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The people in prison are imagined to be a sub-species, distinct from the normal population. The media would have us believe that they should all be locked away, out of
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With 2021 around the corner, we're proud to endorse @Sam_Rasoul for Lt. Governor of Virginia!Since his election as the 1st Muslim in the VA General Assembly, Sam has been a
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I’m doing a Fugazi album chronological listen just cause I haven’t for ages. I assume what I’m listening to here is Chad Clark’s (aka @beautypill) master. It really still sounds
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Let me try to gently deconstruct this claim, and demonstrate that it is not merely a nonsense, but — and irrespective of whether intentional or not — a particularly malignant
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The Sangh that never was! (It needs to be made into one) How the Commie parasites infiltrated Scamgress after its '69 split, and how they used this to enable their
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This is not true. Bill de Blasio doubled down on aggressive enforcement of petty laws after the Eric Garner killing. The cop who killed Garner didn't even wanna go bust
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....so I stumbled on this group of black women expats living in the Caribbean. One just moved with her hubs from Houston in Nov 2020 and another moved solo from
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Today In History, 1804: Alexander Hamilton Vs. Aaron Burr duel: Ok, so everyone I'm sure has heard of this event. But what exactly, and why exactly did it happen? Let's
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BTS and what fields of medicine I think they would be good in: a thread JUNGKOOK- Sports MedicineSports medicine doctors help those who have injuries from sports, exercising, etc. I
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"Progressives", and by that I'm not just referring to education, but anti-conservative (small c) forces in general often differed from conservatives (small c) on the issues of human nature. Progressives
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A brief guide to football shirt buying jargon.As presented by Mick McCarthy. Because why not?(1/) Everyone thinks they know what certain terms mean… but the definition one person assumes everyone
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Inspired by the pic earlier, today's #BirdsAtTea is the Hildebrandt's Francolin. Restricted to East Africa this attractive #bird is a favourite prey for virtually everything! I've seen them hunted by
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hey this is a thread on why mocking “picky eaters” is ableist and just general pretty fucking shitty MAJOR TW FOR DISCUSSIONS OF RELATIONSHIPS W FOOD / FOOD / EATING
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Re: that phone in prison thread: Cell phones should obviously be given to everyone inside pending mass release or abolition. But prisons and prison comms companies operate exactly w the
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Another article on the impacts of the pandemic on academic mothers. https://bit.ly/2ZgjW6T  Recognition is good, action is better. I asked a 11K member group of 'Academic Mamas' how their institutions
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You know, if I hadn't joined this website 11 years ago, suffered death threats from Al-Qaeda & ISIS operatives, been slandered as a terrorist and received torrents of abuse from
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