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@TNOnigeria

My name is Kelechi obijiaku, an Igbo from Imo State; Assistant Director in the Lagos State Civil Service and the Legal Adviser of the Lagos State Public Procurement Agency.

In 1996, following my emergence as the winner of an international competition, I was awarded a...

...scholarship by the Lagos State government that covered tuition for the rest of my secondary education and my university education.

Sometime in 2005, after the completion of my LLB degree from the Lagos State University, I had issues getting on the list for Law School. At...

...this time, there was already a backlog of law students hoping to get into the law school so a quota system was introduced and universities had limited slots.

When it seemed that all hope to get on the list was lost, my mother got wind of an event in Alimosho where BAT was...

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timethief 🇨🇦 ABC progressive left center voter

@timethief

🧵DYK Conservative communications expert advice from Arthur Finkelstein is the common thread running through the recent history of the Republican Party, from Ayn Rand to Richard Nixon and on to Donald Trump? Finkelstein is famous for turning the word "liberal" into a curse word

Simple but effective.
#Finkelsteinformula: every successful political campaign needs an enemy
#FinkelThink: trademark someone as liberal, slander them, repeat endlessly
#Finkelsteinmethod: use fear as a motivator #ragefarming: causing one's opponent to lose critical votes

#Finkelstein created #negativecampaigning do not talk about the benefits of electing your own candidate but project all kinds of evil onto your opponent #demonizing them in order to destroy the confidence of his/her voters #rejectionistvoting.

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Aham Brahmasmi

@AhammBrahmaasmi

Speech as a 20 year old in 1912 upon ascending the Vyakhyana Simhasana under the name of #SriSri #Chandrasekhara Bharati.

HH:All of us must jointly pursue the ways & means of protecting our #SanatanaDharma.Do participate in dharmic activities,pave the way for #Dharma rajya.

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"It is your great devotion to the Guru, and the Peetha which has brought you here in your thousands travelling long distances to reach remote Sringeri. From Rameswaram to the Himalayas you have all assembled here. Is this not sufficient evidence of your awareness of the 2/n

greatness of this Sarada Peetha and Sankara Bhagavadpada? Where is sacred Sringeri, the spiritual abode of Rishyasrunga and where are the mighty Himalayas, the home of great seers? Where flows the river Tunga and where is the river Ganga? Yet, an old adage says, "Bathe in the 3/n

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Zubair 🇵🇸

@jut054

1) When in 1857, #MughalEmpire breathed its last, power transitioned from the Muslims to the #BritishRaj, they were humiliated by the Raj, #Hindus were quick in adapting to the methods of their new masters, where as demoralized and humiliated Muslim nation without power

2) for the first time in centuries, were not so quick in adapting to the changing circumstances, instead of introspecting their own failure's, they were quick to blame everything on religion, on Islam. Argument was put forward that ALLAH has inflicted his anger

3) and displeasure over the Muslims because they didn't followed the teachings of Islam, they left the path of Almighty (I am not going in the exact details, that would require a whole thread), 8 years after the rebellion against the British, in 1866 Dar-ul-Uloom #Deoband

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Saib Bilaval

@SaibBilaval

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Valiant Samson Idowu-Alaba

@ValiantNig

My name is Kelechi Obijiaku, an Igbo from Imo State; Assistant Director in the Lagos State Civil Service and the Legal Adviser of the Lagos State Public Procurement Agency.

In 1996, following my emergence as the winner of an international competition, I was awarded a

scholarship by the Lagos State government that covered tuition for the rest of my secondary education and my university education.

Sometime in 2005, after the completion of my LLB degree from the Lagos State University, I had issues getting on the list for Law School. At this

time, there was already a backlog of law students hoping to get into the law school so a quota system was introduced and universities had limited slots.

When it seemed that all hope to get on the list was lost, my mother got wind of an event in Alimosho where BAT was attending.

