#Phenomenon

Ante D. Luvian

uncle_deluge

One of the tropes of people studying mythology is that "every culture has stories about dragons."Do they though? Do European dragons REALLY have enough in common with Chinese ones to

Mike Nayna

MikeNayna

I have to say, I felt this, @GlennLoury . I learned this week that a humanitarian health organization I hold dear is being shaken down to divert attention & resources

Derek Featherstone

feather

Assistive technology that helps people with disabilities fill out forms even though you don't view it as assistive technology:- copy/paste- autofill- autocorrect- predictive text- spell check- error messages (some ppl

deepdiscourse (18+)

deepdiscourse

It's World Hypnotism day! This is a thread of common misconceptions and myths surrounding hypnosis I will be doing throughout today 1. "Hypnosis essentially removes free will" No! First

Ivan

kommandostore

Reposting this thread in light of recent actions by Facebook, Twitter and others to limit the speech of credentialed press and politicians on their platforms.If you're wondering how we got

Asel Doolotkeldieva

ADoolotkeldieva

My preliminary exploration of the pro-Japarov base, #populism a la Kyrgyz, shows quite a diverse picture of backgrounds and arguments:- there is a 'working' class without work at home (migrants,

Alison Mills Grantham

AM_Grantham

I already tweeted about this once this week, but this paper really is so very good and satisfying. It answers the question, What happens when rich people buy big tracts

Drew Thompson 唐安竹

TangAnZhu

Nice @nytimes piece by @amy_changchien and @amyyqin on the short-lived phenomenon of open discussion of China’s political and social condition on #Clubhouse.Reminiscent of Beijing Spring and Democracy Wall in 1978.https://twitter.com/amy_

Nedda Mehdizadeh, PhD 🌸 ندا مهديزاده

prof_nmehdiz

There was a lot that @DrDadabhoy & I couldn't get to yesterday because we ran out of time, but I want to emphasize one point here, & that is how

Philip Gorski

GorskiPhilip

1/ Further thoughts on @DavidAFrench's important essay on #ChristianNationalism. It's great to see a leading evangelical thinker publicly engaging the topic.But.... 2/ It would be even better if @DavidAFrench would

Shannon Osaka

shannonosaka

My second paper on the link between extreme weather and climate change is out at @RGS_IBG. This one is more theoretical - how does extreme event attribution affect our understanding

BarryRoland19

BarryRoland19

Some thoughts re my investment/business strategy:I like operating in what I like to call the Wild WestAreas where information isn't readily available to everyone; where the game hasn't been solved;

Izabella Kaminska

izakaminska

To this day, historians are divided on whether Augustus was really a good or bad force in the course of the breakdown of the Roman Republic, and whether his reign

Salik Khan

baawraman

Brilliant! Have always believed that Ghalib's work was indeed a philosophical query about the fundamentals of the universe. "Duboya mujhko hone ne, na hota main to kya hota" is nothing

Dr. Jen Golbeck

jengolbeck

My friend, I am an expert on Benford's Law (in fact, I'm in that documentary you watched about it on Netflix). If you'd like me to explain the countless ways

You

pingster2008

Racism in the Malaysian rental market. I left Alor Setar for KL after SPM and ever since then I’ve had to deal with racism when it came to room hunting.

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