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Nur

NurCaduun

Many people have the misconception that Somalia under Siad Barre was a golden age. This couldn't be further from the truth.1/8 Siad Barre's Somalia had a life expectancy of just

Xavi Ruiz

xruiztru

𝗧𝗛𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗. More intact obelisks stand in Rome than in the whole Egypt.The Eternal City has eight ancient Egyptian and five Roman obelisks, some of which are over 3,000 years old!

Andy Arthur

cocteautriplets

Found this absolutely brilliant early 19th c. watercolour on the National Galleries site in the course of my daily rummaging (https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/18806/110204/haigs-distillery-bonnington) of the Water of Leith

Albany, NY, PhD, MD

albany_city

One of my favorite things about Albany used to be the existence of a rooftop hotel pool, level with an I-787 on/off ramp. It's gone now, for unfathomable reasons. I

Lyman Stone 石來民

lymanstoneky

It's important to remember that any time you consume dumplings, you are consuming "how local cooks attempted to prepare the foreign food called 'dumplings' for their terrifying Mongolian overlords, who

David Pritchard

drpritch2

Weekly #Ottawa #COVID19 thread.I've been on vacation, so just a few custom graphs.Geography: Gloucester-Southgate, Beacon Hill-Cyrville and Alta Vista were especially high the last 2 weeks; also Bay.Gloucester-Southgate isn't *quite

C. William Gardner

cwg18

Treasure hunting requires maps of the River des Peres ... #RdP4Lyfe I've at least uncovered a trove of information on the River des Peres. #RdP4Lyfe – bei Missouri History Museum

olive | 𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭

anti_antiblk

CW: discussion/news of hanging, suicide, death, Black death and lynching. Thus far I've found 3 articles about Black men being hung from trees. As far as I know 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲

Sawyer Van Horn

sawyervanhorn16

Thread 2020: Jan got involved in many campaigns during the presidential primary. I went door knocking for Mayor Pete in IA. Weekend before IA Cacus I was in Sioux City,

Thomas de Waal

Tom_deWaal

1 Conflict continues deep inside #Karabakh. It seemed today that Shusha/i had fallen. Picture not fully clear. Let me focus on the humanitarian situation in Karabakh. Yesterday I spoke to

By the NYC shore🛠⚡️🌆🌹

KalinJane

There’s so many layers to this Milan Taylor shit. The worst, of course, being his abuse of many young women for years. But also the way he operated as a

Erica Buddington ✨

ericabuddington

#Thread: We rarely discuss The Children's March that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. organized. King had trouble rallying protesters in Birmingham, AL in 1963. He held a meeting and called

Amanda Woody 🏳️‍🌈

findmeediting

I know a lot of you are querying after #pitmad (especially #bvm authors!), so I want to share with you my success formula and a #querytip list to help you

Nadwa Dawsari

Ndawsari

Are Houthis a terrorist group? Yes they are. Just like ISIS. Arguments that this will impact the peace process or bring Houthis closer to Iran r flawed. Houthis alliance with

sahra

sahrasulaiman

At risk of being told he didn't spend all those years at Harvard to have to listen to some transpo justice advocate, I will ask that 2021 be the year

Alex

seyyedreza

In Arabic, church is كنيسة (kenisa) and synagogue is کنیس (kenis).In Persian, church is کلیسا (kelisa) and synagogue is کنیسه (kenisa).A quick thread on why Middle Eastern languages have similar

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