#POLITICAL

Some quick reactions to the US decision to close the Chinese consulate in Houston: 1. Unless more evidence is forthcoming, this looks like a stepped up effort to use China
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Criminals are rational.People tend to believe that criminals are irrational psychos who don't give a fig about logic - & morality. Trends from many countries, including Nigeria, say the exact
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The slant-history writing of #Leftist Historians has portrayed many #Hindu Kings and Generals in a negative manner.One such General was Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj’s #PeshwaBajirao Ballal - one of the finest
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I love #music. Nobody asked, but here’s what I loved in 2020. Some of it was released in 2020, some of it is older and for whatever reason I kept
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what is happening at boğaziçi university, turkey: a thread #AsağıBakmayacağız on january 1st, melih bulu (an active supporter of current government) was appointed by the president to become the rector
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The most difficult / pivotal moment in my career occured shortly after Sheryl joined FB in 2008. She saw my potential and wanted to give me more responsibility for the
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The Night of the Short Fingers saw many of the US's largest tech companies blocking Trump and trumpist platforms like Parler, provoking a storm of punditry about What It All
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We might sound like a broken record but it's worth repeating: Joe Biden's Education Secretary can UNILATERALLY cancel ALL student debt. It's almost as simple as her waiving a magic
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Oh dear...Dear XR. I am you. Got myself arrested for the cause last October by occupying the roof of a G4S lorry. I then refused to cooperate at the station
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I think it’s important, when teaching history, to make events relatable to your students. History is a conversation not a statement. This is one time, 20y ago, when I couldn’t
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My Christmas Gift to y'allA political fond farewell from novelist Hari Kunzru1."Mike Pence you repressed joyless would-be witchfinder, every time you spoke you always looked like you were straining to
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Thread: understand this budget is sold w/ cries to “support the troops” but troops/vets get CRUMBS. These rich folk don’t care abt troops/vets, we’re their political props. That’s why the
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Many wonder how epidemiology could have become so politicized. But epidemiology - like climate science (the other "mysteriously politicized" subject) has intrinsic politics: to take epidemiology seriously, you have to
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Some more organized thoughts about what happened since Sunday: #Navalny announced his intention to return as soon as he had awakened from his coma. The RU leadership made a lot
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OK. Some mythbusting here. This photograph is being circulated. (Thread) Various alt-right, alt-shite, and misguided accounts purport this photo shows that Pres Biden is not traveling on Air Force 1
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"A fuel leak from #Safer would be far more catastrophic than the recent spill of over 20,000 tons of diesel in the Ambarnaya River in Russia or even the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska."My latest
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