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The Times

thetimes

On today’s #WorldAt5 : The spy ring that changed historyOperation Rubicon gained access to half the world’s top secrets, influencing events such as the 1979 American hostage crisis in Iran.

Camellia Tea Ceremony

camelliakyoto

YUZUAt 'Kairo' (開炉 'Opening the Winter Hearth') we dust off the larger Okama (お釜) and exchange the tatami to reveal the hearth. In the time of Sen-no-Rikyū (千利休 1522-91) the

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uglyluhan

Since everyone was talking about Malays "dressing beautifully again", it's as good a time as any to look at historical Malay clothing. This won't go into detail but I just

Nelly Tells

NellyTells

You don’t need to be a conspiracy theorists to say wtf is going on when:- the dodgy monopolist & Microsoft founder gets all over the tv at the beginning of

Sahil Bloom

SahilBloom

Network Effects 101The concept of network effects is a powerful mental model through which to evaluate businesses, startups, money, human societies, and nature.But what are “network effects” and how do

🍒 Andrew Fletcher 🍒

ScotiaIndyref2

The publication of the Glasgow protocols has made it possible to give the position of every pre-reformation manse with just five exceptions. These old town-houses, connected with the prebends of

The Bill and Ted Test

BillAndTedTest

OK, by special request - and purely because it's on telly tonight - we're going to break period for *one night only* and do a #Halloween Special looking in detail

Jakub K

jakub_kwie

Oh look! Another erroneous claim abt #ancientEgypt #woman physician! This time in (I've heard otherwise great) intro to #MedHum book.#HistMed 1/https://twitter.com/CarlyASilver/status/1348689074220109833 Here's the piece. We have &q

Etan Nechin

Etanetan23

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jan/12/israel-largest-human-rights-group-apartheid1) I admire @btselem & @HagaiElAd But the whole apartheid conversation is misdirected. First, many Israelis have called the policy in WB an

Wokal Distance

wokal_distance

1/Lets talk about free speech:A thread on free speech, cancel culture, and what's at stake. 2/Free speech, the first amendment, and cancel culture tend to be spoken of together, and

Andy Slavitt @ 🏡🇺🇸

ASlavitt

COVID Update December 3: Not enough attention has been played to the villainous role of Mitch McConnell and the Senate in this pandemic. 1/ With 100,000 people in the hospital

Skeptic Review

SkepticReview89

Neo-Segregation at Yale (2019) A few excerpts on conclusions drawn by this National Assoc of Scholars report. @sarahbrasch1 @smithsurge https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED595196.pdf "Yale’s efforts at racial integration turned into

Erik Loomis

ErikLoomis

This Day in Labor History: December 23, 1872. Coal miners near Clearfield, Pennsylvania got into a fight with strikebreakers trying to mine coal during a strike. This tells us a

Case Aiken #BlackLivesMatter

CaseAiken

As promised, I'm talking today about Namorita, who is arguably a more direct Supergirl parallel to Namor the Sub-Mariner's #SupermanAnalogue than her "mother", Namora. I use quotes around the word

Defense News Nigeria

DefenseNigeria

So someone who lacks a clear understanding of geopolitics sends me messages making an argument French presence in the region is benign. If truly France regards Nigeria as a major

Roshan Kishore

Roshanjnu

1/n: Thoughts on last 24 hours in the US from a progressive standpoint . It’s not surprising what Trump tried to do. His was a classic extra-parliamentary tactic to force

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