#Origins

Apropos of nothing, I've got an assignment in The Writer's Practice where students have to unpack a conspiracy theory to uncover its origins and its allure. My experience is that
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Okay, this might be a bit of strange rant, but please bare with me. Or actually, feel free to mute it, the whole point of this rant isn't really revealed
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I am reprising my initial responses to #TheDig, which @rokewife & I watched last night, to create a separate thread #TheDig is an outstanding film. An exquisitely-crafted bitter-sweet love letter
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Discussions of diversity in mainstream agriculture circles/publications/narratives are almost entirely about diversity of crops, produce or ecology. This is deeply ironic & emblematic of a lack of awareness of the
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#bhaiyadooj(A Thread)Special Bond between a Brother and Sister. It is also known as Bhai teeka and Yam Dwitiya.Generally occur on the Dark lunar half month right after the two day
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Today, August 9, marks 75 years since the last time nuclear weapons were used in war.Why have they not been used since? [THREAD] The literature on the international politics of
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Post-Roman barbarians went round inventing bodies of law – these codes did not have to be effective in practice or original in contents… they were important more as the special
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Happy Lupercalia! The origins of the ancient pastoral festival are shadowy even to Romans but on this day we observe ancient rites of fertility, health and purification. The goatskin whips
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This tweet is the reason why I have hope. It’s so sharply spot on it hurts. Command of the sea is genuine nonsense in a peacetime discussion. And you don’t
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Last month, I went to GA and talked to Republicans voting early in the runoff. Almost without exception, they said they believed the Nov. election was a scam.What did surprise
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It was a pleasure to lead a mega three-hour session on GMM to Japanese archaeologists, enthusiasts and researchers (w. @fujimicho, @benmarwick). Here is a mega-thread on GMM and Archaeology! 1/25
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Because Holodomor denialism is as trendy for commies as Holocaust denialism is for Nazis, you get a (graphic) thread: The Holodomor was a man made famine in Soviet Ukraine in
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Mithraism is a religion that spearheads the Mazdaist god Mehr (Mithras in the West) at its helm as a purveyor of light, justice, truth, covenant, and etc. In this thread
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The news about #MuslimPro handing over 98+ million people's data to the military has people reflecting on how horrifying Islamophobia is & U.S. empire's role in imperialism & surveillance. So
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Sega AM2 veteran Daichi Katagiri spoke to IGN about his origins, his dual love of games & cars, working under Yu Suzuki, his involvement with series like Virtua Fighter and
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Not going to dunk on P*ter C*ffin for evading a block to see people talking about them, because I just checked their timeline despite being blocked myself.But they're on about
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