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In Jan 2017, a week before Trump takes office, Obama staffers run a pandemic response exercise for incoming senior Trump cabinet officials that warns of critical shortages of PPE, ventilators,
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The Twitter discourse on Lena Waithe and #THEM leads me too believe that there are people who don't watch enough films & television. How else to explain why they think
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#CookTogetherAtHome #cookinginacrisis #DailyRecipeThread First recipe was shared day before. Curry noodles (these are veg but prawns will be great too in this) https://www.sinamontales.com/curry-noodles-quick-weeknight-dinner/ Recipe no 2 - Sheet pan
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Anyways I think I need to do a horse talk to calm me down.Let’s talk about......Showjumping Well, internationally it’s called “Showjumping”. You might recognize that title from the Olympics!
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Not having children is a form of privilege, and it's one we don't talk about nearly enough. Yes, raising a kid is, on balance, wonderful and rewarding. I wouldn't give
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~ Bitcoin Seed Phrases ~Did you know you can store bitcoin in your brain? All it takes is memorizing some wordsIn this thread I'll cover bitcoin mnemonic seed phrases and
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The sheer number of articles in national outlets documenting Rep. Richard Neal's coziness with corporate donors is pretty astounding.Just today, there's this from @ddayen and @DRBoguslaw on the revolving door
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Official Reaction Thread for Super Vocal (2018) - A singing competition featuring classically trained male singers. #SuperVocal Episodes One to Two were introductions to every performer, with brief auditions for
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Last evening I co-hosted an event with others fighting for justice in our community, accompanied by members of Riverside sherifs office, and the Murrieta Police DD. While the event was
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The weird thing about the e-thot movement is it's being framed as empowering/exploring your sexuality, and cool, every human since the dawn of time has done romantic exploration in their
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I was/am speechless + in shock (but am I?) at the CAUCASITY of this email I received from @jennlouis last week. White people: if you think you’ve done the work
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COVID Update July 15: With a handful of days left, the Senate has to act on a number of priorities.Which ones should they choose?Spoiler alert. Every one of them. 1/
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Everyone wants to decouple time from money.The problem? It's an extremely unpredictable way to make a living. For every successful creator, there are thousands who make nothing or almost nothing.So,
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OK, so, I'm biased, but I can't remember the last time I had so much fun watching a show than I did binging @Netflix's "The Queens' Gambit". It is criminally
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It was April 15, 2009, and I was watching The Daily Show (then hosted by Jon Stewart) along with everyone else who needed a dose of sanity in the early
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1/ A Thread: *Contributions to the Constitutional Conversation on a Shared Island 2019 - 2020*.‘The Future of Our Shared Island: A Paper on the Logistical and Legal Questions Surrounding Referendums
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