#History

Anyways starting a thread on Chinese poverty stats that I'll try to work on throughout the day Dengists and other social fascists commonly used China's reduction in poverty as a
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The biggest risk to our future: How measurable benefits justify solutions with non-measurable (or unknown unknown) harms. In particular, well-meaning interventions by well-funded, state-backed, politically-driven organizations with a tenden
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#HappyBirthdayShakespeare!Today we share the story of how the Bodleian received, lost, and regained our very own copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio (which you can view at #DigitalBodleian)Ready for some outrageous
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Hi! I’m Dr. @raewynngrant. I am a large carnivore ecologist, @NatGeo Explorer, #scicomm creator, & storyteller. I study the movement and behavior of bears and lions in areas with increasing
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Why the Democrats act like losers by @johnastoehr https://stoehr.substack.com/p/why-the-democrats-act-like-losers?r=5msd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=twitter 1. When the pundit corps expressed worry, wrongly, abou
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The Third of July, Today and One Year AgoWhat are people entertaining in their memory at this moment? Some may be going back to the midnight celebrations of 1st July
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1. Welcome to today's edition of the White House daily Shadow briefing. With both the WH press office and doctor having gone awol, we're the only show in town. We'll
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My talk is Empire Shoots Back: Post-coloniality in Bollywood Film https://histfest.com/products/sunny-singhAnd to give you a taster, here is a thread of some of the things I’ll be talking about. And
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A preview of this evening's parliamentary hearing from @ChasTaylor in The Irish Times this morning.https://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/ireland-s-data-regulator-failing-to-rein-in-tech-giants-committee-to-hear-1.4548252 Kudos
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I came across the latest @eu_eeas blog post by @JosepBorrellF only todayIt's really a must read on #ChinaTho clad in diplomatic language, it's a geopolitical that would have been
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ICC“...alleged crimes committed on the territory of Afghanistan in the period since 1 May 2003, as well as other alleged crimes that have a nexus to the armed conflict in
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It looks like the videosgame industry is nothing but misery, so maybe I should do a thread on games I'm looking forward to for something positive? Okay then, let's do
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Hey. You're about to have a way better morning than this guy! Tune in! https://www.c-span.org/video/?466378-1/impeachment-inquiry-hearing-eu-ambassador-gordon-sondland&live OH SNAP, @RepSwalwell has Star
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A person asked the question, "Why are people so hostile towards President Donald Trump?"Before you pass my answer off as “Another Liberal Snowflake” consider that... 1.) I'm an independent centrist
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Thread:The US/Pakistan Aid TimelineQ has also directed us to look into the history of aid from the US to Pakistan in Drop 1250 from April 23, 2018 and reference it
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Zimbabwe’s rich history would be incomplete if it negates special mention of the brave men and women who fought valiantly for independence. Today I will share about a man whose
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