#Century

Li Jin

ljin18

The new American dream is to make a living from one's creativity. 1/3 of kids want to be YouTube stars.But the inconvenient truth is few creators are actually attaining financial

Bikrum Gill

realDrcabbie

While India is dismantling its farmer support programs, China is promising to increase the minimum purchase price it offers to grain producers.Why are the two states responding so differently to

ProPublica

propublica

1/ Once you accept that climate change is *already* making large parts of the United States nearly uninhabitable, the future looks like this: With time, the bottom half of the

Marijn "i before j" van Putten

PhDniX

The consonantal dotting of the Arabic script is something about which quite a bit of confusion exists, from its origins, application in manuscripts, quranic or otherwise and finally anachronistic imposition

Muge Cevik

mugecevik

School openings and children (0-18yo) have been the most complex and contested subject of the pandemic. In this letter, we are calling for balanced and nuanced scientific and media coverage

Kate

theburdtweets

Thinking about how in Scotland we still think it's "mental" when folk "start bouncin up massive hills"... When actually, working people have had a long relationship with “outdoors” in Scotland.

Erik Loomis

ErikLoomis

This Day in Labor History: November 27, 1937. The International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) debuted its play “Pins and Needles,” which would become the longest running musical of the

Agniras (Gems of Indology)

GemsOfIndology

#Thread excerpts from 1811 English writer Richard Hey How #britishers plan to 'CIVILIZE' 'Uncivilized-Indians' I wrote this thread for my own knowledge you may read on and see #conversion is

Peter Sandham

HKSandham

European colonialism doesn’t begin with Colombus or 1492. Western Europe tends to ignore Levantine colonialism: The Frankokratia left a swath of merchant colonies across the Eastern Mediterranean which were in

Dan

DD_amdg

LENGTHY THREAD (51 Tweets)1/Predictions for the next 2 months. Or, alternately titled, “2020: You ain’t seen nothing yet!”My purpose here is to publicly show where my head is on 11/1/2020.

Vujo Ilić

vujoilic

Tomorrow the Holy Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church will elect the 46th Patriarch. Much has been said about the political context; this is a thread about randomness in its

Śrīkānta

shrikanth_krish

Mt Kailāsa and the lake Mānasarovar occupy an exalted place in the imagination of HindusKailāsa is the abode of Shiva while Mānasarovar is viewed as an embodiment of purityBut the

David Steensma

DavidSteensma

Here’s a thread about the #nucleus… no, Professor Ernest Rutherford, not the atomic nucleus that you discovered with your alpha particles back in 1911. This is about *cell* nuclei and

Kevin Gannon misses Grogu

TheTattooedProf

So let's talk about the Insurrection Act of 1807 for a minute, shall we? (1/) https://twitter.com/WajahatAli/status/1267600915487502337 2/ You might be asking yourself, "Self, what the hell was going on in

India Wants To Know - Panel Quiz Show

IWTKQuiz

Shakuntala Devi is often described as "India's most famous woman mathematician". Her biopic led discussion like what does a mathematician do? Is mathematics all about performing massive computations? Or is

Jennifer Piscopo

jennpiscopo

So much media chatter about #WomenVoters in #Election2020 . Except, if (white, non-college educated) women vote in large numbers for #Biden, doesn't that mean the story is really about why

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