#Disaster

(1) Not a fan of the @davidfaber hate here on Twitter. It’s the skeptical one who saves the group from disaster. And who will keep these SPACs and target companies
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"Devolution has been a disaster" I deal with devolved admins irl so a few boring, technical thoughts:Regardless of the content, the standard of Scottish legislation is high - this isn't
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This is a great thread, and it reminds me of the Talmudic story (Sanhedrin 102b) of Rav Ashi, who teased his next day's lecture by saying "tomorrow we will discuss
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For those of you in our nation who seem to think that our military need your assistance in fighting for our nation and taking down our domestic and/or foreign enemies
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1) Dear #AcademicTwitter, I'd love to do something productive and positive in the face of today's depressing health and political news (and faced with crushing end-of-term duties). I'd love to
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Have been thinking a lot about this piece on the challenge that elite impunity poses to journalistshttps://www.cjr.org/public_editor/washington-post-tesla-trump-power.php Trump was obviously the most grotesque example of this, but he is by
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Mini-thread: #SlowLandslide for @JoeBiden should come in today. 306-232. (NC / AK are Trump’s, probably) Biden got the most votes ever and the Democratic Party won the popular vote yet
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My favourite thing about tonight wasn’t so much the result (although of course that is paramount) but the mentality on display. I can’t really recall a West Ham team with
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1) A note regarding everyone urging everyone else to find that shiny, happy, silver lining in this year of our Lord, 2020:Bugger off. It is perfectly okay to admit this
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The NIH funding system is just broken. Not *just* because this happens, but because we're supposed to believe that it's a meritocracy. It is *not* a meritocracy, it's the "old
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Barry Soetoro's Handler Is Without A Shadow Of A Doubt Valerie Jarrett. The Question Is Who Handles Valerie Jarrett? THIS Is The Real 'Force' Behind Barry And His Attempted Sellout,
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If you live in Georgia, you need to go vote for Perdue and Loeffler on January 5. I don’t care if you’re an R, D, or L. This isn’t about
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12 years ago, on 18th August 2008, eastern Kosi Embankment at Kushaha (Sunsari District) Nepal breached. @amitangshu @Watervagabond @KenBoulder @GEAG_India @mdevasher @dahalkeshab @keshabpoudel2 @joydeepgupta @RameshBhushal River began flow
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A few quick thoughts on what I saw in Cedar Rapids today (1/?):The destruction is literally EVERYWHERE. I’ve been other places where a natural disaster has struck, and you eventually
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Why I left Maoism. A thread: It started about.... some days ago, where I saw this criticism by @EnverVanHalen explaining why Maoism is a bunch of crap.I saw what he
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Some Sens draft evaluations now so I thought I'd do a silly exercise that is no way scientific and looked at the Mann drafts 2015-2019 (excluding 2020 because it's too
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