#Modern

john jackson

pvtjokerus

The modern media was born during the Clinton impeachment. They abandoned all pretense of objectivity and went all in for Billy Bob. They looked around, like a 5yo who just

The Cosmist Insurrection, Inc. ™

yungneocon

The love of leftists for trains is so common it’s a trope—they seem like inoffensive pre globalized but still connective industry. Yet the railroad supported the modern state & secured

David Thomas Moore

dtmooreeditor

This is an excellent question! (To save anyone the click, Katie's asking why we say 'wolf' and 'golf' differently.) Pronunciation in English is a storied, rambling topic.*ahem* A thread.https://twitter.com/joan_of_orc/st

Sandeep Mukherjee

Libertarian196

George Orwell - “Notes on Nationalism 2/ Orwell on Nationalism -“the lunatic modern habit of identifying oneself with large power units and seeing everything in terms of competitive prestige.” 3/

Doug Mack

douglasmack

There are lots of good and important points in this piece on colonialism but it's JARRING that it never mentions the existence of the American colonies/territories.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/27/opinion/decolonization-statues.html#c

Sarah ∞

metis_adoptee

“Huiothesia” the Greek word that was eventually translated to “adoption” in the Bible, had nothing to do with infant adoption. It was the last ceremony in a grown man’s life

curmudgeon 🐬

jaymills

This article is worth reading for its firsthand account of the people involved in the fascist uprising, but this particular detail really struck me. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/01/25/among-the-insurrectionists This characterizat

Meg

agameganon

This proves why my PhD thesis is wholly necessary because I am tired of the whole ‘you can’t acknowledge the ambiguities of ancient gender/sexuality and you can’t map modern queer

C4ADS

C4ADS

Yesterday, CBP declared that it will prohibit any fish caught on the fishing vessel DA WANG due to reports of forced labor on the vessel. Let's explore the vessel’s opaque

Wirecutter

wirecutter

( unofficial mini-thread) Things to keep yourself busy at home while you wait for the election results:https://wrctr.co/2GqyTNZ Everyone should be washing their pillows a couple of times a year

unhelpful mischief grrrl

viragoergosum

I heard from a guy about their 80s heroes and it gave me a new perspective on something. I didn’t have an answer back and I’m still thinking about it.

kira

thymeIord

the whole "professional convert" thing is very weird, obviously, but a part of me gets why someone would take that pathit was very clearly communicated to me when I was

Deeply Credentialed Yuga

MelancholyYuga

I now tend to think culture matters more than I realized for shaping cognition and mentality.But the specific load-bearing cultural elements are baked so deeply into social reality that it

John Hayward

Doc_0

The amazing thing about the era of filmmaking that ended with "Wonder Woman 1984" is that a script that dumb and joyless could get past dozens of people without anyone

Ankur 🕉️

GaikwadAnkur

(1) #Thread on Chhatrapati #Shivaji's campaigns against #Adilshah of Bijapur/Vijayapura.1645 - #Conquest of first fort of the Swarajya - Torana fort. After it, conquest of Chakan, Kondhana (Sinhgad-Lion's fort)1656 -

Glenn Dunks

glenndunks

The Phil Spector thing is tricky. Yes, he’s a murderer and an abuser. And not just whispered about, but fully convicted and sent to prison. But to ignore his career

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