#2009

1) Superb. Value of videogame IP is rapidly increasing, yet still feels misunderstood.It's the only kind of entertainment riding Moore’s law and has been taking revenue and engagement share from
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We all know @reddit as one of the places where most of the internets' top stories are born.This is the tale of one of those stories, told by its founder,
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Since this tweet/picture of Modi with:Tony BlairJohn HowardHenry KissingerRobert GatesCondoleezza ricebeen thinking what connection these War Criminals & Violators of Global Human Rights could possibly have with our PM ji.Answer
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Some good news amidst the storm: Thrilled to announce that my new book Power Grab is out from @CUP_PoliSci! It’s about how leaders survive in power by nationalizing oil, metals,
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The Glazers ownership of Manchester United so far #GlazersOutA THREAD: I don't want to make this thread too long in order to make it more digestable, so forgive me if
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What everyone should know about the relationship between corona virus and chloroquine.A thread Coronaviruses are types of viruses that affect the respiratory tract of mammals, including humans. They are associated
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Mumpung lg lowong, mau menunaikan janji utk mengulas bahasan diskusi saya dgn mas @ainunnajib seperti yg disampaikan oleh mas @budimandjatmiko bbrp hari yg lalu. Seperti yg dibahas sblmnya saya berpendapat
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I've been getting lots of Qs about why manganese is gr8!(jk no one has actually asked me about this, I just want to write about it)Here's part 1, which will
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For y'all naive unionists who tell us to "forgive and forget" and want to stress the innocence of Somalia's current government, explain this:Pictured to the left is General Morgan, "Butcherer
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There are plenty of things wrong with #5G.It's incredibly insecure:https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2020/01/china_isnt_the_.html1/ And easy for law-enforcement to spy on:https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/01/5g-protocol-may-still-be-vulnera
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The G-FORCE live tweet event starts right fucking now.https://twitter.com/kraleotoole/status/1310772396421513216 Not even the Jerry Bruckhiemer logo is safe from a fucking CGI Guina Pig Oh my god they’re afraid they sold
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From 2009 - But VERY VERY relevant right now ![will link article at end of thread]exerpts:Burgermeister’s dossier reveals that the release of the virus was to be an essential step
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I recently gave a talk on how to have productive conversations about controversial scientific topics (and politics). I broke it down into a five step process: 1) Leave2) Listen3) Relate4)
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A grab bag of fun links about auto-suggest/auto-complete/spell check/predictive text. Send me more!1. “President Abraham Lincoln was buttbuttinated by an armed buttailant after a life devoted to the reform of
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Was there an esoteric/occult revival in the late Victorian period?A thread/1 It's fairly uncontroversial in the secondary literature to speak of such a thing (see e.g. https://www.jstor.org/stable/30053265?seq=1 and https://link.springe
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This is the most important piece of news you will read today regarding the economy. So let's unpack it a bit.The bank set aside just $611 million for potential future
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