#MODERN

François Chollet

fchollet

In the modern mind, "education" is all about young people developing skills that are useful to their future selves. Learn to read, learn to write, learn to program. Skills that

(Cyriac) Abby Philips

drabbyphilips

1/nSorry to burst your bubble but NOT #Ayurvedic contributionQuinine/Chloroquine -Traditional-Peruvian - identified by Jesuit Priests - isolated by Pelletier & Caventou (French Pharmacologists)- isolated by Hans Andersag (German Scienti

Daniel Bellingradt

dbellingradt

Again, #earlymodern Europe was a paper age. Let's have a closer look into this allegorical painting of 1629, and discuss what can be seen. A thread for #paperhistory #bookhistory #communicationhistory

Khurram Aziz

khurramaziz123

A Thread which will show how ODI BATTING has evolved from Decade to Decade and how modern day stats can deceive you to believe that Modern Day batsmen are the

John Burn-Murdoch

jburnmurdoch

Today we reported on a new @YouGov survey which paints a stark picture of racism in modern Britain.Far from being an occasional, small or indirect issue, a majority of *all*

Arti Agarwal

parantapah

Hinduism is fundamentally incompatible with Atheism. Whoever tells you otherwise has neither fully understood Hinduism, nor Atheism.This is Kaliyuga: the age of ignorance of ignorance. It's a superficial understanding of

Mayday

MaydayMatrix

The Great Conjunction.Many are very interested and anticipating this celestial event 12.21.2020 from the amateur astronomer and astrologer to historians, religious, spiritual and occult. There are both very positive and

WarringStates

StatesWarring

Notice something? These are all from the Han Dynasty or later. Qin gets portrayed as a sort of bronze age North Korea (especially by Han writers - just fancy that),

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ShreshthaDharma

Shakti (The Hidden energy of Bharat)#Tweet4BharatIt often comes to my mind that the real picture of the Indian women is not portrayed by the so called elite.As I explored this

Alex Rawlings

alex__rawlings

I'm in Greece at the moment working on a short documentary about the Tsakonikan language revival movement. Here's a brief thread to explain what it's all about and some things

أم الطيور

wvmvn

Someone said sisters should stop taking mahr in cash & instead have a certain amount deposited upfront and open up an IRA with a starting balance to which the rest

Christina 🌹

dramata1

I'm going to talk some about vernacular English and its place in J-E media translations, particularly those set in modern or near-modern settings.Vernacular language is a translator's most powerful tool

words are weapons ⚡

vimoh

Let's talk about the tired old refrain "our ancestors were great at science". And I am not even talking about the false claims (of which there are many). Let us

Jenna

JennaACY

I wanna talk a little about Margaret Sanger, because she’s such a deeply polarizing historical figure from both sides of the classic political aisle. I think the general view of

JIm Jacques

JacquesJIm

I am going to try an explanatory linguistics thread in the spirit of the brilliant @DannyBate4. Why do we say “Julius Caesar” the way we do in English? The Romans

Tyler Hayes

ByTylerHayes

Threading mental health notes for myself that may help someone else with anxiety/PTSD: I'm finding the best rubric for whether or not I need to go into some kind of

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