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25 years ago today, something happened here at 214 W Burnside. And it kinda freaked #Portland the fuck out. Of course - 25 years ago, the place looked quite a
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[THREAD] 1. I had hoped that on Friday, @UTLaw and @UofT leadership would begin in good faith addressing concerns around abuse of process and improper political influence in the IHRP
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time to chill and read some "State and Revolution" (1918): https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/staterev/Lenin continues to be astoundingly relevant for our current and future struggles. "In a democratic republic, Engels c
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“Many of the people who are transforming society, advancing knowledge, and inventing modern culture are in the top 1% in intellectual ability.....In the age of big data, the biggest brains
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A lot of discussions recently about works that present an inaccurate view of Islamic spirituality. I wanted to share a thread on accessible and accurate English primary sources on #Sufis,
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THREAD: The Book of Judges and Anti-Feasts.The book of Judges is—among many other things—a book about acts of deliverance,which may (at first blush) make it sound a fairly upbeat volume.Sadly,
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Upon further review, looks like you crowned yourself the next Mr. Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway in your past THREE annual letters, @chamath. Two weeks ago we had some fun digging
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I've long been loath to use the word "fascism" casually -- words mean things, and those things matter. My personal rubric is the great Umberto Eco's essay "Ur-Fascism," summarized, with
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GROUND SUPPORT & STRATEGIC BOMBING High-altitude precision strategic bombing first started gaining momentum in the mid-1920s at the @USArmy Air Corps Tactical School (ACTS), which was at Langley Field in
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Sydney sucks. Here's a list showing why and how. 1. Kyle Sandilands, Alan Jones. Queensland turds who realised that having no moral compass can make you a shitload in Sydney’s
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This is going to be a thread. I'm looking up every single one of these people and will post their info below.https://twitter.com/jeneps/status/1260520449198489600 Rep Kathy Castor endorsed Hillary Clinton for the
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New thread ft. Members of Congress who've been silent re Israeli actions related to Sheikh Jarrah & Haram a-Sharif/Temple Mt, but who are now moved to speak on missiles being
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Made this flowchart today to explain why it takes so long for me to tell stories. My brain can have a hard time distinguishing which thoughts/ideas are more important than
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We're going over... every run I can find from Martial and Cavani in this match. Let's go [1/?] 5': Martial starts in an offsides position here, and, that may seem
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Comme promis, j'ai regardé "Abus d'écrans : notre cerveau en danger ?" dans #SantéF5 . Je vais tenter de reprendre certains points mais pas le débat : #gregoireborst @lapsyde @Vanessa_Lalo
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Chair Adam Schiff is laying out what we now so far as we get started on these hearings.And it's, well, a lot. As Schiff put it: "The facts in the
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