#People

How @Nestle got an entire nation to drink coffee. [A Thread] Nestle had made a great product with Nestle coffee and they wanted to bring that product to Japan. It
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This is a very important article in @LabourList by @Sabrina_Huck about the problems caused by the so-called 'united' left slate for Labour's NEC elections. This whole episode has called into
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Its #SuicidePreventionWeek We still see too many people die by suicide in the UK. 13.5 men a day die by suicide every day in the UK. 2 people a day
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To sincerely answer a rhetorical question:It’s because they want to mystify actual class relations. The “working class means truck and gun” thing isn’t a benign idea, and it isn’t sui
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Did anyone know about this? Todd Smith announced today that his ministry continues to make discretionary payments to people with disabilities. As in they're currently doing it. Who is receiving
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THREAD: the internet has given us unprecedented leverage to annoy each other.Here are some ways to be insufferable on Twitter.Let's please stop doing these things asap: 1/ Tweeting fortune cookie
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Do the people constantly screaming ever stop to read or think? I know, rhetorical question. Anyway, a thread on Section 230. 1/9 Section 230 of the 1996 Telecommunications Act:“No provider
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Heather Heyer did not die for you assholes to suggest we unite with fascists. Why does this even need to be said? Heather was viewed a true antifascist. That woman
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If you've been wondering why reasonable discussions about a potential lab leak stopped at some point, you're not crazy.Reading comprehension note: this is NOT about what happened but the importance
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My Covid thoughts Regardless of ones stance on nphet, pcr issues, casedemic vs pandemic, here is what I think I can summarise from recent months @SusanMitchell_ @DonnellyStephen @RiochtConor2 @MihaiVioreanu @DrJohnCurran
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Signing “sincerely” in an email means “fuck off”. Saying “fuck off” in a pub means “I appreciate our friendship” 98% the time and 2% of the time it is a
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To be clear, by the way, I'm not insisting Saeb Erekat was a perfect man by any means, nor even a great man, but he was one of the few
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Some thoughts on Sindh Culture Day today. Its Assembly was first to support Pakistan resolution in 1946. Sindh was only part of subcontinent conquered by Arabs but despite Arab rule
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CW:Right. I think I've a fair idea who/what is behind the backlash that has occurred in the last few days, and it's as bewildering as it is disappointing. I could
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In the past few days, across two different industries, I’ve been aware of at least four of the men now being rightly outed as predators. They are men I’ve tried
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do you ever think about how in "A Muppet Christmas Carol" Michael Caine as Scrooge is yelling about how much poor people suck and he's like "if they're going to
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