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Hafsa Khawaja

Hafsa_Khawaja

Recently studied about the urdubegis so thought I'd share something about them here. Thread ahead. #MughalHistory #SouthAsia The urdubegis were armed women who were tasked with guarding the Mughal zenana

Saplings Capital

CapitalSapling

Archimedes once said "If you give me a lever and a place to stand, I can move the world"The best businesses are the ones that have optionality in terms of multiple levers that allow it

Laura E. Weymouth

lauraeweymouth

Okay, here is why, in my totally amateur opinion, the White House's Rose Garden was unappealing and boring before, and is still unappealing and boring nowBecause apparently garden analysis is

AJ Kutlu

ajkutlu_

My dear fellow AC Milan fans, it seems like Ozan Kabak is on his way to Italy and the deal can be completed as soon as tomorrow. As a Turkish

Mats Vinnaren

MatsVinnaren

@Steve_Sailer's old piece on the topic:https://vdare.com/articles/lynn-on-the-jews-yes-it-s-intelligence-but-there-s-something-else-too"Lynn's latest, The Chosen People: A Study of Jewish Intelligence and Achievement, tabulates

Brad Setser

Brad_Setser

A common comment I receive, in public and in private, is that I don’t understand trade in services.The U.S. after all, is a big exporter of high-end services, and runs

Lucy Writers' Platform

LucyWriters

Looking for a wonderful cultural treat this weekend?! We've some equally wonderful reviews to help you decide what to do in London. And if curling up with a book is

Movie Mango ®

Go_Movie_Mango

The Big Scandal of Indology ! Almost all you have in academic textbooks about ancient India is either a superficial, banal, half-truth or plain wrong. Why we want to try

ᐰndreas J.

anduh_

PSA: US and Europe changes #DaylightSavingTime one week apart! – Europe: change it Sunday(Oct. 25th)– US+Americas: next Sunday(Nov. 1st)Any Cross-continent meetings/events will be "out-of-sync" by 1h next week. Just one

Restore Scotland

RestoreScot

Yesterday, on @MarrShow, the interview with @AndrewMarr9 and @NicolaSturgeon threw up a number of disturbing facts and was a potent reminder that the SNP are weakening, rather than strengthening, the

Heart & Hand Podcast

ibroxrocks

So, now I’ve eventually calmed down, a reflections on the gaffer:I’ve been called a Gerrard fanboy...accurately. But there’s a few reasons for it: 1. We massively underestimated the size

Mayank Sharma

MayankShharma

Defence:Plot showing 70 teams across Top 4 leagues - number of Goals conceded (actual) in their respective leagues vs Goals against (expected). RTs and feedback appreciated. Feel free to use

That Comic Smell

ThatComicSmell

#NandosComicOfTheDay "Today's Comic of the Day is none other that The Incal, the masterpiece created by Alejandro Jodorowsky and Moebius (Jean Giraud).This 6 book series, appeared for the first time

vanessa ogle

vanessahistory

How do we make sense of the fact that our present-day system of #offshore #taxhavens expanded significantly during the 1950s&60s, the main decades of decolonization? In this piece, I explore

Amen. Asé. Dead Ass

IzmsHasRisen

Black Is King/Black Is Q(ueer)ingA Thread on queerness in the African tradition. https://twitter.com/IzmsHasRisen/status/1366183670575476739 Despite decades of claims by "Black" and "Afro centric" leaders proclaiming tha

Ken Schultz

KSchultz3580

Just thinking that if the future of America depended on everyone agreeing that 2+2=4, I'm not sure we could do it. 1/ Early polls show nearly universal acceptance, but before