#Century

Elaine van Dalen

elainevdalen

How to easily memorize large amounts of medical information? Make it rhyme! Medical poetry was popular in the Classical Islamic World and many copies survive today. A small thread on

Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele

_Dragases_

1) A thread on Constantinople, inaugurated by Constantine I #OTD 11 May 330.After his final victory over his last remaining imperial rivial Licinius in 324, Constantine chose the city of

Incunabula

incunabula

The Meitei Mayek script ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯃꯌꯦꯛ, now being adopted for the Meitei language in the Indian state of Manipur as a replacement for Bengali script, is of ancient origins.A unique

michael dobson

michaeldobsonNZ

very happy to be quoted, warmly & accurately, by @climatemegan in this excellent analysis of the current state of the oil market and prospects for managed decline. i do want

Michelle Dean

michelledean

Please everyone stop worrying about children and screen time right now. I glued myself to the tv and watched every episode of Who’s The Boss and Full House several times

Pádraig Ó Sé 🇪🇺

osheaucc

This story of the polio epidemic in Cork, which lead to the formation of Cork Poliomyelitis Association, which later became the ⁦@CopeFoundation⁩. Cope supports with over 2300 with intellectual disabilities

David Henig

DavidHenigUK

Back to first principles. Trade deals take years because they commit policies across a whole range of complex areas where policy making takes time. Deciding all such policies in a

National Trust

nationaltrust

Caribbean mahogany furniture was the height of 18th-century fashion, but this luxury material came at a human cost. Mahogany trees were felled by enslaved Africans in dangerous virgin rainforest and

Ben Pile

clim8resistance

This #EarthDay is a good day to reflect on half a century of failed green prognostications, and the damage that can be done to society, the economy and to

Peter J. Williams

DrPJWilliams

Thread: The 'traditional' ending of the Lord's Prayer.Many, like me, grew up hearing the #KJV version of the Lord's prayer, ending 'For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and

Ụ́kpụ́rụ́

ukpuru

Ụ̀banị̀ Ìgbò, the Igbo spoken on Bonny Island in today's Rivers State, recorded by the slave trader Captain Hugh Crow from the late 18th century, from "Memoirs of the late

Chris Yiu

clry2

The big takeaway from today's contact tracing app debacle isn't about centralised vs decentralised. It's about power. The UK government thought it could stare down two of the biggest tech

Los Angeles Times

latimes

Do you remember the last time you shook someone's hand? Patted them on the back? Gave them a peck on the cheek, or a hug?https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2020-04-15/emotional-effects-coronavirus-social-distancing Touch may not get the

Jack Posobiec

JackPosobiec

The opioid crisis is China's revenge for the Opium Wars. They know exactly what they're doing. This is all part of their plan Every Chinese child is taught in school

Zachery Tyson✍️🇺🇸

ZaknafeinDC

One of our biggest problems is that 19th-century inheritances have become so ingrained as to be nearly unextractable. For example, the core building blocks of infantry, cavalry, & artillery, that

Vishal A. Singh

Vishal_FilmBuff

Globalisation is not a one lane street! Travelling across countries and continents is only sustainable if we construct another lane of "Health Safety". Business has made the #COVID2019 virus travel