#Book

Kevin Gannon misses Grogu

TheTattooedProf

The weekly Chronicle Review newsletter highlighted this excellent essay by Sumana Roy, where they observe "decolonizing your syllabus" is often "a form otf atonement," where the "guilt tax" is paid.

David H. Montgomery

dhmontgomery

A brief thread on medieval sovereign debt, inspired by unanswered questions after the finale of #GameOfThrones. Quotations are cited from James Macdonald’s history of sovereign debt, “A Free Nation Deep

Nicholas Guyatt

NicholasGuyatt

Not going to link to it but the Daily Mail’s second attack in a month on one of the BBC’s most prominent young Black journalists ought to be a wake-up

Hindu Imperium

KaivalyaVishwa1

Western claims about Greek astronomy and maths in general and about Ptolemy in particular are deeply problematic.We have no sure means to actually know what exactly this ptolemy discovered.why?Thread.https://twitter.com/Hiranyareta/status/1

فطمة

haporsnap

Conference paper @EMQuon2020 Death of the Nightingale: Improvising disruption in Early Modern England Hello! I'm Fatima & I'm a PhD student @CamUniMusic working on musical improvisation & imperialism in early

Ian Lee 💭

ianjohnlee

How I learned Solidity programming in a month:In April during lockdowns, I decided to invest in learning Solidity. Given that I haven't seriously coded beyond HTML in almost 20 years,

baynardwoods

baynardwoods

A thread: On July 4, 1876, a Black National Guard unit marched in a parade through the town of Hamburg, SC galling a spoiled young white man, who ordered the

Hari Kunzru

harikunzru

I just came across this boring picture I took while I was waiting for a bus in Wannsee, the western suburb of Berlin where part of Red Pill is set.

CzknSzk

CzknSzk

The neighborhood pool board triggered a wine mom refugee crisis after ordering its private security team to begin conquering and holding territory in adjacent subdivisions. The neighborhood pool’s private security

Eddie Du

Edourdoo

“Xi’s swift reversal of more than three decades of apparent movement toward collective leadership and a less intrusive party has surprised both U.S. officials and much of the Chinese elite.”https://www.wsj.com/articles/xi-jinping-glob

𝓯𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓷

heyitsnf

Tips and reminders for online learning in university/college/school because I'm starting my third online semester of med school tomorrow and I need to get things together.This is a thread. 1.

Erik Loomis

ErikLoomis

This Day in Labor History: January 24, 1848. Gold is discovered at Sutter's Mill in California. Let's talk about how the California Gold Rush reflected the intersection of race, gender,

Rick Morton

SquigglyRick

Alright, let’s do one of those 2020 threads. Going back for the photos actually reminded me of some moments that were genuinely good that were, uh, subsumed by later events.

Robert McNees

mcnees

Sofya Kovalevskaya was born #OTD in 1850. She was the first woman to earn a doctorate in mathematics in modern Europe, be appointed to a university chair, and join the

Jim Ritchie

ChorltonJim

Having missed both #dhss20 and #DHrewired20 this year, I need to improve my digital health CME. Lockdown 2.0 seems like a good time to propose #CCIOHomeSchool @ayesharahimCCIO @rijan44 @DrPeterMarc @NHSCCIO

John Vassiliou

john_vassiliou1

1. For #WindrushDay I'm going to share the story of Zaffar Mirza, a 56 year old Pakistani man who was lawfully living with his family in Edinburgh until one day

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