#CULTURE

Like so I can be nerdy please https://twitter.com/zinovievletter/status/1264840254898475008 (1) I’ll start with a film that inspired my dissertation. It has its problems but the fact that it uses 10 languages
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More thoughts on Millar, Emperor in the Roman World (1977). THREAD Hopkins' review (rehashed in a recent essay in the TLS) wished for another book, of "new" social history. Millar's
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#MuseumsUnlocked Day 53 Museums, Sites & Monuments of GreeceLet's go... 1/ There are about 220 archaeological #museums in Greece, outnumbering by far all other types of museums. Most are -directly
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Happy Monday! Today, I’m using a Volunteer Time Off day. @CandidDotOrg has a great policy where we get two a year for volunteering for mission-driven work. I’ve put in more
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I feel like I have Curious Cat for this, but why not: 1 like=1 unpopular opinion. I dislike Trump. He's a manner-less, blowhard who has done nothing in his life
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1/It has come to my attention that not everyone is aware of the incredible leadership Houston has shown on climate recently. This ain’t your 1980s Houston anymore. So inspired by
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A recent video making rounds about a Nigerian parent slapping their child about their poor performance got me thinking about some of the things we need to consider in our
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Something has been bothering me over the last couple of days. And I do this knowing my mentions are potentially going to get blown up again & probably not in
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I had been debating on writing about this because people may think I am dogpiling but this is less about me but more about culture of sexual haraasment on http://conceptart.org 
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Since my feed is discussing this again, a short thread on why Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, and Montenegrin are both the same and not the same language: 1. In the most
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Remember when Conor Pope said that Blair lifted more children out of poverty in the UK than he killed in Iraq and therefore....https://twitter.com/wesstreeting/status/1322145218444042243 Of course, this rather elides the reality
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This article correctly states : "Between 1815 and 1828, 63% of all recorded acts of sati took place in Calcutta."But it does not probe into the reasons why the practice
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After starting and selling my first startup in NYC, it's bittersweet to pack it up and head West . After a 9 year grind and becoming a self described “New
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Gotta talk about something that simultaneously made me laugh and genuinely upset about #brownrepresentation. Before I get into the nitty-gritty, some context.I am a #brown #trans person. Specifically #nonbinary /
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uhhhhh... i was today years old when i learned about AAVE/BVEto be honest i got a VERY complicated feeling about this like, im fully aware that deliberately using certain kinds
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hahaha i wanna do this but not all of them & not all at once maybe.— i’m australian!https://twitter.com/tinacohendang/status/1320405889959034881 idk i feel like most aussies don’t live on campus at uni
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