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3/ They were districts because the character of the streets and blocks was as important as the large majority of buildings. One 1880 brownstone alone might not say much, but
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NEW: The excess UK deaths linked to coronavirus are likely to be around41,000as of yesterday, not the 17,337 of the hospital deaths announcementsHere is the explanation for that estimate, which
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Currently re-reading Medical Apartheid and Killing the Black Body. I'm writing on why I don't agree that Doulas can change the rates of Maternal Mortality. It may not ever be
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NEVER FORGOTTEN: Eight years ago today, Chloie Leverette and Gage Daniel disappeared. They lived with their grandparents in Bedford County, whose home was destroyed by fire that night. The children
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1. Labour called for the lockdown but we’ve always warned it was a blunt tool unless we used this time to develop a testing, isolate and trace strategy. We’ve asked
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Dear Tweeps, I present to you the Mysterious Case of the Two Papers With Identical Results.In this thread, we will learn how identical results can obtained in both Gastric Cancer
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People shouldn’t confuse people being angry about data breeches with not caring about the allegations. Very few people are angry that those in the wrong are named, but that those
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It is with great sadness that we share the loss of Kimarlee Nguyen, a dear member of our community & an inaugural Mentorship Fellow. Kimarlee was a brilliant, unforgettable writer
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(1)There is a human side to BuzzFeed News UK being closed - some very strong journalists who need (& deserve) new jobs. There is also a democratic question BuzzFeed UK
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This will be my last week at New York Magazine. I’m sad because the editors I worked with there are among the finest in the country, and I am immensely
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Meg Cabot wrote an entire YA book where the concept was the girl lies a lot and is really horny. Meg Cabot is my hero. We respect Meg Cabot in
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Beginning a new thread on the #TRIPSwaiver; I'll start by collating previous threads. And then get down to details / developments as and when although there isn't a chance it'll
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This week's #TuesTreat is @DavidFeltmate an Associate Professor of Sociology at Auburn University at Montgomery. He is a sociologist of religion specialising in popular culture with a particular expertise in
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American readers are terminally uninterested in any kind of literature or media that is not set or centered around the US. If you're american (US citizen, not the continent) and
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(1) Kamala Harris’ father revealed his family is descended from one of Jamaica’s largest slave planters. This means Kamala is descended not from slaves but from slaveowners. Two facts makes
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The most viral ahistorical "Irish slaves" this week is this copy and paste effort by Ronald Dwyer. This instance of the propaganda was first published in 2015 but in the
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