#Histories

David Frum

davidfrum

The President of the United States is up past midnight, not doing any useful work for the nation, but retweeting third-hard accusations that the author of the classic histories of

CIJ Malaysia

CIJ_Malaysia

Whenever there is political uncertainty, there have been new laws & new crackdowns on the media. Today in #MemoriMediaMerdeka, we trace the histories of some of these laws, their political

Carlos Osweda

COsweda

ThreadTwo weeks ago, Politico accurately described what @realDonaldTrump and @parscale and @jaredkushner know:https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/17/trump-polls-biden-324210 "Some pollsters, especially the relatively few who conduct

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heeniverse

Since when did "Filipinx" became the gender-neutral term for "Pilipino" when it's already a gender-neutral term? No female calls themselves "Filipina" as their nationality HOW COME THE WEST KEEPS

the tetrapod

pancake_puns

Before I hop off twitter for today, a THREAD of things you can do if you’ve recently become aware we’re governed by lying bastards who don’t see us as

Dr Peredur Webb-Davies

doctorpreds

Many varying etymologies of Yr Wyddfa ("Snowdon") and Eryri ("Snowdonia" - itself a faux-Latin Victorian coinage) floating about here. So! here's the most definitive explanation I can muster for the

Suchitra Vijayan

suchitrav

In collaboration with @maara_Blr @project_polis is launching Profiles of Dissent. This new series centers on remarkable voices of dissent& courage, & their personal & political histories, as a way to

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Oluwatosyn9

THE PREMIERSHIP and THE BUNDESLIGA.Here are the Similar Teams you can support for the love of football.A THREAD. Bayern Munich - Manchester UnitedBoth clubs have magnificent pedigree when it comes

N. K. Jemisin

nkjemisin

OK! I keep getting an ask from folks who are reading through the lockdown: Which book of yours should I read first? My answer has generally been, "IDK, what kinda

Magen Cubed, Witch King

magencubed

I want to explain what I mean when I talk about identities as products and political tools, because I say that and then people get mad because they think I

Dr. Audrey Truschke

AudreyTruschke

Some wanna-be American politician put out a hateful tweet about tearing down statues of Muhammad.In response, I’ve seen a lot of well-meaning people say that images of Muhammad are forbidden

Amelia Marra

Miss_Meels

THREAD (a reading list for white museum folk, by non-white museum folk)Some of my fellow white museum workers have shared that they discovered this @PorchiaMuseM's "Cartography: a Black woman’s response

Aisha

shariahaisha

Earlier this year (pre-covid!) in the lounge of an Istanbul hotel, me, an Austrian professor, a Morrocan student and two sisters from Spain, one a Dr, the other a community

adria r. walker

adriawalkr

I'm reading "stokely speaks." the book is full of bars, but I've been thinking about it in regards to my being a journalist. so, this short thread will not be

Dr. Cara Burnidge

burnidge

I do not understand how this claim can be supported: “The SHEAR debacle has very little to do with history and a whole lot to do about politics.” In a

Rory Solomon

rorys

For folks thinking about Land Acknowledgements & Zoom classes: we might talk with our classes about where we're all dispersed & that Zoom relies on servers at Equinix data centers