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Afrasiab Khattak

a_siab

The brutal repression in Shaktoi , Waziristan, during the last few days is a stark reminder of the fact that the era of colonial violence for Pashtuns of former FATA

Benjamin Chadwick

bchadwickfrance

Short, non-exhaustive thread on being friends with political opponents: Disagree with me on the appropriate threshold for inheritance tax? We can be friends.Think there aren't enough controls on immigration into

Liu Xiaoming

AmbLiuXiaoMing

Delighted to speak at the 90th birthday party of Bank of China London Branch, the pioneer of modern Chinese banking sector. BOC’s first overseas office in London was the first

🌴 Josh Lekach 🌴

JoshLekach

Holy shit"China is currently evicting Africans in the country, reportedly in a way of shifting blame of the Coronavirus onto them" I don't see any liberals or media outlets talking

ellie slee

sleeful

I’m a bit drunk. Went into our local Tescos for more beers and felt like having a sneaky cig so I asked the 16 year old boy behind the counter

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winchicc

hi this is a thread bright being political in his likes that tweet was about abortion . hes following and looming at the right people on this site im tryna

Richard Florida

Richard_Florida

1. Let's say colleges and universities can't reopen in the fall, because of fits & starts of the virus or fear of second wave. We need to plan now to

Snodgrass for WI

SnodgrassforWI

As the future Representative of Wisconsin’s 57th District, I have thing to say about this. Rye resides in my district— a lovely “special occasion” restaurant... The owners are among many

Michael Pettis

michaelxpettis

1/10The fierce debate continues in Beijing between those who are more worried by rising debt and those more worried by slowing growth. Among the former, two weeks ago Lou Jiwei

Kate Willett

katewillett

I don’t believe Biden will do anything towards things that are important to me, but I believe Trump will destroy any possibility of ever achieving those things! So I’m voting

spooky stu

monarchomech

I wonder if the question of ecumenism right now is less “what would it take for our mainline denominations to conjoin?” and more “how is unity in the church actually

UAF

uaf

Thread - #OTD in 1981, in Brixton, South London, riots erupted. For 3 nights, blacks & whites showed desperate, long seated anger at local police & institutional racism. Racist stop

anna phylaxis

quatoria

in the next few days and weeks you are going to see a *lot* of progressives showing their entire ass on the subject of ableism and eugenics, because an open

Mayor Ted Wheeler

tedwheeler

COVID-19 has put a heavy strain on local small businesses, the driving force behind Portland’s economy. Today, I joined the @PBA and @ProsperPortland for a walking tour of downtown businesses

Bandeauxx.

bandeauxx

*steps out the house once* *goes outside one evening* *takes one leisurely stroll* *not checking his email, no way* *briefly stops at a local watering hole* *steps out of the

Neil Maharaj

NeilMaha

At our local #COVID19 assessment center, I saw many PSWs. They were more likely to:1. Have emigrated from elsewhere2. Be significantly younger3. Have no OHIP coverage1/3 Many of them