#Understood

So I was ruminating about RICO, the mafia, FARA, Russian sanctions/expulsions, and Spygate In the 70s and 80s the mafia basically ran NYC. Entire unions, and industries. Hotels and hospitals.
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We need to have a mature conversation about why private school pupils have continued making progress while pupils in maintained sector schools have found it more challenging.It's not about parental
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Indeed. I am irritated though not surprised by the no. of likes the tweet quoted by @/PaganTrad has received. One needs to only spend a bit of time looking at
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Shocked to see Pakistan's anti-India video getting released with Tamil subtitles.Pakistan's influence on Tamil Nadu had grown a lot in past year. Let me say the instances:1) Imran Khan's speech
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so im gonna tweet about something that happened in august with me and ayv thats obvi still been on my mind despite them “apologizing” for it but it goes along
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In my experience, life happens to everyone in a different way so it’s really hard to pin down specific patterns. While it is vital to understand yourself better and know
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People forget a huge part of why the “encore!” tradition exists in theatre. Before cast recordings were invented, an encore was the ONLY way an audience member could EVER hear
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Long post but I’m upset.1-We live in a neighborhood that’s a lot of wooded areas & then houses dotted here & there. It’s on the lake & its primarily retirees
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“Memories”[] To preface this thread, I’ve never been the best person with my words nor have I been the best person to express how I’m feeling as it’s something that
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I count myself very lucky right now. Myself and Marci work from home, so the practicalities of lockdown didn't hit us too hard, and (touch wood etc) we have remained
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It is not surprising that this dangerous and ill thought out guff was written by a man. I’d like to meet with @StuartWaiton and explain to him a day in
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with Kim Seokjin. Seokjin is ARTICULATE. Check out his iconic speech during MAMAs 2019“There’s a method of cheating but wouldn’t it be better to make music with more honest way?”
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How do cults control their followers?How do big brands like Apple turn customers into fans?How do political parties manipulate the minds of voters?They cater to the 7 Hidden Addictions of
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Coronavirus is going to be a close to pathologically misaligned with some of our information distribution and decisionmaking rituals. It's an effective exploit on them almost to the degree it
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I went from living in a world where not many understood what public health was, what I did for a living and why it was a big deal that we’ve
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Suddenly remembered how, as a kid, my Math teacher got angry & shamed me in front of the entire class while we were learning inequalities because I said PacMan ate
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