#Independent

Clara Owen

ClaraSellsBooks

I cannot overstate enough how important it is to have diverse representation on our bookshelves, especially in our Children's Departments. @Knightsof & @JacarandaBooks are doing incredible work, please consider supporting

[-0-] Robyn Oxley🏳️‍🌈

Robyn_Oxley

Ngumbi!! I would like to acknowledge the land on where my teaching, learning & research is undertaken - Wurundjeri Land, part of the Kulin Nations. I would like to pay

Muhaimin Merican 🇲🇾

MuhaiminMerican

Did you know that Malaysia has declared a state of Emergency a total of 5 times since we became an independent nation?Oh, which 5? Let's take a trip to a

Dushyant Yadav (Veeru)

iyadavdushyant

Tribute to Periyar Lalai Singh Yadav on his 99th birth anniversary. Born in an Arya Samaji family, Lalai Singh internalised the anti-caste values pretty early. Unlike other agrarian families, his

Nicholas Loubere

NDLoubere

The article 'The Long-run Poverty and Gender Impacts of Mobile Money' in @sciencemagazine is an excellent example of how prestige academic publishing and the media can manufacture a 'development miracle'—in

Anti-Fascism & Far Right 🥤

FFRAFAction

THREAD Nazi Book BurningsOn this day #otd in 1933 Nazi-supporting students in 19 university towns organised mass burnings of books that were deemed ‘un-German’. Far from being spontaneous, it was

Wyatt

WyattWordWeaver

*slams three shots of vodka*Ok kids I've seen this argument floating around that goes something like "Trump is labeling Biden and Harris as socialists, so we should have just nominated

Nigel Carlsbad

pompilivs

I finished reading this excellent study that came out in 2020. It is a highly rigorous and in-depth (sometimes to the point of exhaustion) source-critical analysis of what is known

Ger Holland

GHollandPhoto

Here’s a little thread here of writers I’ve photographed over the years who have books out at the moment who have had to abandon book launches/signings/tours due to the dreaded

Erik Loomis

ErikLoomis

This Day in Labor History: April 21, 1545. Juan de Villarroel filed the first mining claim at Potosí, in what is now Bolivia. The silver mine in the mountain known

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

If you live in California, you have been blitzed by messages to vote for #Prop22, a rule that would allow Uber, Lyft, Postmates and other money-losing, destructive bezzles to continue

Michael

schmusty

Hi, everyone! I’ve got some new followers, and I’m sure more are to come. So I’ve finally gotten around to this about me thread so you can be a bit

History Under Your Feet

HistorifyToday

Ek desh mein do Vidhan, do Pradhan aur Do Nishan nahi challenge.Jayanti of Dr. #ShyamaPrasadMukherjee today, the man who was killed for believing that no independent nation cud have more

Maajid أبو عمّار

MaajidNawaz

THREAD - all #FBPE Remainers: @jeremycorbyn will not stop Brexit. Here’s his full voting record AGAINST the EU, all the way back to 1974:1) After Farage pulled his Road to

Anne Applebaum

anneapplebaum

Poland and Hungary are threatening to veto the EU budget because they don't want to be forced to adhere to the "rule of law." If the EU caves in to

💖Royale High Positivity!💖

RHPositivity

100 reasons to live (yes this is original and my fingers are boutta fall off) (thread)1. You’re worth it let’s start there2. Family3. Your friends4. Binging Netflix late at night5.