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RT @jeffreypclemens
An underrated mistake in US policy in Afghanistan was its long-running effort to suppress the cultivation of opium poppy and, in turn, the production of heroin and other opiates.

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RT @paul_hundred
@TheAgeofShoddy @literalbanana @eigenrobot In a world of slinkers and chonkers, the half-Minecraft physique rules

RT @hbdchick
@neipate96 @LtownZag @antoniogm @Noahpinion @mattyglesias medieval peasants were so oppressed by manor lords that they often chose to hold tenancies from multiple lords. =P

medieval society was more complicated than any of us ever imagined.

RT @funkyduffy
@default_dad @nathanael_gould sorry but if sincerely praising your mutuals is clearly and easily distinguishable from dunking on them then your mutuals are basic

RT @nvpkp
the year is 2563. i log in and enter passwords for 8 hours. my job is necessary for the success of the republic. there are detractors who suspect our task is vestigial, from a time when passwords were gateways to other worlds. i do not believe them. i am happy. i am needed.

RT @kendrictonn
And I really think something else is going on in these paintings, something Titian is saying about existence in the world, our terror and the Lovecraftian indifference of great powers, that's meant to be universal and transcendent of sex.

RT @MorlockP
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sufficiently advanced libertarianism is indistinguishable from a personality disorder

RT @FischerKing64
Do people understand how bad inner-city schools are? Friend taught in one. Student tried to deck him, another threw chair at him. Impossible to teach. Total chaos every day. These are more detention centers to prevent crime. Talk of ‘standards’ is whistling past the graveyard.

RT @funkyduffy
@Ingmndr @718Tv We need to implement HGH regimes for an elite subset of American Teens in order to ensure a strategic reserve of SuperSoldiers in case of future war. 😤😤😤

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