#Intellectual

Your Friendly Butch Anarchist

butchanarchy

The Founding Fathers hated and feared actual democracy and constructed the U.S. system of governance in order to prevent democracy from ever existing here, and here’s a thread of them

Tweeting Historians

Tweetistorian

One key element of the Islamic intellectual tradition is the commentary. Commentaries on the Qurʼan (tafsīr) began early in Islamic history, but from about the 12th or 13th century, well

Anand Giridharadas

AnandWrites

A basic confusion has wrought so much destruction in American life.A lot of venture capitalists tricked themselves, and then others, into thinking that they are thinkers. They are literally just

FredWatsonII

FredWatsonII

What’s a counterfactual history for Mussolini’s Italy? It cannot be fantastic. Must be grounded in reality. It also must account for Cold War reality. The path a neutral Mussolini could

George Peretz QC

GeorgePeretzQC

A thread on the duty of candour (d of c) in judicial review. It matters.https://twitter.com/georgeperetzqc/status/1291364170382880769 You can find a very good explanation of what it is and how it works

Wolfgang Hutter

WolfgangHutter2

A thread of readings for sociology and historical sociology . I think many on this part of twitter will be interested in these suggestions. @GuiDurocher @Irkutyanin1 @RogueScholarPr @HistorysE @Peter_Nimitz I

Ian Dickson

IDickson258

1. A hobby horse of mine, but 'careleavers" are still often viewed as best represented by articulate professional (usually young) adults, often graduates, who have emerged from care to do

Kapil Dev(କପିଲ୍ ଦେଵ)

Kapilde94399856

Swami Vvkananda was a monk from West Bengal with no formal and traditional education with his illiterate guru Rama Krishna Paramhansa which everyone knows but his name and fame has

Rohit Lamba

rohlamba

0/ A holiday economic theory reading list. Some of my favorite pieces on theory that can be read with minimal sweat, but with the maximal intellectual reward. In no particular

Ken Chen

chen_ken

I’m saddened to hear about the passing of Corky Lee from COVID-19. You may not have heard of him, but he was a radical photographer who probably did more than

B!GCAT!

BIG_CAT_15

A simple example of the poor analysis of the cost-benefit relationship regarding response to covid19. Check it out This is a recent release on the mental health effects in the

curtmills

CurtMills

not only worse, but far worsehttps://twitter.com/enbrown/status/1343522879024082944 However organized and “noble” George W. Bush was in his personal life is near irrelevant for assessing a presidential legacy. The fairest criterion is

Chelsea McGill

chelsea_mcgill4

Ok, tweeps. It's #Victorian story time. Today I want to introduce you to a man whose last name was definitely Berigny, but whose first name may have been Thiennette or

Douglas S. Bursch

fairlyspiritual

I am dyslexic. Highly functional because I was raised by parents who were both english specialists. They worked tirelessly to help me read, write and spell. I still struggle greatly

Jeff Lees

Leesplez

I grew up listening to Rush Limbaugh. I certainly don't think that was a good thing for me, but I'd be lying if I said it didn't influence me in

balajis.com

balajis

A solo media founder like Rogan or Mr Beast can make as much money as a strong tech founder, with significantly less managerial stress.Tech created this ecosystem but there’s a

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