John Smith

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@Sorcerer0fEld I've walked Toronto's streets often; facadism is soulless. Toronto had such an impressive architectural history, but now it's a nothing city of glass and steel. At least there's the distillery district.

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@nikicaga Ireland should be dark red. Good bit for Luxembourg though

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@LittleBootsPro I think one should bear in mind that the Yanks were arriving well past the midway point of the conflict. By then, I imagine many of the British and French soldiers eager for a fight were gunned down at the Somme and the Marne. Not a clean comparison

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@Garlicoyal @ArtemisConsort @SydSteyerhart I agree with the broad point there, but I think you may be overestimating sub-saharan admixture in the ME. Many slaves died in transit across the Sahara, and upon arrival were frequently castrated (also a high mortality rate there).

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@HomericFuturist It was honestly in part BECAUSE of its presence in the lower strata that it supplanted Norman French once more. It was native servants, maids, and midwives who took care of the children of Norman nobles. After a century or two of that influence, French faded.

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@slavetosound85 @kvantskach 40 mil. Apparently the current share count is estimated to be just below 1 billion.

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Sourced from Sarah Paine's The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895: Perceptions, Power, and Primacy. Page 248.

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It's interesting to note that during the First Sino-Japanese War, there were concerns within the government that the military leaders on the ground would contravene orders, marching instead on Peking after Port Arthur was taken.

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Funny how there were fears of a Kwantung Army type of situation in China well before it actually came to pass. Was the military always this prone to disobeying orders?

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@Gaismair Reminds me a lot of the way people talk of Britain as "stumbling its way into empire", with places like Rhodesia being founded with business interests in mind before dragging the state in behind them. Also, the White Rajahs ceded their Sarawak holdings as a colony to the crown.

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John Coltrane, pulling up to the taco bell drive through: Yeah, I'll have the love supreme

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@iam_trashman @morris_que14 Botswana also retained British administrators post independence, instead of kicking them out wholesale. Made the transition to independence smoother, and created a foundation to build off of with their own citizenry.

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@redaction It's a shame it's one of the best places to follow geopolitics. No algo, so you get to the minute updates without any noise.

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@AlexAlmeida2020 Soixante-Retard governance

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@SeanMcCarthyCom I don't know if I'd agree with no Xi personality cult. Not as big as you'd think, but his writings are prominent in every book store, and I'd say you're underselling tourist trinkets of him. Though again, you are right that it isn't as big a cult as you'd think.

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@kunley_drukpa No war no peace, what is Khamenei a bolshevik

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@UBERSOY1 Would be interesting to see if this has played out in absolute terms as well. Additionally, this is the public board not the Catholic board. The Catholic board has always had a reputation for being a better school system; it could have a higher proportion of whites and asians.

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@richardhutton @Nexuist Something like that actually exists! Check out @keeperai, afaict they use user submitted info and ai agents to make a match.