#Complex

1/ J. Michael Waller wrote a letter to @WashTimes [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/22/let-bill-clintons-failed-kosovo-strategy-wither-am/]. He called Kosovo a “freak show”; a “a never-ending mess”; its people “a mishmash of irreconcilab
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As epidemiology seems to be taking over the news I thought I’d provide a little glossary of phrases that are appearing in the media in the context of the #COVID-19
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Everything will rot, this should make you laugh. Beautiful women will rot. Your muscles will rot. Your children will rot. Your possessions will rot. Everyone will die and no one
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Sometimes all you need is to talk to combat vets until dawnIt’s a weird thing when you’re a civilian and the only people who really get your line of work
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How to tank a dungeon 101:Check your healers gear to gauge how much you can pull.Run to wall (or halfway depending on gear) while spamming you aoe GCD.Reach end of
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Much like the brutal plantation system of US antebellum slavery, where the enslaved could sometimes purchase their freedom or the freedom of loved ones if they could come up with
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This is tragic. If you feel anxious, lonely, scared, or depressed--especially during #COVID19, you're not alone.It is hard to ask for help. But it is ok to reach out; it
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I want to talk a bit about audio producers and the importance of titles. Buckle up for a thread here, because this is going take a minute. When I was
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Yesterday, @wired published a giant cover story with the headline "Everything You've Heard About Section 230 Is Wrong." Except, that's not really what the piece is about. It basically cherry
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To me, this comment & some that follow indicate that there are some misconceptions about how we got where we are now (& thus, I think, some mistaken ideas about
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[THREAD]Sintashta/Andronovo chariot technology The earliest spoke-wheeled chariot remains were discovered at a Sintashta site dated to 2000 BC. Sintashta (2100-1800 BC) was succeeded by Andronovo (1800-900 BC). Both groups were
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tomorrow's susumu hirasawa's birthday, might just fuck around thread some of my favorite songs of his a propulsive piece of technopop lead along by string and choral samples and a
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A glow up and a little nutritionA thread http://abhavmalhotra.com/2021/05/01/a-glow-up-and-a-little-nutrition/ How boring is it when you go to a website and you just get advice on nutrition without any backing? you see
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So I'm mixed on Ronan Farrow, but I think this article is a weak critique. It exposes errors or omissions in Farrow's reporting. Some major; others minor.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/17/business/media/ronan-farrow.html The main p
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It’s funny the way people who work with autistic children simply cannot transfer the principles that they frequently parrot to autistic adults. I find it quite amusing to watch. Do
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more evidence for this theorymaulana kandhalwi says:"islam asks us muslims to flock to the mosque in case of trouble, so it's wrong to say that this plague will harm us
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