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Jason

longwall26

Change of pace. A thread of (some of) my favorite word origins, in no particular order1) "Pedigree" comes from the French pied de gru, meaning "foot of a crane" because

Rohun

RohunJauhar

In 1980, Barbara Corcoran's boyfriend/business partner left her to marry her secretary.21 years later, Barbara sold the company they started for a cool $66 MILLION. She grew up with 9

Dr. Alex Huffman

HuffmanLabDU

1/x On Friday I tweeted about a “huge” WHO update, but I didn’t feel it was pitched right, and I wanted to clarify & be more accuratehttps://twitter.com/HuffmanLabDU/status/1322199388937089024 2/x Releasing a

Zimbabwe Economic Analysis 🇿🇼

mutungadzimwe

1. COMPENSATING FOR COMPULSORILY AQUIRED LAND: CRITICAL QUESTIONS I will start by setting the record straight. This thread: is NOT arguing against land reform is NOT arguing against compensation of

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chrsphr

Came across this BS today on instagram...https://twitter.com/ethical_butcher/status/1344940946505551872 "Sadly, simply swapping out beef and pork for nuts and avocado is worse for the environment than simply choosing to eat well raised

James Courage Singer

urbannavajo

Cultural appropriation is when the dominant group co-opts cultural components from a racial group and subverts their meaning in ways only acceptable to the dominant group. Using Native peoples' likeness

Orthodox History

OrthodoxHistory

A brief overview of the life of Meletios Metaxakis1/17 In 1889, 18-year-old Meletios participated in some kind of insurgency against the Turks in his native Crete. It was because of

Stephen McIntyre

ClimateAudit

inclusion of Steele dossier allegations in the ICA was, among other things, a massive intel failure, which, additionally, was in violation of IC standards. Did IG Michael Atkinson investigate this

Mitchell Luthi

Von_Poopshtafle

@mynameisjerm 13:39 – Jerm says that if you see the world as it is, rather than as it ought to be, you’re more firmly grounded. He then goes on to

If am online & not replying, its bcz I have exams

idkyMeh

Male privilege, a thread. A girl who has been in several relationships is called a slut or "randi". For boys, the terms playboy and stud are used. Yes, a girl

Lane

HaygoodLaw

Ah Christ this stuff never ends. I recall hearing panicky stories like this back in the 90s.https://twitter.com/CathyYoung63/status/1329577678136020995 For a certain segment of society, "rational thought" just means "things t

99% OPPRESSED (WIKILEAKS)

Truthfully83

This govt under @MBuhari & the @OfficialAPCNg is the worst in Nigeria's history, when it comes to press freedom, especially with social media. The govt has empowered DSS, Nigerian Army,

Martins Paparinskis

MPaparinskis

A supremely niche law of treaties point touched upon obliquely in the last week’s @CIJ_ICJ Qatar v UAE judgment: what is the place of unrelated treaties on the same topic

Harpreet

CestMoiz

Folks, let me share some thoughts on the latest developments in Eastern Ladakh over the past few days.As always, writing this thread on the go, in the hope that it

Nick Hauselman

CanYouHearMeSMH

There seems to be a lot of misinformation out there regarding how congress is supposed to count the electoral votes. So allow me to I scroll the constitution and explain

Ankur Warikoo

warikoo

Mistakes I made with my money.A thread... We grew up without any money.Perpetually in debt. Hand to mouth existence.Which is why I grew up hating money.I thought it was the

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