#QUESTION

George Lucas didn’t make Vader Luke’s father to “explain” why Luke was so powerful in the Force, because no one questioned why Luke was so powerful. He was the hero.
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1/ As someone interested in the future of news, I'm frustrated by this arg, which doesn't give any agency to media. It doesn't help those trying to build what's next.No
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I was hugely critical of Ole being given reign of Manchester United at first. However, I would now actually prefer he stays for the coming season and this is why...THREAD.
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Random thoughts / speculation about the implications of the NY sero survey. I’m sure most of this will be proven wrong, but this is where my instincts are. Feel free
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Here is a thread of takeaways from my #AUPresses20 talk about building bridges with indie booksellers. I didn't expect the panel to touch on the question, "What's the best place in Seattle
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A thread on Bertholdt Hoover's symbolism, themes, and patternsI've been working on a collection of his thematic foundation on and off for two months now and decided to finally finish
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Some notes on education. I'm absolutely convinced we haven't scratched the surface of what's possible. It'll take a second to explain why, but hopefully will be worthwhile. CC @Austen (you
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WARNING: As an ER doc in a rural hospital, I’m seeing the number of #COVID19 cases here *rise* as we start to plateau in NYC, Detroit, etc. Though @realdonaldtrump anticipates
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Certes, les @ecoloParis ont voté pour qu’une rue de Paris soit dénommée #SamuelPaty, mais enfin, qu’est-ce qui pousse ces élu∙es à pinailler sur une délibération de 1938 à laquelle contreviendrait
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Welcome to the Willie Horton playbook: Coronavirus edition. This type of reporting is the doom of any significant criminal justice reform effort. Notice how there's no context presented of why
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SCOTUS rules against Cuomo's 10 person cap at churches/synagouges."Even in a pandemic, the Constitution cannot be put away and forgotten."https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/20a87_4g15.pdf Gorsuch, concurring: "At
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Love your Mother. Jab Maa marti hain na boss, toh saath main sara bachpan bhi mar jata hain..To every child who has lost a mother at young age from a
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X : Thoughts on DevOps?Me : Broad subject. X : General trends?Me : DevOps / IaaS is what you should have been doing over a decade ago. It's now in
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Monster Thread Incoming!Consider two things...1. You are worth more than you think2. You underestimate what you can achieve So right nowWhat you are actually worth right now not what you
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wangxian au where wwx is texting nhs about lwj and he said "I KNOW LAN ZHAN'S DICK IS BIG I JUST KNOW IT I CAN FEEL IT " but
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Assuming it’s the study I think it is, it says something like: if we add a few hours of chess instruction to the regular classroom, performance on standardized tests does
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