#Terms

This is a thread on Vedic ""racial"" terminology, specifically the terms "dāsa" and "varṇa".I recently returned to teach a text (ii.12) where the phrase "dā́saṃ várṇam" turned up,
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The number of deaths from all causes in 2019 vs. number of deaths from or with Covid-19 in 2020-21. The average age of a death by or with covid-19 is
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1/ You will either read this article and nod your head sagely at the sagacity of it all (because you have a bumper sticker saying "Let's Go WTO!"), or you
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Why do Christians in the US support Trump? Several sources provide useful answers. A short thread and reflection on this. Disclosure of interest: I self-identify as a Christian, but I
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I think a lot of people misunderstand the harm of corporate surveillance. I wanna talk about it. Here’s the thing: it’s bad, but for reasons that have nothing to do
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My story today on the extortionate bill leaseholders living in @MpmtSalford are facing. It is the perfect example of why the cladding scandal is not just about cladding. My threadhttps://www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/leaseholders-facing-1000
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You know, its been a while since the last Kipper Waffle (patent pending), but I really think I should say a few things right now. And no, I’m not going
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I had promised to post threads on CVs and Interviews. Here is the one on CVsCVs/Resumes is your entry ticket to a job. Companies and Recruiters get their first impression
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I made a lot of mistakes during my machine learning journey.Being a web developer, here's why it took me 2 years to get started machine learning when I could've done
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We need a comprehensive relief package NOW! Listen to Lancaster Stands Up member Barbara Searles' make the case for necessary relief measures and share her perspective as a small business
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I’ll start remembrance threads with an explore of my home town Ripon North Yorks.Despite change the population has stayed steady between 13k-17k from 1860s to the present day.A Cathedral city
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THREAD: ‘Tis the season for final project and assignments, which inevitably comes with emails from students asking for extensions for various reasons. This year in particular, a lot of people
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Covid's real, the numbers aren’tThis is place of death data from CDC: 2020 compared to previous years. It says 2 things:True Covid deaths are at most half of CDC Covid-labeled
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Google is facing anti-monopoly enforcement action in the EU and the USA and the UK, with more to come, and the company is starting to get nervous. 1/ It's just
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This heartbreaking story sums up our last 2 days on Twitter. THREAD.What happened? A driver *killed a man, and left him in the road to die*.The victim was riding a
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Finding connections & advocating has been so helpful for me. Here’s a thread attempt, w/my limited/developing advocacy skills. Tips/pointers/thoughts from #RareDisease, #chronicillness, #disability, #NEISvoid, #hcldr, #patientchat com
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