#Poverty

Rime Allaf

rallaf

20 years ago today, I was at a Damascus hair salon when an assistant rushed to tell us Hafez Assad had died. What I saw and lived in the next

Jeff Samsonow

jeffsamsonow

City council about to come back for more public hearing on racism and policing, but first! That school board trustee who said that police are needed in schools to protect

Hassan Javid

HassanJavid_

1. Some commentators, such as Dr. Farrukh Saleem, continue to claim that Pakistan's military expenditure is not that high when compared to countries like, for example, the United States, Israel

Jenn

geekgalgroks

I could be doing crafts, code reviews, or chores...so I'm starting a new book instead. Okay, I love that abbreviations are at the beginning of the book. Hours later, I

L⭕️udCitizen 🉐 老百姓

LoudCitizen

WHY TRUMP ISTHE JAMES BONDWE NEED AND HOPE FORThere is a reason so many people see @POTUS @realDonaldTrump as a mythic, heroic #Agent007 character... Watch and listen...1/ He is taking

Ruchir Sharma

ruchirsharma_1

The vast majority of our Anglophone elite is so deracinated and disconnected from Indians outside their South Delhi, South Bombay, and Civil Lines gated communities, that they Orientalise and Other

Harry Ramsay

harry_ramsay

Since @davidavalerio and @dmcdougall hosted their excellent @interintellect_ salon yesterday on humans becoming a multiplanetary species, I've been thinking about *why* this is so interesting.Short answer: because it forces you

Teri Kanefield

Teri_Kanefield

(Thread) What’s up with all Trump's lawbreaking?Spoiler: When you understand how the Trump family became wealthy, the meaning of MAGA becomes clear.I’ll explain. Sources in links and(well researched books)Friedrich, DJT’s

Count Bla

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Is Elizabeth Anderson the only "mainstream" academic to recognize the existence of a centuries-old, left-wing pro/free market tradition of thought? One which which explicitly sees the market as an egalitarian

鍾翔宇 Xiangyu

notXiangyu

1. Since many people seem to get the different strains of reaction in Taiwan mixed up, I thought I'd make a thread clearing things up. One thing that both supporters

The Stoic Empire

TheStoicEmpire

~Thread of quotes~1) I don’t care how rich you are. I don’t care whether you’re a top Wall Street banker. If somebody has to tell you when to be at

Bioliberalism

Bioliberalism

So... I've been seeing these kinds of remarks from my esteemed colleagues in the twittersphere for a while now. And my... perspective is that (A) most of the studies that

Matt Cameron

matt_cam

1/ AN ASYLUM LAWYER SEEKS ASYLUMBein an #asylum attorney requires many hours working closely with citizens of failing/failed states to draft lengthy statements & brief country conditions.Here's how I would

Abir Ballan 😊

abirballan

Lockdowns vs Focused Protection.If NPIs and lockdowns had no effect on the epidemic curve or on mortality, will Focused Protection strategies have an effect on reducing mortality among the vulnerable

NCD Alliance

ncdalliance

In 2020, we saw the world’s biggest health crisis. Let’s take a look at the top ten issues that affected global health and noncommunicable diseases - #NCDs According to

J.-F. Claude, M.S.M.

JFClaude

Think mental illness is still taboo? Well, buckle up, because I’m doubling down with a thread on mental illness AND an even more taboo topic, personal finances. And how people

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