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Soon-Tzu Speechley 孫子
speechleyish
A couple of you have asked, so here are my ten favourite buildings. In no particular order:1. Masjid Negara, Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaCompleted in 1965, Malaysia's National Mosque is a refined
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Burair/Бурайр/بُرَيْر
Burairss
[8th Thread: A glimpse of Personal Journey]The following is a personal thread I'm making after I'd a chat with one of my Canadian friends on our personal journeys in learning
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Municipal Dreams
MunicipalDreams
1/ East Tilbury is remarkable - a Czech modernist factory town built in rural Essex. Begun in 1933, it was built by the Bata Shoe Company led by Tomáš Baťa,
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Caroline Shenton
dustshoveller
The night of the 10-11 May 1941 was the worst - and last - of the London #Blitz, 80 years ago today. 700 tons of bombs killed 1500, injured another
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⚒ Sam Hoadley-Brill ⚒
deonteleologist
Here goes another one of my signature threads on the incredibly bulletproof #AntiWoke online echo chambers can be, focusing again on @wokal_distance. And before you remind me I have better
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Army Of Frogs 🇺🇸🐸🐸🐸 ⚔️🔥
WWG1WGAUSA
1) Thread: Insurrection VS. Rebellion. The definition of insurrection is an act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government. [SHADOW GOVERNMENT CONTROLLED]....One way to counter that
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GS
GS05445168
In a previous longform thread, I touched upon the various species of the Indian modernist movement, which I designated A1/A2/A3. A1 = Nehruvian left; A2 = Traditional revivalists; A3 =
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RamzanCatyrov
Thread: Since 1258, when Baghdad — the preeminent city of the Abrahamic Greater West — was destroyed by the Mongol armies of Hülegü, Christian and Muslim alike have recognized the
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protoALB
protoALB
The “Serbian Idea”In Ottoman Macedonia, Stojan Novaković who was a Serbian politician, encouraged a separate Slavic Macedonian identity to counter the strong Bulgarian influence, to separate the local population from
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Aurva Bhārgava
aurvabhrg
One of the striking aspects of modernity is the reduction of the available categories. Eg: In the Hindu epistemology, Pratyakśa, Anumāna, Śabda were considered to be valid means of knowledge
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rebeca6169
Arthur Rimbaud #BOTD 1854 (d. 1891) was a French poet known for his influence on modern literature and arts, prefiguring surrealism. He started writing at a very young age
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Anna Fine AF
somefinetweets
Ok fam, furniture history time!Today I bought my last purchase before a yearlong self-ban on purchases (lol) and it was the coveted and super difficult to find Gae Aulenti Quadrofoglio
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☀️Arthos the Christmas Gnome🌙
francis_yockey
Dad has nvr been particularly religious I wasn't raised baptist & tbh he would do crosswords or zone out during boring presby church, but he went through phase when I
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Portia
whowhywherewhen
In 1998 Prof Dickson Eyoh, now Associate Professor at Toronto, wrote in Africa Today about the"dichotomy between African intellectuals (particularly but not exclusively those located on the continent) and their
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Ashley T. Rubin, Penal Scientist
ashleytrubin
One of the weird things about studying prison history is how many things we do today that we used to do and abandoned bc it was "barbaric" or "uncivilized" or
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Ted McCormick
mccormick_ted
Lots of BS to unpack here, but I'll start with: IF you think that *the modern West* is the finest society ever created, AND you think *the modern West* is
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