#Cultural

1/@MollyRatty retweeted an article by @JonahDispatch expressing white hot anger at the lawsuits filed regarding the election by Texas et al. Putting aside the merits of the suit and the
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Ok I’m thinking about this again in relation to other textshttps://twitter.com/chancepmcmahon/status/1288996852638126082 So I’m writing a chapter on the symbolic import of the Torah and the politics of authenticity in antiquity.
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1 #MAMG20 Historians have long categorised blocks of time with similar themes into ‘periods’ for ease of coherent examination and better understanding. Such periods have been copied, sometimes inaccurately, sometimes
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Make County Government A Thing in Pennsylvaniahttps://twitter.com/megan_wint/status/1283778776074203136 Counties “can’t afford” this stuff because thousands of tiny no-capacity local governments are siphoning off all the tax money tha
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Today I’m travelling from Turnpike Lane to Thonon-Les Bains via train. Over the next few hours I’ll give 9 reasons why the train beats the plane when heading to Europe,
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POWER GAP: Canada has all the laws it needs to protect against gender discrimination in the workplace — but those laws are nearly impossible to enforce. As a result women
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#CLST6 Here’s a sneak peak of my #Project4, in I which will explore the diachronic progression & historical/cultural/economic implications of marine #zoological motifs on ancient coins. My #LookCloser8 will overview
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The main allegation in the cases of 'Asian grooming gangs' was never that they were the main or sole perpetrators, but rather that police forces and social services were slow
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Hey it’s fat bear week and since some people are talking about the links between “obesity” and poor health I thought it’s probably time for me to once again remind
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This substack post expressing mild skepticism about COVID-caused decline in superstar cities was excellent, but! I think Noah draws on economics in a couple of places where it's ossified into
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A thread (I'm sorry) about whether ethics, aesthetics, and politics are one thing or three things I believe that meaningful aesthetic conflict almost always encodes an ethical conflict, typically about
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This seems like a good time to look past the scary headline of "HBOMax gets the 2021 theatrical slate" & think about 2022... ... when devastated theater chains can be
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Thread: I’ve put together a list of some of Ireland’s most important museums & libraries. Each has an important collection & is currently reopening. As a country with 20% of
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[48th Thread: Criticism]{part-1}Since time immemorial, Criticism has its place & value in human history. Criticism in its reality is a human experience & phenomenon; no aspect of our lives is
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The key to avoiding more lockdowns is finding a way to “live with the virus” through:Widespread testingTracing of contactsIsolating positive casesWestern countries have made structural, not cultural errors here http://trib.al/X4AUjxs&nb
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Watch how the excitement for the new baseball season disappears when EVERY SINGLE GAME starts with the showing of the NATIONAL ANTHEM just so the cameras can find the kneelers
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