#Decline

BBC World Service

bbcworldservice

It’s two weeks until Americans elect their next president and the world is watching (THREAD 1/10) Here’s what the US can learn from other countries about holding an election

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EaglesElatis

Vegans who actually care already have the facts but bigoted vegans hide from reality to sustain their racist beliefs because they care more about their delusional biases than they care

Philipp Heimberger

heimbergecon

Politicians, economists and the media have been using distorted images of Italy and the Italian economy. How do we reduce these distortions? Niki Kowall and I make an attempt by

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Logo_Daedalus

The "American Dream"--Communism-- was created by Fordist capitalists with the goal of "total employment" & the maximization of wages in order to avoid social revolution. The Soviet Union, rather, was

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annie_etc_

The Special Anti-Robbery Squad was established in 1992 to combat a sharp increase in armed robberies and kidnappings. Initially, the 15 officers assigned to this unit operated undercover and didn’t

Todd Jones 🦊

toddrjones

How has the world changed? This compiles many of my plots on, eg., child mortality, fertility, GDP, women's education, and life expectancy. Thanks to @Gapminder for the data! #rstats

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Dirkification

Bondless Prince, Bloodless Knighthttps://archiveofourown.org/works/22552027/chapters/53891161Prince Dirk is fixated on 2 knights & throws a tournament to further his plansSir Karkat is obsessed w/ unraveling Dirk's schemes while Sir Dave wish

Dr Bengula K Jacob

bengula_bengula

Familiar Pests in Industrial Areas and Tips To Get Rid of ThemA thread https://bengulish.wordpress.com/2021/05/01/familiar-pests-in-industrial-areas-and-tips-to-get-rid-of-them/ Pests habitually infest workspaces. The pest infestations con

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GhorAngirasa

So shortsighted were the Bauddhas of Sindh in their perspective of their squabbles with Hindus that they unwittingly helped facilitate Muslim domination & were finished as a religion in that

Malcolm Clark

TwisterFilm

1./ Ever feel the forward march of woke delusional ideas can't be stopped? Don't despair. Here's one way to halt the insidious creep of mad notions into the heart of

Steve Faktor

ideafaktory

#Coronavirus #Jobs Impact TimelineBest guess: we have 2 months MAX to contain #Covid19 before layoffs & recession start. Our leaders better start LEADING.More:-Newsletter: http://ideafaktory.com/newsletter -Podcast: http://TheMcFut

Philipp Heimberger

heimbergecon

Dutch prime minister Rutte and other "frugals" have been using distorted images of Italy and Southern Europe to water down the EU recovery fund. Here are seven ("surprising") facts about

Nikos Chrysoloras

nchrysoloras

“The way back to normality will be very long,” the European Commission will say today in its “roadmap” for easing the pandemic restrictions which have upended daily life.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-15/it-s-a-long-road-to-normal-in

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docrussjackson

Short THREAD on the @UKLabour heartlands.A 2016 study found that the sharp decline in the number of working-class @UKLabour MPs had - entirely predictably - caused a slump in support among voters

Ashley T. Rubin, Penal Scientist

ashleytrubin

The way we think about trends is broken and it's affecting our reaction to COVID-19. We can learn from the research on prison history and mass incarceration. THREAD! Point 1:

Jerome Roos

JeromeRoos

The thing about climate change is that its immediate effects over the next decades will be felt differently from one region to another—and the impacts on local populations will in