#Years

OK, so 25 years ago I set off with 3 friends (one who I am now married to) to hike amongst the Dogon people of Eastern Mali. Little did I
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The conversation around forgiving student debt seems to focus all too much on people creating their own vision of reality rather than looking at the actual stats on student debt.
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Every time I see games come out with an initial roster featuring numerous Black & brown characters, I slip further away from the possibility of ever touching Overwatch againhttps://twitter.com/DrinkUmbrellaa/status/1356855843392684035 D
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Remembering the Anuak Genocide. December 13, 2020 marks the 17th years anniversary of the Anuak genocide that began with the brutal massacre of 424 Anuak leaders and young students in
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75 years ago today: General Groves drafted the atomic bombing strike order, with Nagasaki added to the list for the first time to add another back-up target after Kyoto had
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(1/6) Six yrs ago, a friend who had recently come out as lesbian (at 42) burst into tears & told me she was trans.I found a trans support group, went
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Standup comedy is the most emotionally and spiritually toxic art scene I’ve ever witnessed. Much worse than open mike poets. It’s a cesspool of needless self-loathing. There is an amazing
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I know a lot of Remainers are depressed about the current situation with 4 years of this lying, incompetent Russian funded English Nationalist Vote Leave Conservative Government still to go
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My definition of world class that I've held unto for some time now, being top 3 in your role in the world, if you're among that category for a season
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Partly in response to last RT, I think a lot about why things seem different now than in the last few years, and one element I think we collectively discount
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Borders collapsed years ago. Barnes & Noble only stayed afloat by selling real estate, then got bought out by a UK investor primed to restart the brand... until COVID19 slammed
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Am genuinely flabbergasted at journalistic suggestions that Cummings' departure suddenly means significant change in EU-UK relations. For umpteenth time: even at its best, deal under discussion is so narrow and
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Someone recently asked me the following question."I don’t know what to make of you: When DT had the WH, you weren’t much of a supporter. Yet DT for appearances did
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As you read this piece on how the Trump presidency shattered the norms of American democracy, remember that Trump did none of this on his own. He was aided and
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Everyone at the Commission is quite confused. The current offer to the UK is a deal in which IF we align, we get full access. IF, in future, we diverge
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Dutch customs on Dutch TV taking away drivers’ ham sandwiches on ferry from UK arriving at Hook of Holland, also put seized food shopping (Waitrose?) on facebook - this is
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