#Contemporary

Joseph T Noony

JoeAgneya

Once upon a time, long before the British, we had our own Vedic system of time keeping. We had 30 muhurtas in a day. Life was quicker paced, organized and

Sim Kern

sim_kern

To all the folks trying to recreate school at home, with highly structured schedules & worksheets: we teach that way in schools because of CROWD CONTROL, not because it's the

āṅgīrasaśreṣṭha

GhorAngirasa

There is an interesting point that some may miss when reading this episode: There were originally two separate lineages/dynasties of pāñcalas, one based at ahicchatra in north pāñcala, another at

JiminUncut | Tales & Analyses

JiminUncut

[Fake Love Dance Analysis]Fake Love is a powerful song accompanied by powerful choreography. This is a deep dive analysis into what makes this such a beautiful and haunting piece, and

The Cosmist Insurrection, Inc. ™

yungneocon

the USSR was not only the first country to recognize Israel, but when the US would send jammed arms or none at all, the USSR had Chechezlovakia arm the nascent

Helen De Cruz

Helenreflects

Thoughts on Zhuangzi and play, and how we can think about games and play in contemporary philosophical context. I am teaching on this today, and will tweet a thread with

Respectable Lawyer

RespectableLaw

There's been a lot of talk about the missionary killed by the natives of North Sentinel Island. They're probably so aggressive because of this weirdo, Maurice Vidal Portman. So here's

Narumi Momose

HardFastAndFree

Wanted to write on this for awhile.Why is India's middle class so attached to BJP and particularly Modi?Thread:The answer lies in their culture. The so-called "Indian culture" they espouse is

Mencius Moldbugman

moldbugman

A thread on liberals, accountability, projection and psychoses illustrated by the artwork of Jim Carrey. As I grow older and more worldly, I notice that the common denominator between those

jeneice

qjeneice

@MishelleO1974Barak Obama and the pale horsehttps://youtu.be/56hGgHdSWhE https://drmsh.com/akhenatens-mummy-identified-via-dna-testing/Akhenten is reptilian dna Akhenaten was known as the pharaoh that introduced the ideas of worshipping only on

Moonie 轉 ⁷ 🎓

Yoongimoon__

A thread about my favorite yoongi stage pics, showing his great stage presence and how he enjoys being on stage . He's such an expressive performer. First i just wanna

Seth Cotlar

SethCotlar

In October 1964 WABC in New York broadcast a 1 hour special on right wing extremism in America, focusing on how that year's GOP nominee, Barry Goldwater, had stimulated new

Todd N. Tucker

toddntucker

The WTO just ruled against Trump’s China tariffs.The case ended up hinging on a question that seems pretty unrelated to trade: Does the totality of a country’s legal system say

Zero HP Lovecraft 🦅🐍

0x49fa98

If we want to know what American normality is--what Americans want to regard as normal--we can trust television, because television's whole raison is reflecting what people want to see It’s

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n00dsnim

Back in 2013, the ROK government made public the list of 230k Koreans who died in forced labor camps, died in the aftermath of the March 1 movement, or were

John Stoehr's Editorial Board

johnastoehr

1. One thousand Americans died yesterday from the coronavirus. One thousand Americans died the day before. One thousand Americans are probably going to die today. 2. This is the reality