#Past

Venkatesh Rao

vgr

So... I’ve been trying to find supporting arguments for my intuition that even though death rate is far lower than Spanish Flu (2%) and European Black Death (25-30%), the civilizational

David Anderson

bricksilk

We are about to vote on clause 2, characterised by some very distinguished cross-bench lawyers and judges as a “highly undesirable” executive power-grab on giving effect to international treaties. They

Just Another Plod

The999Plod

So then, a number of stabbings and shootings in my little BCU tonight, a flurry of which came in during the 1st couple of hours of the night shift (after

𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐇𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐄𝐋𝐅

Listen2UrMind

THE MIND (THREAD) People trick their minds daily with bad habits, and screen time, it's obvious that they’re numb to life. Their mind has been indoctrinated since birth, self destruction

Michael J. Hicks

HicksCBER

1/n The January Jobs report signals an economy stuck in neutral. Over the last three months, the nation has averaged fewer than 30,000 new jobs per month, which is effectively

Tom Dolphin

thomasdolphin

Hospital after hospital is activating surge plans and redeploying staff or declaring major incidents.We haven't even got to the part where Christmas gathering-related infections show up at the hospital yet.This

🦋 Love can ignite the stars. ✨

reybeniloveyou

REYLO TROPES AND PARALLELS, a thread.Here are a few interesting things about this very complex ship, which goes beyond a "hero meets villain" or "boy meets girl" couple of Star

Sarah 🍓

SarahJ_Berry

What if I told you these waterways used to be motorways?It’s true. On the left is the Catarijnesingel in Utrecht, the Netherlands.Historically, this had always been a waterway. But in

governorswaraj

governorswaraj

1978 - We are at the residence of Netaji. I mean Shri Raj Narainji, Union Health Minister. As usual Netaji is busy with his head massage. A dozen disciples are

Michael Pettis

michaelxpettis

1/5I wonder if they've thought through the systemic implications. Given China's disproportionate share of demand (50% or more of global production of major industrial metals, for example), to predict a

The Editorial Board

johnastoehr

Larry Krasner, Philly DA: We’re dealing with a shiny object that the president is waving around to distract from his outrageous failures in many other areas. And to try to

Ali

soikuraa

sayonara bystander is as good as OPs get. it captures the essence of the stretch of episodes that it covers both lyrically and through visuals 3-gatsu S1 spoilers so don’t

Andreas Fulda

AMFChina

We need to talk about Germany. Let's start with an inconvenient truth: German governments, both past and present, have consistently prioritized trade with China over other enlightened German national interests,

Sandhya Nadadur

therealsandhya1

A timely and important conversation with @RobBontaCA @Scott_Wiener @CA4ImmiJustice @tainaangeli on how ending mass incarceration and detention opens opportunities to invest and uplift our communities #PowerUp2020 "Closing prisons is th

Emily Lakdawalla

elakdawalla

This is colonialism.https://twitter.com/JimBridenstine/status/1304049845309669376 I want more lunar sample material on Earth. It's cheaper to have private companies do that. However, I do not want to extend to space the notion

Saumya Doshi

__spd_

There is a particular dynamic associated with people from the west commenting on the internal issues of India - and its not because we are "insecure". It's because the dynamic

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