#Streets

Sarah Kellapatha

saararrr

Today marks 37 years since the start of Black July - an anti-Tamil pogrom which took place across Sri Lanka for an entire week in July 1983. On the night

Dr. Elaine van Dalen

elainevdalen

Since it’s almost Valentine’s day, a thread on the malady of LOVE (ʿishq) in pre-modern Islamic medicine, including some of Ibn Sīnā's matchmaking activities(ms Vat Arab 368 f.10r) 1/ There

Helena Brors

HelenaBrors

Behold the regulated red-light zone, in all its glory.https://dailym.ai/2DiswrZ Britain's only regulated red-light zone sees sex crimes double https://dailym.ai/2Q2JuBz Legal red light zone was mistake, says its pioneerhttps

Edith Mirante

EdithMirante

1. This mini History Thread is a brief explainer on peoples resistance to oppression in Burma (Myanmar.) It’s especially for my Portland people (“latte alliance”) who might want some background

Ganesh Kadamur

iamgkadam

Colour me biased but very little has been said about India and it's absolute squashing of (reported) cases in media overall, Western and otherwise, afaik. It's quite something for a

Mazi Gburugburu

Mazigburugburu1

I am the strongest man I know. I am also the weakest man I know. Wanna know how weak I am? I don’t watch movies Cos I end up crying

St. John Barned-Smith ⚔️

stjbs

Good morning, Houston. We have a long day ahead of us. Chronicle staff will be reporting all day. Here my two stories from yesterday: Fighting the freeze:https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/First-responders-i

Micah Winkelspecht

winkelspecht

1/ We are watching the complete breakdown of our institutions in real-time.Closures of businesses nationwide, complete confusion and mistrust of "authorities" among the populace, the real economy in shambles and

Kliph Nesteroff

ClassicShowbiz

The campaign for a national healthcare system was opposed by the Canadian business community for decades. Before the system was implemented in 1966, they cranked out all kinds of propaganda,

Laura Jedeed, Professional Stocker

LauraJedeed

Hi there, I'm here at Hazelnut Grove, where activists are dropping off supplies in preparation for the cold and snow coming our wayThis is the same village that Portland has

Niraj Warikoo

nwarikoo

ALERT: Wayne County Board of Canvassers deadlocked 2-2 on certifying election results, split along party lines. Dem member blasts Republicans for "allowing politics" to block certifcation: "There is no reason

Andrew Crespo

AndrewMCrespo

Today on TV, the Deputy Director of the federal paramilitary force in #PDX discussed the infamous van video. He described a textbook example of an unconstitutional arrest. But... he doesn’t

Felix Tamsut

ftamsut

The Unity, Borussia Dortmund’s most well-known ultra group, recently celebrated their 20th birthday.Thread about who they are, what they stand for and why #BVB thanked them despite them being critical

🌿 ꪜ𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚌 🌿

vegix

Republican terrorists stealing elections is *NOT NEW*.This is a much worse version of what happened in 2000 when George W. Bush subverted our representative democracy and stole the election.Because nobody

Joan Donovan, PhD 🦫

BostonJoan

While this piece is deeply troubling for different reasons, one thing stands out: it is not polite to take credit for an entire field of research mostly developed by women

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

In 1997, the Clinton administration created the "1033" program, whereby the Pentagon gave away its "surplus" equipment to local law enforcement agencies, leading to the nationwide militarization of America's cops.1/

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