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This Day in Labor History: December 28, 1869. The Knights of Labor were founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The organization grew slowly, but by the late 1870s, the Knights had become
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The trajectory of Sheldon Adelson's life tells a fascinating story about how the patronage politics of the 20th century American urban political machine has come to rule the world in
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THREAD ON MULSIM REPRESENTATION IN MEDIA AND STORIES (1/?) Muslims have an array of experiences—including how & to what extent each practices their religion, if they converted, or were
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Pulled an all nighter to read this book last night. Thread incoming. Yes it really was called The Apartheid of Sex. Many of the arguments will be familiar. Book is
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Welcome to #IPThursday good people! Sorry for the wait. This week We take a look at one of Jay-Z’s biggest songs and the issue of moral rights. The question today
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Ok, now for my rage thread. I wish I would have had the opportunity to write this directly after hearing the COVID presser because I had far more naturally occurring
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On 25th Jan 1987, a hastily shot pilot of a TV series was telecast on Doordarshan. Shot in two weeks and allegedly of poor quality, this marked the beginning of
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Thread: Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) the French artist & the most important sculptor of his time died on this day. Many of his works are world famous, including The Thinker. His
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Downloading the computer game. What could be more cyberpunk than that? A quick tip from my time working in cyber: always keep a glass of water handy for these kinds
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people with autism are the only people able to say the r slur and here's whyallistics read and rt /srs tw // r slur.the word retard was used in the
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Homophobes genuinely believe in what they say they believe. This is why its necessary to counter their argument in a rational and empirical manner. In this thread,I intend to make
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1. Christmas, Cosmos & the Claustrum Thread. Is December 25th really the Birthday of Jesus or is it just the day we’ve chosen to celebrate it? If so why? What
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1) Congratulations, Mr. President and Madam Vice Presidenthttps://twitter.com/SBF_Alameda/status/1325138958766891011 2) It's hard to have any real sense of what elections in the 1860s felt like, but at the very least this
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On his Jayanti, let’s remember the sacrifice of #VishnuGaneshPingle, who gave his life for Maa Bharati at the ripe age of 27.Let me also remind Congress & Communists that, while
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Happy Sunday, it's time for the latest #EuropeanBios entry, #36, Joan of Arc, born in France in 1412. She's a lot more interesting than most of the saints, and her
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hello to everyone new who has followed me today. I wish we could have met under better circumstances for some of it! i'll do a brief little intro cause my
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