#Gulf

TOP SECRET STORY TIME: #DesertStorm30 yrs ago today I endured my first of 3 actions in 100 hours. I was Cryptologic Intelligence Chief (forward) on USS Tripoli (LPH-10) sweeping Iraqi
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Marijuana in the US: At one point Hemp, the plant cannabis comes from, was a useful material. Used to create durable rope, twine, and cloth. It was also extremely prevalent
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As the UK takes the presidency of the @UN Security Council, I offer some thoughts on priorities for the month in @OxfordPolRev.In short: #Covid, #conflict, and #climate, but also urgency
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A gift guide in the Guardian today recommends 'Me and White Supremacy' by Layla F Saad, "a Twitter thread-become-bestseller in the form of a therapy workbook with journalling prompts to
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Ah, Equinor. They publicly posted their NA shale postmortem, which I applaud, but, sadly, when you get accountants to opine on what-went-wrong, the answer is some version of "accounting." A
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The GULF between the number of people vaccinated in Michigan and the # of vaccine doses distributed continues to grow.It's a canyon.It's now 551,101 doses that are NOT in people's
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When I yell at people for being stupid on the internet, it's because I think of stupid as a *behavior* rather than admitting to myself that they are simply unable
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A thread about the @BritishArmy's @3rdUKDivision; cc: @nicholadrummond and @BlankoTon:As of now the future final 3rd UK Division organisation contains 89 units (not all depicted in the graphic). A US
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On Thursday @WolfsbergerAC will "host" @SpursOfficial in the biggest game in their history.The game in Budapest will be their first European knockout tie and the gulf between the two clubs
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Mongols and Genghis Khan have hogged twitter attention latelyWhile Mongol "barbarism" is much publicized, what is not discussed adequately is their central role in opening up trade / communication b/w
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Prosopopoeia.By Serge Carfantan "In order to stifle any revolt in advance, one must not use violence. Methods like those used by Hitler are outdated. You need only develop such powerful
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10 Most Polluted Countries in the World. [A Thread]1. BangladeshBangladesh is the most polluted country in the world with an average PM2.5 concentration of 97.1. The country’s main environmental pollutants
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One of the things I spoke about in my #AMS2019 talk was this past Dec-Jan Sudden Stratospheric Warming Event compared to February 2018 (produced Beast from the East). I was
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The lack of self-awareness from an expert peace processor here is stunning. It is precisely the withholding of funds tied to pay-for-slay & the shifting regional diplomatic architecture that have
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The 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season will go down in history as the busiest Atlantic Hurricane Season on record with a total of 30 named storms, 13 hurricanes, and 6 Major
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60% of the Earth’s crust is made up of quartz (formed from oxygen & silicon) and feldspar (a mineral derived from tectosilicate). Unlike some other rocks, quartz & feldspar don’t
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