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cline / 🎮 Knilly 🇵🇭 #UnbreakableAnthology

clineamb

While doing layout for the #UnbreakableAnthology Vol 1, I did some sourcing of public domain materials to accompany the BEAUTIFUL art our artists did within these pages. A thread on

Antiokhos in the East

AntiokhosE

Being thinking about coins and coloniser/colonised identities a bit today. Coins of Greco-Bactrians in today’s Afghanistan are famous for their size and quality - like this glorious gold stater of

☃️Parwana

shirini_khor

The discussion about the literal meanings for animals in Farsi/Dari got me thinking about the biodiversity of Afghanistan, and the animals that once inhabited or still present in the country.

jill wohlner

JillWohlner

Who is hiring software engineers remote (not just COVID remote) in the US? (thread the job link not just the company) I’ll start! @Mailchimp is hiring a bunch

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

In 2013, Daniel Rigmaiden - facing life in prison for 35 counts each of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft - was offered a surprise deal by federal prosecutors.1/ They

Kingfisher & Wombat

UrsulaV

Hey, internet peeps! Since many of you are embarking on brand-new gardening adventures these days, it occurs to me that you may be unfamiliar with...*cue scary music*...POISON IVY! And of

Britt Lonneville

BrittLonneville

#30DayMapChallenge - day 17: historical mapLet us take you on the epic journey of the Two Brothers in 1757, presented to us through the Prize Papers In close collaboration with

Well Hells Bells 🌻

WellHellsBells_

Brigham Young grew up next to Alphonso Taft in Southern Vermont. Joseph Smith was born in Vermont. Freemasons founded our nation and settled the West. Skull and Bones was founded

Lucas Vieira (LucasVB/1ucasvb)

LucasVB

In light of my 16th wikiversary today, I'll post some "creators's commentary" on a few of the stuff I created for Wikipedia. I hope you guys find this interesting/helpful! One

stac’s jokes

behsssexplained

INTROThis account explains @behsss’s jokes for second-language learners and everyone else who doesn’t get them fully. See below for...•Posting schedule•Symbol usage•Joke types•IPA pronunciation POSTING SCHEDULEExplanations of pa

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

It's a zombie economy. For 40 years, we've eroded the wages of workers and transfered their share of profit and productivity to owners of capital. This is a problem, because

Vathy 🦐

fvathynevgl

Random geekery thread: Murano glass What I already know (kinda): glass produced in Venice; it was a protected secret of the local glassmaker guild who had a policy of "you

Ojólogo Oook 🥄

Eodun

Pues vamos con el hilo #OjólogoTeCuenta sobre defectos refractivos. Miopía, hipermetropía, astigmatismo y presbicia Primero quiero aclarar una confusión común entre agudeza visual (AV) y graduación (corrección óptica, la base

James Bejon

JamesBejon

SOME NOTES ON BIBLICAL WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.Below, a five mina weight-stone from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/ ,where 𒈠𒈾 = «ma-na» = ‘mina’. MONEYMoney has been in use in the Near East for many millennia.

Flint Dibble 🍖🏺📖

FlintDibble

April 21st was Rome’s 2771st b-day & images of Romulus & Remus suckling at the teats of a she-wolf filled my #ClassicsTwitter feedThis #MythicalAnimals thread (18 tweets) explores the biology

🌾 Adrien Luyckx 🌿 🪴

Hcomosa

Prenez votre masque et des palmes, quelques plombs, enfilez une combinaison en néoprène, et venez plonger avec moi dans les eaux chaudes de la Méditerranée ! Aujourd'hui on va parler