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Michael

@michaelfl

“avoid reactionary counterdepenent takes, don’t make it so that your identity becomes dependent upon countering something you see in the media” Chloé Valdary

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Joined January 2009
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The Great Leveling of Infant Death In the 1960s, only the very richest countries had infant mortality rates below 50 per 1,000 births. In 2021, only the very poorest countries had infant mortality rates above that level. Explore the data: humanprogress.org/dataset/gd…
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Barbara Walters knew Donald Trump was a FRAUD.
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Sean Penn is wearing a half-wig in his role as Spicoli in 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High.' “That’s his 'Taps' hair on the top and a wig on the bottom.” See what else we learned from Amy Heckerling and Cameron Crowe's commentary for the classic teen movie: bit.ly/3y6r1Hd
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We dive deep into the icy waters of Lake Vostok to see what mysteries lie beneath the surface. interestingengineering.com/s…
Lake Vostok: What we know about Antarctica's mystifying subglacial lake

Lake Vostok: What we know about Antarctica's mystifying subglacial lake

We dive deep into the icy waters of Lake Vostok to see what mysteries lie beneath the surface.

interestingengineering.com
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The #YearInFu 2022: #Carter - directed by #JungByungGil; starring #JooWon, #JeongSoRi, #KimBoMin and #LeeSungJae; available on Netflix. . bit.ly/CarterKFMG
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In 1923, Fredrick Banting, Charles Best, and James Collip were awarded US patents for insulin. They sold the patent to the University of Toronto for $1 each. Dr. Banting said: “Insulin does not belong to me, it belongs to the world.” @TIME cover 1923 t1international.com/100years…
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The parents' movement really was one of the more remarkable things to come out of COVID.
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“I started FAIR because of my children. They were enrolled at a school in New York City that, I think in a well-intentioned way, introduced a form of ‘anti-racism’ that was based on, really, a racist set of beliefs.” - FAIR Founder Bion Bartning

Support The Pro-Human Movement

with FAIR Founder Bion Bartning

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‘Let’s All Say What We’re Grateful For,’ Says Mother Who Apparently Believes She’s In A Norman Fucking Rockwell Painting bit.ly/3tRQzHp
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What better program to watch after you’ve gorged yourself on food on Thanksgiving than a documentary making you feel bad about it? The classic 'Harvest of Shame' and more food docs to seek out: bit.ly/3tWBqEB
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Fuck off
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Interesting, from @ezraklein. nytimes.com/2022/11/12/opini…
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Jason Kelce: “We had so many opportunities to win the game. You have to play the game that’s called. That was a facemask on Goedert? No it wasn’t. Because they didn’t throw the *** flag. It’s a losers mentality to blame someone else.” 🎥: @newheightshow – at Philadelphia, PA
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BREAKING: Amazon plans to lay off roughly 10k staff this week It's been a brutal year for layoffs in tech.
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Pat Nixon and Richard Nixon. 1980s.
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I made my Broadway stage debut 7 years ago, and I’ll make my London stage debut in January 2023, at age 85! Still going strong, and still telling the story of when fascism came to America when I was just a child.
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Some of the biggest acts come out to play as the 2022 edition of @icelandairwaves winds down, with standouts including @KramOlafur, @johannesp00, @vokmusic, @_Go_A_ and more bestf.it/3DGoDdX
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"What extremely small step can I take to improve the process or product? " -Deming
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Replying to @drewskywalkr
The ad:
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“Love your parents. We are so busy growing up, we often forget they are also growing old.”
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