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Wrath Of Gnon

wrathofgnon

The Venetian Well is a clever way to collect and clean rainwater for household use in dense urban areas without usable groundwater or nearby springs, such as on rocky islands

Pinko.Snob

pinko_snob

Cops getting caught running protection rackets, human trafficking rings, posting on cop message boards about wanting to murder Black people, literally torturing people, and the Democrats are like "Have we

Bradly Mason

AlsoACarpenter

To be clear, Marx's economics were crap, his specific brand of historical materialism was crap, and he was wrong in almost all of his explanations and predictions. (This is why

Steve Schmidt

SteveSchmidtSES

I wish Trump and Melania an expeditious recovery and hope very much that they will be in good health as they face electoral humiliation, repudiation and the harsh judgement of

Karl Sharro

KarlreMarks

A thread on the historic roots of why it's difficult for the UK and the EU to agree a deal. European culture is notoriously averse to compromise, largely because of

Daniel Randall

therubykid

THREAD: I should just log off, but in an effort to do something constructive, I'll put some of the resources for critiquing and confronting antisemitism on the left I've found

Taylor Lorenz

TaylorLorenz

Challenge NOT accepted. I wrote about how the black and white selfie challenge is basically meaningless and doesn't accomplish anything aside from self promotionhttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/27/style/challenge-accepted-instagram.html

Africa Archives

Africa_Archives

Sierra Leone’s Bunce Island, where thousands of enslaved Africans were shipped to the Americas#Thread Bunce Island in Sierra Leone is one of the slave ports that carry so much history

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FriendlyHipHop

FriendlyHipHop's Top 10 favorite feature verses of 2020: A thread 10. 2 Chainz - Out of Sight (RTJ)I haven't always jumped out at 2 Chainz verses but this one

Lyon Ch!njong

francis_lyon_

Last Friday while commemorating the 50th anniversary of the murder of Ernest Ouandié, I realized a lot of us do not know our history. How about we have occasional Cameroon

Rob Lee

RALee85

I actually found this to be a very poor piece reliant on a straw man argument. You can argue that Western actions played a role in the current state of

Dinoboy

dinoboy89

GRAVESTONE SYMBOLSChi+rho (XP), the first letters in Greek for Christ. The symbol comes from Emperor Constantine’s vision instructing him to inscribe a ‘heavenly divine symbol’ on the his soldiers’ shields.

American Compass

AmerCompass

LIVE NOW: What Now? A Conversation On Where Conservatives Go After the Trump PresidencyCo-hosted with @WSJ and featuring @GeraldFSeib, @oren_cass & @GeorgeWill Tune in:https://www.wsj.com/live-qa/wsj-live-what-now-where-conservatives-go

Strike A Light

strike_a_light

After a very exciting day “at” the @cocreatechange network gathering we thought we’d share some of the things we’ve learnt about Co-Creation over the last few years... (long thread alert!)

Swizz

malimystic

Voodoo turns 21 todayAn album that delves into the past, personal reflection, love, healing, hope, and set a precedent for a new millennium A little thread below, nothing overly concise,

Anne Applebaum

anneapplebaum

Time for Christmas shopping 2020! So many good books were published this year, despite everything. Everyone should read Putin's People by @CatherineBelton, on the deep roots of Russia's current ruling

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