#Appeal

ThreadThe appeal of "minimum income" or "universal basic income" is that it's an abstract undefined concept, so people read what they want into it. As soon as we start talking
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Not to burst any bubbles (@Caitlyn_Jenner), and tabloids are gonna tabloid regardless, but comparisons with @Schwarzenegger and the 2003 California recall are, to put it bluntly, a bunch of hooey/1
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A message to Lib Dem intransigents (a thread)I don't want to do this, but I think it needs saying. We need to accept the result and unify. But the behaviour
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‘The state is seen at its most vengeful if the police get it wrong & judges look the other way. On these occasions only sheer persistence of human rights lawyers
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@Taxtwitter I’m putting together a standard penalty abantement letter for IRS and States. To Whom It May Concern, I would like to start this letter with whatever I say it
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South Delhi's famous Shri Aadya Katyayani Shakti Peetham, more popularly known as Chhatarpur Mandir, off the Mehrauli-Gurgaon road, is, for me, an absolute must each time I'm in the Indian
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Until a judge holds local prosecutors responsible for *systematic* selective enforcement of the laws (and it's upheld on appeal) the death spiral of blue counties will accelerate. > Prosecutors, DA's
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Yes. And the Empathising-Systematising theory of psychological sex differences is very useful for understanding current fault-lines in culture wars & how these manifest in industries which sort people according to
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Hi Bro Bill. Someone just sent me these screenshots. Haven't been to your page for a few days because, well, I truly think about you less than you can probably
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When you grow up a 'deprived area', you'd be forgiven for thinking that the world is against you. Because, for a lot of people, the majority of their interactions with
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No @atulkhekade, but @riteshkakkad is on the video conference. Opening intros & keynote by @AndreCasterman, right now. #XDC #MSMEs are facing challenges when it comes to accessing funds. #DLT
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People felt they were oppressed.They were treated as second class citizens. They were imprisoned without trial. Their property was taken without justification. They were daily abused and even murdered by
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A thread on #RTI -I had filed an application under #RTI (not my 1st). Online with CBDT. The system assigned it to a particular officer. Thereafter, my application has been
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1/ I'm a Planner. My profession believes in placemaking. But I also acknowledge that my profession built cities on the basis of segregation, racism, and violence. We did and we
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Over the past 23 years, I've had and lost 3 literary agents... 1/16 (tagging some writers in case anyone thinks worth sharing @Jacopo_della_Q @gabehudson @alex_segura @denishaughnessy @Gabino_Iglesias @ericsmithrocks @mjseidlinger @chan
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Ideology is comfortable. It requires no intellectual work, no challenge of deeply held beliefs, and no courageous questioning of the status quo. If we are not willing to integrate new
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