#History

We all know about the BOSE sound system, an international brand which is in use from individual households to places like NASA, Vatican City, Indian Parliament etc. Read the story
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A little bit of history about USPS that's relevant right now: USPS was operating in the black in 2006 when Congress put in place a "faulty" law requiring them to
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Interested in learning more about strategy and planning? There's a host of great resources available FREE online.Many of the smartest people in this space are very generous with giving away
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Tuning in now to @sciencemarchnyc's workshop event on the Intricacies and Intersections of Climate, Abolition, and Decolonization for #ClimateWeekNYC.This is one of many great events that I encourage yall to
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THREAD: complaints obtained by the Star show a farm at the centre of a massive COVID-19 outbreak had a history of complaints from migrant workers.Substandard housing was the most common
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a thread on polish, why i end up crying all the time when i try to think about this reasonably, and what kindness means in this context.none of this is
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Since we are on the topic of Russian sports, here is a nice cautionary tale on the not-really-post-COVID world.So, the Russian Premier League has restarted today. And, holy crap, did
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Since people are talking about racism in US police, here is a thread on the deeply ingrained communalism & anti-Muslim violence of the Indian police. As many as 50% policemen
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The history of Drake and Kanye’s beef, a thread Drake started his career off heavily influenced by Kanye, even rapping over the beats to 2 of his songs, Barry Bonds
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"radiation from the [Chernobyl] accident is still present in the 2,600-square-kilometer (1,000-square-mile) exclusion zone that was set up around the site"Can you imagine a 1,000 square mile exclusion zone around
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Let's review the history of Remdesivir1) Jan-Feb - COVID hits the world - remdesivir is an interesting compound that needs a home - gilead releases drug to a small number
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"Pfizer's CEO said that anyone refusing to take the vaccine will become the weak link that will allow the virus to replicate & that ‘we will develop our vaccine using
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Amphan the largest/strongest Super Cyclone in history (equivalent Atlantic Cat 5; 165mph) to hit Bangladesh, flooding the Ganges River Basin.(Thread)https://news.yahoo.com/super-cyclone-slam-india-bangladesh-210358930.html The record increa
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We’re thrilled to announce the first part of the programme today, inviting audiences to join us for 23 days of contemporary visual art, literature, film and music set against the
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Whenever someone tells me that consciousness will soon be solved by a new neuroscience or physics I tell them to read history a little more carefully. Here's a short thread
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The recent RNS article by @JonathanMerritt about Al Mohler raised the SBC racism discussion to light again, and I posted a responsive series of tweets that in turn raised the
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