#Pressure

1/8Zhang Bin notes that China’s reliance on debt-fueled growth – especially local-government debt – is creating huge systemic risks for the economy and argues that Beijing should rely more on
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A short thread for those who want to understand just why twitter (well, the trade part of it) is going crazy surrounding an "IP waiver" for covid vaccines (thread) In
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And it's official, I got arthritis in my right hand. And I'm not even at my 30. Tip for my fellow #TheDivision and #TheDivision2 agents to avoid this in future.
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Okay I already had replied to someone I follow on this topic but I wanted to make a thread about why I, as a Japanese person, have difficulty at best
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a lot of ND's are sharing their thoughts on the j situation from before and i may not be good at words when it comes to my feelings, but i
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"Celebrities posting videos and selfies of working from home in opulent mansions is positively obscene and revolting." The cloaking of privilege in the guise of virtue has a high R0.
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I have a special contempt for those who deliberately seek out employers to report someone deemed guilty of 'wrongthink'.I find it distasteful because it's often done to people who haven't
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Some important notes on the Swiss political system: (Voutat, Rayner, 2017) The '(actually semi-/pseudo-) direct democracy' in Switzerland creates a dimension of indeterminacy (a key component of the ideal of
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black swan is just such a radical masterpiece. literally nobody ever makes music about falling out of love with their craft. come to think of it, it's a topic most
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Too much to ask for one interview a day? Haha! Really enjoyed reading this one too. So many things to reflect on, as well, and great notes on organizing beyond
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When I started at Irrational, I was the Multiplayer QA Lead. When I left, I was technically QA Level Lead but honestly spent 50% of my time as a personal
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Most people have never known what it’s like to speak without concern of consequence.If speaking without concern for consequence used to be the case for you, that was an era
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This is a thread about a failure of peer review, a failure of the editorial process, hypocrisy and double standards: please take time to read and RT........This all goes back
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Maybe you heard that the domain http://dark.fail  (@DarkDotFail ) got hijacked. Here's the story on how it happened. A thread! (I've pieced together the data I have so I might
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Something was bugging me.. a familiarity amid COVID lockdown status & another time... I couldn't put my finger on it until a dear friend reminded me.The U.S. blue states today
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A thread on burn-out in global health.Having been engaged in global health for nearly 2 decades, I suspect high rates of burn out was a big issue before this pandemic.Rarely
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