#REALITY

Things I have learned about the general public whilst working at the library:1. A huge number of people under 20 can't read face clocks, having grown up with only digital
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More and more people know Jacinda’s COVID-19 response is a grand illusion. We’ve entered Wonderland where the Red Queen is talking backwards, and that great feminist organisation the Taliban gave
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STAGE DIVING KYŌTO-STYLE'To jump off the stage at Kiyomizu' (清水の舞台から飛び降りる) is similar to the English expression 'taking the plunge'.In Edo times it was believed that if you survived the jump
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Here at Living Streets Lambeth — We. Love. Nerds. () Today we’re profiling one of our very favourite nerds — Professor Donald Appleyard: urban designer slash owner of a handsome
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What exactly was toppled in Libya with the overthrow of Muammar Gadaffi? A dictator, or a working power structure? It was utterly predictable that military intervention would be a fiasco. Sadly
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User Acquisition is mostly a dead-end career path. UA is a great role from which to start a career because it touches both analytics and product, but the ceiling for
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Our long national nightmare of having a biosphere is finally over.https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1160931874245623809 Let's pretend something insane. Real wackadoo.Let's pretend GOP policy were driven by a RECOGNITION climate change is rea
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For anyone shocked about the revelation of the sterilization of Uyghur women and wondering how this could possibly happen, the sad truth is is that it's not the first time
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Smart piece by @AGMacDougall. It led me to decide to do something I first chose not to — I'm gonna comment on the controversy over that Harper clip bemoaning media.
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ok buckle up friends, it's time for some unsolicited streaming recs & beer pairings to go with. feel free to give other suggestions in the comments! let's goooooo: @KillingEve +
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I just wanted to add that whatever is being reported right now about India by international media is not doing justice to what's actually happening in reality here. Believe me
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Was it possible to prevent the NK conflict in the late 1980s? 1987 was the last year when the war between #Azerbaijan and #Armenia could be prevented. Another long thread:
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Why blackpink are the worst group in k pop; them being problematic and YG being shady. An honest thread: Let’s just start with this, I’m pretty and rich. Report me,
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THREADWHERE I SEEK TO PERSUADE YOU:a. There's a lot happening within the Government at the moment. As if Brexit wasn't enough to contend with, Whitehall is undergoing enforced change &
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I just posted the camera-ready version of our upcoming PETS paper here: https://blues.cs.berkeley.edu/blog/2020/03/25/the-price-is-not-right-comparing-privacy-in-free-and-paid-apps-pets-20/The Price is (Not) Right: Comparing Privacy in Free
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One of the lessons of Trump and co. getting #COVID19 is that it shows the limits of unfocused, widespread testing of anyone regardless if they show symptoms or not or
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