#System

RevanchistJames

RevanchistJ

Mass shootings/terror attacks/mass protests have to pass the Hilux Test.What is the Hilux Test? Glad you asked. In 2015 ISIS arrived on the scene with dozens, if not hundreds of

Yardley Yeadon

MichaelYeadon3

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-54375643“Doctors told to prepare for a mass vaccination campaign before the end of 2020”.I’m a fan of synthetic medicines (it’s been my profession since late-80s) provided they’ve bee

manwithabigstick

bahutbadadanda

A nice attempt at vilification of a system that works, and fairly well... even in "current year."I got a cup of tea, a couple of aspirins, do you? Well, on

Zack Reese

zackreese

Installing a bunch of demos from the Steam Games Festival. Looking forward to diving into all of them this weekend. I have legit downloaded over 30 demos so far. I

Darren McGarvey

lokiscottishrap

Class isn't a protected characteristic in hate crime bill. Given how addicts and homeless are treated, never mind spoken about, you'd need to create a parallel legal system just to

eliana

eliana_borbaa

I really wish i could understand where people with political opinions that are the complete opposite of mine are coming from bc most of the time it seems like they

friendly ghost

kriztneks

A thread of why police officers are brutal and greedy. Most of these officers are underpaid and have families whom they struggle to feed but that doesn't give them the

jack rooke 👋

jackrooke

Matt Haig doubles down as soon as anyone levels any provocation or criticism at him. I always used to defend him because his books have helped so many but he

Dr. Elizabeth Sawin

bethsawin

Hypothesis: the exhaustion and heavy sadness I am experiencing in these pandemic times, in spite of (or maybe because of) my relative safety, comfort and privilege, comes from the work

Bryce

MusicNeek

Getting a good pet used to be nearly impossible unless you got lucky and found nice people with good pets willing to hatch. Training was obnoxiously tedious, because mega snacks

Steve Bullock

GuitarMoog

This will, I think, be my last post on UK politics.It a) makes me desperately unhappy; b) damages my mental health; & c) is futile with the current parties and

Black Socialists in America

BlackSocialists

How many of you artists/creatives out there have been wondering how/why it seems as though the quality of art and design with money behind it (in the mainstream) has lessened

Ian Malcolm

MrIanMalcolm

NGK is a masterpiece. I'll take you through its political essence in this thread. Kindly follow it with patience.Personally I can relate lot of its moments with Rajinikanth's politics. 1.

Ｒｕｒｕ

jiaqikixu

[Thread about Pluto being reclassified as a dwarf planet]Yeah, that Pluto that we used to know as the 9th planet of the Solar System but suddenly reconsidered as a dwarf

Nate Silver

NateSilver538

Democrats will have plenty of time to cast blame on Trump's coronavirus response later, and it seems very likely that they'll cast lots of it given that it's an election

The New York Times

nytimes

Clinging to her mother's waist, sobbing and terrified, Milagros refused to leave. Only after she fainted did the hospital let her in. 48 hours after her labor pains began, she