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It feels like we have to say this a lot: it is quite likely that China has *manipulated* its coronavirus numbers, and possibly significantly downplayed deaths. But it is almost
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Ever felt like you pay too much tax in CA (income or property)? These folks NOT paying their fair share are the reason:https://taxfairnessproject.org/map  This website maps the massive tax subsidies
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here's one thing i want to say. My husband is a police officer. In italy, in local police, and he doesn't do anti-rioting and stuff. He's a good person. However,
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BREAKING: Gov. Kemp says business like gyms, barbers and hair stylists will be allowed to reopen Friday, April 24th. Theaters, restaurants to follow Monday, April 27. MORE: Bars, nightclubs, live
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thinking about these againhttps://twitter.com/aliceavizandum/status/1274270670332067840 do any cops even still wear them? like I could well be wrong but I think most sheriffs and such just wear boring regular tan shirts
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Five years ago last week I was at the hospital for the birth of a baby to a member of my church. The doctors predicted she’d live an hour. She
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THREAD: History repeats itself.Spent some time reading Ohio news clippings from 1918-19 about the Spanish Flu pandemic. The parallels between then & now are remarkable — the health orders, the
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THREAD:Check your emails for our latest update;Wellbeing, furlough, PPE and moreWe hope you are well and staying safe. We have seen over this past week that the public are starting
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Does a thriving city economy need people to work in central offices?#BigDb8Here are some of highlights of the small group discussions... There's an opportunity for more local business innovation
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As an American, hearing the truth about Pakistani Muslim grooming gangs in the UK came to me as a total shock when I first heard of it around 8 years
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I am, for the most part, very cynical of Black Friday and all it represents, but I do recognise the benefit for those on low incomes who may otherwise struggle
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This is a longer thread but please read if you are white person looking at current events & wondering what you can do to help. I want to take a
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"Is that a no?"For the last week @MilaMimica1 & I have been digging into the #COVID19 pandemic's impact on Oregon's prisons. It started w/ this iview w/ the Dept of
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She we call it COVID-19 good news?Today's update has 18 more recoveries, three new cases and the provincial total is now 304.95 cases are considered active. We are into the
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1/6 Over the weekend @GovRonDeSantis said part of the reason FL cases are up is, "The media didn't care about this for two weeks." Here's some of ours + other
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When I made about the pavement widths mapping I tweeted that I had some ideas for a little project related to cycling infrastructure. After a bit of effort, it is
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