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jo, waymaker

justjogleason

#DIGNITYBABES - PHILOSOPHYLet's talk about the difference between modern and traditional astrology. If you've heard of traditional astrology but you're still not really sure what that means and how it's

Erik Loomis

ErikLoomis

This Day in Labor History: June 26, 1894. The American Railway Union, led by Eugene Debs, called for a boycott in solidarity with striking workers at Pullman, Illinois. Let's talk

Jamwanda

Jamwanda2

OUR CRISIS-NARRATIVE PRONE PRIVATE MEDIA ARE BEGINNING TO BE A REAL IRRITANT, more so when you realize it is the same headline, same voices done only on different days by

a grumpy little critter

grumpy_critter

OK. Let's talk about the f'ed-upness that is racialized evil in fantasy settings. (& neutral & positive racial essentialism as well). #fantasy A while back now, I saw some cute

Nightbaker

NightBaker3

.@Rita_Katz, disseminator of the fake ISIS beheading videos which terrorised the psyches of billions of people now has a new gig. Guess what it is.Eyes on for her fake research

Martin Kulldorff

MartinKulldorff

Twelve Forgotten Principles of Public Health#1 Public health is about all health outcomes, not just a single disease like #COVID19. It is important to also consider harms from public health

Eztainutlacatl

cbkwgl

Let me tell you the story of a British Commander who commanded a huge contingent during the storming of Srirangapatna and was a part of it's general loot and sacking

Zero HP Lovecraft 🦅🐍

0x49fa98

The Gutenberg Galaxy by Marshall McLuhan. Core thesis: the way we use our senses to perceive the world also shapes the way we interpret our perceptions. Print media isolates the

Harpreet

CestMoiz

1Ah, well, isn't this the favourite 'comeback' of Beggaristanis, regardless of what begins a 'discussion' with these folks?Though this sample is yet another Beggaristani who has made it to my

NPR

NPR

244 years ago today, church bells rang out over Philadelphia as the Declaration of Independence was adopted.(Spelling and punctuation as provided by the National Archives) In Congress, July 4, 1776.The

Venkatesh Rao

vgr

In Neal Stephenson’s Diamond Age, one of the near-future cultures is Neo-Victorian, and it is rooted in a mix of ironic-but-not-really theater and a self-aware embrace of hypocrisy as a

Verbal Kint with No Limp

deuxwrite

“Heroin’ was, by the way, the brand name given to diacetylmor-phine by Bayer Pharmaceutical Products when it got the bright idea to unleash it on the world in 1898 as

Carlos Osweda

COsweda

ThreadFor @harry_hparsonsYou ask a question. The short answer is:Not a threat.Chinese weapons never works as advertised.NEVER.But.Here's what we KNOW we're doing. Of course we have secret capabilities that only @realDonaldTrump

Indian History

IndianHistory0

A thread on the Reconquista. I will explain in detail how the Iberians purged islam, islamic culture, arabic & muslim population from Iberia. You'll see many parallels to modern &

Michael Harriot

michaelharriot

I'm not an expert so maybe we should ask some experts whether or not America is a racist countryA thread:https://twitter.com/Raymondorigins/status/1387967950259294211 You know who might know? The Supreme Court. If only

Beth J

PatriotJeweler

America... My Marine wrote the post I used to created this info packed thread... Please read & RT Still don't like the president?Do you dislike that he made cruelty to