#Public

So everyone is talking about UNC's COVID-19 mess - and all that criticism is perfectly valid.But we also need to talk about why the uni-administration probably had no choice.Buckle up
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I don't think I have heard anyone explain imperialism better than Parenti. I'm sorry I keep posting about Parenti I cannot help it. Whole video here:https://youtu.be/xP8CzlFhc14  I am just going
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For a flavour of the sort of things Government TDs have been saying about campaigners out of the glare of these public fora where they will be engaged with, here’s
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I want to say something about #antisemtism within the two main UK political parties - @UKLabour & the @Conservatives - & the grotesque disparity in responses to each, from Jewish
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Trump is trying 2 prep the public for an election challenge if/when he loses or else he may think it will be easier for his “friends” to cheat for him
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Tomorrow's March SEPH day! SEPH is StatCan’s employer-focused counterpart to the LFS, which will cover payrolls for the last week of March, when the shut-down was well underway. Here are
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Great story on the big-money right-wing group Convention of States helping push "reopen" protests @isaacstanbecker @TonyRomm @washingtonpost Here's the thing: COS is all about radically limiting the power of the
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-53594466 "Ms Walker is waiting to hear from the FA whether she is medically eligible for competitive fixtures, but is playing friendly matches with her club in the meantime" What
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It's pretty easy to dunk on this kind of thing, but it might be useful instead to understand what it means, where it comes from, and why it so well
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THREAD: Coronavirus and Uruguay. A country teeters on the edge.Until yesterday, what was the only country in the world with over 1000 daily cases per million of population? The one
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1. Meridian cornavirus enforcement police received several calls from compliant citizens, a dangerous group of subversive moms were identified engaging in non-approved playground activity against the interests of the state.https://twitter.com/TheLast
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Wild fires and floods get people's attention. You can see them happening. And people act. But there are other threats that move along under the public radar. There's an announcement
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The best way to learn online, a thread:This is likely subconsciously or directly influenced by @david_perell in some way, so might as give him some credit here. 1) Read essays,
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No, don't dismiss Phil Hogan's golfgate as a 'Silly season news'. It will tell us how politically accountable EU Commissioners (de facto EU ministers) are vis-à-vis all EuropeansHere's a threadhttps://www.politico.eu/ar
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Kissinger reveals one aim of COVID is civil war/revolution, via loss of trust in Govt."US a divided country. Public trust crucial to social solidarity. Retreat from balancing power with legitimacy
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Ever heard that Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) is a climate-friendly fuel? Well, you’ve been sold a lie. LNG, made up of methane, is one of the fastest growing threats to
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