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Josh Thomas, Diverse Casting, and finding a solution. A (VERY LONG) thread: A 2016 video clip of Josh Thomas and an all-white panel from a writer's festival discussing the diverse
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Why are Kashmiri Hindus called Pandits?Let’s go back to the era of Sultan Sikandar known to the history as Butshikan, meaning, iconoclast. He was a religious fanatic, the like of
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This looks like a 4k word story about a database, but it's really about how the government *can* build capacity to battle the pandemic. We didn't know which hospitals were
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Some notes on tenderness in steak for @surferjimw First a definition. Tender: easy to cut or chew; not tough.tldr: the “tenderest” bite of steak will be from the least used muscles,
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Why was this important? The large estates were lending grain to poorer farmers. These loans were important because they fed farming families between sowing and harvest months. But the estates
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1/ Tucker's right:- The Hunter Biden laptop and what it indicates about the Bidens' Ukraine, China, etc. (!), dealings- Bobulinski's testimony, documents, cell phones, etc.- FBI confirmed it started investigating
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Everything feels quite scary & unclear today But the magnificent teachers of twitter have one another's backs . Here's a quick thread of all the great advice & resources
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Thread: Well @davquinn didn't get that Thesaurus for Christmas we'd all hoped he would. One would be forgiven for thinking that it's actually David who is 'woke' & not everyone
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You all thought Jackie Weaver and the Handforth Parish Council thing was funny?Wait until I introduce you to the people of Eastbourne starting with Edith vs Dorothy.Read the whole thread
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Exciting announcement coming from @DKElections very shortly... We just published our first set of results for the 2020 presidential election broken down by congressional district, starting with Oklahoma!https://dkel.ec/36r3mEv  Oklahom
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IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOWOn Sept 20th, the Indian government essentially signed the death warrant for millions of farmers. Recently, they passed 3 "market-friendly" bills that put the livelihood of
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The Paycheck Protection Program was supposed to help small businesses. Yet, new data makes it clear that absent aggressive, real time oversight, millions of taxpayer dollars went out the door
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Thread incoming... @commonfuturenow passed this little collection of CDA related archive material on to me a wee while back – rescued from a bin at GCC some time ago. Finally
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Can any of the Limerick traders who objected to pedestrianisation plans fearing a downturn in trade point me to a shred of evidence for their assumptions?There are many examples of
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It might be a prudent time to talk about the precautionary principle because it seems to be getting its moment in the sun this week.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precautionary_principle The wiki article is actually
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To sum up where things stand: Trump had a very bad Friday in court with his election cases. They're headed for more action next weekhttps://www.cnn.com/2020/11/14/politics/trump-election-cases-status/index.html Some notable points in th
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