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vncvrrentevents

Just rewatched Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) and am firmer than ever in my conviction—seeded by an old friend—that it is one of the greatest modern myths. It’s

Tim Baxter

timinclimate

This week, @climatecouncil's report on Gas and Health, 'Kicking the Gas Habit: How gas is harming your health' came out.It got a lot of media, especially around the link between

Nikola Tesla’s Ghost 👻

Nikola_Truth

Guess what? That’s right, it’s THREAD TIME My boy @Jason, whom I respect a lot, recently had Trevor Milton, whom I believe is the next Elizabeth Holmes, on his

Sura Mbaya

surambaya

Even before Covid-19 hit, the economy wasn't doing very well and looking back, it's been rather rough for the formal sector in many ways, with companies shutting down and thousands

Jessica Leight

leightjessica

New week, new twitter project! In recent years more and more randomized trials have analyzed interventions targeted at non-cognitive skills (soft skills, life skills, socio-emotional skills) broadly defined in developing

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

It's a zombie economy. For 40 years, we've eroded the wages of workers and transfered their share of profit and productivity to owners of capital. This is a problem, because

Venkatesh Rao

vgr

Next pandemic live read, Barbara Tuchman, A Distant Mirror, a history of the 14th century through the life of a single minor nobleman whose life was coextensive with the main

Stop the Steal - Stu Cvrk

STUinSD

Thread – End the Reparations Nonsense1. Reparations are back in the news again, as a Black Lives Matter (BLM) organizer the other day called looting stores in Chicago “reparations”: 1A.

GET A GRIP

docrussjackson

So here we are again.A #THREAD on some lessons for @Keir_Starmer & @UKLabour from when John Smith became Labour leader back in 1992, after another humiliating defeat.How does Labour become

Robby Starbuck

robbystarbuck

I get asked sometimes by people who are on the fence or who aren’t very politically active:“What has @realDonaldTrump done or fixed as President?"It’s a good question deserving of an

OpDeathEaters

OpDeathEaters

Meet John Casablancas, founder of Elite Model Management, prolific child rapist, and trafficker. He was Ivanka Trump's manager, was a close associate of U.S. President Trump, and sat on the

Darren 🥚 🐣 🕊️

ReformedTrader

1/ Ten Global Trends Every Smart Person Should Know (Bailey, Tupy)"Negativity regarding prospects for humanity and the natural world is, in large part, mistaken. We show this using uncontroversial data

Preston Towers

prestontowers

Sydney sucks. Here's a list showing why and how. 1. Kyle Sandilands, Alan Jones. Queensland turds who realised that having no moral compass can make you a shitload in Sydney’s

Adam Townsend

adamscrabble

Thread updating you about China vs The US. You're about to become incredibly smart, wise, you’ll really really like yourself and you’ll wake up tomorrow with new kitchen skills.Year-to-date, the

Kamil Galeev

kamilkazani

Let's discuss what's happening in Russia. To put it simply, it's going full fascist. Authorities launched a propaganda campaign to gain popular support for their invasion of Ukraine and they're

TempeTot @ ShinKami Big Bang

TempeTot

Title: It's a Jungle Out TherePairings: ShinKami, Deku/MultipleInvolves: AU, A/B/O, M/M, Smut, Dub-con, Implied Violence, Poly, basically total debaucherySummary: A!Shinsou and A!Deku are anthropologists sent to study a lost omega