#ROOTS

Vanessa Kisuule

Vanessa_Kisuule

Like I've said before, class is a far more slippery descriptor than we're willing to admit. Yes, many people are wilfully facetious and enamoured with some mythical inheritance of humble

Tara Ann Thieke

TaraAnnThieke

The other day I was taking my kids for a walk around a pond when an older woman sitting by herself on a bench looked up and commented on how

Megan King

MeggieK33

Ways to honor your heritage that extend beyond a specific symbol:1. Speak with a genealogist and see how far back you can trace your family’s roots.2. Read up on your

Anna Soubry

Anna_Soubry

We Brits are a glorious mongrel race. Our roots lie deep within mainland Europe. Saxons, Vikings, Romans, Normans, Hugenots and in more modern times those who escaped Nazi & Soviet

Ezra Klein

ezraklein

America's only been a stable, real democracy since the 1960s, with the passage of the Civil Rights and Voting Rights acts. The roots are shallow. The idea that its survival

Kathryn Crouch

KathrynCrouch81

The quick answer is "no, not really". But, this seems like a good opportunity to talk about GO terms, as they are often poorly understood.https://twitter.com/chrmosimann/status/1357847985229467648 The Gene Ontology is a

Martin J. Williams

Mar_tinW

It's official: I got tenure!In gratitude and celebration, here is a thread of my favorite trees in Oxford: First up, the ancient horse chestnut tree in Lamb and Flag Passage.

BolanleofUSA

tyewoolove

A THREADAfrican tattoo and meaning; African tattoo fascinate the eyes of all tattoo lovers. The ideologies behind most tattoo in Africa go so much deeper than pure aesthetic. 1) AFRICAN

Chaotic Witch Aunt

AuntChaotic

y’all wanna talk about how honoring your ancestors could be cultural appropriation because it exists in both ATRs and basically every single culture in a certain form but don’t wanna

Echoes of the Past!

EchoesofthePas1

Late is the hour for those who still cling to something that is nothing but a flimsy thread of hope. They yearn for this world of "wonders" to go on.Indeed,

Trevon D Logan

TrevonDLogan

New work with @drlisadcook @jmparman on "The Antebellum Roots of Distinctively Black Names" is out today @nberpubs Very excited about this project-- more interesting facts about the history of Black

jan

jansqueezy

Skepta, A British Pioneer.(a thread): Joseph Junior Adenuga, mainly known as Skepta, is a rapper from the UK; he’s by far the most influential and prolific voice in the UK

TROUBLE

KyleTrouble

A man who hails from both Eastern Europe and American wrote this great message to me last week, it’s worth sharing to show the differences between the two extremes.Here is...THREAD

Steve Wilson

Steve_Lockstep

A rant about #trust following the terrific discussions at #IDPolicyForum yesterday and today. #digitalidentity THREAD ... 1/9 "Trust" of course is talked of everywhere. In #IDPolicyForum, a speaker bounced around

Jessie Pelosi

ja_pelosi

It's #FernFriday!! This week on #51WeeksOfPteridophytes, we'll cover the Psilotaceae! There are two genera in this family, Psilotum and Tmesipteris (so basically the family of silent letters??), with around 17

Willie_Jean_Jones

blkjewprincess

Some of y’all need to know your grandparents were church going xtians only because that was the place they could be themselves, be elevated members of a society & where

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