#Consumption

Indian Christian History

IndoChristian_H

As #FarmersProtest continues through the cold North Indian winter, we look back at the steps taken by Christian missionaries to improve #agriculture in India. Exactly 200 years ago, in 1820,

KoalaKollektiv_Eng #ECBFossilfree

Koalas_Eng

In discussions about the #ClimateCrisis , the argument is repeatedly used that the problem of #overpopulation must first be solved, and then the solution to the climate crisis will take

Stephen Diehl

smdiehl

Continuing on with the public awareness raising about the tragic costs of bitcoin ... today we'll explore the bitcoin killer app: Extortion.(1/) Previously I covered why it's bad that

michelleminton

michelleminton

Readings from Alcohol Prohibition [a thread.] Mitchell Kennerley (1922): "the impression which I received from the book was that if the prohibitionists were obliged to resort to propaganda such as

Nick Jones

pokerprojones

It's thread o'clock. Let's have a look at the first week of results from @PokerStars Stadium Series, and what that might mean for the next 8 weeks of online poker

Michael Harriot

michaelharriot

So much of history has been whitewashed for the sake of making it palatable for white consumption that we are starting to perpetuate things that are not only misconceptions, but

Nim Ralph

NMRLPH

Trans allyship: a thread. I've been asked to speak on panels about trans activism a lot the last few years, esp through pride month. One question I *always* get asked

𝖘𝖚𝖙𝖚

sutu_eats_flies

1/In this thread I will attempt to summarise the discussion yesterday and list the main takeaways. Please reply and link any relevant artists, articles, solutions etc where you think it

The Junglegym Queen (she/her)

junglegymqueen

Anyway, since my creepy stalker is still trying to defend his very problematic views on "overpopulation" without sufficient context or nuance, I'm gonna go ahead and discuss my views based

Dan Hon

hondanhon

Been thinking about this *a lot* since Adrian pointed it outhttps://twitter.com/adrianhon/status/1281223340431204353 Specifically based on all the ARG player behavior I’ve seen over the last 20 years. I’m pretty terrified about

Marcus Stewart

Marcusdstewart

@ShellenbergerMD wrote an opinion piece in @Quillette with some very big claims on environment issues in order to push his new book sales. Here’s a thread on the accuracy of

Steve Sailer

Steve_Sailer

The dividing year in architecture is 1945. Before, Westerners tried, in many different styles, to make buildings look beautiful. After 1945, they felt like they didn't deserve beautiful buildings. Consider

Shaun Lawson

shaunjlawson

So - I thought my comment about Starmer being more effective than Corbyn would probably get some reaction. What did I mean by that?Politics is done in various ways.

Venkatesh Rao

vgr

It's kinda interesting how stories that turn into cult classic landmarks (as opposed to critical darlings), they tend to hew to the most classical of story structures like Campbell. Star

Austin

realUnnameable

Gemstone Thread: https://twitter.com/realUnnameable/status/1320896046470471687 1932Onassis, a Greek ship owner who made his first million in "Turkish tobacco" (opium) in Argentina, worked out a deal with Joe Kennedy, Eugene Meyer,

Warrior 17

Warrior1716

The different types of cloning they don't want us to know about "The idea that we don't have the knowledge to do it is simply a myth for public consumption.

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