#Plague

Amit Schandillia

Schandillia

[THREAD: DÉJÀ VU]1/20When Constantine called the Council of Nicea, Europe went from Roman to Christianity practically overnight. Interestingly, it never really got a chance to try out Judaism, a system

David Chapman

davidchapman141

THREAD: Has there ever been a recession, pandemic, and riots in an election year. Yes! Twice. And 4 times we've seen a pandemic & recession in an election year.In 1820,

Michael Govern Ready

mikegove12

Extracts from the plague diary of Mark ne-Francois-PepysApril 25thUp, where finding myself attached to an IV Monster Drip and much afflicted, grew angry and flung my Top Gear magazines and

Amit Schandillia

Schandillia

[THREAD]1/12In the summer of 1518 somewhere in Strasbourg, Alsace (in modern France), a certain Frau Troffea broke into an impassioned, spontaneous dance that would last days and kick-start what came

Kinky Grape

KrinkyGrape

Who I think will fight Queen the Plague and how I think it will play out.#OP988 This answer is Kid, getting the basic answer out of the way would be

Rebecca Nagle

rebeccanagle

Actually Native people on reservations live in the most overcrowded housing in the US. So no, social distancing isn’t feasible just because a reservation is rural. It’s a passing comment

Matthew Borus (is masking up)

MatthewBorus

I'm up later than I should be, following news from the #chicagoprotest and around the country.And I want to say, as a sociologist and as a long-time organizer & activist,

Yashar Ali 🐘

yashar

1. A disasterBefore Covid-19 landed in East Africa, a wave of locusts was ravaging East AfricaBut now another wave of locusts, 20 times the size of the previous one, is

Hart Ramsey

hartramsey

The argument that “I’m covered in Jesus’ blood so I still attend church & take no distancing precautions” is “living by faith” raises eyebrows & has sparked disagreement in the

Jason Blakely

jasonwblakely

Some are speculating why NY has higher rates of covid deaths among black brown & poor.No mystery here. Every social plague (from violence to obesity) kills more poor for a

Today In History

HistoryCalendar

On this day in 1374, the city of Aachen in the Holy Roman Empire experienced the strangest of occurrences--a phenomenon in which men, women, and children danced erratically uncontrollably. In

Hugh Osborn

exohugh

Now is a good time to share a story I found in the Museum of Marseille. In the early 18th century, Marseille was France's gateway to the the orient -

Matthijs Korevaar

MKorevaar93

How do housing markets respond to a major pandemic? In a new paper, Marc Francke and I study historical outbreaks of the plague and cholera to answer this question. TL;DR:

manasataramgini

blog_supplement

Since many people keep asking me to comment on the opinions expressed by Chellaney and Carlson and a chIna paper on the SARS-CoV-2 virus here are some comments: the essence

Joe Sonka 😐

joesonka

71 infected with coronavirus at Sacramento church. Congregation tells county ‘leave us alone’https://www.sacbee.com/news/coronavirus/article241715346.html Defiant Arkansas church faces order to halt services by Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson, after a

A sip from Mimir's well

SipFromTheWell

One of the few men that I admire is the emperor Marcus Aurelius. His thoughts have inspired me throughout most of my adult life. ¿Did you know that he ruled