#Commons

Tides of History

labour_history

#OTD 1992. Britain exits the ERM on ‘Black Wednesday’.John Smith claims that John Major is “the devalued Prime Minister of a devalued Government”The Sun goes with “Now we’ve ALL been

Peter Rojas

peterrojas

Are there any good tools for groups that want to do world-building for fictional settings together? I mean stuff like lore, maps, timelines, etc for fantasy & sci-fi settings. Because

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

Guy Stallard

Guy_Stallard

!!!!https://twitter.com/joepike/status/1314840507491774466 #Covid19UK so the Government is between a rock and a hard place this weekend on what it does over sudden (albeit expected by those of us living the pandemic

Shirley Tillotson

stillots1

Speaking of she-cessions and care-work in strange times:The 1942 mass income tax met fierce resistance from married women war workers who had children. Like care workers today, they were under

Dan Hon

hondanhon

My work with the State of California for the last 5 years doing product strategy for a user-centered Child Welfare Service was surprise terminated yesterday because of COVID-19 budget cuts.Ping

Hannah Al-Othman Says Stay Inside

HannahAlOthman

More front bench announcements, there's a few, so here's a thread!Think we knew this one already, but Starmer's PPS is Carolyn Harris.Shadow Treasury ministers:Dan Carden (Financial Secretary)Pat McFadden (Economic Secretary)Wes

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

Today, @ProjectReboot pubished "Unfair Use," an updated version of "IP," my September 2020 column for @locusmag, which I consider to be the most important piece I have written in my

ಪ್ರಭಾಳ ಮಗ ಈ ಅಲೆಮಾರಿ ಅಯ್ಯಂಗಾರಿ

Sheshapatangi

#SwamiVivekananda and his role in Bharatiya Svatantrya Sangram.“Bharat is in need of Bomb and Bomb Alone” and the Call “Rise, Awake & Stop Not Till The Goal Is Reached” was

Shaun Bailey

ShaunBaileyUK

The details of Sadiq Khan's TfL bailout have now been published.And it's not great for the Mayor.- No Gov instruction to increase the congestion charge.- Khan was already planning to

Aniyia (🗣 Anita without the T) ❤️

operaqueenie

+ = (I’ll share highlights from my talk shortly)https://twitter.com/ConsciousCoMag/status/1222663042334257152 Ok, y’all, apparently “shortly” = 3 days in this case. I was so engaged at the event that I’m just

Lucy Fisher

LOS_Fisher

EXCL: Britain is too dependent on China for imports in 71 goods categories key to critical infrastructure, finds new ⁦@HJS_Org⁩ report. ⁦It has prompted 22 Tory MPs, led by ⁦@IoWBobSeely⁩,

Lewis Goodall

lewis_goodall

PSEPHOLOGY CORNER 2: The Remain Alliance?The Lib Dems , Greens and Plaid have entered into the biggest piece of electoral pact since the SDP/Liberal alliance.But how much difference might it

Bloomberg Brexit

Brexit

1/ Boris Johnson’s plan to tear up parts of the Brexit divorce agreement he secured from the EU has sparked consternation in Brussels and a rebellion in Westminster. Here’s why it’s

Jamie Livingston

dr_jdlivingston

1/ Nova Scotia in one of the few (maybe the only) places in Canada that disqualifies incarcerated people from voting in municipal elections, as @jennlmtaylor highlights https://twitter.com/jennlmtaylor/status/1290308339700645889 2/ The NS