#MODERN

btw, in case you're wondering, by my count, bari weiss published a grand total of 67 columns for the NYT in over three years of employment, which means all of
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“Jane Austen’s teapot”orWhy the row about the @nationaltrust & “woke” is absurd.The Georgians were not only consumed with woke subjects - they pioneered boycotts, woke slogans & even woke merchandise.“Being
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A conclusion I reached that felt more long-term than near-term until COVID-19:If Americans do not mobilize to reinvigorate/reform our institutions our democracy will not endure.It won't end over night. Maybe
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Paths to Awareness, A Battle with ideas-My Philosophy~2 1. Nature of RealityThe answer to this question lies in understanding that your senses are deceptive. How? Take a coin and place
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1/ In light of Amy Coney Barrett's dangerous views on choice and the ACA, her views on guns haven't gotten much attention.But she's a radical - a blinking red outlier
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1. THE FALL OF THE NDEBELE STATE (Part 2)Umnxeba... In our previous thread on the collapse of the Ndebele state & the creation of Southern Rhodesia we discussed the defining
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Thinking about how Mormonism teaches people “the natural man is an enemy to God” and how that breeds self hatred, especially amongst queer people. Like it makes no sense. People
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Darklina/Alarkling Fic Rec ThreadPart 1 so darkness I became (M, 2K)A taste of Dark Alina in a future where she & the Darkling rule together, two halves of the
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Totalitarianism & Shabbat [Thread]:The world has suffered the emergence of >1 totalitarian state/society in modern history, & continues to face groups/states w/ totalitarian tendencies. Whether in fascist, communist, or religious
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The Best Animated Series of All Time https://bit.ly/33IEuXx  40. #SamuraiJack: Genndy Tartakovsky is one of the modern day masters of animation, and "Samurai Jack" might be his masterpiece. http://bit.ly/33IEuXx  36.
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A Thread To Remember ReduxWhite folks, your ancestors did NOT have to own slaves, overseers, or slave catchers.BUT you are here & allowed to thrive as a result of #ADOS
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I love love LOVE the use of futuristic 90s visual language over the glitchy yet smooth aF RnB in NCT 127's Punch. Visual highlights include: the use of purple (in
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reminder that SY having "an untreatable illness" is pure fanon & came from misunderstanding the translated phrasing "he sat around waiting for death" which contextually is likely "作死" or "坐以待
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Evolving thoughts. I read @DavidTreuer 's fine book Heartbeat of Wounded Knee and in it he gives a broad history of the original peoples of NA. He traces various groups
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What is this beast called modernity, how does it grow, how does it change us, how does it devour us? And what is "progress" and what is "emancipation"? Indeed we
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Since publishing the original Coddling article with @jonhaidt in 2015, one of the most meaningful experience I’ve had is being asked what advice I would give to others who struggle
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