#Universal

Venkatesh Rao

vgr

Something I’ve been thinking about. The earliest telescopes after Galileo were often very high f numbers to mitigate chromatic aberration because they didn’t know how to make achromatic lenses and

Jakob Dorof

soyrev

it seems like there's still a pretty big misunderstanding among fans and journalists re: this whole "SM paid a songwriter $60 for a song" drama, so i'm going to take

sai priya

priya_27_

Thread: Henry David Thoreau and his journey into Hindu philosophy, while the west was gripped by TranscendentalismThoreau's interest in India and its philosophical texts began when he found the Laws

Walter D. Greason

WorldProfessor

#SundayMorning #NYTReadAlong #AMJoyThe T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center created an #Election2020 issues education campaign. It will focus on candidates at all levels from both major parties as well as independents.

Joey Huddleston

joeyhuddleston

The 29yo ceasefire is broken, and #Morocco and #WesternSahara are once again in armed conflict. https://www.spsrasd.info/news/en/articles/2020/11/14/28491.htmlWithout a quick ceasefire, here’s a few things we can expect in the coming days

Govind Persad

GovindPersad

Thanks to @JAMA_current for publishing my “The Ethics of COVID-19 Immunity-Based Licenses (‘Immunity Passports’)” (w/Zeke Emanuel) https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2765836 The piece is short—trimmed a lot from 1st

Claire Ormsby-Potter

okyeahbut

Today in "Copyright is Really Fucking Wild", the Conan Doyle estate is suing Netflix, PRH and author Nancy Springer because in the Enola Holmes series, Sherlock has feelings and likes

Dr Robert Bohan Artist

RobertBohan

Thread: It’s bizarre, with the rise of the far right, to hear them talking about the need to ‘protect’ Irish culture (it’s almost as if they fail to notice it

GET A GRIP 💙

docrussjackson

A THREAD about the history of the UK press & journalism, focusing on how the 'radical press' transformed Britain.I believe we're experiencing something similar now, with outlets like @BylineTimes, @DoubleDownNews

Dr. Sanjee Perera

SanjeePerera1

Here is a thread of some of my favourite #BlackTheologyPodcasts for #RacialJusticeSunday! Please feel free to weave in yours...#podcasts #MyFavouritePodcasts #AnglicanTwitter #BlackTheologyTwitter #TheologyTwitter #LiberationTheology1/100 F

Lafayette Lee

OrangePartisan

1. As previously mentioned, I've been increasingly concerned by the political and economic ramifications of #COVID19.Top of mind is the #GreatReset: an initiative proposed at the World Economic Forum's annual

Bo Winegard

EPoe187

1. Thread. Poetry is sublime and worthy of study! Here, I want to examine W. H. Auden's wonderful poem, "Musée des Beaux Arts," which uses paintings from a museum of

All Possums Go to Heaven

AndyinDC1

Thomas Paine had many fans among the rah-rah capitalism crowd, so I thought it would be worth considering one of his later works, Agrarian Justice, to see what that tells

✞Servant✞ن

MssLiberty

The Lord warns consistently about what we read in English Bible translations, of the Jewish Pharisee & lawyer hypocrites, (hupokrités); from hupokrinomai; an actor under an assumed character (stage-player), i.e.

Ben Bartlett

bencbartlett

Alan Turing was born 108 years ago today. He was a computer scientist, a mathematician, a philosopher, and a victim of homophobia.His work saved between 2-14 million lives in WWII.Bigotry

Rosa Sanchis-Guarner

RosaSanchisG

I am excited to share our new WP with @jmontalbancas and @FelixWeinhardt: “Home Broadband and Human Capital Formation”. This is a WP from @CESifoGroupFind the paper here: https://www.cesifo.org/en/publikationen/2021/working-paper/home-b

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