#Inventors

Alex Johnson

AlexH_Johnson

Random Friday history thread.Today’s thread starts with a question: who is JPMorgan Chase, the largest bank in the United States, named after? You likely know the first person: John Pierpont

Sankrant Sanu सानु संक्रान्त ਸੰਕ੍ਰਾਂਤ ਸਾਨੁ

sankrant

Why is English a *barrier* to India's development? A summary:Today and the future is of technology. Technology development requires technical understanding, logic and thinking skills. World-over people learn and use

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leswheein

THE BIBLE IS NOT AGAINST HOMOSEXUALITY, a threadLeviticus and Romans DISCLAIMERS: - all Bible verses cited are NRSV- due to space constrictions, i cannot go into too much detail. i

Caroline James

CarolineJames12

Join best-selling author @Lizzie_Chantree who is celebrating her new book 'Shh...It's Our Secret'http://carolinejamesauthorblog.com/2021/05/06/celebrating-shh-its-our-secret-by-lizzie-chantree/ I am delighted to host the lovely

Yvanna Cancela

YvannaCancela

Today is #WorldDiabetesDay. Can’t think of a better opportunity to talk about the deadly high costs of insulin and the #Insulin4all movement. A thread. /1 Insulin was invented 100 years

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SoneyKiChidiya

Mr K2a your madrassa education is wrong on my levels. Let's see if Muzlimz actually gave us ALL these things *cough apart from terrørism cough*.1. Algebra.Arabic scholars TRANSLATED Vedic knowledge,

David Gamble Jr

DavidGambleJr

"When I am in high school, I am excited about black history month and talking about black inventors. One of my friends snorts and says, ‘Black people have never invented

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Logo_Daedalus

The "American Dream"--Communism-- was created by Fordist capitalists with the goal of "total employment" & the maximization of wages in order to avoid social revolution. The Soviet Union, rather, was

Jes Trudel

RealLitBulbs

A Universal Basic Income would not cause people to decide it wasn't "worth it" to work. You can't replace the intrinsic benefits of work. What it does do is allow

Carlos Osweda

COsweda

THREADYour feel-good video of the day.Congratulations on your landslide reelection, @realDonaldTrump.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A797Q19ORj0 So many great things!Calmly continuing to enjoy a night out. No masks. "I feel unsafe!&quo

Brian D. Earp

briandavidearp

Wow. @WHO claims 2 have 'voluntary' medical male circumcision (VMMC) program, based on data from studies of sexually active *adults* - but now pushes non-voluntary circ of infants, for which

National Museum of American History

amhistorymuseum

You go to the polls. You vote. You go home. But wait—how did you vote? Did you fill in bubble? Tap a touchscreen ? Pull a lever ?Voting machines usually

Richard de Nooy

RicharddeNooy

Amsterdam kitchens are tiny, partly because most Dutch food is made on the floor, using an axe, a cudgel and a spade, which is used to scoop the meal into

China Helps World

ChinaHelpsWorld

Television Series 'Billions' on Showtime (on twitter at @SHO_Billions --Thought for the day. Would your government ban this television show? Season 5, episode 3, showed the main actor (who dresses

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oliveEtiubon

THE CASE FOR AFRICAN(NIGERIAN) PARENTS...{DISCLAIMER: This post conveniently excludes wicked, abusive or absent parents. Thank you}You can't give what you don't have.An outrageously, excruciatingly long thread... When I first went

Sahil Bloom

SahilBloom

In 1872, an American inventor named John Keely raised money on the promise of a new motor with a power source that would revolutionize the world.The only problem? It was