#News

The Church of Chicken Little (Thread)On a recurring basis, Christians spot news headlines that signal yet one more moral collapse in society, the growing paganization of the cultures in which
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Wow: Trump administration asks 3M to stop exporting its respirators to Canada and Latin America. 3M says no in new press release, citing concerns over the humanitarian impacts of that
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This stirred up a lot for me in a time when I’m already pretty stirred. It’s disgusting. It’s sad. And yet not a surprising or unique experiece of the white
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This is your daily pension announcement. All public sector pension members must read this! "Kenney seems not to understand the teachers' concerns. Or, perhaps more accurately, he understands perfectly well
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The government has today published its long-dreaded paper on future #planning reforms. I'm afraid I'm going to have to say something about it here because it really is bloody awful.
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Today I read, in the alt text for a chart on a local news site, that the NYC new COVID case count has declined steadily since April 26 and continues
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Hey so, the “looting” argument is used the world over as a pretext to violently crack down on protests. By amplifying that angle over the righteous anger of an oppressed
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China’s bank runs have begun. At precisely the time when Chinese banks need any and all cash flow to pay for severe loan losses, the State Council demands 1.5 trillion
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Wisconsin reports a record number of 950 people hospitalized with the coronavirus as state's crisis continues https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2020/10/12/wisconsin-coronavirus-state-reports-nearly-2-000-new-cases-9-deaths/5970999002/
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Interesting story in The Times today about the UK government's £3.6bn ’Towns Fund’ that was targeted (in part) towards marginal seats before last year’s election. Here’s a bit of a
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Since my quote in this piece doesn’t fully capture my feelings about remote and algorithmic proctoring, let me just add: “Stop using proctoring software. You are reducing education to surveillance
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How is this not fraud?https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-52810220 "provides protection for your home and family, thanks to the wearable holographic nano-layer catalyser, which can be worn or placed near to a smartphone or
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Threads like these are why I generally cant stand twitter despite my ideological alignment with them.It's filled with clout chasers with 0 practical answers as to how to get
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Plenty of Arsenal news doing the rounds today (22 May) so I've done a quick thread to keep you guys up to date just in case you missed any Arsenal
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THREAD. Was Dyson Heydon denied "procedural fairness"? In short, no. As explored & explained by someone far more learned in the law than me, allow me to share his insights.
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i asked who immediately dismissed wallace but somehow believed, on the cops' word, that shake shack gave those dudes bleach in their shakes. that's perfectly reasonable, in fact.https://twitter.com/__jds__jds/status/1275550685388562
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