#POWER

Adam Smith's sympathetic method and "impartial spectator" can be an antidote to the Millsian epistemology of ignorance. Where the Rawlsian veil of ignorance abstracts away critical info, Smith's sympathetic method
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The Guardian newspaper shared an article from its archive from #Gaddafi and other #Arab leadersโ€™ tensions in April 1973 w v funny bit about #Lebanon. https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/17/gaddafis-brotherly-censure-archive-1973 19
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After watching POR match on replay, a thread: Ruben Semedo just not the guy, at least not yet. I get many are impressed by his rugged approach, but there's much
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BREAKING: We condemn purported โ€˜ultimatumโ€™ and threats of violence against @AmnestyNigeria by apparently pro-government groups and call on Nigerian authorities to act swiftly to end the harassment and intimidation against
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So this whole Cuties thing?Looking at comments from people who saw the original, it really is clear that Netflix dropped the ball on this and HARD. People who have seen
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Starting panel 4C Fortress Cities and Flight: Walls, Barriers, Migration at #LSFRC20 chaired by @TasnimQ Starting with @sundialgirl speaking on "Dreaming Domesticity: The Migrant Workforce in Philippine SF" Starting with
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May I add electric cars? If u want to live without fossil fuels, it'll be almost impossible. Speaking of oil, watch this documentary by the BBC called Planet Oil &
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"Trump is not a child, and we cannot pretend that he is the only one who is not willing to move on." /1https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/nov/19/us-election-showed-republican-racist-southern-strategy-falling-apart &quo
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I am going to put bits of information about Brexit and the UK place in the world here. Some is new to me. Some is repetitive conversations I am having
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The list of pardons by Trump, now swelled by a last round, now includes a large chunk of the most high-profile political corruption prosecutions of recent years, on both the
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Yellow top propofol is a sirloin made from dry aged imported Wagyu beef.Blue top propofol is a half-eaten Big Mac found behind an alleyway trashcan.https://twitter.com/DrSandman11/status/1293512912708014080 Yellow top propofol is a
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In honor of Thomas Friedmanโ€™s latest love letter to Saudi here is 70 years of the NY Times describing #Saudi royals in the language of #reform. This piece from 1953
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Actually, here, Gurdjieff is more to the point. Periodically, civilizations undergo self-destruction because the people are unable to handle with responsibility all that they've created. With the underlying fuel to
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Some thoughts on COVID, automation, and peak horse.1/19 In the late 1800s, there were so many horses in the US, used for so many purposes, that the accumulation of horse
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My first reaction was to repost this with the words โ€˜LOL, BYEโ€™But I think itโ€™s really important to provide context and specificity.Birmingham LGBT has some work to do.https://twitter.com/shoutfestival/status/1361325820590096385 To be
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"we the people" trusting political parties to administer their own elections and count their own votes is like shepherds trusting wolves to perform the lamb census.this is painfully obvious when
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