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Not a revolutionary anything

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That's actually my point -- if Biden formally hands it to Kamala, that loyalism can guarantee a safe first vote, and there will be no legal repercussions.

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The actual wording is, "Delegates elected to the national convention pledged to a presidential candidate shall in all good conscience reflect the sentiments of those who elected them". So it's morally binding (?) but not legally binding

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But there is no legally committed delegate count; the delegates are sent to the DNC with nothing more than a polite suggestion to vote for the person they pledged to.

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How can the deadline have passed if neither party has formally chosen a candidate? I think someone is misreading the law.

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Bryan Lowe's avatar Bryan Lowe @bryandaniellowe.bsky.social
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Major archaeological find! More than 1,000 wooden tablets (mokkan) found related to the Daijōsai, an incredibly important but poorly documented enthronement harvest ritual. These are from the enthronement of Shomu in 724. 🤯
www.asahi.com/sp/articles/...

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Just gained 300 XP by successfully using the phrase "mutatis mutandis" in my dissertation

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And the woman who wrote it became a Christian only because she realized God had called Lincoln to crush the South...

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Trump has demonstrated continual fitness in slandering people and misunderstanding basic functions of government, which is what the voting public has expected of him from day 1.

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Alan Baxter's avatar Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social
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Oh, you're worried no one will want to read the thing you want to write? Are you kidding? Have you seen the mad shit people are fans of? Write the damn thing already.

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This doesn't seem to me to address the reason *why* he should drop out, which is that the signs of senility are increasing. Yes, he did well at a rally the next day. That's not relevant! When my dad got Alzheimer's, he did well in familiar situations up until the week he died.

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This is every RedLetterMedia video about franchises in the past 4 years or so. They talked about it extensively for Ghostbusters Frozen Empire and the one before that

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I completely stopped using Goodreads when YA authors started using it for pile ons. It needs moderation and Amazon has abandoned it, I refuse to be part of that anymore

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"In 2016, when Lee was almost 90, she walked from Fort Worth to Washington DC to advocate for a national Juneteenth holiday. Even after Sen. Ron Johnson blocked the holiday in 2020, Lee was convinced it would happen eventually." open.substack.com/pub/ser1897/...

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The core of the article about KakaoTalk creating a ROSCA app is super cool, and I'm glad they decided to write an article about it. I just wish they had talked to an economic historian, who could help them find their own past journalism on this exact topic...

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ROSCAs have existed for centuries in Africa, Southeast Asia and Japan. In fact they came to America over a decade ago, under the term "susu". Because US banks are unfamiliar with ROSCAs they have shuttered associated bank accounts, as reported by... NYT. 😐 www.nytimes.com/2023/11/05/b...

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NYT published a clueless article on rotating savings and credit association (ROSCAs), describing them as a primarily South Korean phenomenon and wondering whether they might be "possible" in the US. www.nytimes.com/2024/06/18/b...

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The first twenty minutes were excellent and spoke to the heart. They should have focused on the American Jewish experience. Looking forward to your Yiddish film reviews.

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If I can recommend alternative viewing, we stumbled upon Before, Now & Then (2022) last night, and much like Kartini, it's an elegant and thoughtful depiction of its time period

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Wow, I reposted this to Facebook, and my Facebook account got an automated strike for spam. I wonder if the letter combo "Yastreblyansky" in the URL looks like spam to their algorithm.

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Don't forget Walker -- one of my favorite films

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I know someone who got millions by introducing Eastern philosophy to a SV billionaire who was looking for an explanation of his psychedelic trip. That's a type of academic quick wit which I don't have.

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Soon to be 3 year old, recalling last Christmas: "Jingle jim, jingle jim, jingle all the way! Old McDonald is a farm and jingle all the way!"

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NCC (北米日本研究資料調整協議会)'s avatar NCC (北米日本研究資料調整協議会) @nccjapaninfo.bsky.social
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How were global Muslim communities linked to early 20th cen Japan? 🌏 This Diversity in the Stacks feature by Rebecca Mendelson (Japan Studies Librarian, U Penn Libraries) highlights fascinating acquisitions for their “Muslims in Japan” collection! #NCCShowcase www.library.upenn.edu/news/diversi...

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AIPAC’s Super PAC has flooded millions into Democratic primaries in an effort to unseat progressives.

“The message from some members of Congress is that ​'what’s going on in Palestine is awful … but I just can’t risk an AIPAC primary.'” inthesetimes.com/article/squa...

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I'm in west Fukuoka. Just saw an elderly lady hop over a curb and walk through two lanes of traffic. Hell yeah. Nishinihon pride

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This book convinced me that Culianu was PERSONALLY murdered by Eliade's wife. He doesn't say that, but I feel it's the Occam's Razor solution to the problem

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Tikkun Olamunist - ירמל גרױס's avatar Tikkun Olamunist - ירמל גרױס @tikkunolamunist.bsky.social
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3/ Israel posited itself as the end of the Diaspora, and tried to eradicate Yiddish and much of Ashkenazi culture that didn't conform to the image of the "new muscular Jew" as opposed to the sickly effeminate Jew of the Diaspora who was on the receiving end of the Holocaust.

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Not only defending slavery, but forming an army and stealing territory to defend it! Was the other side supposed to just stand down?

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One time I was at an ATM and completely blanked on the order of digits of my PIN, but for some reason I remembered that it was a prime number, which was not something I had ever thought of before.

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One of the weirder things I've seen on Twitter is Zionists arguing that the bombing of Dresden and/or Hiroshima was good and noble

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If I ever opened a bookstore in the United States, I would start by filling my shelves with the books that Maruzen Main Branch in Tokyo has chosen to sell in translation

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Exclusive: A group of billionaires and business titans working to shape U.S. public opinion of the war in Gaza privately pressed New York City’s mayor last month to send police to disperse pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University, according to communications obtained by The Washington Post.

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Joshua J. Friedman's avatar Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com
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Hell of a message from yesterday's UNC commencement (via Daily Tar Heel)

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Does Sakaguchi Ango have rizz?

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Pavel's avatar Pavel @spavel.bsky.social
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Sorry children, we can't listen to the piece that forces listeners to become aware of the ambient noise, because of the ambient noise

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Wait until the Venerable Bede hears about this

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Kaitlyn Ugoretz's avatar Kaitlyn Ugoretz @kaitlynugoretz.bsky.social
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Join us at the Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture for this fascinating talk by Rainer Schulzer tomorrow, April 19 at 17:00 JST (hybrid)!

If you would like to attend virtually, please use the QR code or follow the link below to register & receive the Zoom link.
forms.gle/HfU1L3JE9hqY...

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