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The totalizing narrative coming from the Oromo side doesn’t sit right with me either. But I don’t think minimizing/glossing over the damages done in the process of state building, thereby
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Spent the day touring the Emergency Intake Site at the Long Beach Convention Center & want to share thoughts. Our tour concluded about an hr before the first group of
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Three of West Indies' favourite sons – Learie Constantine (in 1901), Curtly Ambrose (1963), and Chris Gayle (1979) were born on this day.Here is something on the oldest, and most
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THREAD1/ We are 1 of the only wealthy places in the world that actually tried, failed, & gave upWe tried to mitigate, this epidemic ran away, we tried to lockdown,
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The Death Loafers story is gone due to auto-deletion (a small price to pay), but bc of my birthday, I’m going to retell it here.https://twitter.com/matthewfdesmond/status/1301242994620854272 Let me start out by
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So I’m reading bell hooks in anticipation of ~possibly~ writing about the very specific anti-Blackness aimed at Blue Ivy, Megan Thee Stallion, Ari Lennox, Teyana Taylor, and Jay Z for
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One of the things I love about my job is that I learn so many new things with every story. That was particularly true in my reporting for this story
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Been seeing a lot of autistic-ADHD discourse on my timeline, so some thoughts?So basically I think that autism and ADHD are distinct conditions with a high cooccurrence rate (currently seems
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Prompted to look at this well known photo from March 1944. Churchill shooting a Thompson submachine gun; in the background you can see General Eisenhower doing the same. Churchill had
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This really hit with me this morning.I was almost this kid. I "escaped" by joining the Army and deploying to Iraq three times. After I dropped out of HS, while
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Happening in an hour in Harrisburg, PA. If you’re a fascist, stop by and get your photos taken for free! Already spotted Richard Schwetz. Ten minutes to show time and
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Today @sarahchander and @ellajakubowska1 takeover the @edri twitter account to give you their first impressions of the #EUAI Regulation as soon as it is out! Stay tuned for the latest
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The youth-led protests in Nigeria are still growing - and today the #EndSARS demonstrators managed to essentially shut down Africa's largest city. I'm in Lagos -- here's a link
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“Doctors, nurses, patients and their families are demanding to know why staff fighting the coronavirus pandemic were left unprotected at a top Durban hospital where five people died and 66
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SAY THEIR NAMES #BlackLivesMatter TRAYVON MARTIN (Walking home with iced tea and Skittles. Shot by George Zinneman, who was found not guilty.) KEITH SCOTT (Sitting in car, reading. Shot
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I met Janie 3 months after splitting with my ex fiancé of 3 years, Yuridia. During those 3 years I had been taking care of her son, Erin. Her sons
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