#Understanding

1)Socialism. Why is socialism so attractive to millennials? Being re-named Democratic Socialism, “done to soften the impact of a historically unpopular term in the U.S.”...implying “the system is chosen democratically,”
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the set up of Twitter and Instagram is making ppl even more stupid. The limited word count of Twitter has decided information cannot be in depth. Every tweet is a
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Help us stay in Burlington House!1/8 The Society of Antiquaries is an educational charity – we support research and protect 1000s of culturally-significant collections for the public (like the oldest
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The latest thoughtful assessment of the nature of the Sino-US competition has generated interesting debates on the contribution of ideologic differences to that competition. @ElbridgeColby & Kaplan’s article frames things
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Vox posted a comprehensive #COVID19 article that includes this map. It shows "R0" - the number of people infected by each person carrying #COVID19 . When R0
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Hey #voicefirst folks, pls read this piece by @sarahintampa on TC: https://techcrunch.com/2020/07/07/amazon-adds-hands-free-alexa-to-its-alexa-mobile-app/1/ Amazon just gave the Alexa mobile app the "Hey Alexa" wakeword. This is a
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THREAD on Spartan Speech“Laconic” speech is the term used to describe the short, concise way of speaking used by the ancient Spartans. Spartans were very brief & to the point
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HELLO YOUNG ONES!! THE POWER OF YOUTH HAS BEENGROWING A LOT LATELY!! KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!! YOU CAN AND WILL ACHIEVE YOUR DREAMS!! NEVER GIVE UP!! KEEP PUSHING FORWARD!!
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LGBTQIA+ suicide: A Personal Threadthis is Asher Brown. ten years ago, he took his own life, in my hometown or Cypress, Northwest Houston TX it was september 2010, and this
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Oregon's public records law is so badly broken in relation to data and the COVID-19 pandemic.Here's but one example:This graphic is included in each of the @OHAOregon weekly reports. It
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1/ For the past 4 weeks I've been delivering food from my restaurant by bike during Colombia's quarantine. Here are some observations on my experience as a deliveryman:http://rossgarlick.com/2020/04/22/rappiross-observations-on-delivering-foo
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Some Friday evening thoughts on the current state of things in a world increasingly on fire. Our greatest challenge lies in closing the deadly gap between what is increasingly understood
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Wanna 10x your writing skills?Become a master of metaphor."Metaphor? Like, fluffy poetry stuff?!"Yeah, no... the way it's taught in school is ABYSMAL. Aristotle wrote, “The greatest thing by far is
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Why 2019 was A YEAR: my coming out story.a thread I didn't think i would see 2019 come and go, i didn't think i would live it. on 4th September
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“Aww, I know who you are, your Amy” were the first words I heard from Max, five years ago today...and I’ve not looked back since. It was an absolute pleasure
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// MAJOR NANBAKA SPOILERS !!// tw death mention...........yknow i think the thing that makes the whole manji = ban thing so fucking shocking and BRILLIANTLY EXECUTED is through last weeks
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