#Preserved

forwomen.scot

ForwomenScot

Have @scotgov finally acknowledged there is a rights conflict?As per spokesperson: “The Scottish Government remains committed to reform the Gender Recognition Act 2004 and to do so in way that

Elliot Alderson

fs0c131y

1/ Technically, an iOS app can't use Bluetooth all the time.As a consequence, a contact tracing app which use Bluetooth cannot work on iOS. 2/ 3 weeks ago, Singapore published

Erin L. Thompson

artcrimeprof

Christie's is auctioning off antiquities from the collection of James and Marilynn Alsdorf (https://www.christies.com/SaleLanding/index.aspx?intsaleid=28785&lid=1&saletitle=). Here are some of the more "...you bought that?" lots

brownjamin funklin

profchander

happy birthday, immanuel kant—boy you sure were racist. so racist. super racist. like if racism were lsd you’d have been tripping all the time, which come to think of it

Oliver Betts

DrOliBetts

Furlough is not how I expected to be marking five years of a job I love, but there you go... Instead of moping about it (esp and so many aren't

Zoë McLaren, PhD

ZoeMcLaren

Skipping Phase 3 of clinical trials and rushing out a COVID-19 vaccine is a *terrible* idea. It goes against medical ethics, puts people at greater risk and undermines trust in

TimKarr

TimKarr

This Tweet... Is @RealDonaldTrump's reaction to Twitter's decision to attach a warning label to an earlier Trump tweet that spread disinformation about #COVID19 Trump and his enablers in Congress &

Crowpotkin 🏴

AnarchoCorvidae

OK, doing a what I believe thread. Firstly. I'm an anarchist. I'm sort of temperamentally a doomer. I think if we overthrew the state *today*, with the material conditions that

Kuukuwa Manful

Kuukuwa_

At the root of this Togoland "secession" issue is one basic fact -Although many African polities wanted to be free from European colonisation...some of them also did not want to

Michael J. Hicks

HicksCBER

1/n Some more back of the envelope thinking about the state's response to COVID-19, and how it has wider applicability. Let me preface by saying this is the sort of

Ali A Olomi

aaolomi

Astrology from the Islamic world influences some modern interpretations of the zodiac. Synthesizing Hellenic, Persian, and Indian knowledge, Muslim astrologers wrote about the character of each sign in dairat al

Whores of Yore

WhoresofYore

In 2013, the skeleton of Gaspare Pacchierotti, a very famous 19th century mezzo-soprano, was exhumed in order to study the effects that castration had on his body. This is his

Simon Dawkins

SimonDawkins3

When I come across the ruins of an ancient theatre, I always feel a bit better about humanity – they're a good reminder that life in the ancient world was

Rahul Mukherji

RahulMukherji5

THE DEVIOUS WAYS & MEANS OF @RSSorg IN BENGAL:SUBVERSION OF ADIVASI RIGHTS & CUSTOMSIn early February this, tension erupted in Maldah, West Bengal between members of Jharkhand Disom Party &

Sir Smidges-Alot 🇺🇸🇭🇺 (space guy)

SirGroypsAlotIV

Today’s 22nd, albeit LATE Fact for #CozySpaceFactofTheWeek is for the planet Mercury! As the first planet from the sun, a single year on this planet takes just 82 days! In

MK

MKdawah

"Did Muhammad marry a 9 year old girl named Aisha?"This is what a non-Muslim brother asked me a few days ago. The following is my response.***THREAD*** The reason I'm replying