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Rebecca Levitan

LevintheMed

All I want for Christmas is...an $80 million portrait of an unknown man!With everything going on in the world, a @Sothebys' sale next month may not seem newsworthy - but

Ahab Bdaiwi איהאבּ ܐܝܗܐܒ

bdaiwi_historia

Today Leiden University (@UniLeiden) celebrates its 446 birthday (est. 1575 AD). Leiden is especially renowned for its dedication to teach and promote Arabic and Islamic studies. A thread on the

David Thomas Moore

dtmooreeditor

Come to think of it, swordfighting fans, this is an excellent opportunity to share some nerdery I picked up in the last week or so.Buckle up, because these past two

Dr Robert Bohan Artist

RobertBohan

Thread: Michelangelo (1475-1564) was one of the greatest artists of the Renaissance whose paintings, drawings, sculpture & architecture have always been famous. He was seminal in combining the art of

Michael Shellenberger

ShellenbergerMD

Don't believe what they say about Calif. blackoutsThey result from *political* failure to hold PG&E accountable after $21 BILLION bail-outFailure stems from decades-long focus on climate/renewables instead of fortifying electric

Christopher Hitchens

HitchensQuotes

"Dr. King was an exemplary human being by every standard that I know. I can't be sure that he was actually a Christian; I can be grateful to the extent

Luna 🌟

coucyi

'medieval people barely washed themselves''40 was considered old age during the middle ages''medieval marriages were always arranged''witch hunts were rampant during the middle ages''medieval people thoug

Abeba Birhane

Abebab

Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Poulo #FreireTranslated by Myra Bergman Ramos #amreading Introduction by Donaldo Macedo (Some context: the book was first written in Portuguese in 1968 and translated and published

Venkatesh Rao

vgr

wish there was a way to see financial damage the way you can see maps of forest fires or bomb damage from wars... covid is such a physically bloodless catastrophe

Dale Latimer #CorbynOutrider

Finkley1

So. 'Labour antisemitism'. Yes, parentheses. Why? Because the whole 'argument' has been spun, twisted, argued and 'debated' into peak inversion. I suspect I am not alone in being curious as

The Cosmist Insurrection, Inc. ™

yungneocon

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Darren Mooney

Darren_Mooney

#NowWatching “Interstellar”I may tweet about it as “a massive Nolan nut.”(Or, you know, as somebody just enjoys talking about movies and has written a book on the subject. Whichever you

Zlazloj Zlizlek

ZlazlojZlizlek

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝘀𝗿𝗮𝗲𝗹: 𝗬𝗼𝘂’𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘀

Sunshiny

sunnshiiny

The story of Marc Lepine resonates with current politics. Typically avoided on this day in Canada, many seek to suppress his story to honour the women he killed mercilessly, rather

💙Jane ⭐🌱

localnotail

In 2003 political scientist Dr. Lawrence Britt studied the fascist regimes of Hitler, Mussolini, Franco, Suharto (Indonesia) & Pinochet (Chile) & found they all had 14 characteristics in common("Fascism Anyone?,"

Darren Mooney

Darren_Mooney

#NowWatching “TENET.”Movie of the year so far, and it’s not even close. I probably won’t be doing too long a Twitter thread on “TENET” yet, because not everybody has had

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