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The Ray-Ban Story ... and how Tom Cruise saved Ray-Ban in the 80s.A thread 1/ Ray-Ban was founded in 1937 as a brand of Bausch & Lomb. They wanted
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I worked for T. H. B (Tom) Symons as a research assistant for two years 20 years ago. He was by a wide margin the most interesting person I've worked
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i am proud and sad to announce that today's rundown is the last regular one for this year. instead of me getting disgustingly emotional about it, let's read some more
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As I read the sad news about Debenhams going into liquidation, I was reminded of my research into a 1872 Debenham and Freebody “Fashion Book” a few years ago. So,
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As faith in institutions collapses + popular rebellion grows, both Trump + Biden have attacked anarchists - likening them to terrorism + chaos. But what is anarchism, a movement nearly
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In November, I called for the prosecution of donald trump. With today's bombshell report of trump's attempted vote-rigging on tape, I want to do a thread highlighting some of his
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CopyPastas, A Thread. [V1] Listen mate, I ain’t got time for your bullshit. See the world, open a book or some shit. It’s pretty ironic that you say I have
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Truth: and this is going to hurt. There are some of you who think that if Biden’s administration didn’t address your issue yet- that nothing has been done for black
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Thread in light of #Juneteenth Post civil war/early 20th century black style is not something we see often.Harriet Tubman's great-nieces Eva Katherine Stewart Northup + Alida Maud Stewart. Harriet
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Since we are on the topic of Russian sports, here is a nice cautionary tale on the not-really-post-COVID world.So, the Russian Premier League has restarted today. And, holy crap, did
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Well it’s Election Eve! I know exactly how most of you are feeling right now. Supreme confidence with just that little nagging hint of doubt/worry that the election will be
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I talk a lot about equity & justice in international climate policy. Here, I argue that carbon border adjustments are unjust & hypocritical, and penalize the developing world for actions
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A Tale of Two Twitter Polls on Political Communication Across Partisan-Tribal/Politically Sectarian Boundaries.Thread1/n ending in END.Here is the first: Comments about this poll. Tw-polls have a bad reputation as approaching
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My @FernCreekHigh environmental science students have explored some varied topics since August while learning remotely, & I am super proud of how they have grown & applied their new knowledge
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Lots of Romanians have been asking me about this crypto project which they call our national pride in computer science.It's called @ElrondNetwork, it's shilled heavily by @beniaminmincu, and it makes
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So, the Connery era of Bond is over for me in this little rewatch (well, at least until I get to NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN). Do I have the heart
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