#Territory

Pras Francis, MD PhD

PrasFrancis

Covid-19 was discovered/named in December, 2019. By November, 2020, we have preliminary data from Phase III clinical trials for two vaccines. The previous record for vaccine development was 4 years.

Amit Paranjape

aparanjape

Today is the 247th Punyatithi of Madhavrao Peshwa.He accomplished so much in a short span of 12 years, taking over at the age of 16, after Panipat, and after the

Dónal Hassett

donalhassett1

From 1866-1868 Algeria was struck by a severe famine, a result of drought, locusts and the disruption caused by and mismanagement of agriculture by colonial authorities. Coming only 20 years

David McHardy 🔶

David_McHardy

[Boring Lib Dem internal chat]The reason the Layla Pamphlet is worthy of criticism isn’t that it ‘shifts the Lib Dems to the centre-left’. The potential target-vote-losing problems are instead about

George Peretz QC

GeorgePeretzQC

A further thread on the EU/UK musicians/visa for paid work issue (the issue is paid work: travelling to sing or play at eg a charity event for free can be

Lovely Lambeth Living Streets

LambethLivingSt

Here at Living Streets Lambeth — We. Love. Nerds. () Today we’re profiling one of our very favourite nerds — Professor Donald Appleyard: urban designer slash owner of a handsome

Erin Person

ErinPerson2

Apparently it's #HyenaDay! Who wants to hear about my very favorite hyena, Grace O'Malley? I got to know O'Malley as an RA for @MaraHyenas and her story is pretty incredible.

Indian Backdrop

Indianbackdrop

Everyone knows about "The Rani of Jhansi, Lakshmibai". But only few of us know about the Kittur Chennamma, the Queen of Kittur.She was one of the first Indian rulers to lead an

Tami Burages

tburages

As Trump & Co claim victory in PA, their lead keeps shrinking.They lead by 379,692 votes.There are 929,598 ballots left to count. It all depends on what percentage of the

Lavie Tidhar

lavietidhar

Name's Tumnus. Mr Tumnus. I'm a shamus. A PI. A dick. When this Daughter of Eve came into my office, past the Lamppost, I knew she was trouble, I just

Chris Joel

catosletters

THREAD: On why eliminating the unlimited capital gains exemption on primary residence is common sense right now & what happens when a country decides to go all in, changing a

Benjamin Chadwick

bchadwickfrance

#ClemmiesParisStories #7: perhaps France's most famous naturalised citizen, Marie Curie. 1/17 Maria Skłodowska was born in Warsaw in 1867. She began her studies there illegally – women in Poland were

Hudson Lockett IV 康河信

KangHexin

THREAD The head of Hong Kong’s de facto central bank just put out answers to some "frequent" questions—obvs related to concerns over the draconian natsec law Beijing imposed last year.

Porkchop.express

Porkchop_EXP

WARNING: I got triggered by the “Why do I need to marry” reasoning, as opposed to cohabitation. There are many reasons why marriage should be a fundamental goal. I love

Resist Programming 🛰

RzstProgramming

THREAD: Saroya Tinker, who kneels during the national anthem, rejects Barstool for promoting white supremacy and dividing the athletic community.Athletes in every league are rejecting Barstool Sports citing a racist

A.Z. Foreman

azforeman

Me reading my translation of Jules Boissière's "The Buddha" in Occitan (specifically literary Rhodanian or "Mistralian" Occitan), and in English translation. Boissière wrote in French and Occitan, but IMO his

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