#CHINA

This is gonna be my knife thread. Fork for scale. This isn't all of my knives and there are plenty I've given away too. Here's a kiwi from the Asian
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A Sailor’s Rant ~ A thread.We seafarers are working in a dreamy world run by Owners and dictated by Charterers, where cargo and Owner’s interests rein supreme. The hardworking seafarer
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Please go through entire threadSTATISTICS TO AMAZE YOU ...The number of deaths in the world in the last 3 months of 2020 3,14,687 : Corona virus 3,40,584
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This year, for the first time ever, I’m making a #Passover sedar. While it will be a tiny table with just two people reading from the Haggadah, I know
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Thread: I spent the morning reading the @NASEM report and other studies on Covid-19 & school reopening. Here's what I took away: 1. NASEM rightly calls out CDC & states
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The heatwave in the UK this week got me thinking about how people kept cool in 19th-century Iran. There's one really interesting type of vessel which had a role in
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Chair of @HKJA_Official Chris Yeung criticizes police mixing up the "definition of media representatives" and "signs to signify press" during May meeting and putting words in union's mouth He argues
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bts as art movements— a thread (aka me finding any way to procrastinate) jimin: rococo (late 17th and 18th century france)characterized by pleasure, playfulness, romantic scenes, pastel palettes, sensuality
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Our paper on the role of environmental factors on #SARSCoV2 transmission (led by Canelle Poirier & @MauSantillana) has been peer-reviewed & is now live: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-74089-7In our study, we find a
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17 gold, 65 silver and 87 bronze medals at #malofiej28 In this edition, 162 media outlets from 34 different countries have sent in their works. Of the 1,000 entries in
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People in Belarus currently need a huge support of the world, a help to raise awareness about what they’re going through since the internet is shot down throughout the country
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As someone who speaks Chinese as a native language, I can guarantee you this is auto translated. I bet this person was trying to say “dear friends, i’m korean but
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Happy 104th Birthday I. M. PeiA thread http://waldina.com/2021/04/26/happy-104th-birthday-i-m-pei/ Today is the 104th birthday of the architect I.M. Pei.  I first witnessed his work in person with the I. Magnin on Pine
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The EF55 class locos, aka "Moomin", has mythical status in Japan. Built by Hitachi in 1936 for Tokaido expresses, they were the poster child of wartime high-tech Japan, and could
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New York reported its lowest single-day death toll in weeks, greater Manila’s lockdown was extended and Indonesia banned Ramadan travel in a bid to halt coronavirus. Follow our live coverage
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If you are hearing about #covid19 “reinfections” in Asia, I can offer you my take as a virologist. The best explanation for what we’re seeing is likely due to three
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