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Wen-Yee Lee 李玟儀

@Wenyee_Lee

I spoke with #TSMC's Former General Counsel Richard "Dick" Thurston on how to interpret the #China provision in the #CHIPSAct. One provision prevents recipients of the funding from expanding advanced chip capacity in China in next 10 years. What is exactly restricted? (1/11)

"..the covered entity MAY NOT engage in any SIGNIFICANT TRANSACTION....involving the MATERIAL EXPANSION of semiconductor manufacturing capacity in the People’s Republic of China." The restriction is designed for advanced node under 28-nanometer (28nm not included). (2/11)

As for memory, analog and packaging technologies, the restriction would be on any #legacy generation of semiconductor technology relative to logic chips under 28nm...as determined by Secretary of #Commerce. Not clear how to define the technologies mentioned above yet. (3/11)

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Kanchan Gupta 🇮🇳

@KanchanGupta

Rabindranath Tagore's 'Jana Gana Mana' had 5 stanzas. Only first stanza was adopted as National Anthem of #India 🇮🇳
Reason: Short, crisp, marching version.
Truth: India's Etonian elite feared their jaws would drop off if made to sing all 5 stanzas.
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Just as Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay's 'Vande Mataram' was reduced to its first stanza as our National Song by our Etonian elite because they could not tolerate the idea of worshipping the nation of #India 🇮🇳 ... and were scared their jaws would drop off.

Here is the story of the National Anthem of #India 🇮🇳
How 'Jana Gana Mana' (then known as the 'Morning Song of India') journeyed from its birth as a Brahmo Sangeet sung during morning prayer service, to its truncated adoption as our National Anthem.
dailypioneer.com/2016/columnist…

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@docrussjackson

.@UKLabour's latest attempt to rebrand itself as "the true party of patriotism" troubles me: "When it comes to upholding British values, securing the future of our world-leading institutions, & the promise for the next generation, it’s the Labour party which puts BRITAIN FIRST!"

I understand why @UKLabour are attempting this, & while it IS possible to re-accent what #patriotism & #nationalism mean, imho, their recent efforts have all the nuance & focus of a drunk Boris Johnson & Nadine Dorries doing naked body popping at a wake.

theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/j…

"Our British values, which we hold dear & are known for around the world: diplomacy, rule of law, decency & integrity. Our country has ALWAYS led the way as a measured & decent example to the world!"

Including the centuries it spent murdering, colonizing, exploiting & looting?😬

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@docrussjackson

So Keir Starmer has written a piece in the right-wing non-dom billionaire-owned ex-employer of Boris Johnson, The Telegraph.

It's behind a paywall, so I reproduce the text below, & add my own two penn'orth on the contested concepts of #patriotism & #nationalism at the end.

"The #PlatinumJubilee is a chance to celebrate our extraordinary monarch and the values she represents

The Jubilee weekend isn’t just an opportunity for us to reflect on the 70 years since Her Majesty’s accession to the throne – although it will, of course, be that."

"And it isn’t simply a chance for a country wearied by the extraordinary circumstances of the past few years to let its hair down – although it is, of course, your patriotic duty to do just that."

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Katri Bertram

@KatriBertram

A few reflections on and highlights from Preventable by @devisridhar #Covid19 #pandemics #globalhealth

Preventable is a #mustread. A clear, fast-moving time travel through the past years of #Covid19.

Gone into print in August 2021, the book is a reminder of harrowing images (and for many very real personal experiences and losses). I sadly think many of these have already been forgotten, just a few months later.

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@stevenpmillies

1/ Some things have been on my mind that maybe we need to try to remember and think about at this fulcrum moment in the #abortion debate.

Since I wrote my book several years ago & re-read #Roe for the 1st time in years, I've been wondering abt something.

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2/ #Roe, let's remember, divided pregnancy into trimesters. #Abortion was more or less unrestricted in the 1st 12wks, practically prohibited in the last 12wks. Interests of mother & child were balanced this way.

This amts to a legal recognition of personhood.

3/ The only sensible reading of the #Roe scheme is as a balancing of the interests of 2 persons that are in conflict.

This is a glass-half-full reading. But the casual way we talk abt Roe as a total loss is not constitutionally realistic or accurate.

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Mati Hoax

@hoaxwhynot

#SCOTUS news are shocking
Even tho no big surprise: This lets the dreams of far-right movements from Poland via France to Brazil come true: to repressively control the female body, thus her reproduction, thus her sex life
I take 1 personal and 2 political points out of this 1/4

As a (hopefully) loving boyfriend, the most terrible moments for gf's were when there was the slightest hint of a potential (!) #pregnancy. To disregard the, (as I'd say as a bystander) emotional horror women go through, is appalling. Women need #support, not #oppression!

