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tedward b wang 5'2'' 52 IQ

TedwardWang

haven't done a book thread in a whileObservations concerning the Increase of Mankind, Peopling of Countries, & etc. By Benjamin Franklin Even in the 18th century anyone studying it noticed

Tom Sugrue

TomSugrue

Thread: It's time to rethink facile 1968 = 2020 comparisons. 2/ Similarities: As in the 1960s, today’s protestors are enraged by the still unresolved problem of police violence. 3/ Persistent

MK

MKdawah

"Did Muhammad marry a 9 year old girl named Aisha?"This is what a non-Muslim brother asked me a few days ago. The following is my response.***THREAD*** The reason I'm replying

mmatigari

matigary

Random Thread: All you need to know about rooibois tea. 1/ Weeks ago, I kept seeing Earl Grey & Lipton tea during breakfast at a hotel. So I insisted I

Alec Muffett

AlecMuffett

Let's wind the clock back to 1997, and then look at the @ukhomeoffice press release earlier today:«LICENSING OF TRUSTED THIRD PARTIESFOR THE PROVISION OF #ENCRYPTION SERVICESPublic Consultation PaperonDetailed Proposals for

noa-witheringly

noawitheringly

Very sensible thread about using a Covid19 contact-tracing app(in a democracy),complete with arguments, counter-arguments & a conclusion that I agree with,IN PRINCIPLE. HOWEVER(follows a note-to-self thread on the current debate

Austin Kellerman

AustinKellerman

HERE’S A STAT WORTH SHARING! Global #COVID19 #coronavirus total recoveries have passed 700,000.That’s nearly 4x the number of deaths.There have been 100,000+ recorded recoveries in the last 72 hours. (source

The254Hub

254hub

Emirates Skywards hits the 20-year mark with over 27 million membersA thread http://the254hub.com/2020/10/12/emirates-skywards-hits-the-20-year-mark-with-over-27-million-members/ Emirates Skywards has marked 20 years of excellence, innova

Thom Hartmann

Thom_Hartmann

1/ The GOP is no longer a legitimate political party: it’s a cult. It’s becoming increasingly clear to Americans that the Republican Party only stands for one thing: the privilege

Noah

thebookswarlock

i love how Western twitter is silent about Palestine being removed from Google and Apple maps and replaced with "Israel". Here is a thread of threads of what you have

Dr. Stephennie Mulder

stephenniem

Oops! Looks like someone hasn't read the UNESCO 1970 convention. Manuscripts are in fact explicitly protected, as are *cough* incunabula. Let's have a thread about provenance, UNESCO, and the priciest

David Chilton

wealthy_barber

Some reflections on the current situation:1) The movie-theatre business may not make it. Obviously, social-distancing rules will impact attendance when they open back up. It's not just that, though. Two

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docrussjackson

The latest salvo in the "common sense" bullshit-get-out-clause, which the Tories always mobilise to avoid taking responsibility or being held accountable.The last time Boris Johnson spouted this shit & it

Ajit Singh

ajitxsingh

The scientific community is emphatic: there is no evidence that COVID-19 originated in a Chinese lab. This WMD-style conspiracy theory has been promoted by Trump and legitimized by the @washingtonpost

zookoⓩ🛡

zooko

Folks, censorship/deplatforming/suppression-of-alternative-viewpoints/"thought-suppression" is *already* rapidly metastasizing. https://twitter.com/zooko/status/1277667936782573568 https://twitter.com/ShellenbergerMD/status/127761

Stefan Simanowitz

StefSimanowitz

1/. Two hundred years ago, a slab of Purbeck stone was set deep into a hillside overlooking LondonCalled the Free Speech Stone, it is a place where people have gathered