#Rents

Alex Romankiw

russiankiwi3

Good evening! This year seems to have had more snow than others in recent memory, with the Midlands & North getting multiple dumpings. So I thought I’d tackle a relevant

Frisco Uplink

_danilo

Kurzweil predicts accelerating paradigm shifts (I’m specifically revisiting Singularity is Real)But I’m seeing stubbornness in that rate of technological acceleration. The stalling of VR/AR is a good example.2007-2010 shattered existing

Nemets

Peter_Nimitz

Thread with excerpts from “Albion’s Seed: Four British Folkways in America” by David Hackett Fischer The four major waves of settlers before War of Independence: Puritans from E England to

Jordan Grimes

cafedujord

Hey folks! Today's statewide NIMBY convening (Livable California meeting) is about to begin! The special guest is UBC architecture professor Patrick Condon, who's here to tell us why zoning and

Theresa Lastovich

Lastovich1

Erik Prince's new project mining minerals in war zones is unlikely to help conflict-ridden countries—and could harm them.https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/01/25/from-blackwater-to-batteries-erik-prince-congo-drc-minerals-cobalt-afghanist

Darren *Thorn in your side* Richardson

BlackCloud1966

1/#Thread#ToryElectionFraud#ElectionResults2019 #Election2019Today, I have been thinking about last Thursday.And I want all sides to read this..Process it..And draw your own conclusions.This is not “lefty tears”.Nor is it “typical rem

Raisa Habersham

newsworthy17

A Kinda Sappy Thread: I took a lot of risks this year: I quit my job in July, which opened more opportunities, and allowed me to see my value. I

Albert Pinto

70sBachchan

Staggering layoffs => People lose their health insurance in the middle of a country's worst public health crisis. Linking jobs to healthcare was core part of post-WW2 domestic arrangement in

Jaap 雅普 Grolleman

jaapgrolleman

Mini views into Chinese life. Anecdotal, generalizing, not-special, etc etc — simply my observations of life in Suzhou and Shanghai. (To be expanded.) 1 — Nearly every kid wears a special

Bachman

ElonBachman

1\ A thread to commemorate COVID-19 heroes:(DM me other examples and I'll add them)Absolute king rents lift truck to flout lockdown and visit his aging wife:https://nypost.com/2020/04/15/88-year-old-man-used-bucket-truck-to-see-wife-at

Sam Bradley

sammbradley

here's a thread of really good articles i found this year. Let's start with this, about crisps, by @ameliargh https://www.theguardian.com/food/2020/jan/14/so-long-salt-and-vinegar-how-crisp-flavours-went-from-simple-to-sensational e

Edward Ongweso Jr

bigblackjacobin

OK this will be a long ass thread of academic & journalistic work done this year on the gig economy, its labor & antitrust dimensions, and its financial elements. This

PNWForestKing

PNWForestKing

America the Beautiful - Peaceful demonstrations from the Seattle Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, where the #seattleprotest participants are using Kittens and Rainbows to spread love! #CHAZ #seattleprotest #seattleprotestcomms #AntifaDomesticT

Scott Santens 🧢🏄‍♂️

scottsantens

I've been researching the idea of Unconditional Basic Income since 2013. Here's a list of findings I've compiled from various UBI experiments, unconditional cash transfer studies, and cash dividend research.The

Jordan Grimes

cafedujord

Are things at the national level a little too much to handle right now? I get it. Instead, grab a of something strong and settle in with some old,

Irish History Bitesize!

lorraineelizab6

Thread: The Great Famine/An Gorta Mór 1845-50 1-1.5 million died. 1-2 million emigrated. [estimates vary greatly, especially as whole families died so no one left to tell their story, &

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