#History

1/x Thread: things from reading about pre-Columbian Mesoamerica that help me in studying planning.1. Understanding the history of "mixed-use": Mesoamerican cities were packed with mixed use areas! Commerce and residential
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Rant: As a madhesi, I can confirm Sandip Chhetri does adore our community and has no prejudices (he grew up in Birgunj, iirc). I can understand people enjoying the humor
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"abolish the (nuclear) family" seems outrageous at first if you haven't given consideration to it but parents esp fathers can deny children shelter food safety etc without community care or
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Alright, I've still got a little bit of research to do before I start, but here's the tentative outline:- Gates family wealth- Bill Sr/Margaret Sanger- The Negro Project- Eugenisim movement
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1/ Pollock's model of South Asian language history, which privileges the written form, blinds us to the creation of literature outside writing and by extension, their creators (the class, caste
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Lesbians for all of our history have been attacked and threatened with rape and assault because of our sexual orientation and rejection of men and penises. It used to be
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Interesting to see how many people are considering what we might learn and rethink at this grim time in our history. Thanks to @littlesandgrain for trying to create an international
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Brief thread: critics of Critical Race Theory say kids shouldn't be taught the role of racism in the development of America. But far worse is the propaganda my generation was
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"Drawing upon the experiences of the NHS in responding to Covid-19, we will explore whether the Government’s new building programme could potentially mark the most comprehensive reform of hospital building
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A must read thread for every Indian citizen:In the army, a CO is someone next to your father. He instructs you, motivates you, punishes you but in the end, he
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female rulers throughout history have nearly always proven to be more progressive and sociopolitically intellectual than their male counterparts. Wu Zetian was the first female empress of China. in the
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anyways here’s a thread of every recorded time DJT or one of his companies has been recorded being racist. buckle up.https://twitter.com/samanthamarika1/status/1272342149405634560 all of this will be taken from this Vox
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Throwing around my doctorate in education for a sec: I want all you parents to know that *literally no human beings ever in history* have been asked to educate kids
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hii ,, this is a thread to help educate yourself on blm and how you can help ; (please rt, it only takes a few seconds and can really make
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ThreadNo idea who Scott Dworkin @funder is, but his tweet is funny. They're talking about this Politico article, which debunks itself.https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/03/fauci-endorses-national-stay-at-home-order-162794 "Dr. Anthony Fau
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Every person, every institution in #globalhealth is deeply indebted to people of S Asia, esp India, present and past. Acknowledge and honor it: speak up about the #COVIDSecondWaveInIndia and culpability
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