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It’s all been memory-holed now but the era of Peak Conservative Bush Worship was nearly as creepy and fawning as the Trump stuff. It's interesting to track conservatives' views of
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Modi is a very smart politician.Much smarter than many give him credit for.This, combined with his ruthlessness, utter disregard for the truth or ethics, and an obsessive love for power
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There's something deeply depressing about watching "academics" like @GoodwinMJ try and make out they are secret warriors for free speech based on taking offence to people applying actual free speech
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Dear future historians: please do not believe the narrative, which I'm heartily sick of, that we reopened too soon during COVID because "people got bored." We reopened because our government
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1. I really dislike the argument "well at least they're reading" when discussing quality texts and the rise of celebrity authors. I'm sorry, but no. Children deserve the best that
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My attempt at a real-life thread with actual information. I have crunched last season's numbers to find what GW1 team - in what FORMATION - would have yielded the highest
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1. A society should be judged on how it treats its most vulnerable. This doesn’t just mean the elderly, the sick and the poor. It means addicts, sex workers, religious
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To American journalists and news organizations: please do not compare what is happening in the US to the French Revolution 1789. Virtually nothing is similar. Please find other metaphors. 1)
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CW body talk, weight talk, ED, fatshamingThis is...infuriating. The comments section of people agreeing with her even more so because of false contextualizing.Its fat shaming. Pure and simple. 1/https://twitter.com/SpeaksAngie/status/134633
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This outrageous article from Monbiot needs fact-checking. It’s very easy to reveal that Monbiot lies, peddles mistruths & makes glaring omissions when it comes to population. I’ll do it when
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So one of the advantages of being a queer educator is that I was also a queer student. So I’ve been thinking... It didn’t take much for a teacher to
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If you are poor enough in this country it’s extremely likely you will be missing some or many teeth and/or be in serious dental pain for extended periods. Medicare has
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#Just4ContextIn a time of relative peace: >2 million people in Tigray (1 in 3) need some type of assistance. Of which:1,000,000 are on the Productive Safety Net Program. 600,000 are
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I’ve been thinking a lot about vaccines lately (in case my twitter feed wasn’t a major clue). Threads on COVAX and domestic supply are here:https://twitter.com/ldobsonhughes/status/1357862123691528194https://twitter.com/ldobsonhughes/st
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Questions I have for Yellen (and others):- Under what circumstances should an economy be permitted to enter a recession?- Do business cycles serve any constructive role in a capitalist system?-
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So since people want to act like I’m lying about the relationship between the media, mass incarceration, and the crack era, I might as well expose other people who dare
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