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mactuallydumb

thread of middle eastern inventions because im sick of hearing about europeans all the time: coffee - 11th century yemen and ethiopia:the effects of coffee beans were first discovered by

Summer Kinard

Somemyrrh

The mistake I see in most “Christian” discourse is the assumption that Christians are destined to be the ones with worldly power in the first place. Power & faith make

Emin Lelić

emin_lelic

As I finish up my MESA presentation on early modern Ottoman proto-ethnology, I'll post a few ethnological entries on Bosnians, Hungarians, Albanians, Russians, Franks (Western Europeans), Georgians, and Circassians. All

Vasavi Narayanan

VasaviNarayanan

Bharatha Varsham and Sanadhana Dharmamபாரதம் பரந்து விரிந்தது. புராண இதிஹாஸங்களின் படி, பூமிப் பந்தின் வடகோளம் பெரும்பாலும் சமுத்திரத்தைக் கொண்டது.மீதமுள்ள மிகப்பெரிய நிலப்பரப்பு **ஜம்புத்வீபம்** எனப்பட்டது. சமஸ்க்ருதத்தில் த்வீபம் என்றால் தீவு. அதாவ

Erik Larsen

ErikJLarsen

Okay--I've been surprised a few times from artists that I'd think knew better --so let me walk you through this--if you've heard this before please bear with me. At left

Kevy Gilles🇫🇷🇬🇭🦉

kevygilles

The 1918 pandemic, aka the Spanish flu, lasted until 1920 & is considered the deadliest pandemic in modern history. Although it first appeared in the USA, then in France, it

Zahra Hankir

ZahraHankir

While excavating baba’s vast book and magazine collection today, I came across this MEA travel brochure on #Lebanon dated May 15, 1961. (I believe the sun/snow trope may have originated

Highland Arrow

HighlandArrow

Where do I even start with what's wrong with this costume design.https://twitter.com/IamFaramon/status/1286634115597565953 Every time I look I see something new, I should stop looking. OKAY JUST TO GET THIS OUT

hannah

hvnterschvfers

thread of examples of history repeating itself in modern times bc this is rly interesting to me the all lives matter folks really like to use MLK to say “he’d

David Perell

david_perell

Education is broken.Here is what the future of education will look like:1. Teaching will become an extremely lucrative profession. Salaries will follow a power law. The best teachers will make

Jay Hulme

JayHulmePoet

At the beginning of this year I ran a series of four twitter competitions based around churches:Best CofE CathedralBest Non-CofE UK CathedralBest Parish ChurchBest Modern (post-1930's) ChurchIt's time for my

Caltrain

Caltrain

In 1861, bonds were issued for the construction of a railroad between SF & SJ. By 1863 the @SFSJRailroad was running between SF & Palo Alto, a few months later

the religious minority next door

MinorityNxtDoor

It's great to see folx celebrating #KamalaHarris as an #interfaith icon. But, I wonder if we're going to have any serious conversations about how her story represents the way #ChristianSupremacy

Noam Blum 🦉

neontaster

I tweet about the whole "eat bugs" thing a lot and a vegetarian asked me what the difference was between bugs and cows or pigs that isn't just arbitrary and

TeaneckAbolitionProject

ProjectTeaneck

Thread on the Prison-Industrial Complex and how it’s modern day slavery (1/7) (2/7) (3/7) (4/7) (5/7) (6/7) (7/7)Sources:http://criticalresistance.org/about/not-so-common-language/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1998/12/the-p

J.B. Handley

jb_handley

My Top 10 things to read for truth-seekers, for my interview on Instagram Live with @RobertKennedyJr 1/The infection fatality rate of COVID-19 inferred from seroprevalence data John P.A. Ioannidishttps://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020