#Activity

1/n On one hand, I know the the NYT tax story is huge. It confirms and adds detail to what we knew all along about Trump's finances and criminal activity.
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Well, well, well ... the evening starts with some solo reading ...12 May 1839"Came upstairs before 9 struck and wrote the last 7 lines – read a few pages at
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This post caused me to take the claim that @ben_r_hoffman makes in "approval extraction advertised as production", much more seriously.https://rationalconspiracy.com/2021/04/01/y-combinator-and-equity-theft/ http://benjaminrosshof
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You know what would be a great thing to start during this stay-at-home period? DUNGEONS & DRAGONS. Some of you might have heard of this and might have been wanting
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I’ll comment on this as I have more time, but a few thoughts on this draft executive order. 1) Most of it is BS background material that has no bearing
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Stoked to report in @nature the discovery of prokaryotic viperins, which naturally produce diverse anti-viral molecules ! After providing us with antibiotics, bacteria might become sources of novel anti-viral drugs.
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Questions for my brother, @ostrachan, that remain unanswered:1. What does Dr. Strachan mean when he says design and order are “grounded in theistic ontology itself?” 2. Is the Son’s eternal
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Short personal thread: thank you to the many friends who have sent tweets and DMs of support over the stalking targeted at me in the last couple of days. Special
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Most of Ch 5 in "Capitalism, Alone" deals with the commodification (commercialization) of daily life.This is not just a "cute" topic. It is fundamental. Once we rent out homes, cars
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Someone in the NZ media should ask Simon Thornley if the reason for his COVID skepticism is his past failures to accurately predict outbreaks. I haven’t mentioned this here before,
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I've been doing some research. It's back-of-envelope stuff so I invite any professionals with better data to correct anything here.The median cost of adding one year of life to an
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Thread of random questions!quote to answer!~Enjoy~ Do you like butterflies? Or do they scare you? Have you ever lived in an apartment? Favorite board game? Have you ever been on
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THREAD:Solskjær's list to Woodward included six players he wanted at the club. It contained the following players in the following order:1. Jadon Sancho2. Jude Bellingham3. Jack Grealish4. Upamecano5. Declan Rice6.
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Forget fucking Cambodia, here is a short thread on why tank numbers absolutely matter and the real reasons 148 upgraded CR2 just won't cut it for the UK Army. 1/https://twitter.com/pinstripedline/status/1121025942992949248
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A summary of '𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴' by Josh Waitzkin. [THREAD] Josh Waitzkin is an eight-time National Chess Champion and a World Champion in Tai Chi Chuan. He has
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“From what I’ve heard certain States like California are going to pump up gang activity, violence in the streets. People will be stuck in their homes on purpose. They will
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