Politically (also in #Europe), the far-right has succeeded by playing dirty: Disregarding all democratic traditions and fair play rules for electing #SCOTUS judges, this is a key example of how "just setting an example" is not enough.
No: Key institutions require tough fights!

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@docrussjackson

Support Britain's veterans.🇬🇧

The UK Govt has ignored MPs' calls for an inquiry into our veterans' benefits system, which involves long waits, high rejection rates, low pay-outs & lengthy appeals, with many pushed into poverty, declining health & suicide.
mirror.co.uk/money/gobsmack…

The Government's attitude to our brave veterans is a national disgrace.🇬🇧

The “Great Tommy Sleep Out” was held in March, where participants braved the cold for one night in support of the approximately 6,000 military veterans experiencing homelessness.

rbli.co.uk/rbli-events/sl…

In 2018, then @UKLabour leader Jeremy Corbyn pledged to end the “scourge” of rough sleeping among armed forces veterans & called on Theresa May to officially register the number of homeless ex-servicemen & women.

independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…

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@docrussjackson

#THREAD

The level of debate around the controversial issue of “free speech” following the announcement of Elon Musk's intention to buy @Twitter, just reinforces the importance of considered, well-informed, & intelligent opinions, backed up by historical & contemporary evidence.

'Free speech isn’t a norm, but a slogan: a label each of us applies to language & conventions we approve of. People complaining about threats to free speech sometimes don’t like the way new norms & voices are challenging their own.' - Fara Dabhoiwala.

theguardian.com/books/2020/dec…

This thread is edited from Fara Dabhoiwala's (@fdabhoi) review of the book 'The Free Speech Wars: How Did We Get Here and Why Does It Matter?', by Charlotte Lydia Riley, printed in the @Guardian in December 2020 (link above).

manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526151162/

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@docrussjackson

#Thread

I've written elsewhere about the highly contested & important concepts of #nationalism & #patriotism, which in Britain & many other countries, have been successfully appropriated & mobilised by the Right, leaving the Left stumped, floundering, & backed into a corner.

Nationalism is generally associated with jingoism, xenophobia & distasteful sense of the superiority of one's own country over others. But this isn't strictly what it means to a sizeable proportion of voters, who interpret it more as 'putting one's own country's interests first'.

Similarly, patriotism - the feeling of pride in, devotion to, attachment to, or even love for one's country - is often dismissed by the Left as at best unseemly, & at worst, racist.

Most discussion of nationalism & patriotism on the Left is without nuance & electorally suicidal.

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David Tobin

@ReasonablyRagin

Some book reviews! My fieldwork in Urumchi #Xinjiang planned to explore relations between Han, #Uyghurs, & party-state, particularly how urban groups most exposed to party education understand each other and how interactions shape #nationalism #security

cambridge.org/core/product/i…

What wasn't planned was 2009 mass violence. Han & #Uyghurs explained violence with narratives familiar from living there previously but crystallised into starker boundaries & insecurity. #China's party-state framed Uyghur identities as security problems, intensifying insecurity.

I had hoped to live there again during more peaceful times and even explore some themes in the reviews below. But Xi's ethnic extinction policies and his closed "new era" means we have to learn and use new methods.

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World Socialist Web Site

@WSWS_Updates

🧵THREAD:

The US gvm't says the population is “united” behind its war drive. This is a lie!

Here’s how US workers & youth really feel about the US/NATO drive to World War 3 & Putin's invasion.

RT, tag friends & add your voice! Post your video/pic & use #SpeakOutAgainstWW3!

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In the hours and days ahead the WSWS will be posting statements against war from workers & young people across the US. #antiwar sentiment is censored from the corporate media. Post yr statement to show the world that the US population does not want war! #SpeakOutAgainstWW3

2/

Liz, a nurse from LA says: "All working class people from the US must unite w/ our Ukrainian and Russian brothers & sisters. We have to build a working class #antiwar movement because this drive to war w/ Russia is a very dangerous policy. They are taking us to the edge."

3/

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GAVNet

@GAValueNetwork

Daily Bookmarks to GAVNet 01/13/2022 greeneracresvaluenetwork.wordpress.com/2022/01/13/dai…

Inside the multibillion-dollar, Silicon Valley-backed effort to reimagine how the world funds (and conducts) science – Endpoints News

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#ScientificResearch, #ResearchFunding, #FundingFlows

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