#Origins

Jeff Pearce

jeffpropulsion

This is a balanced article. But... just want to point out some interesting things, which have become all too familiar in terms of Western coverage. Don't get me wrong --

Vandana ✍️🌈

VandanaJayrajan

#GuruPurnimaIt is believed to be the day when Lord Shiva became the Adi Guru or the 1st Guru. The story goes that over 15,000 years ago, a yogi appeared in

Citizen of Somewhere Else

CitizenSE

@sarahchurchwell I'm only a few pages into Behold, America and have already decided to teach it in my American Fictions course. Don't know how I missed it when it first

Alina Chan

Ayjchan

On to my more contentious of the night.“It’s very funny that everyone is worrying about preprints given that, collectively, journals are not doing a great job of keeping misinformation

Victor Pickard

VWPickard

For obvious reasons, the Fairness Doctrine has been coming up a lot recently. It is perhaps the most famous--and most maligned and misunderstood--media policy ever enacted in the US. Here's

saket साकेत ಸಾಕೇತ್ 🇮🇳

saket71

I was supremely secular on 6th of December 1992. I was in the hostel. When the news came, I took my roommate and sat in the room of a Muslim

Laura Zats

LZats

As an agent who is closed to queries and desperately trying to get through her slush pile (s/o to QueryManager for the incredible self-own that is the stats homepage) I've

Las Plumas de Sīmurgh

PlumasDeSimurgh

Jashn-e Sadeh, bachā! Yesterday this Zoroastrian festival was celebrated and here we come, to bring you a brief insight into its history! #Sadeh #Iran #Zoroastrianism Here's a thread! Sadeh

Erik Torenberg

eriktorenberg

Here are some of the most interesting books that changed my mind in 2020:Thread Peter Turchin tries to quantify history in "secular cycles" using demographic data.TLDR: As population expands, wages

Stock-umm

steak_umm

gather around beeflings. today we're going to get into the meaty history of memes. the term "meme" itself was defined by richard dawkins in 1976 as a medium for information

Śrīkānta

shrikanth_krish

Muslim thought in India can be thought of as having two lineages1. Islamic puritanismLineage : Sirhindi -> Shāh Walīullāh ->Syed Ahmad Barelvi, Deobandi movement, Maulana Azad -> Jamaat e Islami2.

Albert Bikaj

AlbertBikaj

I’m a graduate in Medieval Studies, and when I try to explain some myths about it, people look at me as if I was insane. The Enlightenment propaganda is so

Neil Strauss

neilstrauss

With Bitcoin blowing past $20k today, crypto fever is back. Yet most describe it as a “new class of assets.” Which critically underplays the disruption that is blockchain. So here’s

National Trust in the Midlands

NTmidlands

In Greco-Roman mythology themes of passion, jealousy and death include many instances of same-sex desire, pairings and gender transformations.Some of these stories can be found adorning many of our places.

Mark Changizi

MarkChangizi

0/ COVID COGNITIVE BIASES Thread on some of the cognitive biases that got us to where we are today with COVID mass hysteria. 1/ The serious problem we’re struggling

Ryan Bethencourt

RyanBethencourt

1/ Did you know that anti-vaxxers aren't a new thing? It actually has deep origins in the anti-science movements of the 1600's.. a thread 2/William Blake in the 1700's-1800's reacted

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