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Lauren Baucom

LBmathemagician

I got to spend an amazing hour with some 1st and 2nd year teachers last week, thanks to @saravdwerf. In that time, the topic of this week came up. I

Bernard Lane

Bernard_Lane

"(Victoria's anti-conversion therapy bill), which could mean up to a decade in jail or fines of almost $10,000 for anyone found trying to suppress or change another person’s sexuality or

Dr Robert Bohan Artist

RobertBohan

Thread: Francis Bacon (1909-92) was Ireland’s greatest painter, as well as a major visionary. An Expressionist, his work was inspired by an Irish concern with religion & existentialism, a charged

ice9

__ice9

For reference, here is the recent report alleging a potentially artificial origin for SARS-CoV-2, from virologist Li-Meng Yan.https://zenodo.org/record/4028830#.X1_G1mhKg2zhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li-Meng_YanYan recently fled Hong Kong

Dr Robert Bohan Artist

RobertBohan

Thread: 2020 has been challenging for all of us. I know that art has been scientifically proven to be an antidote to anxiety so as a relaxing break here’s a

Jared Yates Sexton

JYSexton

All right.We need to talk about how Trump and the GOP are marketing themselves as the Southern Fire-Eaters who spurred secession and the Civil War and how that time bizarrely

H.K. Belvedere

HKBelvedere

Why all great empires collapse and why it should give us hope in modern times. A new THREAD. To provide hope and give context to current events, which have already

Wyvern of Herzegovina

Zvari72

If you watched Biden's inauguration (my condolences), you've probably noticed that this black girl's bloviating ''poem'' was one of the highlights. Amanda Gorman is the inaugural holder of the title

Dr Phil Weir

navalhistorian

November 1940 was one of the most eventful & significant months of #WW2 at sea for the @RoyalNavy with fleets in action in the Atlantic & Mediterranean, while in the

Finn Murphy

FinnMurphy12

Linus Torvalds gave the software world 2 of its greatest gifts in the Linux kernel & git - but while those technologies originated in Europe, it was American companies like Github &

Jonathan Ware

ReassessHistory

The Churchill Tank in Normandy: Part One 40-44Ratty Relic or Bocage Buster?How did it go from a hated, atrocious POS tank worthy only of the scrapheap to a reliable, trustworthy,

Carlos Osweda

COsweda

ThreadMy mind is boggled.On Independence Day, Joe Biden says that we suck, and if we just give him another chance, THIS TIME he'll actually accomplish something, unlike during his previous

dasPost-CV

dasvee

1/ As always I enjoyed Rafael Behr's Politics on the Couch podcast... but (sorry) I take issue with the arguments he presented for why Labour backed the government's Brexit deal.

Eric Katz

EricM_Katz

In light of recent changes at and uproar surrounding the Postal Service, here’s a thread on the recent history of changes there in case it’s useful context for anyone 1/

Jay ☄️

Jay_RMA

Cristiano Ronaldo’s most iconic performances.[A THREAD]. Bolton 2003/04 EPL. Ronaldo scores his first goal for Manchester United. Millwall 2003/04 FA Cup Final. Ronaldo scores the game winner in the final

Carnivore Aurelius ©

KetoAurelius

*TESTOSTERONE MEGATHREAD*Male gonads are under attack. And now men are:DepressedWeaker.More likely to be in prison.More likely to fail out of school.More likely to be murdered.Why? Because testosterone levels have cratered

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