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Jason Kander

JasonKander

If you’re experiencing campaign fatigue, you’re not alone, but we can’t afford to let our motivation falter, so I offer you this little pep talk about the recent past, the

Sarah Rose Kearns

Persuasion_JA

Love hearing Bianca Hernandez-Knight discuss her journeys into Austen fandom and historical costuming. “For me what has really helped click literature to history has been understanding fashion . . .

Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD

arghavan_salles

Ever wondered how women scientists were erased from the records? Science historian Margaret Rossiter once asked whether there were ever women scientists. Perhaps it was the answer—no—that propelled her to

Elise A Mitchell

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It's interesting how the mainstream media and politicians have shifted to arguing that black people are dying of COVID-19 at alarming rates because of pre-existing medical conditions, environmental racism, and

Man’s NOT Barry Roux 

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At the center of Senzo Meyiwa's death there's Kelly Khumalo, her two children, her mother Ntombi, her sister Zandile, Chicco Twala’s son Longwe, Mthokozisi Twala and Meyiwa’s friend from Durban,

Solomon King Benge

solomonking

My biggest business lesson from 2019 starts with this:One of the most painful things that ever happened to me was shutting down @elementaledge in 2017 after spending 12 years trying

Seth Miller

WandrMe

This week's @IATA #COVID19 briefing will focus on the 3-5 year outlook for the industry, delivered by Chief Economist Brian Pearce. #AvGeek #PaxEx "The air travel market is likely to

Jess Potter

DrJessPotter

I continue to hear a genetic relationship between ethnicity and #COVID19 invoked in both explicit and implicit ways among medical colleagues. In this thread I argue, in the race to

Wyatt, Austere Deplorable

austere1717

The original targets of the Ku Klux Klan were Republicans, both black and white, according to a new television program and book, which describe how the Democrats started the KKK

Jennifer Ho

DrJenHo

Attending a talk by @Centerwest by Dr. Alison Rose Jefferson (PhD from my alma mater @UCSB) “Black Leaders in the Struggle for Freedom during the Jim Crow Era”—public history in

Anna 🌸

anna_itsonlyme

THREADRead all the GREAT REVIEWS of Meghan's voiceover on ElephantPS As usual the BM is being snarky but we can all read the reviews and while a few somehow criticise

Akil owns a beagle named Gretchen

akilscribbles

I’m in Norfolk, babey!!!!!!! My momma and my sister grew up in Norfolk, VA. My daddy grew up in Baltimore. Most of my family (ancestors included) are from this part

ribka #onrentstrike

redpomgranat

Remember that coerced hysterectomies were a central part of US policy long before ICE was created. Forced sterilization and eugenics programs were used as a means of controlling “undesirable” populations.

sai priya

priya_27_

Abrus precatorius(rosary pea/Indian licorice/Crab’s eye; Gunja in Hindi, guruvinda in Telugu) are plants indigenous to Asia and Africa, traditionally used to make jewelry and to weigh gold/precious stones due to

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Beausteven_blog

Thread highlighting some of Wizkid's success story for the year 2017. 30th December 2016 wizkid closed the year by winning best male and Africa art of the year and

Sean Guynes

saguynes

University presses are amazing, so I continue my seasonal celebration of the @aupresses community and other scholarly publishers with a thread highlighting #Fall2020 catalogs and some wonderful #ReadUP offerings at