#Pacific

I'm back with my second book on China that I've read recently as I try to learn more: Robert Haddick's Fire on the Water, which I assumed would be more
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California- is imposing black-outs for a 2nd time in a year- saw electric prices rise 6x more than rest of US, 2011 - 2019- is shutting down last nuclear plant
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wouldn't a male soldier also look like this with his hair down.... ew OKAY SO THE BIRD SPIRIT LITERALLY TOLD MULAN BORI KHAN'S TOP SECRET BATTLE PLANS AND THEN JUST
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The labor movement has a complicated relationship with monopolism. For a long time, economists (both right and left) documented the "large firm premium" - the higher wages that workers at
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Climate Change Lockdown Climate is going to be morphed into a major health pandemic Because the WHO was so ruthless on Covid they will be put in charge of managing
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Donald Trump is considering banning domestic air travel, the UN climate talk in Glasgow will be postponed and New Zealand ordered banks to halt dividends. Follow our live coverage here:https://on.ft.com/341mTts 
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Global air traffic is projected to decline by half in 2020 and business might not return to pre-pandemic levels until 2023. The consequences for airlines will be detrimental — and
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1/ Who’s Hawaiian and who isn’t? A thread that argues colonial blood quantum laws, like that which regulates Hawaiian Homestead Lands, is white supremacy in action—purposely legislating Hawaiians out of
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Alright folks, since we're all cooped up for the long weekend, let's have a virtual roadtrip. I'd like to take you to the rugged coast of the Wairarapa region in
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This op-ed by Jill Lepore is a disturbing example of professional arrogance--a belief that the agenda and needs of one's own profession are actually identical with the needs and agenda
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On 9/11 in Times Square, the giant billboards still flash, but there are no Elmos or Sponge Bobs, no Spidermen or Batmen, no Lady Liberty on stilts, no slow-moving crowds
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tw // murder / blood / sexual assault / police abuse[THREAD] WHAT'S HAPPENING IN COLOMBIA RIGHT NOW #ParoNacional2M The actual president of Colombia has been driving the whole country to
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Carriers of the Commonwealth (circa 1965).A short long thread inspired by some posts yesterday. Why? dunno why not. There are two main classes of Aircraft Carrier you will see here:
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THREADI’m a well-travelled guy and I recently got some comments about my travels, especially in light of the Christchurch shooter’s trips to Pakistan and N Korea. I’d like to share
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I took my yellow legal pad to the woods & wrote a bunch of words about why we should not return to any version of in-person school in the fall,
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A thread of all the things the Democratic Party has done to make the world a better place. Let’s start here: 192019TH AMENDMENT: WOMEN'S SUFFRAGEUnder the leadership of Democratic President
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