#Cultural

I have two twitter accounts: a professional one (this one), a personal one, and I run a third account for @RainbowNHSBadgeI’ve been trying to decide which account to post this
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This evening, Jews around the world begin the fast of Tisha b’Av. Tisha b’Av commemorates the destruction of the 1st & 2nd Temple in Jerusalem, along w/ the destruction of
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Until recently I had no idea that game engines are basically eating the world. Urban planning, architecture, automotive engineering firms, live music and events, filmmaking, etc. have all shifted a
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The Beginning: Part 1Khazaria was destroyed by both Russia and Persia (now Iran) in approximately 1250 AD, and with good reason.Russia and Persia had repeatedly instructed Khazarian leadership that as
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Super cool story. David Tudor brought a Moog to India in 1969, five Indian composers made a bunch of music with it, which was lost until recentlyhttps://twitter.com/reaktorplayer/status/1347236597901766656 A little frustrated
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1/ @Nicolas Colin asks on @Siftedeu : “why can’t we build more social media giants in Europe?”Let me tell you the tale of @dailymotion. Remember them?They were neck and neck
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The things that Gandhi got away with never fails to astonish me: a thread 1. Profiting off of the image of the poor: this man invented cultural appropriation. Born into
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Listen up Right Wing & Neo-Libs, your decision to hire low IQ cops will lead directly to Progressives dominating in this country. These cops are incapable of acting in their
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In the recent epsiode of the amazing @cowenconvos, @Jeff_Holmes says to @tylercowen "I think it is still the case that can't do a census as there is such a
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tbh nothing prepared me better for 2020 than the ~2 years I spent periodically evading psychological capture by various new age cults due to my proximity to another high-dollar target
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THREAD: a couple of thoughts on Bari Weiss’s NYPost ‘anti-wokeness’ piece:1) Despite raising legitimate concerns about growing intolerance of dissent on the left, the hypocrisy here is horrifying, given her
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Why we stand for #IndiaAgainstPropaganda 10 Fast Facts from the #BreakingIndia conspiracy -1. The architect of the so called global Stand with Farmers campaign is Poetic Justice Foundation based in
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Hi!I applied for Chevening Scholarship (UK) in 2018 and was longlisted/selected for it. However, I did not get an acceptance letter from the three universities I applied to, so I
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Our new piece - just published in the Conversation. 75% of Australia's #marineprotectedareas are given only 'partial' protection. Here's why that's a problem. https://theconversation.com/75-of-australias-marine-protected
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Here's a quick sociological take on why it's an understandable mistake for well-meaning people to be uncomfortable with "Jew," & why this is not inconsistent with the idea that one
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1. Critical theory is taking socially binding norms and flipping the narrative to make them pejoratives, pathologies, and oppression that must be fought in order to destroy the strengths &
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