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Public Consultation on #AirPollution in Ireland The consultation period for Ireland's Air Pollution Control Programme closes Friday 22 Jan @ 5.30pm Everyone can give input to this crucial government policy,
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Wanna know how to Tweet like a Bhakt? 1. No matter what topic you are discussing drag Muslims into it. Eg: My friend lost his scarf in the auto...Bhakt: The
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America’s Third Reconstruction also parallels and echoes the Second. We usually consider the years between 1954 and 1968 as the Civil Rights Movement’s (CRM) Heroic Period. Or at least I
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The familiar trope in the Indian media that what Modi , BJP & RSS is doing wrong is b/c @RahulGandhi led opposition is ineffective. Blame RG 4 Modi’s failures &
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Hyundai Motor Co. is to acquire the US robotics firm Boston Dynamics Inc. from SoftBank Group for slightly less than 1 trillion won ($921 million) and will finalize the acquisition
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The first step toward an honest appraisal of American politics is acknowledging a large percentage of white people will never forgive Democrats for the Civil Rights Act but also Roe,
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The new National Model Design Code has been published and, of course, it encourages tree-lined streets. I love a good tree-lined street as much as the next person
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I'm making a thread of orgs/places people can donate to to help folks in Texas:First up, Austin Urban League (@AAULTX) is hosting an emergency donation drive for housing insecure Texans
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Evidence shows that public transit is not the COVID-19 transmission hot spot some people may assume (thread)http://vancouversun.com/news/covid-19-transmission-not-a-major-concern-on-public-transit In @VancouverSun today: “B.C. has seen no
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These 1200 ghost hotels earned $30 million last year, took a minimum of 1400 units of housing off the market, and have flown under the radar of regulators, although they
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Thread on why this is so disconcerting relative to #Ethiopia and #AIEthics https://twitter.com/abebab/status/1342238827675602945 Abeba’s PhD is enactive cognition, The premise is roughly that cognition is not the internal processes of
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back in the Loki thread. someone posted:Giants aren't people.There. I said it. to which someone responded: So is Loki's genocide of the frost giants justified?? Giants are a sentient race
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OK, get ready for a looooong thread of some of my favorite @CityLab stories this year. Let's start with ... MAPS! @mslaurabliss and @jessicalee27 collected these stunning pieces from readers
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Anecdotally, I had heard that the pandemic was hitting China’s migrants much harder; this research by @kamwchan and team shows worst fears confirmed.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15387216.2020.1791726#.XxJEdL_FUt1.twitter 2
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The trajectory of Sheldon Adelson's life tells a fascinating story about how the patronage politics of the 20th century American urban political machine has come to rule the world in
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I hoped Biden would choose a state-level leader for Sec of Ed. We need someone who understands Uncle Sam must allow state leaders to lead AND because state leaders typically
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