#Century

Ann Dash Derrick

AnnDerrickG

Someone giving comment at a city council meeting this week mentioned that MT highway troopers have the numbers "3-7-77" on their badges, the code that 19th century vigilantes used to

Dr Tarun Deep Singh

tarunds

#COVID19 and drawing parallels to the mother of all pandemics. (A Thread) Has something remotely similar to COVID-19 occurred before?Let’s try to take a journey to a bygone era and

मङ्गलम्

veejaysai

Today is the auspicious day of Vaishakha Sukla Tritiya, also celebrated as #AkshayaTritiya on the traditional Hindu calendar. A short thread on the many significant holy events connected to this

Shreyas Doshi

shreyas

In the early 20th century, a horse pulling a wagon would all of a sudden gallop towards a burning building nearby, endangering itself, the driver, & the passengers.What was the

Bradly Mason

AlsoACarpenter

Again:Since we are having 200 year old arguments again, here is a summary of the 18th & 19th century Christian Abolitionists’ arguments against enslavers’ (supposed) appeals to the Scripture.Thread: (An

Daniel Swain

Weather_West

New research led by @ggpersad & featuring @PabloWater. Using downscaled climate model simulations, we show that there is unexpectedly high inter-model agreement re: increasing extremity of California hydroclimate due to

Joe Mayes

Joe_Mayes

Exclusive: a shortage of wooden pallets is the latest threat to Britain's Brexit border plans, made worse by the pandemic 1/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-21/the-wrong-kind-of-pallets-threaten-border-trouble-after-brexi

Ron Bikash Gaurav

BikashRon

Assam: is always known for its Temples. Not just Kamakhya, we have mandirs all across mandirs which have prominent importance: God and Goddess of Assam: A thread (1/n) 1.The Kamakhya:It is

Bloomberg Opinion

bopinion

Suddenly thermometers are everywhere:College classesNYSE trading floorApple storesTemperature checks seem to be the latest solution to the how-to-open-in-a-pandemic problem. But are they actually worth the hassle?https://trib.al/lyka2kE&nbs

Michael E. Carter, M.A.

DeckofCarter

As #GenocideAwarenessMonth continues despite my delays, I planned to do Native American genocides in California since a few things lined up but then the President of the United States went

Скиталец

Skytallets

The Vuzhyny Karol is a Belarussian folkloric figure. He is the king of all serpents & snakes, wearing a magic crown endowed with golden horns. Acquiring the crown, or at

Francis Davidson

FDavidsonT

Today, we’re announcing that Sonder will be going public through $GMII, delivering $650M of proceeds at a $2.2B EV. It's been an epic 7 years, from getting started in a

Joe Truss

trussleadership

Schools starting. We don’t just want to speak & represent. Give BIPOC real power and resources for liberation. Consultants, guest speakers, and YouTube clips are not enough. Dismantle the whole

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

Neoliberalism's starting gun went off on 1973, when a US- and UK-backed fascist military deposed Salvador Allende, the incredibly popular, democratically elected president of Chile. 1/ The coup embodied Peter

Dr Sophie Hay

pompei79

I’ve waited 22 years but very recently I finally got to visit the Roman theatre at #Herculaneum which is still buried in the eruption material of AD 79. My excitement

Andy Slavitt 🇺🇸💉

ASlavitt

COVID Update September 21: As the world approaches 1 million deaths, and the U.S. 200,000, where we go from here is the most important thing.And there is a simple trick