#Politics

Hey.. What if .. stay with me here .. What if, upon scanning your MoH QR code at a shop or venue, instead of just a boring screen, up popped
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1/5 I extend my congratulations to Mark Drakeford on securing a mandate to lead the next government. Although disappointed not to be returning more Members to the Senedd, I am
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It would be so nice if people - ok tech dudes- could just stay in their misinformed Dunning-Kruger laneshttps://twitter.com/scottadamssays/status/1246436471998787584 Folks I have a science degree with a double major in
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Our obsession w/ celebrities is one big reason why #Trump got elected. I like entertainers & they are citizens but they most often do not have the experience or know-how
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Polarization: Its increase in politics and community discourse worries and saddens me. But it developmental biology, it's important, and even beautiful. This week, we've made breakthroughs measuring it and understanding
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An interesting thing about the "book vs. movie" debate is that it only happens in a very narrow set of cases that isn't illustrative of any larger point. E.g. nobody
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I worked under Dominic Cummings. I was young, naive & impressionable. Blinded by the brilliance of all these famous politicians who I had seen on my television back in Pakistan.
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News orgs should actively and intentionally hire political reporters that do not live in DC or NYC. Is this self serving? Sure. But after spending a year not living in
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1. As another deadline for a deal with the EU sails by, there is still no sense of urgency from the UK government. It’s letting the clock run down towards
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We don't have enough awesome superhero fiction. Like, for some reason, non-visual superhero stories never seem to catch on the way some of them frankly SHOULD. I love a good
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TRUMP IS THE TOP MISINFORMATION source on #COVID19. @Cornell researchers analyzed 38 million articles about the pandemic in English-media. Trump made up nearly 38% of overall “misinformation conversation,” making Trump
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THREAD: In case you are sitting in the back: NOT BEING RACIST DOESN'T MEAN YOU ARE ANTIRACIST. HERE'S A HANDY READING LIST PRESENTED IN SHOUTY ALL CAPS FOR ALL YOU
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It's remarkable how performative cynicism always manages to be extremely aggravating AND profoundly boring all at the same time.https://twitter.com/drewfoundland/status/1264957411892383747 Just...every layer of this analysis is wrong. I
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A commitment this significant would have had to have been explicit, not implicitThis assertion is nonsense, legally and otherwise: no court would imply such a termSo this would be a
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black people riot when their anger over being murdered and oppressed reaches a boiling point.here are some fun reasons why white people have rioted: their sports team loses https://sports.yahoo.com/incomplete-list-things-kentucky-fans-01350
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The Left is more principled than the Right.I will expand on this since there is some resistance to this particular black pill.I'll start with a reading assignment. At mass today
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