#Intellectual

In the lead-up to #UHCDay, CSEM is highlighting how CSOs are working to #ProtectEveryone in the #COVID19 response & for #UHC. ➤ [Thread below!] Stay tuned for CSO stories shared
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Since it’s almost Valentine’s day, a thread on the malady of LOVE (ʿishq) in pre-modern Islamic medicine, including some of Ibn Sīnā's matchmaking activities(ms Vat Arab 368 f.10r) 1/ There
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The left literally believes in denouncing critical thinking by way of using their pseudo-intellectual terminology as a way to auto-negate everything worth researching that they believe goes against their power
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Debating a GOAT in football doesn’t make sense. But let me explain why, if the concept is indeed valid, Walter Payton is my choice.A thread. https://twitter.com/WCGridiron/status/1276953010741149696 Like I said: Football
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Sexism in the Academy: An excellent, detailed account of how male dominance in the academy and scholarship is sustained (2019). https://nplusonemag.com/issue-34/essays/sexism-in-the-academy/ via @nplusonemag 1/15 Women now comprise a bit ov
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If GRE gave little information relevant to preparation for grad school, how could it have significant correlation with undergraduate grades?https://news.ets.org/stories/gre-test-validity-putting-it-in-perspective/ The best way to decide whe
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Brexit: This week the Commission has published a new document to facilitate readiness and preparations by citizens, public administrations, businesses for the unavoidable disruptions on 1 Jan 2021: https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files
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The jinn are said to live in a parallel realm, but sometimes their lives intersect with the human world. One of the most involved jinn is ShamhurishA Thread on the
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AP sources: Biden to pick Katherine Tai as top trade envoy -CA Dem Rep. Judy Chu, Chair of thé Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, praises Tai’s “experiences & diplomatic abilities”https://www.nbc15.com/2020/12/09/ap-sou
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ESSENTIAL VOCABULARY FOR CHINA WATCHERS (1st edn)1) Describe What China Is (esp. political system & government) Autocracy, autocratic AuthoritarianBeijing regimeBig BrotherCommunist China (Cold War term; now back in vogue)Corrupt,
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Sometimes, the greatest threat to the traditionalist movement are trads themselves.A thread: What is the "traditionalist movement"? You might define it as a cultural/religious/philosophical movement to embrace the wisdom of
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One of the scariest things I've read.Respected historian Nancy MacLean contends that James McGill Buchanan's influential philosophy is behind the dramatic, unnerving & profound changes we're seeing played out in
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Hi semua, aku rasa terpanggil utk bercakap pasal this art form, disebabkan kurang pendedahan org ramai terhadap bentuk seni macam ni. Aku cuba utk explain in simple terms. This is
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Earlier saw tweets saying there's no Hindus attempt to understand Islam pre 18th cent.It's true, explicit reference to Islam is almost absent in Sanskrit texts but there's enough in vernacular
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An obfuscation campaign is currently underway to give intellectual cover to assorted foreign supported regime change agents. In this thread I will try to explain why these toolkit creating agents
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At the suggestion of the inestimable @tigerlilyrocks, I thought I'd do a thread on my thoughts on turning a #phdtobook for #TeachAncient and #classicstwitter. They're personal reflections, not unalterable laws,
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