#Common

IMPORTANT THREAD: Against all qualified advice, research, common sense, and the actual drug licenses of the formulations involved, @BorisJohnson and @MattHancock have decided to summarily alter the Covid19 vaccine schedule
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The GME insanity has made me reconsider my view on big tech monopolies and fix common issues in traditional discounted cash flow models1 -Capital structure and cost of capitalBecause big
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A live example of the issues on why businesses are not better prepared for post-Brexit red tape - threadOver past few days I have been really annoyed with myself that
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Fascinating look at the relationship between Trump, Hannity, and Fox News, excerpted from @brianstelter's new book.https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/08/sean-hannity-fox-news-staffers-feel-trapped-in-trump-cult This, from a veteran st
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Is paganism "nature worship"? A counter to a common but mistaken notion.From looking around even at pagans, I see this idea. It is a common view dating back from antiquity
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Did you know that map makers, before the advent of GPS and Google Maps, indulged in creating fictitious entries of towns in their maps to safeguard from copyright infringement or
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Short Thread on Austroasiatic Indian TribesA common myth is thinking Austro-Asiatic tribals in India like the Mundari, Ho or Santali are aboriginal or "first inhabitants" or "aadi-vaasi" of India. They
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I just read an article on the ancestral hunter gatherer populations of Europe and MENA and its both surprising and not surprising.Essentially up until around like 10,000ish y/a Western Europeans
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It's my birthday today, so I had a little spin to visit some of the local new street changes.#RailtonRoad was lovely. Few drivers ignored the signs but most were compliant.
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Long thread: I’m sitting here working through this game as I watch and I’m just tired. I’m working, at minimum, another 40 hours a week right now in unpaid overtime.
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ooo, pick me, pick me, I lived in mainland china as late as 2018. in addition to the wechat/alipay thing, here are a collection of details about life in modern
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So thanks to @KimTallBear and this episode of @mediaINDIGENA I've gone down a Woody Guthrie rabbit hole. This Land is Your Land is a settler colonial anthem. Fight me.https://radiopublic.com/media-indigena-weekly-indigenous-G7o97a/ep/s1
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I have revised my old notes on this test (I failed) and would advise as follows. 1. It’s probably a trap, don’t fall for it.https://twitter.com/MountyinaCounty/status/1360281393482317827 2. Not declaring your undying
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The Tory Party:10 years of pointless and vindictive social dressed up as austerityaccompanied by a transfer of wealth from the poorest to the richestA referendum designed for internal party management
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1/ Have you ever wondered what "culture eats strategy for breakfast" actually means?I'm walking, slip on some ice, have a heart attack, and die (I know, morbid).Now the coroner would
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I’m thrilled to share a new paper on rock glaciers, related landforms, and mountain biodiversity. It began as a post-session chat at the 2019 @BenthosNews meeting and through a team
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