#Marginal

Laura Tisdall

TisdallLaura

A thread on the task that lies ahead for historians of childhood. Partly inspired by @cgsloan's recent thread, partly a response to the recent AHR exchange (Oct 2020). #histchild In

Sephiroth IRA

a_lolbrarian

trying to think of the strangest moments from the trump admin. wish i had kept a list. Trump accusing people of murding border patrol with cans of soup, thinking that

Pseudoerasmus

pseudoerasmus

Some comments on this Bloomberg article about India's farmer protests, and its use of historical analogies as well as concepts from development economics.https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-02-10/india-s-farm-protests-have-p

Rewilding Science

RewildingS

1/ Today’s #rewildingscience paper recommends a 2 tier agricultural subsidy scheme for the EU. 1 Tier focused on promoting intensive but sustainable farming on productive/fertile land and the other Tier

Avi Mayer

AviMayer

The European Court of Justice has upheld a Belgian decision that effectively bans kosher and hallal slaughter—which are vital elements of religious life for millions of Jews and Muslims—by requiring

Eric Hittinger

ElephantEating

New Paper Alert: comparing the emissions effects of doing frequency regulation with storage versus gas turbines (spoiler: storage is better...mostly...probably)[This one is a bit technical / for specialists, but free

Suraj Oyewale (Jarus)

Jarushub

1/ Shell is a common feature in the career history of most of upstream oil executives in Nigeria. 3 things account for this:1, Shell had the largest footprint in oil

Dan Szymborski

DSzymborski

I will be *extremely* surprised if there's a LeMahieu suitor out there for 5/125. I'd be surprised if he got that even if we knew for a fact that baseball

Shilpa Anand

shilpaanand

Been disappointed with @HLLLifecare as this pandemic has progressed. They have simply not stepped up. They could so easily have set up a robust online platform for hospitals/patients to buy

David “HINDSIGHT IS 2021” Walsh

DavidAstinWalsh

Theory: the key litmus test to explaining the various factions on the modern American left is whether or not you think Al Gore would've invaded Iraq after 9/11 if he'd

Ayesha Shahid

ayesharshahid

Today in our farming woes, a tale of field drainage challenges: One of our best fields (supposedly) is a 1.5 acre piece of land through which the entire village's rain

Isfandiyar Shaheen

ishaheen10

Making cost-based pricing for Internet access feasible - a thread. 1. Why cost-based pricing for Internet access matters: Half the world cannot afford Internet access even though the marginal cost

Aidan Baron

Aidan_Baron

Stroke Ambulances are an example of what Rev Père Lafontant often refers to as “appropriate technology”.“Do you know what ‘appropriate technology’ means?” He asks“It means good things for rich people

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zei_squirrel

anti-"woke" liberals do the same for the same reason: their social function as members of the professional media class is to divert attention to meaningless spectacles. it also helps both

#hottakeoftheday

DavidRamsdenWo

I am reluctant to point to “a tweet” and spend the time to refute it... but it’s @AOC. I’ll use small words. 1) Spot prices have surged for roughly 4

George Monbiot

GeorgeMonbiot

Every day in this country, newspapers owned by billionaires living offshore tell us that the problems we suffer are caused not by the power of money, but by immigrants and

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