#Plague

Derek Thompson

DKThomp

Gonna riff on this because it's goes to one of my favorite questions: How do people come to believe what they come to believe, esp during periods of high uncertainty

Gregorius Turonensis

GTuronensis

1/1611.40 How I did not attend a great CouncilAs the heavens turn around the earth, so the time came once more when the summons went out to all the clergy

מוריאל/momo

onelung_

Okkkkkk shoots hear me out ~ racism in the “u.s.a” is rooted in antisemistism (a thread) u might be thinking wtf? y? how? ok let’s dive into it “and what

Flint Dibble 🍖🏺📖

FlintDibble

My third thread on the Athenian plague of 430 B.C.E. looks at the archaeological evidence uncovered for this disastrous epidemicThis is a tale of death, but also of resilience and

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

There's a a plague on, so it's easy to miss the non-plague-related news, but boy, the story of how Bayer-Monsanto is imploding in an inferno of corruption, litigation and negligence

Philly Workers for Dignity

phillydignity

On Memorial Day 1937, Chicago police murdered 10 union picketers and permanently disabled nine more, shooting most in the back as they ran. The police killed them for having the

Cheryl Rofer

CherylRofer

I am angry about Trump's insouciance about inflicting a plague on the country, his indifference to American deaths.But I can't focus on that all the time. So today I photographed

Kirsty Rolfe

avoiding_bears

*very Greek ideal of academe voice* NO you do not have my permission to burn your Norton Anthology for warmth, close reading is actually an excellent way to combat the

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highestwinds

hiii, i'm still staying updated; i just no longer enjoy injecting doomsday material (dont @ me about my header LOL) into my brain at regular intervals. i think streaming jingoistic

Global Urban History

urbanhist

Thanks to the fabulous #twitterstorians contributions in the last few days, we are starting a syllabus on global urban history and epidemics. We will be featuring one book/article every day

Pulpfiction Socially Distanced Books

pfbvan

1. This is just a little late night note from me to say THANK YOU to everyone who has just discovered us; to everyone who has placed an order; and

Eric Garland

ericgarland

He's a Mobster installed by hostile powers to destroy America and kill Americans. Still confused? How many dead bodies will he have to stack?https://twitter.com/mitchellreports/status/1252428804649189377 I'm sorry, I have no patience

Adam H. Johnson

adamjohnsonNYC

The Pelosi Ice Cream thing wasn’t, of course, about ice cream, and it wasn’t full blown Marie Antoinette but it captured the tonal aloofness of dem leadership & a key

Bartley Kives

bkives

Passover starts tonight. It’s an important Jewish holiday on both a cultural and religious level. Its symbolic value is especially potent this year: The titular “passing over” involves engaging in

Dark Cracked Screen🖤

BlackmadeFamou1

cyberbulling or Internet trolling is a behavior that is on the rise of late. This means the use of social, emails,texts on line to humiliate, taunt and disparage another verbally.

BuzzFeed News

BuzzFeedNews

“Once you are doing it, you have to have the patience to see it through."Experts say social distancing in the US will be a marathon, not a sprinthttps://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/danvergano/coronavirus-distancing-new-normal?bftwnews&utm_t