#Plantations

#LandIsNotProperty Mwalimu Wandia

wmnjoya

Kenyans need to strategize on ballot and economic boycotts. The principle is simple: make the political class irrelevant.We have historical precedent. That's how our ancestors resisted colonialism and made the

Katie Stone

cyborg_feminist

My thread was getting wild so I'm going to start a new one with Florence Okoye's keynote 'Caliban at the Boiler: Rendering Speculative Fiction as Plantation Hardware' @FINOkoye for the

Great Oracle

AbdulMahmud01

You can't send herders out of forest reserves, FGN tells Aketi.Is the FGN right? Before I go into today's discourse on the follower-leader nexus, I shall provide answers to this

Dr Sarah Taber

SarahTaber_bww

Since ag twitter is a racist hot mess, this seems like a great time to remind everyone:1) The median farmer is nearly a millionaire! They clock in at $800K net

Kate Kelly

Kate_Kelly_Esq

Did you know:—in old-timey-times women got abortions w no constraints?—ads for abortion were so common in the 1800s they were blasé?—native women controlled their fertility & men had no say?Today's

Isadora Bogle

isadorabogle

I drove along the South Australian-Victorian border yesterday to see what the hard border looks like in South East SA (thread) I begun on the coast near Piccaninnie Ponds, the

Ben See

ClimateBen

What if I told you the Paris Agreement on climate change relies on technologies that scientists know DO NOT and WILL NOT WORK?[Thread] Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) systems like Carbon

Aaron Astor

AstorAaron

I don't think any politician in American history tried so hard to thread so many needles as Stephen Douglas. He really was THE dominant political player in the 1850s and

Ricky Ponting 2006

Chinmay_2001

Thread on farm groups supporting new laws:Farmers from Uttrakhand extend their support to new laws Federation of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Farmers for Market Access (FATFARMA) extend their support to

JD Roberts

JDRobertsMusic1

Okay, thought for the day time - let's talk about disease hierarchies and empire (long thread, mostly to help me organise my own thoughts) One of the little theories I

BlackRocksBigProblem

BLKsBigProblem

BlackRock continues steps in the right direction, but falls short of the visionary leadership needed: Our response to the letters that @BlackRock CEO Larry Fink issued today to CEOs and

Ferris Jabr

ferrisjabr

Cinnamon is one of the most beloved spices in the world, used in savory & sweet dishes, tea & cocktails, chewing gum, candy, perfume, medicine, and cosmetics. This time of

Dr. Merritt Turetsky

queenofpeat

Plant a tree, save the . Right? Not so fast.... Follow this thread today to learn why tree planting is bad news for peat bogs, & thus bad news for

Emily Galvin-Almanza

GalvinAlmanza

So, my friend @spiceybinks asked me about prison gerrymandering. Which may seem like a kind of far-off issue...counting people *in prison* as "residents" of a district for the purpose of

Amaan

amaanbali

In 1967, at a meeting in N.Delhi, Borlaug who is considered as the father of GR told Indian Parliamentarians, “If I were a member of your parliament. I would leap

Justin Thee Stallion

by_justin

A small thread of things you might not know are linked to racisms Yale University was named after a slave trader.https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-college-formerly-known-as-yale-1470698364 While we're talking about these institutions:

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