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Another Adam Smith

AdamOfTheSmiths

A THREADIn 2019, a friend was arrested on Venice Beach on a warrant for unpaid tickets (for being houseless).LAPD promised they would store his belongings; clothes, bedding, his bike, phone,

Bea Arthur death cult

pomobobomofo

the Nazi-German ideal of the post-war Wehrbauer (soldier-farmer) envisioned in Generalplan Ost is more or less the same thing as the midcentury American suburban ideal Generalplan Ost never succeeded (thank

Katrin Bennhold

kbennhold

Body Bags and Enemy Lists: How Far-Right Police Officers and Ex-Soldiers Planned for ‘Day X.’A group of far-right preppers known as Nordkreuz shocked Germany. I met some of them this

Michael Kugelman

MichaelKugelman

Today marks a milestone in #Pakistan that hasn't attracted much attention-the 10-year anniversary of the 18th constitutional amendment.It devolved power & resources from the center to the provinces.It's had major

Russell Brown

publicaddress

Good to see $70m in Covid recovery funding for the arts/GLAM sector – but it seems nothing yet for live music venues, which *still* can't operate, or for popular music

Ethan Iverson

ethan_iverson

Recorded 1976, 1979, 1980. Music of central importance, but I haven’t listened carefully in decades We can make too much of "great leaders" in classic small-group jazz. Just recently, the

nina 🌼 | nsfr

finelineharrier

glee if it was still on today and they had a harry styles episode: a thread when rachel found out she was pregnant ( again ) but with jesses baby,

TEC 2.0

ButlerBish

A friend and teacher of mine, a TEC priest and academic, in conversation recently called me "an Anglican theologian" (a lovely compliment indeed) as opposed to themself, who has primarily

Yash

BlancoYash

An Appreciation Thread for my All Time Favourite Brazilian — Ricardo Kaká.The Brazil playmaker was recognised as such at the 2007 Ballon d’Or ceremony, beating Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi

Greg Downey

GregDowney1

Advice for turning your PhD into a book in anthropology, from a journal editor who sees a lot of dissertation chapters and has reviewed first book manuscripts for four presses:

Sean Murphy

spocktherapy

A thread on why the Supreme Court matters for anyone who believes in M4A or universal coverage. Obamacare was passed in 2010 with an individual mandate that penalized those who

Connor

_CLMike_

Central Scotland9 seats, all won by the SNP.148,399 list votes for the SNP, returning 0 list MSPs, to get a list MSP they’d have needed another 46,730 votes to get

Ab. Sayed

abdsayedd

ISKP media outlet released a 20 min audio where the group spokesman Sultan Aziz Azzam provides details of the group's deadliest attack on the central prison in Nangarhar carried on

Darin Friedrichs

crushspread

Some friends from Wuhan are on a high-speed train to Shanghai and we're planning to get brunch tomorrow. The idea that the US could open up the economy, or fight

menaka doshi

menakadoshi

Target population of18-44 year olds is approx 60 crore. Total jabs needed =120 crore. Today India vaccinated in that category a grand total of 5,18,479 people.At this rate.... Just to

WheeledPatriot2

WPatriot2

Let's talk about outbreaks in China besides Corona.There's a distinct pattern here - I think it's more to it than just 3rd world hygiene in a 1st world power player...Happening