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Amit Schandillia

Schandillia

[QUICK THREAD: THE PARADOX OF TOLERANCE]1/31Should the tolerant tolerate the intolerant? The question has given sleepless nights to political thinkers for centuries. That's because it's a paradox, but also because

Marco Malvagio - poorly explained history stuff

MalvagioMarco

Byzantium was a christian empire, and Christians Are Not Gay.Therefore, their ritual union of two men in church to become lifelong companions was Not A Gay Thing.A THREAD ABOUT THE

astrotweeps: Pratik (@astrogandhi)

astrotweeps

1/ Let's talk about gravitational lensing! Ever wondered why distant galaxies look distorted? How can lensing help us study galaxies? What's the mystery behind this fascinating yet incredibly creepy smiley

Olivia Waite

O_Waite

Thread: A lot of my reactions to Bridgerton are connected to the fact that the other new period piece I watched lately was The Personal History of David Copperfield.We’re here

Abigail Watson

Abigail_Watson7

I have many problems with this article (a thread):https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/with-its-hands-tied-the-sas-loses-bm0ptdgpr It claims UKSF do bad things “so that ordinary people...can sleep safely in their beds at night.” As analys

badly-drawn bee 🐝

soapachu

Random Sunday sheep thread. The best sheep available, get your freshly-picked sheep right here!First up: the Valais Blacknose. Because JUST LOOK AT THEM OMG. They're like living Muppets. This haughty

Carlos Osweda

COsweda

THREADOkay, I've worked it out.What happens if the mail-in voting causes a delay that goes past the January 6 deadline for determining whether or not @realDonaldTrump has been reelected? Keep

Arthur Chu

arthur_affect

Simple Writing Tips: A Thread 1) Writing while naked is absolutely morally impermissible. Don't even joke about doing itNobody consented to having to imagine your exposed genitals when thinking about

Movies Silently

MoviesSilently

Most silent films had some form of color, most often tinting or toning.Pre-tinted film was available or sections of the prints could be custom tinted chemically.Tinting colored the light areas

Zero HP Lovecraft

0x49fa98

I was reading in an old book yesterday, and the author remarked, only in passing, that young men in particular tend to feel very lonely. It's striking and shocking that

Charity Majors

mipsytipsy

Developer productivity, y'all. It is a three TRILLION dollar opportunity, per the stripe report.Eng managers and directors, we have got to stop asking for "more headcount" and start treating this

Dan Vera

danvera

Mega thread on the history behind @TheAmandaGorman's glorious reading today at Biden's inaugural, bc of some confusion I've seen online about it. Gorman is the 6th Inaugural Poet in US

Godyssey

GodysseyPodcast

THREAD: Tamamo-no-Mae's Life and DeathNo Japanese kitsune is more famous nor more evil than the depravity of Tamamo-no-Mae, (玉藻前), called Lady Duckweed. Hers is a tale across four thousand years.Let's

Eric Block

FortySixAnd2wo

Enoch to Esoteric Technology Before the flood, 200 angels that had been sent to earth to watch over humans, met at the summit of Mount Hermon. At this meeting, they

Robert McNees

mcnees

Albert Michelson, pioneer of optical interferometry, was born #OTD in 1852. He refined measurements of the speed of light, failed to find evidence of the aether, and developed a method

Zahra Amalia

zahraamalias

Chicago adalah kota yang sangat rata. Tapi, di belakang kampusku di University of Chicago ada taman luas yang permukaan tanahnya lebih rendah dari jalan di sekitarnya. Namanya Midway Plaisance. Ini

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