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#Virginia received an “A+” from @COVID19Tracking for the quality of data on the #CoronavirusPandemic’s impact on the state, so I thought I’d show y’all some of what is available to
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In a near future dystopian society. Robotic automation will overtake human employees. Universal income will likely be a thing and it will be tied to a social scoring system in
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While the Indus Valley Civilisation is known for its functional architecture and bureaucratic urban planning, there are indications that the people did achieve - fleetingly - high level of artistic
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I've found myself bringing up Dan Sperber's "Guru Effect" paper a lot in conversation, so I figured I'd do a thread about it here. It gives a pretty compelling explanation
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Yt people not realizing that community garden doesn't mean "white suberbia gated community gardens".The community gardens we've seen with Native friends and family and Black friends? Those ARE revolutionary.We had
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My friend @sarahkendzior was asking me about this, so I’ll share what I told her.This sounds to me like Trump is telegraphing the possibility of entering the “discard phase” of
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my reddie rec list- a thread a couple of these -like 3- are rated E, but i wouldn’t recommend them if they didn’t have fluff in them that made my
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.@GovTimWalz Your plan has failed. Let's look at the facts.First confirmed case in Minnesota of Covid-19 March 6.At the time of your shelter at home order (3/27) there were 398
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This is a study of an adolescent female who began to feel gender dysphoric at age 10 and was given testosterone at age 13. Parents were supportive of transition. Stopped
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1) More than a month after the school year started, Quebec will require high school students in red zones to wear masks in class as of Thursday. But that won’t
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There's an irony in this picture that I was not aware of. Turns out that these gorgeous flamingos in Mumbai increased in number due to the increased pollution.I think it’s
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A thread about David Engerman's book, The Price of Aid. Lots of archival details and interesting history on how the Cold War competition played out in aid politics in India
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omg Okay... back to fridges again ffs. There is a off grid fridge made by a pretty famous company for bus/mobile fridges, that someone was just showing off. They pull
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NEW: The @BritishArmy, @RoyalNavy, @RoyalAirForce response to #coronavirus is rapidly expanding with 2,680+ personnel already deployed around the country & 1,000s more on standby. With 76 requests for aid &
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Today's modern policing comes from Slave Patrols, Night Watches, Indian Constables...these MFs later became modern police departments, were both designed to control us. St. Louis police were founded to protect
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Yesterday @Genesisoflegend started this thread about some of questions about some of the ideas we've been been bouncing back and forth in relation to playstyle/mechanical/community and other differences between classic
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