#1980s

Steven Schooner

ProfSchooner

Here's @paulkrugman ringing the bell. America as we know it may not survive much longer.... we’re much closer to losing our democracy than many people realize. It's naive to deny

Pulp Librarian

PulpLibrarian

Today in pulp I look back at the publishing phenomenon of gamebooks: novels in which YOU are the hero!A pencil and dice may be required for this thread... #TuesdayThoughts Gamebooks

Clue Heywood

ClueHeywood

Do you guys remember back in summer ‘17 when Trump woke up with a full diaper and tweeted that all trans people were out of the military? I mean a

Ed Birkett

ed_birkett

THREAD: The key takeaways from our new @Policy_Exchange report: "The Future of UK-EU Energy Cooperation."1/8https://policyexchange.org.uk/publication/the-future-of-uk-eu-energy-cooperation/ UK and EU energy markets are highly inte

Carl Zha

CarlZha

This sounds familiar and quite close to views held by my Dad’s generation of Chinese intellectuals esp his Uni classmates frm 1960s who had experienced Cultural Revolution. I agree w

Chasing Aphrodite

ChasingAphrodit

Christie's attacks what it says has been a rise in "unfounded accusations" from academics and the general public who, it says, are increasingly questioning the provenance of "legitimate" historical objects

Manisha Pande

MnshaP

“Great governments benefit by criticism, without which they are bound to deteriorate in self-complacency and unchecked self-will”. This from a piece called “Value of Frank Criticism” by Rajagopalachari from the

daisandconfused

daisandconfused

Alright kids, BUCKLE UP. This week everyone was rightfully talking about Drake's home being featured in Architectural Digest.https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/inside-rapper-drakes-hometown-manor-in-toronto But because I have more meaningl

Alan Cooper

MrAlanCooper

In the latter years of the 1980s Bill Gates saw IBM as his archenemy. He planned his assault on that company brilliantly. He partnered with them to develop mission critical

Scribulatora

Scribulatora

In 1977, a more politically conscious and extreme element of the NRA, captured control of the organization and it began to meld into the conservative party itself.Quickly thereafter politicians became

John C.L. Morgan

jclmorgan

Just received @caitlinmurr The National Team from @printbookstore, so planning to read that and re-read the late David Wangerin’s Soccer in a Football World concurrently, with a mid-1980s to present

Bhavya Shah

Bk_shah1

Uproar over Central Vista is eerily similar to the one in the aftermath of the unfortunate Elphinstone stampede in Mumbai, when the Bullet Train was made the target. At time

MichaelElomina

ElominaMichael

Untreated wasted drained into the Laguna de Bay, the largest lake in the Philippines, pollutes its water supply and endangers marine and human life. @39CSustain #39CSustain 1. The Laguna de

Jesse Walker

notjessewalker

1. I realized recently that the Free Press Association—the now-defunct group that gave out the Mencken Awards in the 1980s and '90s—wasn't memorialized on the web. So Michael Grossberg and

Jeet Heer

HeerJeet

1. In 1991, the 22-year old Tucker Carlson described himself in his college yearbook as a member of the Dan White Society. White was the homophobe who in 1978 assassinated

Adam

adancabdulle

In the 1970s, Mogadishu was one of the worst postings for Western diplomats. The American embassy and residence of the ambassador faced 24-hour surveillance & continuous bugging carried out by