#MODERN

Owen Williams 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿😷

OwsWills

In 1823, scientists excavating mammoth remains in Paviland Cave, Gower made an intriguing find: a partial human skeleton covered in red ochre, accompanied by periwinkle shells and carved ivory.What they'd

Eric Harvey

ericdharvey

AmeriKKKa/Kill at Will, Death Certificate, Predator and Lethal Injection, in less than 4 years, also while starring in "Boyz n the Hood" and Charles Burnett's "The Glass Shield." THEN he

Noah Smith 🐇

Noahpinion

When it comes right down to it, science is the our species' only real weapon against the things that would destroy us. Without science we're unarmed - animals fleeing before

Catie Lilly

catielila

On the first evening of #Ramadan , here is a story from @initiumnews about the modern history of Muslims in Taiwan - beginning with the retreat of the KMT

quarantine pie

the_walterpi

Implementing the language I'm designing is hard. A thread!So my language is very flexible and generic. Generic like C++? Well, yes, but actually no.My language allows for great compile-time control.

Tamanisha J John

TamanishaJohn

Only peeping at Twitter, but imo: downplaying “identity politics” and “intersectionality” by accepting neoliberal definitions of the two does serve to uphold white supremacy. "White supremacy is the unnamed political

Ann M. Little

Historiann

Far be it from me to sympathize with Cotton Mather, but reading about the Boston smallpox epidemic, I'm sympathetic to Cotton Mather. In advocating variolation, he was targeted by Bostonians'

sherryrawla

sherryrawla

Absolutely Teertha...what a balanced piece. The invaders and imperialists did their bit. But in independent India there was a decided diffidence about our culture and history. Forget political narratives, right

Chris Stantis, PhD

ChrisStantis

First of @PhysAnth's monthly webinars, on the evolution of health and history of human diseases. #AAPAWebinars is the hashtag I think First up is @monicaMedHist, a medical historian of the

🏡Leslie D Mark🌾

LDMark

Yes, that’s sound & fury you heard - signifying nothing. But make no mistake: Joe Biden won the debate, in the end No. Small. Accomplishment. given that they utterly laid

Ada Powers

mspowahs

Hi! I pride myself on bringing accessibility to tricky topics, but there's just no other way to slice this: our systems are built at every level, not to simply fail

kate bush’s aquarius moon

moonin7th

released 35 years ago today ~ “running up that hill” was kate bush’s first single from the 1985 album ‘hounds of love’! it peaked at no. 3 on the uk

Matthew Lesh

matthewlesh

This photo from Brighton on Saturday night in the @Telegraph is a piece of art: There’s the mixed emotions to this centrepiece fight — the shock, the turning away and

Mdme Pétroleuse

Vicky_ACAB

It's wild how confused non-violence gets some people. Like they come out into the street to protest random, unaccountable, unjustifiable and limitless police violence but then say that the police

Amazon Prime Video UK

primevideouk

BREAKING: Edinburgh Castle receives surprise (comedy) royalty visitor. Borat is great national sports hero too, where is his 'Sir Chris Hoy' Velodrome? Borat attends St. Philip's Cathedral because he is

Patrick OShaughnessy

patrick_oshag

Creating an inventory of strategies and frameworks for 1) value creation and 2) competitive advantage. Will list and add more to thread below. Please send your favorites. A list to