#Sustained

For those of you who have been following along, you know I do not like (read: DO NOT AT ALL LIKE) "productivity" pieces. Especially right now. In fact I wrote
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1. If this is true, it is a failure of epic proportions. This isn’t expenses fiddling or usual political shenanigans - lives are very much at risk because of this
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Some thoughts on the Pakistan factor in the war in Afghanistan (I hope to write a more detailed analysis later). There's long been much debate on the extent to which
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SEFF remembers Ann Ogilby, murdered 46 yrs ago (24/7/74) by a gang of women attached to the Sandy Row unit of the UDA.Ann was a single mother aged 32 years
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I am relieved that #DerekChauvin was convicted today for murdering George Floyd. I breathe in this rare moment when the public recognized the value of a Black man's life and
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ON THE ABBA KYARI TRIBUTEA friend called me today to express his worries over some reactions to my article on Mallam Abba Kyari. He said he was bothered about those
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quick thoughts on @Irishtimes coverage of #UnsealTheArchive #RepealtheSeal 1. Portraying adopted people’s & public anger at repeated Govt. declarations that records would be sealed for 30 years as a misunderstanding
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I see some U.S. commentators genuinely puzzled by AMLO's visit, considering Trump's open hostility towards Mexico. But there are a few things to keep in mind to understand this: 1/https://twitter.com/phhamm33/status/1280905229698052
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Fed Thread - What matters from what @federalreserve Chair Powell did and did not say today @KansasCityFed 1) The process of doing the review was as important as the results
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We don’t like to admit it, but Australia has the same incalcitrant hatred towards First Nations folk as white america has towards black Americans The nation and its industries -
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Many people claim that China lied about the outbreak of Wuhan and is responsible for the human and economic damages caused by the pandemic, but is this view actually supported
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The parallels between Serbian ethnoreligious chauvinism during the final years of Yugoslavia under Slobodan Milosevic, and Arewa ethnoreligious chauvinism in this Nigerian era of Muhammadu Buhari are almost a 100%
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This is what I mean when I compare DJT to the ants in our kitchen.https://twitter.com/RonBrownstein/status/1248277700239740929 He has these things he does, and they work out great for him a lot
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1. Regarding death projections and the mortality delaying effects of ventilators THREAD 2. One of the reasons I'm so bearish midterm is that the officials have messed up on their
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I am a fan of @MaxCRoser & @OurWorldInData, but this thread is misleading (at best)Most of decline in mortality against infectious diseases in now wealthy nations occurred before widespread availability
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I should be in bed, time to uncork a big bottle of game design thoughts:this is probably a personal hangup but few things take the wind out of a system's
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