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Time for Christmas shopping 2020! So many good books were published this year, despite everything. Everyone should read Putin's People by @CatherineBelton, on the deep roots of Russia's current ruling
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So last night I watched ep 4 as I continue my 1 yr anniversary rewatch and i admit I was a bit distracted by recent events Here are my thoughts...
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Noticed the 'we should be more like Singapore' solution directed as an antidote towards Sri Lanka's treatment of minorities. Here is why I believe that fewer displays of racism doesn't
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Article & ThreadGenocide does not happen overnight.. 25 yrs after #Srebrenica, #UN still fails to prevent & protect. Human Rights has become a slogan, by which govs invade, destroy &
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The Path to Financial FreedomHere are the 10 stages of Financial Freedom/THREAD/ 1/ Financial Dependence When debt payments + other living expenses > your own incomeYou need someone else (parent
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i have a lot of thoughts on this alt-right phase discourse which i’ve voiced on my priv and it’s a very difficult topic for me but bear with me because
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Georgia purchased Its touchscreen voting machines—which failed miserably today—from “Dominion, whose lobbyist, Jared Thomas, was Governor Brian Kemp’s chief of staff and press secretary from 2012 to 2015 when Kemp
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I haven't read the book itself, but I took a brief look at Andrew Sullivan's review of The Cult of Smart, by Fredrik DeBoer (also touched on by Paige Harden
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Today marks 10 years since the “Tron: Legacy” soundtrack album release. I’ve always disliked referring to any particular project as a ‘breakthrough,’ but it’s hard to imagine the success I’ve
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"PRC Assertiveness in the South China Sea: Measuring Continuity and Change, 1970–2015" - new article @Journal_IS https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1162/isec_a_00400 read on below for a summary thread Why has China alar
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1/. In October, #Turkey's introduced a draconian social media law It enables the govt to get content removed at will & to arbitrarily target individual usersThis month, Turkey may introduce
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OK, so we're not sure if this is (or will become) a *thing* but if it does, here's our 1st thread for #RomanFortThursdayThis is Lake Farm a legionary fortress
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The reduction of the IA & PWD monthly supplements to $150 + the recent #FoodBank fundraising success = people having to travel across town, stand in line, be surveilled and accept
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Short THREAD on a big topic:Are we all being subjected to forms of MASS #Torture?Two examples of current events that could be said to amount to mass psychological torture:- #PoliceViolence
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A thread reflecting on recent #MMT discussion/debate/name calling in Aus Twitter. I've been watching detractors and critics of MMT battling it out with proponents and it has led me to
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FANTASTIC NURSING HOME NEWS—Eli Lily’s monoclonal antibody drug can lower the risk symptomatic #COVID19 by 80% when used preventively among nursing home residents. Cuts risks overall by 57% among both
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