#Context

My son was born in a trailer on a legal Nottinghamshire County Council Traveller site in 2008 just after Lord John Mann, our local MP published his Anti-Social Behaviour Handbook.We
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What survives of the past is things, so it's easy to forget the people behind them whose lives, loves, worries, and wants might not have been so different from ours.Thread
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We are about to hire an Eng leader. That reminded me to write about some things I’ve learned over the years hiring product/eng leaders.Thread Great leaders are working somewhere
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The fear of God is ultimately about operating with a certain reverence for things that are bigger than you and far beyond your comprehension. I see a lot of self
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This #BlackHistoryMonth we remember the RACIST monsters who kicked African Americans out of their own Republican Party The Lily-White Movement The effort was largely successful in eliminating African-American influence
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Don't become more productive. Do this instead.//// A THREAD (you need to read) //// Roughly speaking, there are two paradigms of science: Reductionism and Holism. Reductionism considers that breaking down
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#DidYouKnow that we once had a client who was stuck as an agunah, though her husband had died, because she could not perform halitza with her brother-in-law since his foot
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an educational thread on bisexuality; non bisexuals i encourage you to open this thread !! im making this because i see. so much biphobia on the timeline and as a
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For our second Communicating Science class discussion, we looked into the quantitative methodology we so often use in science! The class discusseed Francis Bacon’s “Novum Organum: True Directions Concerning the
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As a #cdnhist who (I hope) has reasoned views on this subject (you can assess them here: https://activehistory.ca/2015/01/old-chieftain-or-old-charlatan-assessing-sir-johns-complex-legacy-through-political-cartoons/), I find this letter pro
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During #DemConvention week, I want to highlight some policies the Federal Government should adopt re Indigenous people.Yesterday, I discussed treaties. Today: Land Much of federal Indian law/policy is rooted in
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As is tradition, I will spend the rest of the evening posting weird images/videos/GIFs I made throughout the year... without context. Fee free to mute this thread. #2020inHindsight Also, I’m
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“Natural Resource Discoveries, Citizen Expectations and Household Decisions”New WB paper from @myjumens and me. We measure how much citizen’s expectations and behavior changes following major oil and gas discoveriesLink to
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i made this account because i spoke about the dreamcatcher CA issue and got jumped by a lot of people EVEN THOUGH I’M NATIVE (OJIBWE). this is a thread explaining
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A Leftist, Materialist Proposal for Strengthening Substantive Free ExpressionI offer three broad ideas: (1) Decommodify speech; (2) Decouple social viability and expressive rights from employment and social status; (3) Reinforce
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What is the relationship between causes at different levels of emergence? (where am I wrong?) /1https://twitter.com/micahtredding/status/1303154643829239808 Before we delve into the beautiful idea of emergence I should say something about
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