#Forces

Not sure if people want a historical comparison thread, but here’s one on insurrection and a violent attempt at a coup in 1874 New Orleans, often called the Battle of
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A thread about the #BurningOfCork which took place 100 years ago on 11/12 December 1920. The content is from my new book, #ForgottenLordMayor about Donal Og O'Callaghan. This picture of
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Was diving into the history of the town I grew up in. I found it through a list of Arab villages that were taken over by Israel in 1948. Turns
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For museum workers’ consideration:https://thinkingaboutmuseums.com/2020/09/08/on-modern-guilds/ I started my career as a freelancer & was inspired by things like @freelancersu as a possible path forward for workers to take back agency
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the problem with this is: there are already thousands of people - hundreds of thousands at least - who live in places where it is not possible to get around
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top congressional republicans refuse to acknowledge the election results more than a month after the fact, and the story in mainstream outlets is just basically "welp trump is out of
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One of the weirdest things about the cost-benefit debate on restrictions, beside the fact that it's almost non-existent, is that almost everyone talks as if restrictions didn't have an immediate
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Fascinating update - this Luftwaffe Hauptmann also had a daughter. She trained as an interpreter and ended up serving in Vienna as a 'Luftwaffenhelferin' (female Luftwaffe assistant). I'd not even
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following independence the catholic church filled the oppressive void left by the british and brutalised ireland with an iron fist we were not a complicit society we were a fledgling
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Let me put a finer point on it. Parties exist to keep dangerous demagogues from securing the opportunity to stand before the nation for election. I & many others said
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Diagnostic Performance of NHS England compared to 2019.The suspension of the health service is most easily observed in these data sets.Since April the amount of tests conducted has fallen by
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Acting Undersecretary of Defense James Anderson has a provocative op-ed in Today's @nytimes where he gets a lot wrong about China, nuclear policy and arms control.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/29/opinion/russia-china-nuclear-weapons.h
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1. This is a welcome move. Kudos. However, we need universities to look at their ongoing colonial links... Irish universities are still involved in forging connections with states involved in
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Beijing implementing 'comprehensive governance' over Hong Kong would constitute an inexplicable and direct violation of its obligations under the Sino-British Joint Declaration to maintain the city's autonomy, freedoms, & ru
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Today, let's look "underneath" the headlines & avoid misleading statisticsA realtor posted this comment challenging me about homeownership. He shared that homeowners' net worth is ~44x higher than renters. (The
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#BREAKINGVERY URGENTPolitical prisoner Abbas Mohammadi has been transferred to solitary confinement & his execution is imminent.This was the last time he was permitted to see his children.#StopExecutionsInIran#FreePoliticalPrisoners#ع
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