#Century

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farsiwan

The imposition of Pashto on the predominantly Farsi-speaking population of Afghanistan[Thread] It is little secret that Farsi (Persian), which is spoken by over half the population as their first language,

IAmSciComm - Hosted this week by Matt Carter

iamscicomm

In our last thread we saw that behaviourism didn't work - and scientists needed to start talking about mental processes to explain all the things humans and other animals can

Matt Whittaker

MattWhittakerPB

New @ProBonoEcon report on the progress made on paid and unpaid gender work gaps over the last half century - and on the work still to be done. 1/ Highlights

Dr Sam Hirst

RomGothSam

Took me about 5 minutes to stop rolling my eyes but I'm back now.This does rather seem to lean into elitist attitudes which are all too common with (self-defined) 'literary'

George Monbiot

GeorgeMonbiot

Remember when the Labour Party's travails were all Jeremy Corbyn's fault? Remember when Labour needed to become "sensible" and "moderate" and to turn to the right to be electable? Remember

Mo

cockftballs

Hi twitter people, below is a thread of some of my favourite uses of samples in hip hop (will add in some later when I remember more of them I

Radio Chinar

RadioChinar

In her recent series of irresponsible statements to stay in news, #MehboobaMufti on 23 Oct said she won't hoist tricolor until J&K flag is allowed.#Kashmir (1/11) Mufti has a history

Dr Claudia Mignone

claudiascosmos

Today in the world of astrophysics we celebrate the 100th anniversary of an eclipse. But not just any eclipse. This one provided the first observational evidence to the theory we've

Helen De Cruz

Helenreflects

For my philosophy of religion class today #PORcourse we will look at Daoism, particularly the disagreement between Daoists and Confucians on how to find the way (the dao). There's an

Anxiety Avocado

KatAtomic2

So, there have always been LAYERS to clothing, and as skirts got bigger you had to do something to make them STAY that way, right? Enter: skirt supports and stays/corsets.

Liz Specht

LizSpecht

There has been so much happening this week at the nexus of COVID-19, the meat industry, & animal ag as a whole that it's hard to distill which insights &

Suchi Sharma

Suchi_sharma_

{MOTIDOONGRI GANESH TEMPLE}Moti Doongri means pearl hill, bcoz the hill indeed resembles a pearl drop.Moti Dungri Temple is a very famous Hindu temple of Jaipur (Rajasthan) dedicated to Lord Ganesha.

Vinay Prasad MD MPH

VPrasadMDMPH

When I entered med. school (no docs in fam), I assumed:1 Med education would primarily train me to be a doc2 Cancer screening is an unalloyed good3 When docs recommend

USAS - Travel and History

USAS_WW1

#Travel #Luxury #Top4Theme #Top4SmallTowns. @Touchse @CharlesMcCool @Giselleinmotion @joukespI love Dinant, Belgium. Stay at least 48 hours. Pop. ~6K. Loads to see: church w/ largest stain glass, citadelle, WWI monument, caves,

NemoBane

NemoBane

Reality can only hold us back, and the election sucks:One like = One opinion about FICTIONAL politics The Farangi Alliance was well situated as a neutral, market oriented state in

Advaid അദ്വൈത്

Advaidism

Onam is not a Hindu festival. Onam is not a monolithic festival. It's a Malayali Harvest festival.Onam belongs to everyone who was born or has links to Kerala. In the