#Thinkers

Jay Van Bavel

jayvanbavel

Today I hosted a mentoring panel at #SPSP2021 on how academics can use social media effectively. I got some great questions and figured I would share the highlights for anyone

Amit Schandillia

Schandillia

[QUICK THREAD: BURIDAN'S ASS]1/28An old French proverb goes, on ne fait pas boire un âne qui n'a pas soif. Translated to English, one does not make a donkey drink if

Til it Ain’t

til_ain

Another case study on diving head 1st in the rabbit hole-I’d like to share in case it helps save someone’s life because Bitcoin has saved mine.A long thread on my

Dr Norlaine Thomas

Norlaine

Wow. A pissed off Prime Minister Trudeau is even more impressive than a diplomatic Prime Minister Trudeau. This is what we need right now. Our PM needs to be forcefully

Seventh

SeventhDegreeUK

THREAD: The shocking true story behind @Education4Libs who has called the Parkland survivors crisis actors multiple times and is a leading proponent of the QAnon conspiracy theory. 8 months ago

Fledgist 🥀🇯🇲🇬🇧🇺🇸

Fledgist

The word “nationalism” has been in vogue for the past few years. What does it mean? Simply put, it is the idea that people sharing a language, & culture, in

Blank Slate

blankslate2017

Axios & media miss key points in the Trump 'from rigging to riot' timeline. Here it is: 1. Dems win WI Judicial race in April w/large absentee vote; 2. Trump

Andrew Harmel-Law 🏡

al94781

“Patterns of Anarchy” is a collection of writings published in 1966. I came to it because a) Christopher Alexander quotes from it in “A Pattern Language” and b) because as

Rauðgrani ᚱᛆᚢᚦᚴᚱᛆᚿᛁ

GraniRau

On Fate and Free Will. Part 1 on Homer.Been wanting to write something on this a while. It is a topic of great interest in pagan lore. There is a

Starks☪️🇹🇩

MegaIntelIect

Thread on Islamic Economics & how it eradicated poverty.TLDR; Islamic Economics supersedes every cringe-"ism" and potentially can eliminate all forms of financial oppression including poverty. Islam historically successfully e

Annia Ciezadlo

annia

Last week, a big American newspaper asked if I wanted to weigh in on the Beirut Explosion.I lived in Beirut for the better part of 15 years. I wrote a

Anil

anilsaidso

The Sovereign Individual (1999) is a guide for navigating the current transition from Industrial to Information Age.Remarkably, it predicted the rise of 'digital gold'.“If our deductions are correct, you stand

ClearAndPresent

clearandprezent

Good morning Patriots!! It’s 12.22.20 and @realDonaldTrump is still your President!! The vaccine thing has been really confusing so let’s go back for a second and review the “map”.REMEMBER >

Awais Saleem

awaissaleem77

On the two years anniversary of elections 2018, it merits some attention as to about what PTI promised vs. what it delivered; what it claims vs. what is the ground

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

“False sense of security”—high tech gathering of 49 tech thinkers was held in 4 day “bubble” without mask mandate after arrival+daily testing. Result? ~43% (21 of 49) of tech attendees

Tweeting Historians

Tweetistorian

1/24 Today, I will examine the notion of "iltizam" (Arabic for commitment/adherence). I will show that iltizam is a clichéd historical narrative, often employed by historians and literary scholars to

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