#CULTURE

Do's and Dont's for am MP: A ThreadDemocracies are meant to be by the people, for the people and of the people. To ensure public participation in governance, democracies use
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Q: Cons say big wins coz "we're delivering on the people's priorities" -- but in truth #Covid19 has delayed most delivery, and folk get that, bar the vaccine, which was
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In Neal Stephenson’s Diamond Age, one of the near-future cultures is Neo-Victorian, and it is rooted in a mix of ironic-but-not-really theater and a self-aware embrace of hypocrisy as a
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okay i don't know if anybody cares, but i'm currently finishing military duty in switzerland and i have tons of time to be on twitter sooo:fav: random fact you probably
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"Trump failed because he picked bad people" is an insufficient explanation. In truth, he failed because his so-called populist project was a lie. He never wanted to drain the swamp,
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I'm still thinking about this and trying to figure out why I think it's important beyond just being an incredibly sad read, and I think it's this - the way
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I’ve just got to 2,000 followers on Twitter. Not 200K, not 20K but 2K. Not a great result for six years. But at least I have expertise on how to
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For today’s thread, I’ll be talking about corporate governance. Strong culture of transparency, accountability and integrity is key to achieving the goal of becoming a world class investment house. This
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I was on zoom with some former colleagues & talks got to sexual abuse as kids. We realized 9 out of 13men on the call were abused as kids, that
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It's Opportunity Friday! 10 jobs and opportunities in classical music, opera and arts admin. Please RT!#OpportunityFriday #artsjobs #musicjobs Scotland’s street orchestra @nevisensemble has 2 opportunities for composers. Deadline 10th
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[ #Thread - COUP DE GUEULE PERSO ]Comme beaucoup de gens, je travaille. Eh non, je ne suis pas une femme au foyer vivant à travers le métier de son
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Reproducible reportingNYT didn’t fully fact check their front page story.They just aggregated content from local papers and classified a murder victim as dying of COVID.Importantly, the public then attempted to
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Imma tell y’all a story about parenting. The Boy, 1st born, asked often if he could get a tattoo. I had 2 when he asked. His Dad has none. We
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I have some thoughts about how our mythologies and hero figures influence our perception of ourselves and our communities, and how the elevation of Jesus to a state of infallibility
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As things keep getting worse, we'll be hearing a lot of folks saying “look forward not backward” and “don’t politicize this disaster”. Lemme tell you - from a disaster management
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I recently left Stripe after 4.5 formative and magical years. Some reflections on what made working at Stripe feel different than working other places:1/Turpentine2/Writing3/Meticulousness4/Principled decision-making5/Ambition6/Talking up7/
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