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So I’m late to this, but I’m just catching up on the #ReclaimHerName kerfuffle. And, given that Naming And Literature (with a side of gender) is kinda my thing, I
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Ottawa anti-lockdown rally tweets.A poor family came all the way from Manitoba for this.The rally is technically supposed to have begun by now and there's less than 100. It could
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Neo-nazi group #PatriotFront held a photo op in #Chicago last weekend & is currently marching around #DC so it's as good time as any to compile a list of their
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Okie doke. A little background to start.Marines rifle qual on what's know as the KD Course (Known Distance)We shoot at 200, 300 and 500yds to qualify.Here's a Marine shooting from
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For election-anxiety purposes, a thread with some information.1) A list of the times that final polls close in each state, along with the number of electoral votes each has (electoral
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I’ve been spending some time thinking about my boy Ouyang Zizhen - specifically his background and relationship with his dad. There’s not a lot of information about him or his
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If you've been gripped by my series of threads on the Royal Navy Landing Craft Assault that conveyed the US Rangers to Pointe du Hoc on D-Day, it's worth looking
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1. Instead of my usual monthly Burma (Myanmar) topic, this History Thread is a brief backgrounder on Portland, Oregon’s history as it relates to the ongoing Portland Black Lives Matter
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1/ The #Bitcoin bear case has two two components:The macro, and the miners.THREAD 2/ On the macro side, if the dollar reverses its major downtrend and/or real rates
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I read that Spiegel column a lot of German women are excited about and want to address its initial premise: the critique that reporting on Kamala Harris’s appearance and fashion
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I'm at beautiful Marcus-David Peters Circle (10 min to sunset) where a couple dozen folks are hanging out. I see an older white guy in business attire shooting hoops with
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It's death day, but I'm choosing optimism today, so we're going to start with a chart about vaccinations. Here's the likely population share that has had COVID vs. the share
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2020 Election FraudA collection of videos, pictures and proof that I have stumbled across. A poll watcher in Philly on 11/3 was wrongfully prevented from entering the polling place TRUMP
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The BVerfG deserves harsh words for its PSPP verdict. However, AG Tanchev seems to be carrying it a bit far. 1/https://twitter.com/eucourtpress/status/1339505264072994816 Admittedly, Tanchev voices the concerns shared by many
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This is a good piece on fissures within the GOP but I think it mischaracterizes the Trump presidency as “populist” & repeats a story about how conservatives & the GOP
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It’s the 2nd weekend of protests across Russia, a crucial test for the opposition & its standoff with the Kremlin. In Vladivostok in the Far East, protesters gather on the
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