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Meekaale Brockman
meekaale
aha, @vervaeke_john builds on the “aspiration” thought from @AgnesCallard but counters that aspiration (acting to acquire new values, becoming a new agent, self-creation) relies on our “symbolic capacity or capacity
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Stephen Clouse
sclouse2
I sat down for a conversation with @xavierbonilla87 today. Part of what we talked about is symbolism and politically sacred places. I want to expand on that a bit here
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elie 🟢
fatal_strategys
i called this event a "revolution" earlier but its funny that insurrection and revolt have been so thoroughly neutralized that this is what they amount to in the modern day,
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J.R. Mucunguzi Kakibogo
MucunguziJRK
When you, Sabiti of Ankore, honor me Mucunguzi of Tooro, with a visit in my country home, my culture permits me to embellish you with a pet name, say Araali.
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Andrés Bernal
andresintheory
Remember when Kpop fans epically came through for the movement on multiple occasions at the intersection of technology art and politics? Culture and the aesthetic are always and in different
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Jake Walker
Jake_W
Public history/memory thought here: I have no love for the Confederacy, but at the same time, I think one of the reasons the Edmund Pettus bridge holds such significance as
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Bregna
_bregna
Book recommedation: Topophilia by Yi-Fu Tuan. A book on landscape psychology, or something like it. It took me forever to read. It's unscientific, poetic, and an incredibly under-explored subject. Not
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Adam Langleben
adamlangleben
Losing with grace is important. When I lost my council seat I was shocked and upset. Going into the election we thought we would do just enough to hold against
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Aztya
Aztya6
Meaning of the numbers in the BibleIn the Bible, numbers can have three different meanings:>Quantity>Symbolism>Message Quantity: Have the usual meaning.These numbers don´t contain any symbolism or hidden message. They just
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🇯🇲 We Do Not Negotiate With Tourists ☭
SiggonKristov
Adolf Hitler and his allies attempted a coup in Munich in 1923. It failed and he ended up in prison.By 1933, he became the head of government of Germany. By
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Andrew O'Hehir
andohehir
I took weeks off from this site and now I remember why. Isn't it maybe important not to amplify each other's anxieties? It all feels way too much like the
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Annie Murphy Paul
anniemurphypaul
A thread about the importance of young children’s gestures, ending with a suggestion for parents.Research tells us that language emerges out of gesture: infants and toddlers can use their hands
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Dagmar Monett
dmonett
Some quotes on #AI, #intelligence and #understanding from the #AIDebate2, excellently moderated by @GaryMarcus1/https://www.zdnet.com/google-amp/article/ai-debate4-2-night-of-a-thousand-ai-scholars/ "AI needs an agreed-upon computation
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Yair Wallach
YairWallach
Universities who adopted the IHRA have typically done so as a decision of the very top echelon of the university (senior management team, board of trustees), often without consultation with
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SomeLoathsomeDockHat
Popehat
I must respectfully differ from @jacobsullum’s take. Bread is good, but that doesn’t mean bread and circuses are good. /1https://twitter.com/jacobsullum/status/1351774748070522880 /2 The President’s pardon power gives you a substantia
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Awais Aftab
awaisaftab
@Foreman1David I find myself in disagreement with a number of points; I don't want to say that u r necessarily wrong but philosophically speaking it is far from obvious that
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