#Nations

Sam Robinson

SamHistSci

I've got a new paper out. In a special issue of @HSNatSci on the history of science diplomacy. The special issue gives insight into the history of the term Science

☭ New Afrikan Maoist ☭

yungblackmaoist

[THREAD] How can one be a left-wing nationalist and a communist if the communist movement is international?In Stalin’s “Marxism and the National Question”, a nation is defined as such: (1/?)

Ursula K. penGuin

Ikiruined

Starting to see rumblings of a new conspiracy theory -- UNNWO. A site purporting to be the United Nations New World Order, it isn't run by the UN or promoted

Paul Gray

PAG1962

ThreadIt’s not getting easier, is it?It’s been an odd sort of day, after an odd sort of weekend. Various announcements and explanations about what has changed, what will change, what

Devon

devoninMENA

THREAD: Palm Sunday-or-Jerusalem: Between two “Blesseds”-or-Rejection, Reconciliation, Acceptance, and Resurrection (Romans 11:15) To give an overview of this thread, I am really intrigued by this slight reversal: Jerusalem's declaration "Bl

Cora Harrington

lingerie_addict

I feel like there’s a tremendous amount of burden and expectation put on this show that we do not require from other cartoons, and considering the lead is brown woman,

Soner Cagaptay

SonerCagaptay

How Turkey and Greece exchanged their populations?In 1923-24, Turkey and Greece exchanged their Orthodox and Muslim populations, respectively, using not ethnicity or self-identification but religious marker as the criterion for

ollybot

ollybot_browne

Brief roundup of important signals I've noticed recently- Pro CCP political coup in Hong Kong- Scientists working on Rona killing themselves- Higher reported rate of Rona positive tests in the

Bruce Adamson

Bruce_Adamson

1/20 Our responses to COVID-19 has disproportionate impact on those children already most at risk. Committee on the Rights of the Child warns of grave physical, emotional and psychological

Jonah Blank

JonahBlank

Here's why I'm not impressed with either:1. Steven Pinker is a cognitive psychologist: He may be brilliant in that field, but the writings for which he is popularly known are

Matt Emerson

M_Y_Emerson

The idea that Jesus, in his vicarious life, restorative ministry, penal substitutionary death, redemptive resurrection, glorious ascension, & victorious return - or the gospel that proclaims him - doesn’t confront

Burn Notice

ScorchedSpy34

THREAD: Tectonic plates1. Trump has become a polarising figure.The Main Stream Media (MSM) seems incapable of reporting anything good he is doing, which tells a story in its own right.It

Alexandra Ossola

ossolalex

The US has one of the lowest voter turnouts of any developed nation. In recent years experts have floated the idea that #compulsoryvoting could help. I looked into it for

Karan

rathorekaran17

So .... 1. The first wave was launched to trip over the world . It was a disruptive attack. World economies staggered as they were caught unprepared and surprised with

pro trans, pro queer, pro abortion

kecia_ali

Thread: A few days ago, @BostonGlobe published a galling nostalgic appeal to find “COVID-era-relevant wisdom in Laura Ingalls Wilder’s classic” Little House series.https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/17/arts/everything-i-know-about-surviving-quaranti

Dr David Nabarro

davidnabarro

With four more narratives released in the past week (https://www.4sd.info/covid-19-narratives/) including a call for a Pandemic Emergency Coordination Council now, here are my top 6 on #COVID19 We must all