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I don't think that anyone calling for confederate statues to be displayed in museums really understands the interpretive burden of having a racist objects on the museum floor. 1/x What
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Ancient Vedic YantraThe word “yantra” is derived from the root yam, to control, and has been freely used in ancient India for any contrivance. Mechanical skills had produced in ancient
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Results start to come in on an #ElectionNight like no other. Follow live results for #Election2020 as we get them on this thread Trump wins Kentucky Live
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A thread dedicated to child trafficking & those who fighttrue heroes of our time are fighting evil every daymy hero @TimBallard of #OperationUndergroundRailroadChildren are being stolen,tortured & abused#SaveOurChildren #stopchildtr
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Went down the rabbit-hole to unravel the mysterious relocation of the Strangers' Gate in Central Park thanks to @2emesouffle via @gothamist - THREADhttps://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/1873-map-central-park-details-its-verdant-plant
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WORRISOME—Key things on new VUI-202012/01 #SARSCoV2 mutation:—Likely more infectious, possibly up to 70% faster transmission.—R0 increase of ~ +0.4—23 unique changes, many in spike protein.—Comprises 62% of recent London
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Earlier this year, I read @lawrence_wright’s new thriller about a global pandemic, “The End of October,” and was dumbfounded at its prescience. Now he’s out with the definitive account of
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Many people believe that pointing out differences among black people is divisive, but there is value in doing so. We can’t keep assuming we all want the same things or
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NOW: The @UN_HRC is reviewing the human rights record of the United States. The Universal Periodic review is a key forum to hold the United States accountable for its human
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Charleston, SC is considering taking down some confederate monuments.Richard Bodek, a local history prof, wrote a brilliant letter to the editor of the Charleston paper that is such an effective
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As promised, let's talk about the events of 6/5/2020 in Atlanta. I naively and incorrectly assumed would be reported on by news media, but that never happened. This is gonna
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Russia is at war with Ukraine. A tactic of Russia’s invasion, especially in Luhansk and Donetsk in 2014, was to send mobs to seize public buildings. The mobs were indoctrinated
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Thread on todays' #CleanBC update: GHG pollution grew rapidly in transportation sector in 2018, BC's biggest contributor to #climatecrisis. #bcpoli @abundanttransit @Climate_Pete @ActingGreater @TransitYYJ https://twitter.com/charli
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The dramatic health gap for people with SMI the new @PHE_uk data have revealed worried us but made us think of all the evidence-based things that are being done/can be
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1) The ancient Greek philosopher Epictetus said, “Be silent for the most part.”What did he mean? Allow me to explain. Thread. 2) On August 29, 1952, the piano virtuoso
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let's talk about that "white people shouldn't lead the revolution" thing it's not saying white=bad. it's saying a white understanding, uninformed by Black and Indigenous and POC and Global
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