#Buildings

tolu ogunlesi

toluogunlesi

A quick break to share sthg I picked up:That groove in the map of Abuja, the V at the top, guess how it came about?The planners were trying to cut

vivian

uiuianvs

when the conquistadors led by francisco pizarro first encountered the incas, they were greeted as gods, "virachochas", because their lighter skin and beards resembled that of a divine race of

Raksha Kumar

Raksha_Kumar

At NWMI, @nandinidurga, me and some other members have been following the story of how news media's business model is crumbling in India. We did two webinars on #journalismjobs loss

Chris Dwan (he/him)

somershade1

City council meeting tonight! Woo! Also snowstorm! Double Woo! Let's dive right in. Here's the agenda.http://somervillecityma.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_Meeting.aspx?ID=32611/? I am noting a distinct lack of either opening prayer or

oldeuropeanculture

serbiaireland

Thread (longish but hopefully interesting): This is Dolmen of Pierre-Alot, France...I would here like to talk about three interesting articles I read this week, which together, might shed some new

Erik Loomis

ErikLoomis

This Day in Labor History: June 26, 1894. The American Railway Union, led by Eugene Debs, called for a boycott in solidarity with striking workers at Pullman, Illinois. Let's talk

Byzantine Emporia

byzantinemporia

THE DOME OF HAGIA SOPHIAWhy was the Hagia Sophia such an achievement? Not least because it was the world’s largest domed basilica for 1000 years.Domes in turn helped deal with

twfisher

twfisher1

1/ This is a new thread on the first minutes of the Jan 6 assault on the capitol. The attack was lead by Proud Boys, but by timing it is

Gennifer with a G

GenniferwithaG_

Good morning, #Cleveland! I'll be live-tweeting the @CLEcityplanning East Design Review Committee Meeting today for @cledocumenters starting at 8:30. #CLEdocumenters #urbandevelopment Have questions? Think we got something wrong? Send a

Not Quite Dr. Michael T. Bacon

MichaelTBacon

Okay, I'm gonna go a few steps deeper on this.To first put the necessary out of the way, saying "this American thing is deeply entangled with racism" should be axiomatic

Miriam Goldstein

MiriamGoldste

I’m going to start a new thread with details of just how bad this was - which is nowhere close to as bad as it could have been. I don’t

Prof Susan Oosthuizen 💙

DrSueOosthuizen

THREAD. The origins of English villages like Spaldwick, Hunts., so typical of the rural landscape, is a question that’s puzzled historians and archaeologists for generations. (Photo from Christopher Taylor’s masterfully

Achanta Raja

achantaraja

Thread:Chandrababu Naidu 1.0 from 1996-2003 & Hyderabad Development (1/∞) Hyderabad International Airport, Planned and Constructed by TDP under Chandra Babu Naiduhttps://youtu.be/jc6oR-aIED8 (2/∞) World’s Largest Monolith St

Mike Buckley

mdbuckley

The Govt want us to believe that schools are safe but it's not true. They're not safe for kids, who can get Covid, some badly or long Covid. They're not

Larry Sanger

lsanger

1/ Must read. Let's demand an explanation for this from police/reporters:*Why* was it that George Floyd worked with his killer, Derek Chauvin, on the security team for the El Nuevo

Dermot Feenan

dermotfeenan

This thread corrects errors in the ‘British Penal Laws' and window tax tweet (’the tweet’), with reference to primary and authoritative sources, and is expanded in my blog: http://bit.ly/3kVroxV .Let the

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