#Escape

1) We are now asking whether it was someone's personal responsibility for drowning at sea. That is how subhuman refugees are to many people in the UK. Too many people
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I want to write a little bit about the importance of earnestness.As I look back on my childhood (I'm 33 now) I see that I was earnest a lot of
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How to Succeed with New Year’s Resolutions (a thread)It’s that time of year again, the one where many of us think back over the last year (or maybe a couple)
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Alcohol is your best friend until it becomes your only friend.Some notes and observations on drinking: 1.) HangoverHangovers can actually last up to 72 hours.After a night of binge drinking,
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Some thoughts and a piece of advice about being creatively productive right now: It's, uh, really hard. Despite the most exciting project on my plate being in the most fun,
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I find myself in a bind. I am at my best when I play, yet I can't force myself to play.The more I try to force play the further I
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Favorite #NeurIPS2020 presentations and posters this year PS: heavily biased by what I happened to catch and whom I happened to talk toPPS: still catching up on talks so the
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So WHAT do WE DO? A thread (and possibly a LONG one) :First and foremost, ACCEPT that actions reveal TRUE CHARACTER. When we do this, we NEVER AGAIN need
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This new mink COVID-19 mutation story, which is making the rounds on Twitter is highly problematic. There are elements of truth in it but the reporting is completely irresponsible.1/https://www.berlingske.dk/nyheder/english-version-mink-cau
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Seafront redevelopment at Whitley Bay; a thread.1. This won an Inside Housing development award in 2019, apparently. It must’ve had a bit of a budget, with all that glazing: what
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On the Guardian, all of the following statements are true:1) It is, on balance, good for the Tories if it is weakened2) "The Left" broadly construed does not have the
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Things you should know before Gambling, so days like this won't break you.1. Gamble with amounts of money you could possibly afford to lose. Never Gamble with your school fees,
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Edith Cavell is best remembered for helping almost 200 British, French and Belgian soldiers and civilians to escape German-occupied Belgium during the First World War, sheltering them at her house
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The transgender child is an American invention. It is a business concept developed by US academics, pharma companies, and health professionals to exploit paediatric medicine and gender for profit. This
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the powerful have always had to self-censor. it’s a prerequisite of wielding power nondestructively. if you’re Fed chair, you don’t get to say what you think candidly in any context
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The problem with "Just leave schools closed until the pandemic is over" in a series of articles. A. Abuse reports are down, but abuse hasn't gotten better. It's just that
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