#French

As daily covid death rate climb past 100% of a 9/11, it’s important to remember that there’s a reason this is being treated differently. It’s not even particularly mysterious. It’s
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Thread: 2020 has been challenging for all of us. I know that art has been scientifically proven to be an antidote to anxiety so as a relaxing break here’s a
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I went off-road with some research recently and it led me to the “Guglmänner” – a secret society of monarchist Bavarian separatists who are obsessed with the 1886 death of
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THREAD: the Low Countries played an important role in the 'constitutional' history of Europe, but that has often been overlooked by historians who often just look at e.g. de Magna
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"We need to police online content!"Well sure. But before we go about doing that, it's worth remembering: this stuff is incredibly difficult & very easy to get wrong. Case in
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1. My great aunt was a military nurse and brought a small bit of this plant back from Indochina, where she was treating the wounded French soldiers during the guerre
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Having spent a decent chunk of the 20 years studying public monuments & revolutionary iconoclasm, am both awed & dumbstruck by the downpour of falling statues. Since I can't muster
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Ten thoughts on today's decisions by the Facebook Oversight Board:1. The Oversight Board is actually up and running and functional. This was not a forgone conclusion. Whatever its decisions, it
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What we're listening to rn Presentation of #BukavuSeries project & the ethics of research in the 'Global South.' Dr. Mudinga project started w/aim for more reflexivity on our positionality &
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Definition of Done is a pretty common concept in Agile. Very useful. For Minecraft features we actually split it into four doneness levels. Designed, Runnable, Snapshotable, and Releasable. Design is
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BREAKING: Starting today, Twitter is labelling accounts "belonging to state-affiliated media entities, their editors-in-chief, and/or their senior staff".Just checked the accounts of China's Xinhua and People's Daily, and
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Manjarabad Fort: the subcontinent's only indigenous star/bastion fort.A fort that is truly unique.*A Thread* The fort was constructed under the Tipu Sultan, the Sultan of Mysore. He took a keen
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As we start an unusually grim Christmas, here’s a thread of cheering/distracting TV programmes, books and podcasts to keep you going over Christmas. First up are two Christmassy things cos
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Antisemitism: A Brief History100 - 1100Q: What is the worst possible thing you can be accused of?A: DeicideConclusion: The Jews killed Jesus Christ 1100 - 1500Q: What is the worst
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Hatem Ben Arfa told Unai Emery in the spring of 2017 after Barcelona's remontada that he would never pass the quarter-finals of the Champions' League, even with the best team
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BREAK: The UK rejects Dover funding bid to double French passport booths via @FT - long queues ahead...as other ports also don’t get money they asked for to build
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