#Historical

Rikker Dockum /ɹɪkɹ̩/

thai101

Thai has 5 tones. It's quite reasonable to think every tone should be possible on every (mono)syllable. But sound change reveals exactly why we basically never see this!(A comically long

Arlen Parsa

arlenparsa

"They all laughed at Christopher Columbus when he said the world was round"Nah, they laughed because they already knew the world was round–and his math about earth's size was incorrect.This

Tom James, The Daigo Umehara of Dating Sims

iiotenki

Please. I am begging every single one of you western outlets popping up with Sakura Taisen 101 articles on the eve of the PS4 game's localization coming out.Stop.Calling it.A.Visual.Novel.A Japanese

Lauren Robertson

LLRobertson75

Been wondering what Russia & Putin are up to. So I did some digging. I believe it could be 3 possible goals. Putin came of age in the USSR &

Byzantine Ambassador

byzantinepower

THREAD on Erdy, Turkey & Hagia Sophia Turkey has turned into a pirate state with "soft" Islamist ideology. FP has gone from zero problems to zero friends in one decade.

Vindhya Buthpitiya

vindib_

11 years following the brutal conclusion of the armed conflict between the state security forces and the LTTE, the postwar remains steeped in a panoply of visual debris. The cosmetic

Joy Ojeabulu

Euphoria_Sticks

So much to appreciate as an African yet a whole lot to reflect as the continent whose wealth was instrumental in revamping the planet to what we know it to

Incunabula

incunabula

The heist in Dreden this morning, if confirmed, could be the largest art theft in history. The Grünes Gewölbe (Green Vault) was founded by Augustus the Strong in 1723, and

Utibe R. Essien, MD MPH

UREssien

After a tough week for many communities of color, I'm feeling inspired by my mentors and colleagues who, in the midst of caring for patients, families, and themselves, have taken

Gus Andrews

gusandrews

Throwing around my doctorate in education for a sec: I want all you parents to know that *literally no human beings ever in history* have been asked to educate kids

Jessica Price

Delafina777

Not that I really think anything said on this hellsite will matter in the end, since it’ll likely all be lost in 10 years, but I said I would talk

Niko Lusiani

NikoLusiani

A COVID-19 vaccine - once approved - will be the currency of life and death. Who gets it, and when, will determine the depth and longevity of this plague.Today, I

Dean Dettloff

DeanDettloff

More people who are into Dorothy Day should be reading about the Communist Party USA. It's indispensable not only for understanding her own trajectory, but also the fascinating web of

Martin Kulldorff

MartinKulldorff

Pandemic absurdities: Firing people with natural immunity after Covid recovery, even though they are the least likely to spread Covid to others. 1/∞https://brownstone.org/articles/hospitals-should-hire-not-fire-nurses-with-natural-immuni

Aeesha Yusuff 🇳🇬🇩🇿

allthingsaeesha

#2020goodreadschallenge #bookstagramnigeriaThread of books read in 2020https://twitter.com/allthingsaeesha/status/1084871944267317253 1. The Woods by Vanessa Savage - 4 stars; a gripping psychological thriller; definitely recommend.The Woods will be

Yassine Elmandjra

yassineARK

Bitcoin is the most compelling monetary asset to emerge since gold.As the birth of a new asset class, it could scale more than an order of magnitude to the trillions