#Europe

Robert McNees

mcnees

The deflection of starlight by the gravitational field of the sun was observed during a solar eclipse #OTD in 1919, an important piece of evidence supporting a central prediction of

status annoyicus

medburnbook

I don’t know how to explain to people that even coming from an upper middle class background was just barely enough. I could never have afforded this. I could not

Barton

BartonEDay

Bloodlands (Non-fiction) History, Europe, 20th century hell. Warning: you are likely to find this book extremely disturbing...which really means you’re human after all. Ok... I’m in awe from reading “Bloodlands,”

Andrew Stroehlein

astroehlein

This is remarkable & says a lot about the arc of progress. I remember @CrisisGroup’s report on “The Curse of Cotton” in 2005 (when I worked there), one of the

AG

AGHamilton29

This is infuriatingly stupid and dishonest. The answer is because we don't, and media outlets that suggest otherwise cannot be trusted to cover this topic. Several large countries are clearly

Tom Newton Dunn

tnewtondunn

Wellcome Trust director Sir Jeremy Farrar thinks it's "likely" that Britain will be "one of the worst if not the worst country affected in Europe" #Marr Farrar: "From the early

Pablo Pérez

PabloPerezA

The Schuman Plan seen by some cartoonist in 1950 In Germany, Pielert placed Schuman sewing France and Germany. The safety pins were not enough. The new Franco-German partnership, long lasting

Seth Miller

WandrMe

An @IATA briefing this morning, including an update on July traffic stats. #COVID19 #AvGeek #PaxEx "The trend is still very weak. We're up from the April low, but not very

Dr Robert Bohan Artist

RobertBohan

Thread: To mark my 50th Birthday I decided, as I am in medical isolation, to create a special event. So for the month of April, or as long as the

ember ☭

ComradeEmber

-kwame nkrumah, neocolonialism- kwame nkrumah, handbook of revolutionary warfare-frantz fanon, wretched of the earth-amílcar cabral, resistance and decolonization-aimé césaire, discourse on colonialism-walter rodney, how europe underdeve

Naomi Fisher

naomi_fisher

When billions of pounds of tax are spent without question on roads with no cycling infrastructure, how come mainstream press don’t ask about those who can’t drive, yet when a

Johanna Luyssen

johannaluyssen

"Et c’est ainsi que, pour des raisons électoralistes, des femmes voient le temps passer et, avec lui, leurs derniers espoirs de pouvoir concevoir un enfant"Demain, un dossier de 4 pages

Mhairi Hunter

MhairiHunter

Still seeing folk argue about the Once in a Generation/Indy mandate thing so I thought the following might be useful. 1. There was no commitment to once in a generation

Rabbi Zvi Solomons 🕎 follow @RabbiSolomons

RabbiZvi

Today is St George’s Day, patron saint of England.I’m not into Christian Saints, being a rabbi and all, but I am proud of my country.George is an apocryphal saint. He’s

wiwibloggs

wiwibloggs

We're attending a digital press conference hosted by RAI and @DiodatoMusic. Jon Ola Sand is speaking. He says to Diodato, "I'm very sorry I could not welcome you to Rotterdam

Rasmus Kleis Nielsen

rasmus_kleis

Quick thread on the whole Australia/Facebook/Google standoff.Frustrating situation with a lot at stake. And fundamentally opaque. There is so much we don't know, leaving space for self-interested assertions on all