#Occupation

“...no Book in the world deserves to be so unceasingly studied, and so profoundly meditated upon as the Bible.” John Quincy Adams’s advice to his twelve-year-old son George Washington Adams,
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This is unfair. "Filipina" has been used since the Spanish occupation, as part of a movement to assert women's rights. Pinoy and Pinay have been used by Filipinos in America
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i finished the book a bit melancholic. i always feel like this when i read anything WWII related. this one specifically made me conflicted; i was reading deep and personal
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Quick thread since it's impossible to actually write that down in ~80 characters or so.1/ One striker + two wingers. He should stay central w/ flexibility, but most importantly, he
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How many #healthworkers in the US have had #COVID19, how many have died of COVID19? @CDCgov today: Total of 9,282 HWs w/confirmed COVID-19 as of today (14 April), but occupational
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THREAD: Last night, Israeli forces terrorized thousands of Palestinian worshipers, unleashing tear gas, rubber-coated steel bullets and stun grenades inside Al Aqsa Mosque. Over 200 Palestinians were injured, including 88
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Thread: Palestinan ministry of economic affairs: Israel is not allowing Palestinians to export goods to international markets. Why you may ask. The background to this story is quite interesting and
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THREAD: Today I turned 31 and completed 30 days of sobriety after checking myself into an inpatient residential treatment program late last month. I am beyond grateful for the support
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Really interesting to see non Korean people knock the kraft cheese on top of shin ramyun pairing as a white people thing when Koreans literally do it and invented it
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A THREAD for all the Brits out there... If your colonial history makes you feel guilty or you're made to feel guilty about it-Remember Turkey has run an empire for
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It all started with Usman Raheem Khan- the former Mercy Corps head in K. He held the first "de-radicalize or divert this “Conflict Generation" event called One Young Kashmir in
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Most of us have seen the recent Taliban interview with Mawlawi Mahdi, a Shia-Hazara commander of the #Taliban in the Balkhab district of Sar e Pul Province. Are the Taliban
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Not going to repeat the ultra low incidence of blood clots in the AZ vaccines, think we’ve established that the benefits far outweigh the risks now.But since tmrw is the
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What's really annoying and amusing to me about idiots celebrating the ban on TikTok is that these were the same people railing against nepotism and lack of opportunities for outsiders
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1) A thread on the geographic imbalance of cultural power in the United States.First, a few words on cultural power, in the interest of avoiding misunderstandings about what I'm saying.
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RIGHT NOW: Hundreds of Palestinian and Israeli activists are in Sheikh Jarra, on occupied East Jerusalem protesting the theft of Palestinian homes by illegal settlers. The march has stopped in
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