#Historical

Melissa A. Fabello, PhD

fyeahmfabello

As some awesome folks are tumbling down statues and some terrible people are protecting said statues, we need to have a little chat about Christopher Columbus.Specifically, I mean we need

Travis (not a Cylon) Kimmel

coloradotravis

Let’s talk about money and the State (Sovereign).Since everyone constantly gets this wrong.1/ So look: there never was a barter-centric state of nature. That’s a nice story but when we

Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg

TheRaDR

OK, a thread on antisemitism and power dynamics where it's not part of a larger, sprawling analysis. THREAD. 1/xAntisemitism serves different roles depending on who's pushing it out. The key

Ewan Birney

ewanbirney

People's intuition about how "human genetics" works (how DNA variation is distributed around people around the world) and how it relates to "ethnicity" (the boxes people tick when asked to

Kimberly Prather, Ph.D.

kprather88

Some thoughts from active scientists on Twitter about COVID-19 by aerosol scientists and indoor air experts @linseymarr @CathNoakes @j_g_allen @jljcolorado @amgcarlton (1/) There is a historical bias against aerosols for

The People's Oracle

PeoplesOracle

I've been doing some astrological + historical research on past inauguration charts to see what we can expect with the 46th presidential administration. Oddly, the past inauguration chart that has

Thrill Scott-Heron

TheKingsTings

I'm currently in launch for the re-print of Malibongwe: Poems from the struggle, which was an anthology of poetry by women in the ANC and in exile Speaking now is

Roy Berman

Mutantfroginc

1. Last week I re-watched Karate Kid, in preparation for finally checking out Cobra Kai. The original Karate Kid is a stone-cold classic: it gets an A.I was told that

Saamaanya Jeevi ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ ಜೀವಿ Shivakumar

SaamaanyaJ

Thread - My view on modern/humanized/realistic versions of ancient/historical/epic/puranic works.1. Such accounts are always limiting. A metaphoric account is always far more superior. 2. Essentially, it is a reduction into

Robin Messing

RobinSMessing

1) A Trumpanzee troll tried to prove Covid was no big deal by jumping onto my timeline and claiming. “The death rate for 2020 is the lowest its ever been

Alexander Davidson

alex_davidson82

One of the things that the western left has failed to understand is how, thanks to combined and uneven development, capitalism emerges in different nations. This failure lies rooted in

Alex Cohen

anothercohen

Some lessons from building a personal finance startup: Building a personal finance app is a lot harder than most people realize. Lots of handwaving on Twitter about building the next

Will Bailey-Watson

mrwbw

In order to distract myself from the disgraceful policy making and communication with schools, I’ve decided to write down a few reasons I think 2020 was probably a good year

Larry Schweikart

LarrySchweikart

1) Much different perspective than what many on our side have from yesterday, and certainly nothing that you'll hear from Hoax News. But . . .2) Had a call from

PEG

pegobry

Ok, a thread about voter fraud where I am trying to be rational and even-minded. 1. In general and historically, the conservative obsession with voter fraud has been bizarre and

Dr Hannah J Elizabeth

sexhistorian

It's #LGBTHistoryMonth , as per usual I'll be posting #queer historical content daily. (I'm slowly recovering from covid, so I'm kicking off this time with something I wrote last year!)

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