#Modern

Dr William Tullett

WillTullett

Here’s a positive thread about some of the excellent books out there on smell histories. It’s an exciting, growing field. Let’s start with @smellosopher new book Smellosophy - which starts

Chris Pramas

Pramas

Today’s game is Blitzkrieg Commander (2005) from Specialist Military Publishing. It adapts Games Workshop’s Warmaster rules to World War 2. #CuratedQuarantine Now it may seem a little strange to take

Carole V. Bell

BellCV

Today is a great day to think about the destructive legacy of right-wing media. A good source on that is the book Race-Baiter by NPR media critic Eric Deggans. https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/eric-deggans/race-baiter/

Lyall Taylor

LT3000Lyall

As an investor it's important to be alert to your own biases, and seek out mechanisms to guard against them. I largely share(d) Claire's view people should accept the trial

The New York Times

nytimes

For most of modern U.S. history, the president has had a pet. President-elect Joe Biden will resume this tradition in January with his two German shepherds — but White House

Gabru Pika

zLaTaNPiKaPi29

Indians belittle fellow Indians in their pursuit of independence, more than anyone else. When Rajiv Gandhi wanted to buy a 2nd hand supercomputer from US at an inflated price, Professor

Nancy Hey

Work_Life_You

Great to hear @vivek_murthy differentiating loneliness into subjective (feeling lonely) & objective (social isolation) #RSALoneliness there’s also solitude too. here’s the conceptual review of loneliness @WhatWorksWB @EndLonelinessU

Alatar the Blue

Auslandsgruppe1

Early European societies were built upon the principle of isonomia, unlike eastern civilized societies, where one (European) king ruled over masses of (non-European) slaves. Does that mean that European societies

Franck Salameh 🇱🇧🇦🇲🇫🇷🏴

oldlevantine

Thread:1- To the amebae going apoplectic over the desperate calls of some Lebanese for the “reinstatement” of the “French Mandate,” it may be helpful to bone up history and the

Marco Chitti

ChittiMarco

1/ Here we are: the third episode of the holiday limited series : "RAIL TRANSIT TERMINOLOGY"Today, I will focus on two typologies that are separated by a century but are

Brad Meltzer

bradmeltzer

LONG THREADHistory is an echo. You can hear it if you listen. So this post is for my kids. Every day, I write about history for a living – and

Sohail Nakhooda

snakhooda

@andreas_krieg has a sad habit of peddling third rate Qatari and Islamist propaganda. In this dismal essay he blames the UAE for “merging the narratives about ‘Islamism’ with ‘terrorism’.” I

Erik Loomis

ErikLoomis

This Day in Labor History: December 8, 1886. The American Federation of Labor is founded in Columbus. Let's talk about the complex figure of Samuel Gompers and the little loved

Ash Sarkar

AyoCaesar

Thread incoming, and heads up for those who need it, there's racist and sexually abusive language in the screenshots to follow.But basically, yesterday's brush with the sticky floor of the

Daniel Sohege

stand_for_all

Oh sit down before you hurt yourself. UK is violating human rights right now. Its polices towards refugees and migrants destroy lives. It's passing bills to prevent prosecution for war

☂️ magica ☂️

jaini4mtheblock

Tried tracking down different Central Vista proposals. Found 4. Some random commentary. Common themes: new Parliament building (accommodate more MPs and joint sessions, code compliant, modern AV etc), consolidate ministries

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