#Historical

My friend @dhume analogizes social media outrage over a racy depiction of the Goddess Kali with the beheading in France. Raises the Enlightenment. I agree that Hindu anger on social
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(1) What makes an NFT project valuable?A thread from a (2) Not financial advice, these are some things I look at when I personally invest in any project.The main
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Folks don’t know shit about anti fascists or anarchism. Political education is necessary or this shit will implode. There is a long history and tradition of organized black anarchist movementhttps://blackrosefed.org/komboa-why-i-am-an-ana
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Hey new followers! There’s a lot of you and if you know me as that orc bibliography person you should also know I’m queer and Muslim. And I’m proudly both,
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How did menstruation become taboo? A thread There are over 5,000 euphemisms for the word 'period' dating back to old religious texts such as the Bible and the Quran. “…in
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Like many, @JFrankelEcon here treats the 1873-96 deflation under the gold standard as a serious defect. But numerous studies suggest that that period's downward price trend (an average annual rate
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I think one of the most damaging things about white supremacy is not only did it destroy individual local cultures under the fictional umbrella of "white culture," it damaged our
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So the Bluetooth logo has a fascinating story behind it Especially this bit The story starts in 1996, when Intel, Ericsson, and Nokia met to plan the standardization of a
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You could write an entire meteorology textbook just based on the phenomena visible from this afternoon's wild satellite imagery looking down at the American West. (Thread) #CAwx #WAwx #ORwx #COwx
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Harry Reid ending the filibuster for federal judicial appointments, and no outcry was heard!and the GOP not voting on a seat when the parties are divided in senate and POTUS
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Who's up for an evil #PWTeasers game?In this thread I'll add a teaser for every entry that included a Twitter username (this will take a few days). You all guess
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Uh, another story time and this one is...upsetting.It’s about the one time I really tested the high-end concierge and won, because I asked for them to send me an s&m
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Since we're talking about JJ Audubon & racism in natural history, Walton Ford is an American artist who uses Audubon's style as inspiration for paintings about Western imperialism & racism.
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A thread on what tonight’s events in George Square mean to me:When I started researching ‘sectarianism’ (a term I can’t stand) nearly a decade ago, I couldn’t believe how little
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1. I've been reading some Raymond Chandler lately & it clarified something that is maybe obvious to everyone else but had never occurred to me: that pervasive police corruption was
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After the 2016 election I got pretty into Shaun King's activism. It felt like adding my voice to a movement making an impact. I was wrong. A few years back
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