#Fascinating

Join us in ten minutes for this fascinating conversation between @britrbennett and @areejnur on The Vanishing Half, racial inequality and the emotional stakes of identity #mwfdigital https://twitter.com/MelbWritersFest/status/12944540732576
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One of the most striking things about Christopher Columbus's letter to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella is the casual way in which he suggests conversion to Christianity and genocide. It
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It's that time of year again when students are starting to work on NEA language investigations. We've covered some areas on @LexisPodcast that I think would be good for investigations,
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Okay so we were a bit hard on brits as americans for the "lol no guns" thing but they have just now provided us with the first ACTUAL sword fight
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I'm rewatching TWD and its interesting to watch Lori, Rick & Shane devolve. Lori never stoppd being entitled and manipulative, 2wks after the death of her husband and the world
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This is going to be an ongoing thread about some new music I’ve been listening to lately. So much greatness out there; the living is easy, so dive right in…
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During the pandemic, classical musicians and orchestras are reliant on streaming their performances to maintain their profile and solicit donations. That's a problem, because the platforms' copyright bots HATE classical
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The historical record is clear when it comes to PAP electioneering. In particular, the party has reliably resorted to character assassinations, logical & rhetorical fallacies, & McCarthyite accusations. Shanmugam's double-down
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Seeing the mandatory mask motion at city facilities at Vancouver city council get voted down from Taiwan, where there’s no local COVID transmission for months, is making think through all
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This is such obvious revisionist bullshit. The NYT and the rest of the tech journo circle covered the hell out of Cambridge Analytica for YEARS after the election, lending credence
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Penang used to lead in public transportation. It was among the first urban centres in Southeast Asia to operate steam trams, electric trams & trolleybuses. Pictured is an electric tram
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the cords.an ancient civilization of people who've been fighting for years.war.... destruction... death....but how did all of this happen? what triggered this endless conflict?to find out, I'm gonna need to
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Some quick thoughts on the ‘Wikipedia Scots’ thing. Clearly this unfortunate editor has misunderstood a few things about Scots, but some of the pained/furious reaction is just as dubious as
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AHAHAHAHA FUCK YOU. STOLE IT FORM KAYIN LOL.https://twitter.com/KayinNasaki/status/1246967463016890368 HAVE NO OPINION, GOOD OR BAD. THE INVERSE OF ZERO IS ZERO.https://twitter.com/TriskeMTG/status/1246975168796413953 BAD RATS ALLOWED ME TO EXPERIMEN
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So, for various reasons, I'm rereading the HISTORY OF MIDDLE-EARTH books about the writing of Lord of the Rings. They're fascinating (for certain values of fascinating); what I'm going to
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I finished reading this new feature in the New Yorker about the Sussexes. I just wanted to get to the point first and then I'll take my time and add
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