemloc/status/1322613515019046912 وقال آخر

Eric Roston

eroston

Peering back at 2020 before we shut the door for good (h/t @LauraMillanL for the idea).Most remarkable is how amid a once-a-century pandemic and populist assaults on democratic norms, climate

The Sixth Mountain

cynical_biatch

Cartesian VisionA woodcut from Descartes 1644 'Principles of Philosophy' shows a theory of optics & the interaction with the Pineal Gland.Believing light rays impressed particles into the eyes, the programmed

Batallón Bakunin

batallonbakunin

Thinking about #inauguration day 2001, when 600 anarchists barreled through a secret service checkpoint; almost invaded the parade route; and raised the black flag at the Navy memorial as

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kamlesm

beautifull #Shankh #Conch once a musical instrument and also still used in rituals. for sacred rituals such conch are beautifully decorated, engraving done, plating with Gold/silver etc. it is now

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hayjanharisa

Article, based on first-hand experience of the warPresents a clear-headed but hopeful assessment of what happend & what the diaspora ought to do now.Rt'ed it a few times already but

Fat McGinlay

SparkysCombover

A thread of what I’d consider to be my Top 20 favourite bands and artists, featuring a track from each act. Hope you enjoy them 20. The BandKing Harvest

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