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I started reading this book last night. The idea that "unaccented English" exists is one hell of a blind spot. This bugs me so much. Have you read this book? Thoughts?
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OSMCha showing a changeset that adds many streets to Mannheim.

OSMCha showing a changeset that adds boundaries around the world to the French Empire.

#OSMCha can visualize giant changesets without timing out or throwing an error. No one will sneak another empire into OHM without the community noticing it.

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FFS sort yourselves

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Let us celebrate 4 July, say, as our Independence From America Day and demand the US imperialist/colonialist leadership remove its destabilising military bases and genocidal nuclear weapons from all our free, independent nations.
The US makes us all targets.
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Read Immerwahr on the contrasting approaches to hookworm in the US South and Puerto Rico for yet more evidence of this (in the South where it was basically eliminated) and a cautionary tale for disfavored places and peoples (PR). #HowToHideAnEmpire

It would rival the Mexican War and the annexation of the Southwest. #Howtohideanempire

“I have returned. Rally to me,” MacArthur told Filipinos in 1944. He waded ashore on the island of Leyte south of Luzon on Oct. 20, 1944, about two years after Pres. Roosevelt ordered him to evacuate when the Japanese invaded. #howtohideanempire #booksky #wwiihistory #danielimmerwahr 📚💙

(The US commonwealth of) the Northern Marianas were subject to some laws but not others. The federal minimum wage and much of immigration law were waived…(but) for the purposes of tradethe Northern Marianas counted as part of the country (cont’d in comments) #howtohideanempire #booksky 📚💙

Currently reading How to Hide an Empire by Daniel Immerwahr and learning so much about the history of the Philippines. I’d been told Gen. Douglas MacArthur had close ties to the Philippines but now I’m learning the extent. #booksky #currentlyreading #howtohideanempire #danielimmerwahr

166. How To Hide An Empire Not everyone agrees that the USA should be classed as an empire. But in the late 1800s, after white settlers had colonised western states, America turned to acq

This episode of my favourite podcast is so interesting on the subject of how the US came to have overseas territories (and how guano is part of the reason for that 😮 ).
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