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Jeff Wasserstrom
jwassers
Short thread: Finished my Modern China survey syllabus: I am not posting it publicly but will share w/anyone gearing up to teach such a class remotely fall quarter or starting
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Katherine Woodfine
followtheyellow
There are some wonderful children’s books published today - and gosh it’s a tough time to have a book out, so let’s shout about them extra loudly! Here’s a thread
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Gabriel Hetland
GabrielHetland
This article documents truly harrowing conditions of childbirth in Venezuela. Yet it almost completely discounts the critical and criminal and yes partial but still very significant responsibility of the US
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Dr Eleanor Janega
GoingMedieval
Look it is the return of the WORST TAKE about defending keeping confederate monuments. I know you are not all credulous basics, so you know why this take is stupid
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Shane McAuliffe 🐷✈️
ShaneMcAuliffe1
Day 7 of #FarmlandBiodiversity and today, something slightly different. Old stone structures on farms are an important part of our cultural heritage but did you know they are important for
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Phil Rogers
PhilRogers81
This is a quote from Emiliano Zapata, leader of the Mexican revolution of 1910-20. Peasant communities stood up to having land & water resources monopolised by the small-landowning class, leading
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Geoff Kabaservice
RuleandRuin
1. My NYT piece on QAnon compared the current conspiracy to the John Birch Society in the '60s but argued the GOP & conservative movement condemned the latter while Trump
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Daniel Randall
therubykid
This almost certainly says as much about Murray himself as it does about Corbyn, but in any case, this definitely speaks to some of the reasons why some of the
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TJ Heaps
tjheaps
Luckily we have loads of historical data to analyze in these times with no live games... big shout to @unravelsports @Kev_Shank @Rishi_Kowalski who have done great work in building out
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Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll
skjask
How to criticize Israel without being anti-Semitic:- criticize actual policy - speak from a place of knowledge, accuracy & context- suggest or work towards solutions, not the destruction of Israel-
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Unicorn March
UnicornMarch
A bi+ lesbian starter kit for #BiHistoryMonth.* 1992 comic from the author of "Liliane, Bi-Dyke"* 1996 Lesbian Avengers flyer w/1973 quote from the bi-founded RadicaLesbians.* Dyke March banner: https://www.autostraddle.com/photoe
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Ahab Bdaiwi איהאבּ ܐܝܗܐܒ
bdaiwi_historia
The authentic-chasing camp mischaracterise the medieval Muslim debates on epistemological certainty, apodictic knowledge, and historical truth. The ḥadīth scholars of early Islam understood the nuances of this debate -- unlike
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Paul Krugman
paulkrugman
The news is all Kalama, and rightly so, but let me counterprogram and talk about economics. Over the next few weeks I'm scheduled to talk everywhere and nowhere about the
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MissRinAelia
I know literally nothing about Ghost of Tsushima except that the usual thing is happeningJapanese diaspora: hey this thing has some issuesNon-Japanese, usually whites: yeah well JAPANESE IN JAPAN don’t
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софија
Ieptirica
slavic micro-ethnicities u might didn't know about: gorani/goranci are a slavic muslim ethnic group inhabiting the gora region the triangle between serbia, albania, and macedonia. / they number 60,000 people,
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Heshmat Alavi's Trenchcoat
UrOrientalist
The news about the US recognition of the Armenian genocide is tricky. On the one hand, it's easy to see why diaspora groups spent decades lobbying for this. There are
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