#Rule

bekka leigh

_bekkaleigh

I remember a conversation my Social Psych prof started with a group of students about why capital punishment doesn't work.The idea behind capital punisment (or any kind, really) is that

Anne Thériault

anne_theriault

Been having detailed fantasies about sheltering in place at the abbey we visited last summer. It’s in the middle of nowhere on the edge of a lake, they make their

Dalal al-Mughrabi stan account

am_I_Living_Yet

Why don't cops die when people shoot them? An explanation. 1. Vests and penetration2. Ammunition and wound channels3. Shot placement Police, especially when in riot gear, wear bullet proof vests.

Aren R. LeBrun

proustmalone

A lot of talk on here about the “end of democracy” in America. I’m confused as to when the beginning of it was. The framers abhorred democracy and saw it

Jed Wilkinson (Keat WF Sepiol Stan)

PurdueWilkie

@dpakman 1: Biden and Dems win WH/Congress2: Dems pass amendment limiting SCOTUS to 7 seats and remove most recent nominations (Kavanaugh & Barrett)3: Dems pass law capping SCOTUS at 9

Anjali ♡ॐ // SAVE MAURITIUS REEF!!

anjalianjalinaa

Why Mauritians are prone to mental health issues: a thread Let’s start from the very beginning. The ancestors of most Mauritians were indentured labourers from India, Africa and China. Many

Stop Coronavirus Nonsense 💙

StopCoronavir12

So, a question to those who are smarter than I am. ONS data in the last few weeks have had the percentage of deaths with Covid on the death certificate

George Peretz QC

GeorgePeretzQC

Powerful and important piece. An example: the wording of clause 45 makes regulations under clause 43 that make a corrupt or biased grant, or otherwise illegal tax break, to a

Jacob Woocher

jacobwooch

Here's a thread on California's eviction protections -- I'm seeing a lot of confusion about this, even from tenant organizers.The courts will supposedly open in mid-August. This is a disaster

Dakshya

Dasdakshya

1453AD, Malik Tujjar, Bahmani Governor of Daulatabad fell with 500 noble Sayids of Medina/Karbala/Najaf with 7000+ soldiers who were put to death like sheep with knives and daggers at night

Greg Leding

GregLeding

Many of them, sure—but realtors and landlords, however much we might disagree with most of them when it comes to renters’ rights, are entitled to representation too.And denying a lawmaker

Rudy Mehrbani

RudyMehrbani

If true, this is a break glass moment for our democracy. And I'm not an alarmist, nor the biggest fan of all IGs. But they play an essential role in

Marc-André Argentino

_MAArgentino

START 1/ let talk QAnon Telegram ( this will be more stream of consciousness than my usual data analysis). So here we go. 2/ what prompted this was a QAnon

Charles Grant

CER_Grant

How is COVID-19 changing the EU? As far as I can see, most of the big changes are accelerations of trends that were already visible. Take six of them -

Joe Scarborough

JoeNBC

This is hilarious. After four years of Trump trashing constitutional and political norms, we now learn that the mere prospects of a Democratic majority pushing back on Republican radicalism will

leiron

leileiofthevoid

Over dinner (which I cooked), mother blurted out that the ML-like implementation was needed because people were "pasaway"I said: "The Duterte regime has no right to need anything more." In