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Future Europe Initiative

ACFutureEurope

WEEKEND READS: On July 1, Germany took over the rotating presidency of the EU. FEI's Jörn Fleck argues this is "a moment of truth for the future trajectory of the

Anosognosiogenesis

pookleblinky

The Romans considered basically all fruits/vegetables to be one of two things: apples or melons. This lasted up until recently: potatoes being pommes de terre (earth apples), tomatoes being pomodoros,

Nigeria Stories

NigeriaStories

How the 36 Nigerian states got their names Re tweet and educate someone today 1. AbiaAbia is an acronym from the four main groups of people in the state as

Jacob F Kirkegaard

jfkirkegaard

@joebiden wants 100mn Americans vaccinated in 100days - that means ~115mn or just over 1/3 of all Americans will have received at least first jab by late April. That frankly

pompousass7

pompousass71

1. " I do seem to recall that President Barack Hussein Obama, in a moment of gracious generosity sent pallets of cash totaling $176 billion to the single greatest sponsor

Pusha Thanos !!! (new acc)

PushaThanos__

History of the Black diaspora The world’s oldest Banjo: A Thread Creole Bania, created by the Afro-Surinamese descendants of slavery.The banjo’s rich history mirrors the cultural complexities and age of

Rauðgrani ᚱᛆᚢᚦᚴᚱᛆᚿᛁ

GraniRau

The entire story of how David offered up the children and grandchildren of Saul, to end a famine. It has all the steps. David "inquired", which means some form of

Ruth McManus

RMcMnow

Today's #GeoAdvent goodie is some edited highlights of the life of the ‘founder of physical geography’ Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859). #LoveGeography #PhysicalGeographer #Biogeography #Prussia #SouthAmerica #explorer #climatolog

IAmSciComm | @Annelinda_c

iamscicomm

Scientists believed that humans evolved to have unrealistically optimistic beliefs about much we influence the world around us. But now research is revealing how culture shapes beliefs about action, agency

Boukman Academy

BoukmanAcademy

On this day in 1961, Patrice Lumumba was assassinated by colluding US, UN, British and Belgian forces just 201 days after becoming Prime Minister. Coming to power during Congolese Independence

Amit Schandillia

Schandillia

[THREAD]1/19Long, long ago there was a people that lived someplace in the steppes of Eurasia who spoke a language linguists call, quite unimaginatively, the Proto-Indo-European tongue or PIE. Here, we're

Stephanie Evergreen

evergreendata

Since I published Decolonizing Data Viz a month ago, I've seen many people point out historical viz that has not been included in the traditional white male canon. Here's a

Joseph T Noony

JoeAgneya

Jesuits, 'soldiers of Christ', aren't your average priests. An order founded in 1540, it had great emphasis on scholarship, learning native languages and unorthodox approaches to missionary work. Pope Francis

Dreadnought Holiday

TheDreadShips

This here is one of the lesser-known members of Santa's family tree, Dr WW Christmas.Let's fire up the sleighbells, neck a bottle of eggnog, and find out what he's leaving

Andrew Levi

AndrewPRLevi

Whatever else you’ve heard about vaccines thisremains unavoidably true. Those who deny it either (a) had an idealised view of the EU they’re now shocked to find is wrong, (b)

Abhishek Avtans अभिषेक अवतंस 🌐

avtansa

''Long thread' on Eating with Hands (bear with me, & enjoy reading )A few years ago while watching the famous film ‘Chungking Express’ (1994), a particular scene stayed longer in

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