#Society

Sura Mbaya

surambaya

Google Arts and Culture has a section on Kenyan chiefs, many of whom collaborated with the colonial government and whose progeny ascended to positions of incredible power and wealth.1/Let's take

Drew Thomson

mrthomson

A few thoughts on schools reopening.If our government does look at other countries for any kind of phased school returns while easing lockdown restrictions, it’s going to be a long

Richard Bentall #FBPE #3.5% Project We Told You So

RichardBentall

Short thread on lying and the threat democracy in Britain (with links to previous threads) - an important topic given events of the last few days, and the question of

Ronen Ainbinder

Ronenain

The History of Women in Sports↓ According to historical literature, women engaged in sports over three millennia ago. Homer (800 B.C.) relates the story of Princess Nausicaa playing ball with

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

At least 2700 inmates have died from #COVID19. None deserved it. A month after Bruce Norris had a life sentence commuted, he died of COVID while waiting release. In TX,

Duberoux 💤

cayoce

Esse prédio fica em Boa Viagem. Av. Conselheiro Aguiar, 5000. Sua arquitetura sempre me chamou atenção, nunca soube o que era até que resolvi pesquisar e descobri coisas tenebrosas. Segue

نفسي الاخير

Olaemrys

A LONG THREAD ON JULAY'BEEB (may Almighty Allah be pleased with him)It is narrated in the Books of History that Julay’beeb رضي الله عنهم was a Sahabee who was:• short

Youyang Gu

youyanggu

There's been increasing discussion about the role of immunity vs behavior vs interventions in the spread of COVID-19. Louisiana is a good case study because it's the only state that

Buddy Wells

BuddyWells1

The @IRR_SouthAfrica are part of the Flat Earth Society of the economics world. Amazing how much media space they get. I’m going to enjoy dismantling this dinosaur’s flawed logic piece

Chxta

Chxta

I attended a dinner party last week, and when I introduced myself to one of the guests, he called me troublemaker, then offered me a job in a federal establishment.

Pranev Sharma

psmedic

Some reflections from my first month in the thick of it on the #COVID19 frontline. In no way clinical but more personal musings. 1. F1s/SHOs - my junior colleagues have

Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg

TheRaDR

In advance of Rosh Hashana, I want to unpack one of the most loaded bits of liturgy in the tradition. “Who will live and who will die? Who by the

Zero HP Lovecraft 🦅🐍

0x49fa98

Let’s take a little break, let’s have some lighter fare; video games. But first, my brethren, let us pray:Oh lord, if it means having a house and a steady job

Brooke Winters

brookewinters33

I'm thinking about the ableist autism parents and professionals that we (autistic people) encounter on here frequently.I can't count the number of times an autism parent or professional has responded

Andy Fleming

slackbastard

Is it worthwhile making some comments about the meaning/significance of the nazi graf @ Cranbourne? I dunno TBH. Meh. Prolly not. But here goes ... I dunno who done it,

Rabbi Josh Yuter

JYuter

1. Thread: Not a Twitter shiur, but I have some thoughts on the following pertinent question:Should rabbis on Twitter block other Jews? 2. Disclaimer: I am intentionally omitting names because