#Historical

Dr. Jane Clare Jones

janeclarejones

GOOOD MORNING!'The Rainbow Pens of Doom Meet Judith Butler'https://www.newstatesman.com/international/2020/09/judith-butler-culture-wars-jk-rowling-and-living-anti-intellectual-times i) 'It is very important never to exclude and

Zeke Hausfather

hausfath

How much warming is committed, "locked in", or "in the pipeline" has long been a source of confusion. In a new @CarbonBrief explainer we take a deep dive into what

Heidi N. Moore

moorehn

I see there is some debate by "reasonable people" about whether Macron's moves against Muslims are in fact comparable to "far-right fascism." Of course they are. Why would you even

Sandeep Gautam

sandygautam

1/n Some musings about how there are 2 fundamental modes of being.I have increasingly observed that people fall into 2 broad categories. Those who are more 'pessimistic' and those who

Rowenna Miller 🧵TORN FRAY RULE🧵 on quasi-hiatus

RowennaM

Today the final book in the Unraveled Kingdom Trilogy, RULE, releases from @orbitbooks. It's been a RIDE, ya'll. The truly beautiful/batty thing is that this series was born out of...

💭 ɹǝlʎʞs 🦋

theselittlefics

ahhh @ReyReyButt made another amazing generator with tons of rarer photos, enjoy & have fun!! here begins a thread of prompts inspired from this generator https://twitter.com/ReyreyButt/status/1290987334100451330 Ben starts attending Lo

Beatrice Cherrier

Undercoverhist

1/There’s this economist few remember, who wrote the 1st 2-sectors growth model, brought Pontryagin to econ, played rugby w/ Inada, argue over Marxism & Keynes w/ Solow & Kahn, rediscovered

Detention Solidarity Network

detsolnet

How did stereotypes of criminality influence state policy towards the former “criminal tribes” (“CTs”) – now known as “denotified tribes” – in the years after Indian independence in 1947? How

Dominique Jean-Louis

DominiqueJL15

On this day, in 1892, one of my ALL-TIME FAVORITE historical events took place. Buckle in, kids, we're talking Ida B. Wells, and the black women in New York who

Rachel Thomas

math_rachel

My talk on "Getting Specific about Algorithmic Bias"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-6YGPrmtYc&list=PLtmWHNX-gukLQlMvtRJ19s7-8MrnRV6h6&index=5&t=0s I like this framework from @harini824 on how different sources of bias have dif

TheStockBox 🎯

TheStockBox1

Just finished reading #ThyPsychologyOfMoney by @morganhouselHere's my interpretation from those 20 chapters of wisdom. Hope it helps you A #Thread Chapter # 1 What we think about money and finance

Joe Soss

jbsoss

A growing number of people have been expressing outrage at Larry Mead’s racist commentary in Society. @ZParolin helped draw attention to the piece and pointedly noted that “U.S. poverty research

Alex Kentikelenis

Kentikelenis

I am humbled that my paper w/ S Babb received the Best Article Award in Global & Transnational Soc.A personal thread–hopefully helpful for junior scholars–on what I learnt about academia

Shogun Gaikwad

Gaikwadshogun

All UCs who have attained education have done so by trampling on the throats of Bahujans. Yes ALL UCs! They've had multiple advantages at various stages thanks to their caste

Simcha Gross

Simcha_Gross

And now for something completely different; a thread on Marvel's Israeli superhero, Sabra, or Ruth Bat-Seraph. Sabra is emblematic of how comics reproduce stereotypes, reduce complex situations to simple solutions with

Sanya

Marathon_9

@AnupamPKher @KirronKherBJP @BJP4India @narendramodi 1/1 Whose Kashmir is it anyway?It is Rishi Kashyap's Kashmira.How this place got it's name...Kashyap's Mira.. mira in Sanskrit means a huge lake, Sarovar.Rishi Kashyap is