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“THE PEOPLE’S AIRPORT IS SAFE IN OUR HANDS’’Ben Houchen’s optimism for Teesside Airport ignores some difficult facts. In 2017, Ben Houchen was in no doubt that it was his pledge
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A thread of evidence and arguments that (i) the Federal Reserve is monetizing debt and (ii) that reserves are (like) cash, NOT a form of inert unspendable money (as many
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Hello comrades and friends and friends of comrades!You might have seen posts or hashtags about Canadian Shield relating to a pandemic response planIt's not like our federal, provincial, and municipal
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Haiti has been a site of resistance against colonialism & white supremacist rule for centuries now. Haitians are currently demanding the resignation of the current president Jovenel Moïse News stories
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What are "Mental Models" and how they help you think better?/ A THREAD BY WD \ “You’ve got to have mental models in your head.” –Charlie Munger What are the
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Since there's so much interest in my earlier #IndianMatchmaking tweet, here is a much more informative one on the realities of the marriage market amongst Indians. I summarize some key
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BlackRock continues steps in the right direction, but falls short of the visionary leadership needed: Our response to the letters that @BlackRock CEO Larry Fink issued today to CEOs and
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1. " I do seem to recall that President Barack Hussein Obama, in a moment of gracious generosity sent pallets of cash totaling $176 billion to the single greatest sponsor
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1/ It's now been one year since I quit teaching. At 38, I left the only career I had ever known in my adult life behind. The path was filled
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COVID Update November 13: Regrets, I’ve had a few....but I did it the wrong way.... I will introduce you to someone you must meet. @paulgazelka. 1/ A governor uttered the
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41 yrs ago Iran’s Ayatollas used the poor & poorly educated 2 destroy Persian historic landmarks & monuments in the name of justice. Symbols of oppression they called them. 41
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End of the year COVID thread (take 2): Ok, you got the message about the failure of public health. Now let's talk about COVID in the coming year and the
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On the basis of the lack of good info about credible economic theories outside the mainstream, a thread of some of the ones I like. (1/N) The priority heuristic. Psychologists
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As 2nd impeachment looms, the Republican Party paved the way to this inevitable end of the Trump presidency by enabling, excusing & abetting an openly racist & authoritarian president who
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1/n #Secularism This thread explains the history and idea about it.But before we dwell deeper, we must understand that Secularism is about "Religion" not "Dharma". And, Dharma ≠ Religion (explained
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What I learnt on the Twitter this week:1. Canada declares Proud Boys a terrorist group. In unrelated news Conservative politicians across Canada hastily scratch hundreds of names off their annual
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