#Countries

The Timbuktu Syllabus (Pt 4)"The richest man who ever lived" King Musa. Leader of the great Mali Empire. Today, it lies plagued by poverty.And the country which was once the
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For @CJR today, I jump off @benyt's Macron interview to outline some more context around the laïcité debate, and to link it to the other big free-speech issue in France
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0/20 This election will determine the future of our republic. Here are some principles for the preservation of freedom that I wrote nearly four years ago, when all of this
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Portugal reports 390 new cases in the last 24 hours.A fairly large increase from yesterday.7-day case rate per 100,000 remains above threshold of 20.Hard for the government to defy
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When can society get back to being open again?Lots of talk of “we need to be past the peak”.Yes, we have to be past the peak, but that’s not enough.
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#sarazanmai pre-screening and seiyuu event review thread!!!!!!spoiler-free but will include my reactions, which might make things obvious for people who know me well.first of all, the MC after we finished
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The virus exhibits seasonal effects. There is no denying it. It does not mean it is seasonal, in the sense that there are well-established seasons for a virus that has
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1/ An Easter thread if you’re angry or sad you can’t be in church on Resurrection DayMy most memorable Easter was nowhere near a church building. I was in communist
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Sth’s bothering me, not sure it’s the wording, the tone or just my imagination... HK’s situation is worrisome. The HKers are running out of time. Instead of useless words, they
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Drug lobby asks Biden to punish foreign countries pushing for low-cost vaccineshttps://interc.pt/3rfnu5M  Albert Bourla, the CEO of Pfizer, mocked proposals for sharing intellectual property as “nonsense” and “dangerous” at an
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That Uplifting Tweet You Just Shared? A Russian Troll Sent It https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/russia-troll-2020-election-interference-twitter-916482/ via @RollingStone "Russians know that disgust is a more powerful tool t
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cishet people, stop trying to share lgbtqia+ people's struggles.[a thread] do you live in fear that your parents or loved ones may kick you out or send you to a
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"Talking points" = LIESAnother lie: the movement was "hijacked" by radicals and outsiders.Nope. Planned all along for coup.(See State Dept under Obama. Hillary's MO in other countries: create civil unrest
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The Beauty of Men: a thread Men are strong & tough. They are emotionally deep, and practically wise. Men are the builders of society. They are intelligent, and good at
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There seems to be a lot of enthusiasm around this announcement that the US would rejoin the Paris Agreement if Joe Biden were to be elected president. I don't want
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Yet another devastating story about Facebook. Huge kudos to Sophie Zhang, an employee who turned down $64k severance to tell the truth.The speed & scale of the damage Facebook is
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