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I don’t know about you but I just exhaled, unclenched and smiled slightly in “phew” sort of way when I saw this photo in @nytimes https://www.instagram.com/p/CKSnm62AMl5/?igshid=s6mzhgpf3lv4

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Techincally there is just one Blues Party Tonight @hughsroomlive and in support of @jazzfm91! (at Hugh's Room Live) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9DC3l0AO4m/?igshid=1qph9ickeczv1

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No idea what point I am making other than that the @jazzfm91 youth and seminar big bands are fantastic. So is @longandmcquade Bloor Street! (at Long & McQuade (Toronto)) https://www.instagram.com/p/B46IREJg7iQ/?igshid=1oxgdvsquxa1o

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“Human beings are not free unless they can express themselves. Minds remain narrow unless exposed to different viewpoints. Ideas are more likely to be refined and improved if vigorously questioned and tested.“

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And I don't have one of these yet why?

1910 postcard depiction of video telephony as imagined in the year 2000.

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Europeans back anti-ISIS campaign but have doubts about use of force in fighting terror https://t.co/pDE46c42Kf https://t.co/oO1DvTZEcP

Source: twitter / pewresearch

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In the midst of a pleasant bike ride on the spit this thing popped up between the trees... (at Tommy Thompson Park (Leslie Spit))

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You left out Congo.

Countries that have had Marxist-Leninist style governments. Orange is former, red is present.

Source: https://imgur.com/WbXLWSK

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If the Swedish Empire Reunited [1039x467][OC] CLICK HERE FOR MORE MAPS! thelandofmaps.tumblr.com

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Interesting period between reunification of Germany in 1990 and dissolution of USSR and Yugoslavia in 1991/92. Probably not many of these globes around.

23 year old globe here is a close up or Europe [610x817][OC] CLICK HERE FOR MORE MAPS! thelandofmaps.tumblr.com

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You forgot Portugal, Grenada and Congo. Particularly Congo. The other countries who have had 'Socialist' Governments but Communist Parties have controlled government in these three. Also, North Yemen was not Communist. Only the South until 1991.

Map of countries that have/had Communist Governments

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This is the world as it actually is. Also explains pretty everything that has occurred in human history. The quality of East African soils surprising, perhaps bodes for better future and likely explains why we started there. Obvious where America's power comes from and why South-Eastern Europe has been a battle ground and invasion route for 3000 years. Thought China would have more fertile concentrations.

World Land Quality - a recoloring of Inherent Land Quality Assessment - trying to get at what areas are most suitable for human habitation.