#Books

My eyes move involuntarily, each one swinging to its own music. They’ve danced this way for as long as I can remember. I can’t see it myself, but the jeering
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Ok by popular demand and also because it is my current Mania, a thread of cool children's books in no particular orderI shall expand as more arrive (more, will Arrive)https://twitter.com/eigenrobot/status/1287814990167072768
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Like Lord Denning said about springtime and young men whose thoughts naturally turn to cricket or whatever, it's 5 am on a Sunday morning, so my thoughts naturally turn to
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With another twitter pitch contest around the corner, I figured now's a good time for a mini-lesson on how to craft that perfect pitch. Twitter pitches can be tough, but
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Recently I got a message asking me if I'd be able to travel to Norwich to photograph a church before it closed.I had a super busy week, but they were
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1199: Innocent III bans reading the Bible in private. 1200: Innocent III sends delegation to burn French vernacular translations.1229: Council of Toulouse banned Bible reading for all laypeople, whether in
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On the herders / farmers issue . Everyone claims right , but no one barely wants to do what is right . This is 2021 and attached are land sizes
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being trans is contagious. being trans spreads through social networks. close knit friend groups will often seem to spontaneously transition at the same time. this is all true, and i
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Sexism in the Academy: An excellent, detailed account of how male dominance in the academy and scholarship is sustained (2019). https://nplusonemag.com/issue-34/essays/sexism-in-the-academy/ via @nplusonemag 1/15 Women now comprise a bit ov
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Back to India for minute. This is why India is not going to be a truly great power anytime soon. It cannot accurately assess its threat environment and over what
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for the first time i voiced out loud that being fat, black, and dark skin makes most men see right through me. i’m not a potential sex object so i
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On my 39th BDay, I want to highlight 10 SOCIOLOGY with insights into Latine ChicagoThis is a journey 20 years in the making(with power outages today... and a thread-deleting
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[ A thread ] Some relevant and informative quotes from books I personally own on Kurdish History, Kurds, and Kurdistan. pls read. #TurkeyInvadesKurdistan “Turkey’s Kurds number 13-14 million, comprise one-half
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In anticipation of the @PBSAmerMasters Laura Ingalls Wilder doc airing tonight, I wrote about how racism is not "incidental" in the books, but the driving force of the narrative. (REALLY
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In today's oral argument, 7 of 9 Supreme Court justices used the phrase "illegal alien" to describe individuals currently lacking a lawful immigration status in the US.A brief thread on
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Former Marvel EIC Jim Shooter gives an interesting account of how the Claremont/Byrne tension continued to impact Marvel’s publishing line even after the two creators split up, describing an ongoing
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