#National

Magnus Davidson

DavidsonMagnus

Donald Macdonald, Donald Cameron, Robert Henderson, Kenneth Henderson, and Peter Sinclair. Heads of the families cleared from Backlass in Caithness to make way for sheep in the early 19th Century.

Ashesi University

Ashesi

We're celebrating alumni couples today, sharing how they found love #atAshesi. How it started: Akosua '10 needed an accomplice to pull a prank on a friend, and Kojo '10 offered

The Leave Alliance

LeaveHQ

The EU will not offer an FTA without comprehensive state aid provisions. It has asked the UK to set out a regime it can recognise - which is an offer

Yair Wallach

YairWallach

The debate on Israeli responsibility on COVID vaccines in West Bank and Gaza is an opportunity to think of the competing and overlapping frameworks: occupation vs. apartheid. [Thread] 2/ On

Grace Panetta

grace_panetta

New from me: There are lots of unanswered questions about the Postal Service's operations this election year. But both delayed mail delivery & states' unrealistic deadlines for requesting ballots could

Brandon Bayne

brandonbayne

Visiting the border wall at Alamo, Texas is the perfect culmination to this presidency. It displays maximum violence to the people whose families they separated, called rapists, and labeled animals,

Ned Pyle

NerdPyle

In 1942, the US Army formed the 761st Tank Battalion, made up mostly of Black soldiers. It would become one of the most effective & decorated units of the war.

Andrew Doyle

andrewdoyle_com

A short thread on the degraded state of political discussion.Today an account calling itself “Right-Wing Hate Exposed” (@GuidoFawkesHate) attacked me out of nowhere.The accusations were based entirely on prejudice, and

Seth Abramson

SethAbramson

(THREAD) Barr's opening statement to Congress has just been published—and we've learned more from it than expected, in part because Barr is so carefully dissembling he ends up revealing more

(((Charles Fishman)))

cfishman

The coronavirus pandemic isn't just out of control in the US — it's rampaging uncheckedacross the entire country.Wednesday, Nov 11:• Total cases, all-time high: 145,835• Total hospitalizations, all-time high: 65,368•

Guy Shrubsole

guyshrubsole

Like @GeorgeMonbiot & others, I'm wary of economists trying to 'put a price on nature'.But I was surprised to see the #DasguptaReview make a strong case for actually *putting large

AAbiodun 🇳🇬

AAbiodun_

10 things Nigeria does better than anywhere else. [A Thread]1. Jollof riceThis mouth-watering tomato-based rice dish is a party staple. Nigerians are the indisputable champions, of course, serving up "advanced

Rachel "The Doc" Bitecofer 📈🔭🍌

RachelBitecofer

1. The diff @kasie between El Paso & NYC though is that as @BetoORourke will tell you, the people of El Paso are being murdered by the extremism (and even

CERN POWER⚡🔋🇺🇸

JFSupremeLTO

Time for a long thread comprised of the whole story from the beginning for those that dont know it.Why is the the way it is?How did we get here?Who

Jennifer Mercieca

jenmercieca

I don't think anyone understands the depths of female rage right now. Poor, sweet hubs all day yesterday: "are you OK?" "you don't feel well?" "did I do something wrong?"No

Kathryn Anne Edwards

keds_economist

What's it like to work as an economist at a non-academic research institute, like RAND? This is a question I get a lot, especially during job market season. #EconTwitter I

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