#Cultures

Rauðgrani ᚱᛆᚢᚦᚴᚱᛆᚿᛁ

GraniRau

Human Sacrifice as a Biblical PracticeMany will tell you that the Israelites did not practice human sacrifice to Yahweh. The evidence is to the contrary. There is a bias toward

Venkatesh Rao

vgr

The longer I spend online, the more true this feels. A big consequence of social atomization is that increasing numbers of people lack a sense of how their thinking stacks

Serenity “Nightmare” Dee

sapphixy

Time for that #worldbuilding thread I teased yesterday!My worldbuilding threads are focused on secondary world fantasy, i.e. stories set in a place or on a world that despite having lots

muvili

BLuaza

Thread sur ce que les congolais doivent savoir (Corrigez-moi si je me trompe) 1. Arrêtez de penser que Congo = Lari Tous les congolais de Brazzaville ne sont pas

Roland L. Taylor (Here we go CSI)

rolandixor

Let's get something clear:There is no "America for ALL" like *y'all* are so fond of saying.The people who built "America," African slaves, were legally property. That means what they built,

Bwesigye

bwesigye

Provoked by @YaaAsantewaaBa, here are my best reads on Afropolitanism. As promised, this thread focusses more on the special @AfricaJacs issue titled "Contemporary Conversations: Afropolitanism: Reboot". The first thing I

Samira Nadkarni

SamiraNadkarni

Taking time out today to get shockingly drunk and livetweet trash TV. Forgive me new followers, you knew not what would come of your good intent. I'm about to watch

Manu Bezamat

manuelabezamat

The Story and the Meaning Behind Michael Jackson’s Panther Dance [THREAD] The Panther Dance is a 4-minute segment in the end of Michael Jackson’s Black or White music video. It's

Paballo Chauke

ChatWithChauke

Someone with the range must unpack how our beloved queen Beyoncé is reducing blackness and Africanness to aesthetics and the western imaginations of our existence. They must also speak about

BAD NIGGER 🇨🇺🇰🇵🇵🇸🇻🇪🇮🇷

fake__monkey

"Anthropology has had a long love affair with the primitive and has preferred to set its tent down among the African bushmen, rather than the heartland of African civilizations. The

anon_fa_mous

anon_fa_mous

THREADThe Global Wireless Energy NetworkNikola Tesla's dream for the world was for everyone to be able to tap into a wireless energy grid for free.He might have gotten that idea

A. 👏 gufeng or bust

anonflail

I’ll be working on this next [it’s due in 5 days] [someone has a hold on it] [if you’re reading this I’m so sorry for hogging] I’m too tired to

#VERIVERY #FACE_US OCT 13 💙💚💜💛 Lei 레이 👼🐣🍯🐰

leihoonie

I've been thinking for days about the issue affecting us esp ph melody & ph stan twt. There were thoughts & questions in my head & I wanted to make

Eztainutlacatl

cbkwgl

Why is the world interested in Armenia? Because of it’s newsworthiness. What interests me? Prince Vahan, who led the Byzantines at Yarmouk to their disastrous defeat, a footnote in Armenian

dreamingsnowflake

ramblingsofafan

Both Tharn and Type have valid arguments about the marriage and so, they have inevitably been bound to clash. #TharnTypeSS2EP3 #TharnTypeTheSeriesSS2 #MewgulfThe Marriage Argument Part IA thread:+ The reason for

SFU World Languages and Literatures

SFUWLL

You know what everyone needs this week? A community-driven thread highlighting Black authors, publishers, translators, works. We'll contribute tweets on the #worldlit angle; also, we'll RT your contributions. Let's share!Why?