#MODERN

Kingsley Moghalu

MoghaluKingsley

Africans are great praise-singers/post-humous hagiograghers. It has cultural roots.But, must we carry this hangover into modern statehood? Sycophancy is a problem bcos we’ve psychologically transferred the 19th century divine right

Bane Folk

banefolk

Distracting myself with the absurdity & beauty of humanity and taking you with me. A thread about the ancient indigenous origins of battle rap and how it is connected to

Duncan Weldon

DuncanWeldon

Parker’s Military Revolution is a great read. Short and punchy (and with excellent pictures!) on European military innovation circa 1500-1800.Reading it for the first time in almost 20 years has

Seamus Hughes

SeamusHughes

Every reporter has a story on the backburner. One you’ll write when you have more time. Then COVID hits and no editor wants those stories not about COVID. Ergo, twitter.

🐱theHelmbeastie🐱

the_helmbeastie

As an OC artist myself, I feel as if they are often underrated and remain below the grid?So if you identify as an OC artist - feel free to present

Peter Dunn

PeteThePlanner

Thursday Morning Thread: I figured something out last night, which might explain the financial despair we're all feeling. It has to do with how most people determine whether or not

Taylor McGraw

taylor_mcgraw

This group is the modern-day version of "Parents and Taxpayers," a coalition that emerged in early 1960s New York City to oppose school integration plans. PLACE formed recently in response

million dollar meat

GIGAPENIS69

One of the biggest problems with mainstream/modern trans activism is how drastically the language and goal has shifted from “these people deserve to live a good normal life like everybody

Quarantine Hosh

has_hosh

Its rare to experience amusement & disgust at the same time but woke intellectuals jizzing all over themselves after Cyril Almeida’s weekly offering (thank god it wasn’t about the boys)

Ganesh Sitaraman

GaneshSitaraman

SUPREME COURT REFORM 101: Class 3, the “balanced bench,” or the 5-5-5 plan, first outlined in @voxdotcom. You might know it because @petebuttigieg discussed it quite a bit during the

Alex Thomson

AlexBThomson

Twitter is the ideal medium for short research reports, so get ready for some SCIENCE [thread]Title: IRN BRU VARIETIES - A DOUBLE-BLIND TASTE EVALUATION1/ Background:Despite controversy over the reduced sugar

Maddy, Veteran of the Christmas Wars

maddsurgeon

1/ When this is all over, Republicans are going to try to convince you the Trump thing was just a phase and Tom Cotton or whoever is a serious candidate.Don’t

Adrielle Herring

AdrielleHerring

1/14 I’m proud to live in the state whose women were the first in the modern nation to walk up to a ballot box, as legally recognized voters, and make

Glossimus Prime

GlossandGadgets

People think making space is a physical one. "A seat a the table" is the phrase used And there are many in this community that make the physical space. "everyone

karpooram

b0dys0da

i feel like i didn't shitpost enough about the modern family finale so here it goes jay: both of my sons are leavingmy heart: when manny said he wrote all

Adobe MAX

adobemax

Take a tour of two iconic Japanese cities, Osaka and Kobe, to see the locally and globally-renowned street art from artists like Cook One. See the sites + get inspired