#Understanding

1/n “..There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has
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Reading Audra Simpson's chapter in the 10th anniversary ed of Red Pedagogy and I've figured out what bothers me about "we're all treaty people"They are part of a legal framework
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Since I've been complaining about techbros today (in general, and one in particular), I thought it might also be good to write a thread on how to not be that
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Brent Scowcroft has passed away. Irrespective of what one makes of his career, I want to acknowledge the influence he had on my career.I was lucky to interview the General
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Since Boris Johnson is now so keen that we do not "photo shop" British history, I thought I would take a minute to tell the full, unedited story of that
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In 2021 @microbioj @MicrobioSoc launched a Microbial Evolution section: we are very excited to receive your new submissions!But @microbioj actually has a long history of publishing great microbial evolution papers
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1/ Fascinating result at the @CND_tweets in #Vienna today, with #cannabis being removed from Schedule IV of the 1961 UN Convention, which is reserved for the most harmful and addictive
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It’s utterly vital that Gavin Williamson reaches out to students and teachers, so to grasp a firmer understanding of our current situation. On the Today Programme today, he argued that
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Remember in Ebola all the discussion about needing to engage anthropologists to understand why African villagers would shun medical advice? Now we’ve got a much larger epidemic in our own
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If we’re so steeped in our individual struggles as BM & as BW, that our defenses are sky high with one another, then there’s no way that we can HEAR
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Summed up these thoughts from one of Jiddu Krishnamurthi's talk:Suffering is a resultant selfishness! The I in me , the me, the mine and the thought that I'm the only
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Its great that she points out weapons, because it makes it clear what this is all about. It seems that this so called "new Sikh academia" is more interested in
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Lately, this has become fashion amongst hindus that whatever portion of the scriptures doesn't stands consistent with either their logic or science it is to be declared as interpolation. 2..
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here's why 'not caring' about someone's gender or sexuality isn't fighting for lgbt rights and equality, a thread: equality means making two people equal. simple, right? it's not about how
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Why Honey and Clover is a worth a watch:Hachimitsu to Clover is a title that is comforting, strange and emblematic of the show’s essence as an ode to the bitter-sweetness
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This was my attempt to avert what I knew was coming in January 6th.It committed the ultimate media sin: bringing us together towards mutual understanding. You should reach out to
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