#Latin

XXXTentacion, jack of all trades, master of none: a thread Please before reading any of this take in mind this is not going to incorporate anything X did or was
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Thanks @clarewenham for starting discussion on effects of the pandemic on gender inequalities, highlighting importance, need for policy advice; I pulled together comments that followed, showing complexities, on context, impact
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I don’t have The ScreamCast anymore but I’m using this thread to highlight the best physical media releases of 2020. There was a ton. LENZI/BAKER boxset from Severin Films. This
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1. All this talk about opposition research tonight is driving me nuts because so many people are getting it wrong (not Kyle). This is an area I know well, I
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L'Histoire d'Ibn Rochd plus connu sous le nom d'Averroès Nous procÊderons selon le plan suivant : PrÊsentation de l'hommeIbn Rochd naquit à Cordoue , qui faisait partie autrefois de
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Media briefing on #COVID19 with @DrTedros https://www.pscp.tv/w/cuwTtjI2MTAyMHwxeW9LTUFEYVlhb0tRU1m5oxZTgc1GtaJNxJLvHbpJ3K4RNe35jg9TmowXHyA= "Earlier this week, Captain Sir Tom Moore died with #COVID19. As you know, as he approached hi
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1/ The myth that “reimagining” education results in “chaos” continues apace. It’s based on a partial, England-centric view of history that ignores the wide ranging conceptions of education that exist
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Excited (and nervous) to give a Zoom lecture today to a 5th-grade class about astronomy in ancient Mesopotamia and its legacy! It’s impossible to talk about any aspect of scholarship
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1/n In my new book, Technologies of Speculation, I talk about 'control creep': data surveillance justified for one purpose is inevitably repurposed elsewhere. Exhibit A: Self-tracking & Internet of Things,
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Our discussions of events like the atom bomb need to occur at a higher level—namely the understanding that while fire bombings of Dresden & Tokyo, internment, postwar use of forced
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Yesterday, of course, Jeremy Corbyn launched his Peace and Justice Project, to much excitement on here. Laudable goals too:Take on Murdoch Green New Deal Support for food banks Speed up
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It’s laughable that in 2020, this country still needs to be reminded, Sesame Street style, that Latinos are not a monolith & the Latino vote is a mirage. This misconception
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A few weeks ago, I submitted Serat Ngalamating Kucing as an entry for #FolkloreThursday: a Javanese manuscript that consists of verses depicting different types of #cats. There are still no
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Halloween, All Soul's Day and other traditions celebrated from the end of October to the end of November. Halloween, also known as All Hallows' Eve is a celebration observed in
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Instead of the usual pics from our #HomeGarden, threading some wild leaves and flowers from the wilderness of #JimCorbett Here goes the first one: A natural theatre-mask! Russelia equisetiformis: Commonly
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I mean we only know about the Zong Massacre because after the murderers returned home their employers claimed insurance payments on their lost property, i.e. the people they threw overboard.https://twitter.com/mrianleslie/status/13620201235
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