#Authority

Should we cancel Aristotle? A thread Here I’ll show why he’s problematic and why this might not be enough to cancel him. First off. Who is Aristotle? 1/17 He was
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The Adverse Effects of Obama’s Executive Order 13583 and the Purge of 190+Generals and Admirals Are Now Obvious - There is now Insurrection and Coup Against POTUS https://www.redstate.com/stu-in-sd/2020/09/15/the-adverse-effects-of-obama
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Across centuries and civilisations, the world has had a history of prosecuting sexual assault against women in a very unfair way. Even now, prejudiced legal systems deal with rape as
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A Month After Emergency Declaration, Trump's Promises Largely Unfulfilled https://www.npr.org/2020/04/13/832797592/a-month-after-emergency-declaration-trumps-promises-largely-unfulfilled?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_
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The blood on reporters' hands by @johnastoehr https://stoehr.substack.com/p/the-blood-on-reporters-hands?r=5msd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=twitter 1. I’ve been telling my Wesleyan students to prepare. The
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It’s not true that there’s nothing new under the sun; there are many new things, it’s just that the old, human things are still with us, and always will be
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Sipping coffee this morning, the "law" of magical viability is on my mind. Depending on the school of magic you're practicing, you may not know this law; if you do
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Alrighty folxxx, you asked for it. Here’s my thread on @Hpluckrose’s instant classic, “How French ‘Intellectuals’ Ruined the West: Postmodernism & Its Impact.” Originally published at Areo, lucky enough to
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And in general, I am not going to take instructions to “back away slowly” from outraged teenagers who think they hold moral authority. I’m a fcking adult with a PhD
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Long thread! A remain supporter has asked why I am pro-Brexit.  Whether it was a genuine question or not, I thought it was something worth answering properly. Twitter probably doesn’t
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Very long rant: It has become clear to me that any claim of a particular church communion to hold an entirely unchanged faith and practice from the time of the
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we don't often get #Russian #Arctic military-security maritime narratives, so this is interesting from Popov (Dep Sec Security Council) https://www.militarynews.ru/story.asp?rid=2&nid=536507&lang=RU 1. Global maritime threats:
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A long thread about funding & tough decisions: Covid is having a huge impact on our sector. We are #nevermoreneeded but many orgs will shrink or disappear We aren't going
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I wrote about D.C. statehood.https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/democrats-push-to-make-washington-dc-the-fifty-first-state Over the course of writing and telling people about this piece, I've often been asked why D.C. isn't a
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My notes on The Story of Civilization, Volume 1, Chapter 2: The Economic Elements of Civilization by Will & Ariel Durant. In one sense the “savage” too is civilized: He
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Ball is Life (8 Lessons from our Basketball court) - #1 Foundations are everythinghttps://lorenzosbizarreplaylists.wordpress.com/2021/05/08/ball-is-life-8-lessons-from-our-basketball-court-1-foundations-are-everything/ It’s very noisy out
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