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Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it.Death anniversary of #BalGangadharTilak the man who inspired a whole generation of revolutionaries.It is impossible for me to capture Tilak's life in

Chris Hladczuk

chrishlad

"Career planning is for losers."- Marc Andreesen (probably) I read 10,000 words of career advice from @pmarca. Here are 10 lessons Rule 1: Don't plan your career. The world is

Dr. Moudhy Al-Rashid

Moudhy

Beautiful sculptures of two leaders from ancient Iraq.Gudea ruled a city called Lagash and its surrounds, and Ur-Nammu founded the short-lived but epically documented Third Dynasty of Ur. Their effigies

justdad7

justdad7

While the debate on #billc6 to ban conversion therapy is being presented as a fight for the LGBTQ community, many LGBT people, and lesbians in particular, have serious concerns about

Dr. Nicole Bedera

NBedera

I keep seeing these think pieces suggesting that informal resolution is going to be some great thing for campus sexual assault survivors. Let me explain why this is wrong. From

Mark Palmer

MarkPalmTree

“Don’t judge a book by its cover”This applies to to every thing and person you encounterBut how many people actually follow this rule?Pretty much no oneQUICK THREAD on why, and

Magilla Gorilla 39

39Magilla

(1) Infection Fatality Rate (IFR) v. Age from recent Italian Seroprevalence Study:0-17: 0.002%18-34: 0.02%35-49: 0.11%50-59: 0.40%60-69: 1.74%>70: 8.30% (2) @TimTravis2 reported these Case Fatality Rates for Tennessee. Here's how the

GREG ISENBERG

gregisenberg

The economy is in shambles but here’s a few ways to make $500,000+ in the next 18 months from your bedroom: Unbundling of RedditReddit is a goldmineThere are ~5000 subreddits

Rich Weinstein

phillyrich1

PA Philly County:1.8m mail in ballots sent out2.5m mail in ballots counted600k+ mail in ballots opened but not witnessed by poll watchers. YIKES Testimony: GOP Poll watcher denied access to

Venkatesh Rao

vgr

Mob minds could do with some psychological distancing. I’ve pondered the Thielean anti-democratic turn for a few years now. Trump’s victory in 2016 struck me as both the most democratic

Tiaᴮᴱ∞⁷ is on #ButterMeltdown 🥞 𝐀𝐑𝐌𝐘 💜🐋

MrsTOH2O

#BTS formula for copycats by #BTSARMY!Step 1: Get a genius philosopher who is a deep thinker, a music lover and a brilliant poet. He will also have to be an

Gerry Conway Thinks Maybe Vote In Person

gerryconway

On a superhero comics-related note, free of political controversy, I’ve been thinking about the modern trope of first person captions replacing thought balloons and how that may undermine the narrative

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

If you live in California, you have been blitzed by messages to vote for #Prop22, a rule that would allow Uber, Lyft, Postmates and other money-losing, destructive bezzles to continue

Aaron Carr

aaronAcarr

To those blaming density for pandemics: Here’s a picture of Singapore, which is the 3rd densest place in the world, and has only *six* corona deaths. If Singapore were a

♟shu

koolnigaid

In #BigBrother, 45 Black players have played the game over the course of 24 seasons. Several Black players do not get the chance to play the same game White players

Godot

OddieBirdie

Babasaheb Ambedkar is probably the most revered & feared Indian ever, across the Indian socio-political Spectrum.In past few years, he is highly (mis)appropriated by Conservative Hindus & Conservative Muslims alike.This