#World

This morning, I want to make the Case for why Economics is arguably the dopest discipline EVER.It boils down to one thing: Economists are the most versatile (social) scientists we
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Seeing some folks I follow circulating a point that's worth drawing a bit of attention to. One of the oldest canards in low-denominator comedy is that women are inscrutable and
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1. I have done a thread on Why #Taiwan can not be a member of the World Health Organization (@WHO) or participate in the World Health Assembly (#WHA). Here are
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I love museums. Museums like @NtlMuseumsScot that preserve a thread of a story in every object, each one connecting us to people, communities and places across continents and through time
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Hushpuppi And A Different StoryIn 2002, a “big boy” I was vocationally training on the use of Microsoft Word, Excel and web applications frantically invited me to a meeting with
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Somehow I made it through high school and college without reading Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath. I encountered it as an audio book and listening to this passage, it took my
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THE PANTANAL NEEDS YOUR HELP! Brazil is burning out. 12% of this biome is dying, fauna and flora! The Government is ignoring our losess, we not only have to fight
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A THREAD DEDICATED TO ASH (@adoreyoufishy)why I deserve to win the Heartbreak Weather vinyl :) Hey @adoreyoufishy How are you???? my name is Haissa and I want to thank you
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Increasingly clear to me that your average American thinks things will be fine by summer or soon after... Honestly quite surprised how completely ill-prepared everyone I know is for
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"To accept equality of opportunity is to accept the game and to accept the game is to accept the identity of the player." C. Douglas Lummis on Equality in The
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I've found myself passing on quite a few queries I feel in my soul MIGHT have potential, but the query itself just turns me off. Two of my favorite people
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How to deal with your problems.-A Thread- 1) Is it really a problem? Or is it a blessing in disguise?Our brains first response is usually "danger, danger"But, if we slow
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Let’s just put this in perspective here ... When the coach of the Philadelphia Flyers said “I don't pay attention to what's going on in the outside world...” when asked
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Hey all! I just want to express how much I love and appreciate your support and enthusiasm for my music. Especially today. It truly means the world to me. Addressing
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The world is evolving rapidly but our educational system isn't. We're still practicing an educational model designed for the 19th century to prepare children to be factory workers.Here's my list
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I read this report the other day that said in 2014, the US government arrested over 1.2 million children. I'm not going to soften this statistic by calling them "juvenile
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