#Northern

O̩báfé̩mi Awóló̩wò̩

obafemiawolowo_

The Northern elite benefited from colonialism. From the very start, the Sultan of Sokoto, the Shehu of Bornu,& the Emir of Kano were each placed on a fixed salary of

R. Andrew Free

ImmCivilRights

Thread: How did we get here? In 2015, I shook President Obama’s hand, thanked him for DACA, and asked him to reverse course & close the for-profit baby jails (also

Etwienana Yaw Amaniampong Nkwantanisa Asante II

theakyemmafia

Perspective on development in Africa... how to stop manufacturing poverty on an industrial scaleIf you look at distribution of poverty thresholds in Sub Saharan Africa, you can see some regional

Pippa Crerar

PippaCrerar

Hearing some alarming Brexit rumours tonight. Sources suggest Govt looking to rewrite NI protocol.Would use domestic legislation to override deal signed by PM last year.Illegal, but would also blow up

Pat Leahy

PatLeahyIT

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/police-use-water-cannon-as-nationalist-and-loyalist-youths-face-off-at-belfast-flashpoints-1.4532509 And my take on the view in Dublinhttps://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/unionism-is-in-turm

David Anderson

bricksilk

64 terrorist attacks in the UK reported by ⁦@Europol⁩ last year - more than in the other 27 EU countries combined! https://www.europol.europa.eu/activities-services/main-reports/european-union-terrorism-situation-and-trend-report-te-sat

Francesca Bouaoun

frantasticx

Beautiful sights (and not great quality photos!) at Ontario Place this morning | Scarlet tanager, magnolia warbler, blackburnian warbler, and an indigo bunting #BirdsofToronto Add to the weekend list:

Matteo Quartagno

stats_q

Results of massive (N=64000) nation-wide serosurvey in Italy are out. Available in Italian only, for the moment, so I'll translate a few highlights if you are interested.https://www.istat.it/it/archivio/246156 As little as

William Sturkey

william_sturkey

1/ Thread on black voters and GOP: The GOP narrative about black voters is that we’re stuck on the DNC “plantation,” but black voters are actually rational actors who vote

Euresilience / Massimo

Euresilience

Thread:A month ago I met the junior docs I work with to discuss end of life decisions we’d have to make when the hospitals were full. The hospitals never approached

The Historian

Historian_Zed

t1/ ALICE LENSHINA & HER LUMPA CHURCH UPRISING PICTORIAL THREAD 2 Read the books for a holistic & granular story ( Twitter can't do justice to the story) Photos not

Lindsey Simmons

LynzforCongress

I wrote a guest commentary on an issue that's been swept under the rug for 10 years--@RepHartzler's role in the military-industrial complex. She has used her position on HASC to

The Paul Saheb

_paulsecuted_01

#Thread on Maratha ditch."When the child fall asleep, silence originate/ the Bargis enter the state."~ not just a cradle song, but a fragment of our history which dates back to

LunaticWyvern

LunaticWyvern

I'm disgusted at the shitty takes @ mqmqqmqm been spewing these months. I'm born and raised in China and later went studying in the US. My family's annual income is

Gerg

Gergyl

It's an interesting dataset, the 'Keeling Curve', tweeted about here all the time. It's one of the most important to the future of the planet, yet how hard have we

JemJ💔Count myself in Rom 3:23

Brichtrede

Thread for world history issues.As w/ my earlier post a/b needing to stop the brown ppl vs white ppl narrative, I thought I'd share some history many ppl don't know