#1950s

Bryan MacDonald

27khv

'Hitler's crocodile' dies at 84 in Moscow zoo. The reptile - named Saturn - which allegedly belonged to the Nazi leader was sent to the Russian capital from his previous

Jacques Bannon

neoliberal_dad

It’s a good thing we eliminated polio in the 1950s because there’s no way in hell we could eliminate it under the 21st century health economics conventional wisdom Imagine Ezra

Andrew Garrett

ndyjroo

From the Survey of California and Other Indian Languages (UC Berkeley): "On Indigenous Peoples Day, we reiterate our acknowledgement and respect for the Ohlone people on whose traditional, ancestral, and

Saturn ✨

Saturn_bears

The vast babyyy!!! I may be a Jon kinnie but the vast is just so tasty I cannot give it uphttps://twitter.com/BatDisaster/status/1317860973869518848 Bonus: the territory looks like a small house and

Rob Gillezeau

robgillezeau

Prior to COVID-19, I was supposed to be presenting some early stage research this weekend at the @ClioSociety conference on the the impact of police bargaining rights on killings of

Palmer Report

PalmerReport

Donald Trump’s press conference so far:- Claims he remembers dollar bills being physically larger in the 1950s- Says antibiotics used to kill viruses- Answers a reporter’s question by pointing to

Flying Dacian

FlyingDacian

The original statue of King Carol I in Bucharest was created in 1939 by the famous Croatian sculptor Ivan Meštrović. On December 31, 1947, the communist government took down the

rathin roy

EmergingRoy

Thanks Roli! For a chance to explain why it’s ideological(Thread).(1)Many well meaning people supportUniversal basic income as it helps the poorest. That’s an ideological choice. They don’t care about the

Michael Pettis

michaelxpettis

1/8This WSJ editorial makes an interesting but misleading point : It quotes "a former U.S. President" as saying: “The tax on capital gains directly affects investment decisions, the mobility and

Tom Nichols

RadioFreeTom

So, here's the thing. The "mission" is "prevent the use of nuclear weapons against the United States." The problem is endless scenario planning about warfighting use, which is ludicrous but

Liu Xiaoming

AmbLiuXiaoMing

Delighted to speak at the 90th birthday party of Bank of China London Branch, the pioneer of modern Chinese banking sector. BOC’s first overseas office in London was the first

E.H. Hail

Hail__To_You

Corona-Context graph:Deaths/year as a % of the population.Either #SwedenWasRight to not engage in any shutdowns and the pro-Panic coalition was disastrously wrong, - OR - we should have done shutdowns

Dr Effrosyni Nomikou

f_nomikou

#MuseumsUnlocked Day 53 Museums, Sites & Monuments of GreeceLet's go... 1/ There are about 220 archaeological #museums in Greece, outnumbering by far all other types of museums. Most are -directly

Tommy Thomson

Tommy_Tom2020

"Urban geographer whose research interests include housing policy, urban renewal, displacement, and social mix. Vancouver social historian and ethnographer."People read this self-description & assume I am left wing. I think

The American Mind

theammind

“The Electoral College, in short, is organized on precisely the same principle as the United States Congress, and for precisely the same reason. Neither institution recognizes population alone as the

rat king 🐀

bitviet

sometimes it does irritate me when people who arent vietnamese wear the ao dai because im so hyper aware of all the fraught political history behind it but thats my