#Commons

Paul Poast

ProfPaulPoast

What is Political Science? [THREAD] This week, I tweeted . This (understandably) led to A LOT of responses and alternative definitions.https://twitter.com/ProfPaulPoast/status/1387146043255672832 Before going into those responses, a few poi

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

Joe Mayes

Joe_Mayes

We're approaching 100 days of Brexit - so how have the so-called `Project Fear' predictions played out? Here's a breakdown 1/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-09/100-days-of-brexit-was-it-as-bad-as-project-fear-war

Vic Parsons

vicparsons_

it has been *quite* the week for trans and non-binary people in the UK: the government finally published the results of the 2018 public consultation on the Gender Recognition Act

The Cosmist Insurrection, Inc. ™

yungneocon

A convo in the DMs reminded me of something funny about how neoliberals discuss population & genetics. Namely, how they always switch their position depending on what suits them. The

Michael Sheetz

thesheetztweetz

A Congressional hearing on the FAA's role in spaceflight has begun. Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwO-Qo54CAgWitnesses:@FAANews Wayne Monteith@USGAO Heather Krause@ulalaunch @torybruno@SpaceFlorida Frank DiBello@ALPAPilots

Nick Donovan

nickpdonovan

Thirty years ago, right about now, Margaret Thatcher realised she had to resign. A declassified memo by Andrew Turnbull, her PPS at the time, released earlier this year (and largely

aaron vansintjan🐙

a_vansi

A lot of people know Nobel Prize-winning economist Elinor Ostrom from her work on the commons. But many might not know that some of her first research in the 1970s

Harry's Place

hurryupharry

Being away for a while gave us a chance to sit back and reflect on the various stories we've brought to your attention over the more than 15 years we've

Davide Castelvecchi

dcastelvecchi

Following the @ehtelescope unveiling, I have been hopelessly confused by things I heard and read regarding the spin of M87*. Fortunately, Luciano Rezzolla and @RomanGold7 of Goethe-University Frankfurt have helped

Dr Anne Hanley

DrAnneHanley

Today is the start of #SHW2020! Each day this week, I'll be tweeting about Britain's long, tempestuous and ever-so-slightly bonkers love–hate relationship with its #sexualhealth.Darlings, brace yourselves. #SHW20 We

Zero HP Lovecraft 🦅🐍

0x49fa98

Life is too “politicized” these days. I think most people sense this but it’s a frustration that goes nowhere, because the cultural language that creates it is incapable of formulating

Password Hunter02

BenKTallmadge

Trump berated PM Johnson over Huawei in heated phone chat -Johnson was planning to visit the US but no date has been set. Reports in UK newspapers that the trip

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

KaReN Gaia (UK)🌍

fluffz74

“It is liberating to walk with the gift of knowledge this is true freedom or you will be walking blindly under deception”. A Huge thanks to Mel who covered this

Adam Bunch

TODreamsProject

1. It's Simcoe Day today — so let's talk about John Graves Simcoe and his weird, complicated relationship with slavery.The founder of Toronto was an avowed abolitionist... who also once