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#ThreadGAYATRI MANTRA WITH MEANING AND SCIENTIFIC SIGNIFICANCE."Aum Bhur Bhuvah Svah, Tat Savitur Varenyam, Bhargo Devasya Dheemahi Dhiyo Yo nah Prachodayat""ॐ" Universal sound which is present everywhere & cosmos
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Time for a budget thread. MPD will start Fiscal Year 2021 on October 1 with a budget that’s $33 million *less* than they have today. It’s been reported as an
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Malayalam cinema houses some of India's finest actors, yet, it's seldom spoken about. There's a treasure trove of incredible art crying out for a larger audience. I'm not a Malayali,
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Some thoughts on network effects and how it's a double edge sword: First, what are network effects? Most people get this wrong, so it's important to establish definitions upfrontRead on
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How do you vaccinate a population of billions? The global rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine is what we all have been waiting for. Yet, there are many logistical obstacles still
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Nihilism in MonsterI wanted to express some of my thoughts on monster so I will do so in this thread but obviously I'm gonna spoil things so watch/read monster before
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1/ I am a former senior civilian military analyst for the Dept of the Army. I look at political warfare thru the lens of warfare, esp John Boyd, Sun Tzu,
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It is important to point out that the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is effective against the B.1.1.7 variant and reduces virus shedding and transmission. With this most likely being the dominate strain,
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Thread on cyberpunk, because I'm tired Cyberpunk was at first a way for authors to gather a fandom that was totally lost in scifi and the way scifi became
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Some people want us to believe there's not enough solar energy available to cover our worldwide energy needsThey often use EROI (Energy Return On Investment) as their metricThis is a
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Schools should look more like YCombinator.They *get* Project-Based Learning.In this thread, I'll talk about 10 things @ycombinator gets right about the future of childhood education. 1/ ShareabilityThis is the essence
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Hi Ita and @ABCTV I am not a millenial, I am no longer young, I have worked with the ABC in the past and hope to again but I need
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When people no longer believe they can compete or “win” within the context of a specific “game”, they either choose to stop playing…..or in extreme cases, may even "up-end the
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On "clinical deserts" in global health:Folks in global health often care about vaccinations, bed-nets, WASH & other public health measures. This is important, but what communities first want is medical
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So. Here is the thread on the book "Caste, Society and Politics" written by Susan Bayly. Warning: This book is neither a "Trad" book or a "reformist/modern" book but a
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So interesting to read about the origin of the phrase "white skin privilege" and note the enormous distance between what Theodore Allen meant & what people using "white privilege" mean
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