#1980s

Doctor Historianess

historianess

A thread about electricity deregulation and infrastructure in Texas: 1/ Dereg has been a thing there since we moved to Austin in the late 1980s. A constant push for lower

Amaan

amaanbali

1984 in context of Punjab is generally read & associated with the Sikh Movement & Indira Gandhi’s decision to call in army. But very few people know what was a

Jews Sans Frontieres

jewssf

Thanks @Zelo_Street for reminding me of the thoroughly dishonest IHRA Non-legally binding working definition of antisemitism. The one rejected by the EU but then adopted by its most antisemitic governments,

Brooklyn White

brooklynrwhite

Acrylic nails have a rich history. Though polishes and nail extensions were worn in Egypt, China and Greece, how they are worn today is a reference to the Black community

Bearlissimo

Bearlissimo1

#DaBears “Repeating the same mistakes over again and expecting different results is the definition of insanity”Often this trope is attributed to Albert Einstein as if in some way it

Jason Fraley

JFrayWTOP

(1) As we approach #Oscars season, I miss the days when the top grosser was also Best Picture (i.e. “The Godfather”). We’ve become too divided between art vs. mainstream. Art

Ricardo Reis

R2Rsquared

** MMT is the new supply-side economicsForty years ago, some economists started from an uncontroversial (but important) result: a lower tax rate raises the tax base, so revenues won't fall

Biz Bites

_BizBites

Ashok Leyland the flagship of the Hinduja Group is the 2nd largest commercial vehicle manufacturer in India, the 4th largest manufacturer of buses, & 12th of trucks in the world.The

Alastair McIntosh

alastairmci

*Thread* - Somebody asked for my thoughts on bringing the moor @LBuyout back into community ownership #LandReform. My remarks, based on the book “Soil and Soul”, will be of general

@amuse

amuse

US CAPITOL ATTACK THREAD: In light of @AOC's claim that she has PTSD because a Capitol Hill Police Officer entered her offices on 1/6 I decided to share some of

How-To Heretic

howtoheretic

Marjorie Greene's hideous ideology is now the mainstream of the Republican party. That's depressing but hardly surprising given the party's trajectory from the idiotic occultist Reagan all the way to

Ben Babcock

Hey_BenB

So who's up for supporting the "#energydabate"? What's that you say? Oh, that's the process whereby legacy oil and gas companies harness the support of environmentally-minded folks to accelerate their

Julian Hughes 🌍

Penrhynbirder

Great to be able to dip into, and join with hundreds of others, the celebrations to launch #EBBA2. I've been bowled over by the effort, and the outputs - and

Civil War Humor

CivilWarHumor

And a very happy birthday to one of the great abolitionists, Charles Lenox Remond. Not familiar with Remond? Yeah, he’s not nearly enough of a household name, and shockingly, he

Dustin Reichard

JuncoWren

New paper out in @AnimBehSociety with @meelyn_pandit, @JuncoProject, @ketterso, @mostly_waxbills, and Trevor Price. Higher frequency songs of urban juncos persist in a common garden for three years! Read on for

Werthead

Werthead

Recent events have made me revisit an article idea I had a while back, that the "SFF canon" is no longer a relevant concept.As recently as the 1990s, there seemed

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