#RISE

His name is Luoke Yu. He was humiliated in front of 100,000 audience before execution during Cultural Revolution. His crime was to oppose China’s version of #CriticalRaceTheory-The Birth Theory. It
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The term “fake news” entered the public lexicon circa 2016, during the US presidential election, when the internet was flooded with inaccurate information. Now, as @vivianefairbank explains, fact-checking is on
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how The Last Jedi (2017) treated its lead female character vs how The Rise of Skywalker (2019) treated its lead female character. also, that's Anakin's saber not Luke's. some people
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A couple years ago a fascinating thought experiment considered a decline in the use of gasoline cars due to the sudden rise of robo-taxishttp://rethinkx.com/transportation Though the taxis have not happened yet,
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"In a typically badly written, inelegant column in The Times yesterday, Scotland’s arch-Unionist was reduced to criticising Yes supporters for being selfish & not wishing to share Scotland’s bounty with
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My experiences of nursing home outbreaks-why do they get so bad?Firstly increases in community transmission lead to staff or visitors getting infected. Who then bring it to work. Covid-19 is
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⚘ today’s energy ⚘ emotions are running high. there’s a big message coming through telling you to just be still. focus on your breathing and pausing the moment. will this
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Batting Analysis of No 1 BatsmenVirat KohliA thread Kohli heavily depends on his strength of finding gaps with consistent high quality ground strokes and consistent singles and doublesKohli loves to
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i believe Biden & Trump's presidency will not make a difference for lots of people. America is an imperial disaster.But I do believe in fighting for the people in it,
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I'm having feelings about the calls for civility I'm seeing today. First of all if you are focused on civility in the face of 200K+ dead, and kids with lost
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Incredible Article from 1939:Total ice surface decreased by 20% since 1900.Frozen Arctic subsoil receded Northward by 40 miles since 1839."last two decades, the fringe of the Polar ice-pack has been
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i was talking about this last night but i’m still thinking about how rise from the ashes was a pretty weird attempt at making edgeworth sympathetic since his depiction in
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Vinod Dua case: why it should closely be monitored?1. The FIR was filed by some little known individual2. Solicitor General of India and ASG appear against @VinodDua7 3. They try
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China’s economy continues to recover from its contraction earlier this year, showing the economic benefits from swift control of the pandemic and a rapid resumption of manufacturing (THREAD) https://trib.al/6ligyss  Chinese
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PSA: This is not the time to take a WDW vacation. It’s not what it was a month or two ago.Thread:Park capacity has been raised at least once and will
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As per you? What's likely trajectory of US China relations in tangible terms in next 30 years? My guess follows in thread below 1. Wall street and US tech majors
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