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All Things Kenobi

allthingskenobi

SPOILERSIf you've enjoyed last week's #TheMandalorian , then we think you'd also enjoy "Kenobi" by John Jackson Miller. It not only details the start of Obi-Wan's relationship with the Sand

mspacey

mspacey4415

1. I've always been interested in how professional fund managers/analysts have one hand tied behind their back 2. I remember during March 2020, some buysiders were saying (in private

Nomen Dubium

EJPointer

And now for a short TED talk.Specifically, Ted Cruz.Ted Cruz is a religious fundamentalist, a bigot, a crank and a pretty nasty piece of work. However, he is categorically NOT

Charles Grant

CER_Grant

Having spoken to senior people in Brussels on #Brexit, a short thread. They expect the crunch in late Sep or Oct. For now they think @DavidGHFrost lacks a mandate to

Dr. Trey 謹防法西斯小學梟

Comparativist

Short background thread about the significancehttps://twitter.com/comparativist/status/1327224546089345024 China is somewhat peculiar in that there was no settled endonym (name you call yourselves) for what what we call China today for most

Jim Blaine

JimBlaine

Bruce isn't right about everythingbut he raises a legitimate question and makes fair points. Unlike other #ncga divisions PED didn't have the real world accountability other divisions face. They could

Dawn, the Believer 🌈

dawn_immanuel

Yesterday, I stopped to get food at a restaurant and a young girl of about 13 came by my door, smiling & saying, “Aunty you’re very beautiful. Please buy banana.”I

Debbie Decker

Bunnysdts

1/ I heard from a colleague the other day about a repetitive motion injury she has sustained, working in a glove box for extended periods of time – 9-10 hours

Kate Poels

KatePoels

In 10 days time I’m self publishing a book. I have very mixed feelings about this. It isn’t the way I’d hoped to get my work out there but my

Eric Hittinger

ElephantEating

I wanted to offer some math on the *economics* of electrified container ships. This @VaclavSmil article does a good job of describing the technical challenges, but doesn't get into cost/benefits,

Akil Bello

akilbello

The National Association for College Admissions Counseling issued a new report on Standardized testing. It's worth a read. In short the report issues a call for colleges to rethink how

Aouartist

AwarEsque

Tyreece John-Jules (short thread)This is why he is the ideal young centre forward for Mikel Arteta.(Video footage included) Let’s look at what he has to offer. He is a centre

Alan Sepinwall

sepinwall

I’m reminded today of the closest thing my childhood best friend @MickeyRibs and I ever had to a fight. About Q, of course. And, because I gotta be me, it

African American Research

AfAmResearch

Short thread (1/4): There's a strong effort to dispel the reality that Black voters saved our democracy & Harris helped secure Black votes. It deserves constant pushback.Black voters for Biden-PA:

Nesrin Amin

bilmasripodcast

Sarah Hagrass, whose FB page is full of interesting and funny posts on the Egyptian dialect (in Arabic) has produced a short video on some expressive interjections in Egyptian Arabic.

Paul Masiowski

PaulMasiowski

The “Canadian Shield” proposal for Covid suppression (linked below) is interesting.Saskatchewan has been close to meeting the targets here (Rt 0.85-0.9, new cases per day average declining by ~15% per

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