#Extraordinary

THREAD: Strange Times call for Strange Threads.Remarkably, I’ve been asked to include more (not less) chronology in my threads.And so, with that extraordinary fact in mind, please join me in
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Thread with excerpts from one of my favorite Isaiah Berlin essays, "The Originality of Machiavelli" Or, as Paulie from The Sopranos calls him, "Prince Matchabelli" http://berlin.wolf.ox.ac.uk/published_works/ac/machiavel
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செஹண்ட் ஹாண்டல கார் வாங்க போறவங்களா நீங்க? இந்த thread உங்களுக்கானது.Read and RTஇந்திய மிடில் கிளாஸ
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#Thread 1/18Recently, was alerted to #KarenStewart's reply to Ramola D https://onedrive.live.com/view.aspx?resid=FA5F2D0437461DE0!244&ithint=file%2Cdocx&authkey=!AI2C_iKGRLJIttI & mischaracterization of anyone who provides a public co
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So, at @ancientlyric's request... a thread on Women, Degrees and Cambridge. Did you know women were not awarded full Cambridge degrees until 1948? No just the PhD, but the BA
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1/ I have some thoughts (and links) on the downstream consequences of #faculty hiring freezes, massive #adjunct / #NTT layoffs, loosened admissions standards + institutionalization of online/hybrid #teaching. Your thoughts?
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I've been thinking about the 'ancient aliens'/'ancient astronaut' idea lately. (Sceptically, you understand.)There are a lot of pseudohistorical interpretations of SE Asia's past out there, mostly (ethno-)nationalist
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get to know sf9 thread a thread for new fantasy and soon to be fantasy yiiiehhhh (includes member profile, variety shows to watch, interviews, radio shows, etc.) Fantasies who
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2015The Biggest Critics of Narendra Modi Government is not Congress but BJP and Its LoyalistsSubramaniam SwamyArun ShourieYashwant SinhaRam JethmalaniSource: http://Nationalviews.com https://nationalviews.com/narendra-modi-government-c
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Ok Space Cats! The boiler's just broken so I need to bend the knee to the hegemony of the 1st Law of Thermodynamics & do some work to warm up.
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You will recall the £160m of unusable Ayanda facemasks (https://twitter.com/JolyonMaugham/status/1291244082145177600). There are also huge questions about the £32m contract for isolation suits – also known as “coveralls” – the Gov
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In prep for making my final year film, I’ve spent the past year watching tons of stop motion short films. Thought I’d post daily to a thread highlighting some of
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THREADFor all those denying any #BBCBias on @BBCNews & @BBCPolitics shows, here's some of the formal 'corrections & clarifications' to "mistakes" made by the @BBC in 2019, which all *completely
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Gymshark went from nothing to a billion dollar company in just 8 years with no outside capital.How did they get here? What strategic risks are they exposing themselves now?(Megathread) This
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Thread: Great episode of @TWiStartups featuring the amazing entrepreneur and investor, Brad Gerstner (@altcap) of Altimeter Capital, who also had a great appearance on the @theallinpod with the #Besties @jason,
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Sod Pepsi's navy.Let's talk about the point after WW2 where the Knights Hospitaller, of medieval crusading fame, 'accidentally' became a major European air power. I shitteth ye not. So,
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