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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker Apr 20

    Spinoza's ancestral land: New photos of Portugal, including pre- and post-Inquisition Jewish sites. https://www.stevepinker.com/Europe/Portugal pic.twitter.com/Kghe1ixQKU

    5:01 PM - 20 Apr 2018
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      1. Pedro Direito‏ @pmdireito Apr 21
        Replying to @sapinker

        Hope you enjoy the trip, the food, the espresso and the people. Nice postcards you have taken. Next year Alentejo?

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      1. P. D. Mangan  🇺🇸‏ @Mangan150 Apr 20
        Replying to @sapinker

        Great photos.

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      1. David Pinsen‏ @dpinsen Apr 20
        Replying to @sapinker

        @akarlin88 Were you traveling with Pinker? 👆

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      2. Michael Silva‏ @mondegomike Apr 20
        Replying to @sapinker

        Hope you liked Portugal! Recommend you buy a home here like Madonna :) We need optimists

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      3. GT‏ @its_GTdawg Apr 20
        Replying to @mondegomike @sapinker

        Actually he was an Optometrist

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      1. Rui André‏ @RuiAndreLopes Apr 22
        Replying to @sapinker

        Strange to see a pic of "my" bridge here! I've taken this photo so many times... Just pissed that I didn't run into you...

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      1. Scott O'Hare‏ @drsohare Apr 21
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        I have better photos of this bridge , and of this neighborhood, from a trip there with my wife about 5 years ago

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      1. Libertarian, what else?‏ @narquista Apr 21
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        Thank you, Sir. Deeply honored.

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      1. Mathijs Beckers‏ @thiesbeckers Apr 21
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        So proud that my sister, as a history graduate, is studying at the same University he went to. Such a shame he died at 44.

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      1. Fernando Gomollón‏ @fgomollon Apr 21
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        Great photos. Thank you for sharing.

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      1. Ray Pynchon‏ @RayPynchon Apr 20
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        Thank you!! I am feeling inspired about taking this trip. Thank you!!

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      1. Dan shore‏ @yuca_dan Apr 20
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        pic.twitter.com/gxlnnfykHb

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      1. Eve Barbeau‏ @evabarbeau Apr 20
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        Beautiful. Thank you.

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      1. Snoudyfacejackieminder@live.ca‏ @jacquelineminde Apr 20
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        Is that priest a giant? He looks so tall

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      1. GT‏ @its_GTdawg Apr 20
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        I can never focus on what Spinoza is saying. Bad Spinoza joke

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      1. Jack Handey‏ @SheerLevity Apr 20
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        I have so many questions. 1. Is this dude 8 feet tall? Actually, that’s all I have.pic.twitter.com/sxJSLKKxb1

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      1. Brian Carey‏ @BrianCareyPhoto Apr 20
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        Man he had long legs and he comes with his own light meter! :-)

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      2. Padge mc laughlin‏ @LaughlinPadge Apr 20
        Replying to @sapinker @benshapiro

        @toobanlad a great Jewish culture in Portugal

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      3. ToobanLad‏ @toobanlad Apr 20
        Replying to @LaughlinPadge @sapinker @benshapiro

        Must be the hash.

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