#Western

We left Belarus as stateless refugees. Years after we left, the Lukashenko regime put in place restrictions that made it challenging for us to ever return. For most of my
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A thread on how Djibouti tried to take advantage of the aftermath of the liberation war in Somaliland and attack us.Djibouti’s tinpot regime starting with Abtidoon and the current
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Today in pulp I look at the scandalous history of lady jeans! Well there's a turn-up... The denim jean and its predecessor the dungaree have a long history, and were
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1/ I saw a video today of @POTUS @realDonaldTrump talking about sending in federal forces, & he threw in some GENIUS language, that flew under the radarHere are the most
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How French Colonialism destabilized modern Lebanon (and why this petition is horrid): a threadhttps://twitter.com/nptluiromulus/status/1291361201994309633 This began with the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire via the Allied powers. Two of t
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I've often wondered about places labeled "Quarantine" in 19th-century maps and descriptions of Palestine.I decided this was as good a time as any to find out about them.An occasional thread
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Lots of debate on Modernisation Theory on twitter. I looked at this in detail for research: a thread on literature which speaks to its Eurocentrism, methodological limitations & stagiest approach
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Manaus has now surpassed the very tragic 26/04 burial record of 167 with 198 burials in the past 24H (13/01) for a total of 1486 burials in January with 50%
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The Truth is Chinese govt has long term trade with Taiwan like China produces lots of bananas but still imports banana from Taiwan, govt takes good care of Taiwan like
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Topic: 8 Famous Criminals Episode 1 (Yaser Abdel Said) Highlight: On January 1, 2008, Yaser shot his two daughters dead, Amina (18), and Sarah (17). Their bodies were found in
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Out of the 620 Farmer Unions in India, 580 support the new farm laws. Kisan Majdoor Sangh from Baghpat, UP extend their full support to the New Farm Laws. We
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No that's not what it is. Wuxia is a subgenre of historical fiction. Let me say this clearly, wuxia is absolutely not fantasy. Wuxia novels are not fantasy with martial
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119 fatalities due to Covid-19 in the UK today. More than ten over the 7 day and weekly trends, about 20 over the trend made up from all days since
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Weird how Trump's counterfeit Presidential Seal seems to have a coronavirus at the top.https://twitter.com/bdavisauthor/status/1357444502219345938 Holy shit apparently The Great Seal of the United States has a coronavirus at the top.htt
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Just had a realization that’s obvious in retrospect. @NumFOCUS #Pydata #Scipy Companies that want to play in this space must expose their individuals to these relationships and values, in order
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I think pharma NDAs r unethical, collectively LMICs should push back & demand transparency to public.This is better for governance & also so that we don’t fall to the pressures
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