#Imperial

Camellia Tea Ceremony

camelliakyoto

The question of what happens to unwanted dolls is a very serious one in Japan.Household items that reach the age of 100 years are believed to acquire a soul. When

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ICVRXS

Christianity may be a core asset of white imperialism, but the actual culture of the imperial US is nihilism. I used to think I was a nihilist, but I realize

A.D.

dimashqee

Russia-knowers:Would it be correct to suggest that the early centuries of Russian expansion saw a "no one outside the church" philosophy, but then they came to realise that newly-conquered Muslims

Bad China Takes

BadChinaTake

something is off about that WWII-era flag of china. i can't figure out what it is exactly, but it's definitely off you're doing great, marge legible pie charts are my

Sarah Rasmussen

SarahDRasmussen

School closures + bad science (THREAD)Remember that 6 Apr Lancet C&AH systematic review on school closures--with that media-amplified "2-4%" statistic--by a UCL team led by RCPCH president + SAGE member

Misha Saul

misha_saul

At dinner tonight my (ex-Soviet) uncle expressed his deep concern at the political terror sweeping the US (and bleeding into other Western countries)Pointed out a key difference between the Soviet

François Heisbourg

FHeisbourg

Since 2013 "red line" crisis, Russia is a key player in East Med. But so are a few others... THREAD on an exceedingly messy situation, with 2 loose groups: 1.Russia,

MarkeySparkey

Marks_n_Sparks

Hong Kong residents with British National (Overseas) status are still British nationals. They're not immigrants, they're patriots the same as you or I. They have every right to come here,

derecka

dereckapurnell

i believe Biden & Trump's presidency will not make a difference for lots of people. America is an imperial disaster.But I do believe in fighting for the people in it,

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fanoniscanon

All of us who have citizenship in the imperial core have no business claiming anyone who is poor and experiences the violence of this empire outside of our borders has

Gabor Erdosi 🧩📄📊🧭

gerdosi

1/ Thread on immunity in the respiratory system: how it does and doesn't work (i.e. myths), simplified as much as I could. I’ll use the apropos of a new press

Ulgen

ulgenCLST6

For #LookCloser6, I took a virtual tour of Room 70-in "The Wolfson Gallery"-of the British Museum in London. I particularly paid attention to the curation and the arrangement with which

NemoBane

NemoBane

Reality can only hold us back, and the election sucks:One like = One opinion about FICTIONAL politics The Farangi Alliance was well situated as a neutral, market oriented state in

kiplet

lenins_gf

don’t forget that joe biden was a key architect of the 1999 bombing of yugoslavia, which lasted 78 days and killed hundreds of civilians. he’s been a warmongering imperialist for

Jónas Haraldsson Balding 大老板

BaldingsWorld

The 3 most widely cited models forecasting the end of civilizations come from Imperial, Harvard, and Washington. We knew their modeling assumptions were wrong from the beginning. How do we

Andrew Neil

afneil

THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT THREAD: US intelligence agencies have told the White House that Chinese government itself does not know the extent of the coronavirus and has no better