#Language

Against historical illiteracy, a thread:I have seen many people invoke the language and imagery of the French Revolution, particularly the guillotine, as a force for positive change the likes of
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We are delighted to welcome @SheffieldLuke to CRAE for our 2020 virtual #CRAELecture! Luke's talk is on Autopia (Autistic Utopia)... To start, CRAE Director @annaremington discusses the incredible response to
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At the 1988 Global Summit on AIDS, Princess Anne, in her opening remarks, speaking in the midst of a pandemic that was claiming thousands of UK lives said this: Anne's
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ELITES please read . Was in a meeting with staff of one largest advertising company in Nigeria whose clientele are some of the biggest companies in Nigeria, multinationals, NGO's top
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On stack overflow, reddit, and twitter, I keep seeing devs commenting that they don't know where to start when they're researching how to build a component library.I decided to make
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A short thread about the history of Islam in my country of origin, South Africa As a white Afrikaner Muslim, most people are surprised when they find out I
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Is the media fueling the far-right? Let’s look at how the Portuguese media covered two protests from two opposite sides (Black lives matter vs. the extreme-right).Remember the news about the
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(Thread) Reactionaries v. ConservativesThe GOP is no longer conservative. It’s reactionary. Let’s stop calling it “conservative.”True conservatives, according to NYU prof. @Jonhaidt, form a kind of yin-yang balance with liberals
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Okay, the neighbor's pig & I have recovered from that workshop, so let me tell you about the future of higher education after covid as I envision it. https://twitter.com/hralperta/status/1336753764766773249 First,
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Thread on Sanatan Dharma. Part 1Hinduism,the world's oldest known Dharma, its not like an organized religion like christianity or islam. It has no founder no pope no hierarchy and even
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I've often wondered about places labeled "Quarantine" in 19th-century maps and descriptions of Palestine.I decided this was as good a time as any to find out about them.An occasional thread
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In Nome, teachers started getting vaccines 2 weeks ago. In the Yukon River village of Beaver, one of the few remaining Indigenous language speakers got a vaccine. Why? The Trump
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Thread!!!#Okkadu, Redefined the word mass with his screen presence. Kondareddy buruju anagane mind loki ocche movie Okkadu. Okkadu was remade into almost all languages but none of them could atleast
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In all systems of oppression you will find a broken or suppressed balancing feedback loop. (I think...I am writing out this thread to test an idea in my head.) #SystemsThinking
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Ravi Belagere, the colourful and controversial Kannada journalist, editor, author, anchor and entrepreneur—probably India’s most successful multimedia wordsmith, across platforms—has passed away at age 62. He is survived by two
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Situation Update – Dec. 4th – Offensive cyber warfare mechanisms activated, election outcome now bending toward national defense scenario. This particular update discusses some of the “smoking gun” video evidence
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