#Context

More to come on this, but if you have any authority over state education funding, now would be an excellent time to abandon ADA (Average Daily Attendance) forever. LAUSD is
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So let's talk about writing dialogue.Usual preface: I do not think I am a Great Writer. I offer the things I've learned in my own journey, and that's all. Take
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Reminder:-Rojava/AANES/NES is not an extension of the Assad regime. -Fighters in the SDF/Asayish are not predominantly Kurdish.-TEVDEM/PYD is not PKK.-NES is not aligned with Iran.-Kurds are not homogeneous in views.Many
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THREAD: I’ve been tweeting all morning and I need to step away but it’s been so hard to capture in words what I’m feeling. Gonna try to channel my energy
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In 1705-1706 after the Battle of Chamkaur, Guru Gobind Singh sent a famous letter to the Mughal emperor in Persian verse, titled the 'Zaffarnameh', the epistle of victory. Guru Gobind
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We’re now 6 months on from the election campaign that was partially defined by the phrase and rhetoric of “this wouldn’t happen to Black people”.Do I need to state what’s
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Thanks to @SwipeWright for calling this story to my attention. A judge has ordered parties to recognize trans persons as female. The parties have refused and now seek the judge’s
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A niche thread about state aid, Brexit, and Switzerland.(With an idea for how the UK and the EU could break the negotiating deadlock over state aid.)https://institute.global/policy/swiss-solution-break-brexit-stalemate-over-state-aid 1. If
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i saw some interesting (UCF) Asian American discourse on how we should be treating people new to advocacy and activism. this isnt to attack anyone, i just want you all
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On one hand. Would be great to pay more. Always the goal to pay more.On the other...How many of the volunteer or near-volunteer editors who put in thousands of free
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The #1 problem in #abpoli #ableg is the idea that ANY critique or disagreement is only, exclusively partisan.There are always substantive, good reasons for disagreement. Gov't must be open-minded to
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Munchau starts this article off by stating that: "Only a fool would draw strong conclusions from sketchy data."But what if you are policymaker in a crisis, and all you have
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Thread 2! We're starting in THE TREASON OF ISENGARD, Volume 7 of the History of Middle-earth. (I lost my copy of 8 and haven't actually read ever gotten to read
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How to create a Landing Page that sells?A thread ↓ First, you have to be clear about what you are building your landing page for. Most pages fall in roughly
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˚✧⁎ #NCTDREAM as haikyuu characters ⁺˳✧༚ ----------WARNING: manga/anime spoilers (post season 4)• no context provided for any of them (so tbh it's not that bad)• mark, hc, chenle's are glimpses
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If you're aware of the COVID-19 situation in India, you know that there have been a lot of shortages of oxygen, drugs, and blood plasma (example: scroll through #sos)Finding blood
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