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How Avatar: The Last Airbender took Inuit culture to create the Southern and Northern Water Tribes: A thread The Inuit* are a nation of many communities in Arctic & Subarctic
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Aw, the poor wee snowflakes. If someone's on the right when they're young, there's probably something really wrong with them. Because it suggests they have no heart. That's why right
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Why You Should Watch "A Place Further than the Universe"- A Thread (Spoiler Free) Wreckless Idealism and Stepping Away from Comfort Zones I'll just start with a brief synopsis. A
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#FilmTwitterOkay. Heeere we go. The Last Airbender. I’ve never seen an episode of Avatar so this is all I know. It’s weird Shyamalan made it because you'd think a no-name
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After my first reading of the draft EU-UK trade and cooperation agreement, here is a short thread with some initial thoughts: 1) this is a massive and complex document, covering
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Rating Enjolrai by how good their hair looks: a thread Staged Concert Bradleyjolras:Superior in every sense of the word.Not only he is a ray of sunshine and the embodiment of
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1/ I'm sitting here thinking about freedom this morning.Specifically, freedom of expression (speech), first amendment rights, etc.Asking myself whether my knee-jerk absolutist support of it is still justified in the
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Happy #EidAlAdha ! On this day, Muslims celebrate Ibrahim/Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son at God's command. This is an oft-illustrated scene in Islamic manuscripts, especially in world histories. Today
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Thread:1/ The natural state of affairs between nations is not free trade, it is regulated trade and protection internal markets and jobs from foreign competition. "Free trade" is a very
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In honor of Peyton Manning , here's a thread of 18 different fun facts and stats. There are plenty more I could mention, but here's a start: 1. Manning won
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1/16 A truncated version of my letter to @TheBookerPrizes re @Baroness_Nichol I write re your disgraceful treatment of this lady who has dedicated her life to public service, striving to
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On David Foster Wallace, fiction & the thoughts of an aspiring writer. One of my favourite (almost) contemporary novelists is David Foster Wallace (d. 2008). He was an American novelist,
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THREAD:My latest #China #vlog is live, discussing why so-called "Armchair Experts" on China are a big problem, especially to those in government and business who need sound advice on China,
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Some of the ghosts, cryptids, gnomes, demons, and other spiritual entities from the folklore/urban legends of the Mediterranean María Cuchilla is said to be a condemned spirit of a young
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So I have quite a few thoughts on this, beyond the obvious "WTF" and also "for all the effort it took getting this particular stalker banned from Twitter, it's annoying
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#ThisTeacherReadsI originally set up my account for teaching and never wanted politics to bleed into it but last year I found that impossible. Anyway, in an attempt to get back
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