#World

1/ Just identified a great article on the below by @glichfield in @techreview. Key quote: “Getting to normal, therefore, is not so much about getting back the old normality as
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(1 of 7) Some 80 percent of the masks the Czech Republic purchased from China for around $600,000 are defective. Chinese rapid-testing kits sold to Spain had only 30 percent
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Lan Wanyin jerks away at those words and he narrows his eyes at Jiang Xichen."What do you want? I'm not going to help you cover up anything. If you break
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THREAD: Casillas vs Neuer ALL TIME comparison. Everything has been taken into consideration. There are 4 categories:1. Player Stats2. Records3. Individual Awards4. Team Trophies Club (Real Madrid CF, FC Porto):865
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Some think patents stand in way of making more vaccines. They don’t. Skill & money do. Just as most of us couldn’t replicate Mona Lisa (no IP there), few can
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Flare check-in:How are your bodies holding up in the midst of well, everything? I've been spending more time in bed than is typical for me, & it takes real active
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Also I was telling my mom abt that thread explaining why wwx was considered so evil within Chinese culture/norms/etc and she just sighed and said not to think so much
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I’m gonna rant, sorry if you have notifs on I find it so fascinating that I can finish an anime/show/movie and feel this indescribable feeling afterwards. I want to say
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Most Hindutva thought is lazy because it rests its assumptions on “Neo-Sikhs”This thread, for example, arbitrarily localizes Khalsa Raj as a local Punjabi political philosophy - when it explicitly was
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Absolutely fed up of people on and on at one of our greatest ever sportsman. The main arguments seem to be:HE DOESNT PAY TAXYes he does. He’s in the top
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A what is and isn't censored in the PRC thread linked to news that @PikettyLeMonde's earlier book was welcomed on the mainland, but the sequel is not, due a specific
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When I was on Radio Cambridgeshire someone called Bob text in to say that FEN sounded like 'just another book belittling men'. I wasn't satisfied with my answer at the
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Okay guys. Let’s see the person behind the screen! Let’s see a photo of you and your bias!! Let’s put a face to our friendships! I’m Amanda. 36 years old
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Quick thread on COIs + the fast-moving WTO waiver policy conversation.Several folks flipped me this smart, well-written piece on @PetrieFlom blog.https://blog.petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2021/05/05/covid-vaccine-patent-waiver/ In the piece,
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Conspiracy thread time:(An actual good conspiracy too for a change)THE GULF OF ADEN STARGATE So, I'm sure everyone's seen Yemen in the news. The horrific wars and conflicts. But do
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CMO Brendan Murphy speaking now. Australia now has 5,687 cases, up 139 since yesterday."That is probably the lowest rise we've had for a few days and it does tend to
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