#Construct

Katherine Rand

kcrandphd

I've always believed that language matters a lot, that it holds power, that it is and must be fluid, and that, as such, it shapes so much of how we

Littlefoot

LTF_01

Frodo the Chimp, Eastern Roman Emperor Valens, King John of England...what do any of these have in common? Not much on face value, but I was stricken today how similar

Erik Loomis

ErikLoomis

This Day in Labor History: April 2, 1937. Workers at the Hershey Chocolate Corporation in Hershey, Pennsylvania sat down on the job. Right after Flint, it seemed like the sit-down

Max Smith

amaxsmith

Va. Gov. Northam says today's briefing includes field hospital location updates, religious services advice with Easter/Passover/Ramadan coming up, and his plans for state budgetVa yesterday got federal disaster declarationhttps://wtop.com/coronav

Tara Van Ho (Dr)

TaraVanHo

THREAD: This has popped up in my feed a few times & I've held off on saying anything because I appreciate that people are trying, but I've also pledged to

Zero HP Lovecraft 🦅🐍

0x49fa98

The enlightenment political formula, "consent of the governed", such an obviously right and radiant idea, has proven to be a basilisk, a serpent that kills with its gaze. It stares

Nightling Bug 🗝️

NightlingBug

Between the absolutely diabolic things screeched at Grace Lavery for being excited about womb transplants and the pushback to Detransition, Baby being nominated for the Women's Prize For Fiction...... trans

David Simon

AoDespair

A thread on the legislation that would repeal the Police Bill of Rights in Maryland, why Governor Larry Hogan is no defender of good and honorable police work when he

unseen1

unseen1_unseen

1. The speech by Pres Bush this week was an prime example of the non-reality based thinking of the elites. Let's look at some examples from the speech: 2. First

Nick Hinton

NickHintonn

A thread: The Rainbow Bridge Where is somewhere over the rainbow? According to Dorthy from the Wizard of Oz, it’s somewhere where dreams come true. According to others, it’s where

Raiph Smyth

safemyth

UK’s net zero carbon target means challenges & opportunities across our economy, environment & society.But what does it mean for #HS2, the country’s biggest infrastructure project? Here’s a thread summarising

Jason Abaluck

Jabaluck

New paper w/ Leila Agha (@LeilaEcon), David Chan, Daniel Singer, and Diana Zhu: doctors who depart from guideline recommendations cause many preventable strokes. …https://spinup-000d1a-wp-offload-media.s3.amazonaws.com/faculty/wp-content/

Heather E Heying

HeatherEHeying

Testosterone does not make the man.(A long and winding thread about sex differences and gender norms, and how name calling by activists is cheap for them, but has devastating effects

Vulvamort

HairyLeggdHarpy

THREAD:What’s on your Medical Record: SEX or Gender? This is a long thread so here’s the TLDR:Officially, your NHS medical record is SUPPOSED to hold your SEX.And, your gender identity

Dr Freya Gowrley

Freya_Gowrley

Just submitted a revised version of a book chapter on fatness and late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century visual and material culture, focusing on representations Daniel Lambert, so I thought I'd

V.V

vaid

The cosmic egg or the big bang, whichever narrative you look at, in our observable, 'known-unknown' world, will still be akin to groping the elephant like the blind men, unless