#MODERN

Harlan Ellison would say Star Wars is "Sci-Fi", but not "Science Fiction".https://twitter.com/nberlat/status/1309147923964407808 I feel like "Science Fiction" and "Fantasy" are both tentpole terms, ea
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Wooden synagogues: a threadKnown for their intricacy, originality and creativity, wooden synagogues were a prominent form of architecture throughout Eastern Europe that is almost nonexistent today. Most of what is
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1/ East Tilbury is remarkable - a Czech modernist factory town built in rural Essex. Begun in 1933, it was built by the Bata Shoe Company led by Tomáš Baťa,
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There’s been a lot said about whether BH Roberts lost faith in the Book of Mormon. I think much of the debate is misplaced: what he was argued was not
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This year I have been teaching Columbia's Contemporary Civilization (CC), which claims to be the oldest continuously offered general education course in the United States and is this year celebrating
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Over the past year I have lost 4 different work opportunities after businesses found out about my mental health history. Not even my current state of health, but the fact
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Story concept: AU where capitalism actually works the way the illiberal left thinks it does. Almost the entire economy is still medieval peasants in mud huts; their crops are scarce
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Ian Blackford - signed footballs over his shoulder (Hibs if we're not mistaken), going for a man of the people vibe #PMQzoomreview Nicholas Fletcher - this wallpaper is saying 'I'm
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2020 has been a pivotal year for many industries and sectors, and human resources is no exception. Here are the 13 biggest changes @Forbes is predicting for the remainder of
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Saturn is Hell, a thread: These are the screams of Saturn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sh2-P8hG5-EThe sounds recorded near Saturn by Satellites are very obviously screams. Screams of the damned, sent there for eternity.
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Friedrich Hayek has some good explanations for why your epidemiologists' models were so far from reality.https://mises.org/library/pretense-knowledge Expectation is the mother of disappointment. Nobody can possibly know what kind of implications
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The Dangers of Arab Localism and Al-Shu’biyyah:[Thread] What is Modern Shu’biyyah?The definition of Shu’biyyah in more non-linguistic but rather more casual terms is the anti-Arabian belief. There has been two
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Given everything over the last few days, I thought I should give this video a go. I managed 6.03 minutes of this 41 minute Posie diatribe. In that brief (unbearable)
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I see the hot-take on the #NUFC takeover is to feign outrage at dubious human rights records of the Arab world, and claim NUFC fans should be campaigning against it
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Paatal Lok was so good at depicting the subtle communalism of the more polished parts of middle class society. When the CBI lady says-'inki community se aajkal bahut IAS nikal
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This is true. Hinduism uses Yoga a lot. The eight stages into Hinduism are, in order:(Thread)https://twitter.com/HollyBe55572050/status/1248763126650220544 Yamas (restrictions)Niyamas (observances)Asanas (postures)Pranayama (breath work)Pratyahara (s
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