#Origins

Amr Ammourazz

ammourazz

Hey so if you’re stumbling into the D&D orc discourse and are one of the handful of people here with an open-mind and a genuine desire to understand what’s going

Ali A Olomi

aaolomi

In Islamic and Middle Eastern folklore the djinn/jinn live in nations, kingdoms, and tribes with rulers. Some of these rulers become legends all their own.A thread on the djinn queens

Tweeting Historians

Tweetistorian

Erik Wade ( @erik_kaars ) again, back with a short thread on the love of my life: penitentials. Penitentials are medieval manuals for confessors. They basically list sins with suggested

Secret SoSHHiety

SouledOutWorld

This is true. Hinduism uses Yoga a lot. The eight stages into Hinduism are, in order:(Thread)https://twitter.com/HollyBe55572050/status/1248763126650220544 Yamas (restrictions)Niyamas (observances)Asanas (postures)Pranayama (breath work)Pratyahara (s

Dr. Erik Wade

erik_kaars

There's a new Op-Ed about how "medieval" America's response to the plague is. I'm sure #MedievalTwitter has thoughts, but, since my Global Medieval Lit class happens to have been reading

Dr. Angela Rasmussen

angie_rasmussen

This is a great thread and something I've been thinking about a lot. Discussion about novel virus emergence often implicates an obvious culprit (wildlife trade, research labs), but historically this

Hillel

hillelogram

n² likes = n maxims/rules of thumb I try to consistently apply to understand why software engineering is so complex, interesting, infuriating, and wonderful 1. "Computers are bad." A huge

Aabhas Maldahiyar 🇮🇳

Aabhas24

1/n #SadarPranam @ShashiTharoor ji. Saw this fake table shared by @anubhavsinha & you.I chose to respond to you than former for I don’t like talking to bullies. I have discussed

Beren Erchamion Dionysius✹

PrinceofSinope

Mithraism vs. the world:This episode: Plagiarism by Christianity, a thread: This thread will cover practices, biblical passages, belief systems and cosmology that Christianity plagiarized from the Mithraic Europa. When Christianity

Aruni Kashyap

AruniKashyap

This summer, I taught a intro to cw class marked as “low cost”. I didn’t assign textbooks. I didn’t know how much it helped some students until I actually taught

Jada E. Watson

data_jada

In celebration of #blackhistorymonth @1824Official has prepared some important points about the influence of Black musicians on country music. Have a read (if you want to learn more, see

Ana Baumann

BaumannAna

Ok, tweet peeps, I need your help: can you help me identify ppl to folow + articles that I missing in the intersection of #impsci #healthcare #disparities? Here are some

🇺🇸I Support Our Military & Law Enforcement🇺🇸

TheWiseOwl_AZ

1. Long, but worth the read.“The Great Awakening” Our biggest challenge in this "Great Awakening" is the Deep State / Cabal's stranglehold on social media, dishonest news organizations and internet censorship,

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

American Oversight

weareoversight

Using #FOIA requests—and when necessary, litigation—we’ve uncovered misconduct, corruption, and abuse of power among key administration figures. Here’s what we’ve found so far—and what we’re still trying to figure out.https://

stella ✿ ᵇˡᵐ 🏳️‍🌈

the60slovebot

#BlackLivesMatter , here’s a thread on important POC musicians in classic rock: [disclaimer] some of these are not classic rock e.g. jazz/swing, but i still included them as they