#Books

Given yesterday's events, I want to talk about how woefully inadequate media literacy is for thinking about...violent fascism and the spread of a pandemic, + how focusing on this elides
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Our daughter Tess has a rare genetic disorder called Hao-Fountain Syndrome, or #USP7. She just turned 11. She's in 5th grade at our local public school. This thread is about
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Sad at the death of Sean Connery. I interviewed him, very hungover, on a golf course. I asked for a mic check: “Just say your name and occupation”. He stared
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When we say "there are more than two genders", we don't mean "there are three genders." Nonbinary isn't a third gender tacked on to the other two.You wouldn't say there
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Five thoughts on New Year's Resolutions:1. There are so many good habits we could implement but there are too many for anyone to do all of them well. (See my
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Today to celebrate #LGBTHistoryMonth we're going to introduce you to a medieval nun who you may not have heard of but you definitely should: meet Hildegard of Bingen, composer,
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Satyendranath Bose or more popularly known as S.N.Bose. Well known for the Bose-Einstein condensate theory. And also a class of particles called Bosons named after him by Paul Dirac. One
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Well, uh, no. Another instance of people tossing around the words "gun culture" without taking more than ten minutes to think about what "gun culture" actually means. And, as noted
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A short thread on MoDs EP 2020-30. It's unaffordable at the moment, it may become more unaffordable, and even if all opportunities materialise, it's still unaffordable. Did I mention it's
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I think the peak of my blogging was @LovingLuhle not because my article was clinical with perfection because of her support more than anything. And conversations with Luhle have made
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I was once sitting in a dimly lit train.Earphones in. Aggressive metal music blaring into my ears and my subconscious.I had a book with me. In my bag.But I didn’t
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Why I Was on Announced Hiatus-A Thread(sorry-it's long)This year was the first in I don’t know how long we didn't have a show going on in December. So when I
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The Control Unleashed dog training books are really good, and I’ve been meaning to do a thread collecting some notes about them for a while. Thread.https://twitter.com/diviacaroline/status/1182826326421467136 I think the degree
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Let me quote @Koenraad_Elst On the myth of "Sikhs protected Hindus". ""In the Guru lineage, we don’t see much physical fighting for Hinduism. Guru Nanak was a poet and a
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We're now onto @CarlessDavid starting the first keynote on teacher feedback literacy - after a nice quip about feedback on driving - and his slides are available here: https://www.slideshare.net/DavidCarless1/teacher-feedback-literacy-d
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I pride myself on my ability to run convention one-shots. I've also written several one shots. I'm going to post a few tips.https://twitter.com/_hex8/status/1345426179289796609 It takes anywhere from 15-30 minutes for
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