#Common

Carl T. Bergstrom

CT_Bergstrom

I don't want to succumb to the temptation of hyperbole, but watching the Trump administration's response to the COVID pandemic I can't help but think about the Three Years of

Imar Y. Koutchoukali 🌐 🐿

koutchoukalimar

Last week I tweeted this. One of the comments argued that the origin of Arabic qamīṣ < Latin camisia is hypothetical. It reminds me of people sometimes say "well [proven

Wrath Of Gnon

wrathofgnon

The most trad fruit tree of them all: the quince. Here's a gathering of Chinese quinces (Pseudocydonia sinensis). Quinces are inedible raw, only useful cooked. In the early days of

Genku (玄空)

Dogenku

ThreadNovak Djokovic’s Opposition 1. There are four layers to ND’s opposition: (1) The power structure/elite cabal (which remains invisible to the public); (2) the tennis establishment; (3) the pawns and

Dan Altman

daltman_IR

THREAD: Excited to share my new article @IntOrgJournal! In it, I argue that the relationship between conquest and war has changed. 1/https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-organization/article/evolution-of-territorial-conques

Louisa 🌈👭

LouisatheLast

It always surprises me how bad some people are at reading animal body language. There are videos out there—learn it and you'll be more comfortable interacting with strange animals. Though

Gareth Roberts would love to be vaccinated

garicgymro

A fun bit of historical linguistics as we think of relatives who can and can’t be with us in the holiday season: The Welsh for uncle is ewythr. Do you

Michael Shellenberger

ShellenbergerMD

This is racist pseudosciencehttps://twitter.com/CJR/status/1273011468728807424 The word "ethnic" means "relating to a population subgroup... with a common national or cultural tradition"The notion that the people we call

Ketan Joshi

KetanJ0

There's a lot of people who understand that making vaccination mandatory won't necessarily lead to the highest vaccination levels, but don't seem to be able to apply that caution to

James Wong

Botanygeek

Introducing pineapple tarts: My favourite Singaporean Lunar New Year treat, both for what they taste like and what they symbolise.You can't get them in the UK, hence why I made

Eric Merkley

EricMerkley

I code the "balance" of news stories - how slanted a given article is in favour of expert opinion or opposed to it (1 to -1). On average, balance tilts

Levi Checketts

CheckettsLevi

I’m a convert to Catholicism. I found life and joy and love in the theology I encountered at (a rather conservative) college. For a long time, I assumed the exodus

RERE 🧛

rereayodele

Davido’s A Better Time is good but not a Quality album.A SHORT THREAD. Man didn’t need to drop an album this year, A Good time was still doing good numbers

Nitin A. Gokhale

nitingokhale

Its 1st November. For the military deployed in Ladakh, winter has officially begun although temperatures had already started plummeting below zero last fortnight when I was there. It is also

Mark Changizi

MarkChangizi

I hereby dub 2020 The Year of the Illusion of Control.

Siddhanta Singh

realSidSingh4

Gold is highly debated in the economic world right http://now.So I was wondering what is good about switching to paper money.And these important and notable facts are the ones I

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