This PrideMonth, it is important to recognize the influence of non-binary and gender nonconforming people in early America. This blog looks at the life of the Public Universal Friend, an abolitionist minister who lived from 1752 to 1819.
Ibram X. Kendi
Partner • #GirlDad • Scholar @BU_Tweets • Dir @AntiracismCtr • @NationalBook Award Winner • #1 NYT Bestselling Author • MacArthur Fellow • Surviving Cancer 🐍
A thread on how the history of making food decisions based on ideology, not evidence, is incredibly dangerous. Learn the story of Soviet agronomist, Nikolai Vavilov, and how his Darwinian ideas about evolution and genetics ran contrary to soviet ideology.
James Wong
Botanist | Science writer and broadcaster | Lives with 500 houseplants | ‘Weird plant dude’, apparently
Explore the history of African Americans during the Civil War and how they distinguished between abolishing slavery and freeing people. Learn about the definitions of slavery and freedom from the perspectives of formerly enslaved people.
Ibram X. Kendi
Partner • #GirlDad • Scholar @BU_Tweets • Dir @AntiracismCtr • @NationalBook Award Winner • #1 NYT Bestselling Author • MacArthur Fellow • Surviving Cancer 🐍
At the turn of the 20th century, cod fish was gaining popularity. Learn how a railcar was turned into a large refrigerator to transport the cod fish across the country and keep it fresh.
Ian Cassel
Christian | MicroCap Investor 📈 | Founder @MicroCapClub & CIO @IntelligentCM
This blog looks at vintage photography from the past century, featuring photos of Sir Christopher Lee, a young woman dressed for an evening out, and more. It also includes ads from the 1940s and 1950s.
Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr Red Team Blues
Author, journalist, activist. Touring "Red Team Blues," an anti-finance finance thriller https://t.co/fpDYDNRrr7
Comics are a powerful form of storytelling, allowing us to explore complex histories and ideas. Stamped from the Beginning is a must-see graphic novel by Joel Christian Gill that explores the history of racism. Learn more about this incredible work!
Ibram X. Kendi
Partner • #GirlDad • Scholar @BU_Tweets • Dir @AntiracismCtr • @NationalBook Award Winner • #1 NYT Bestselling Author • MacArthur Fellow • Surviving Cancer 🐍
Investigate the similarities between Early Neolithic WF16 in southern Jordan and Göbekli Tepe in Anatolia. Learn how expansive social networks with shared symbolism and ideology may have underpinned the emergence of farming.
🅰ntiquity Journal
Antiquity is a bimonthly review of world archaeology edited by @RobertEWitcher. Please be aware that we sometimes share relevant images of human remains.
The Three-Fifths Compromise was proposed at the Congress of the Confederation in 1783 and added to the US Constitution four years later. Its legacy endures through prisons and has a lasting impact on the US today.
Ibram X. Kendi
Partner • #GirlDad • Scholar @BU_Tweets • Dir @AntiracismCtr • @NationalBook Award Winner • #1 NYT Bestselling Author • MacArthur Fellow • Surviving Cancer 🐍
Take a journey through time with this blog post that explores nostalgic ads, art, and culture from the 1970s to the present day. From Dungeons & Dragons to Billy Beer, Margaret Bourke-White to Tip-Top Accessories, this post has something for everyone!
Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr Red Team Blues
Author, journalist, activist. Touring "Red Team Blues," an anti-finance finance thriller https://t.co/fpDYDNRrr7
Explore the arts and sciences through history with this blog post. From the Romans to the Renaissance, from Intellijel Cascadia to Youth Center in Graz, Austria, and from punk music to Andy Griffith's fishing hole, this post takes you on a journey through time.
Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr Red Team Blues
Author, journalist, activist. Touring "Red Team Blues," an anti-finance finance thriller https://t.co/fpDYDNRrr7
This blog looks at art from the past and present, including Conrad Veidt in The Man Who Laughs (1928), Win the Race into Space, Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen #98 (1966), and the Rosewind Motel of Cape Coral, Florida. It also examines MAD RECORD LABELS (MAD).
Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr Red Team Blues
Author, journalist, activist. Touring "Red Team Blues," an anti-finance finance thriller https://t.co/fpDYDNRrr7
For a long while, I have been working on a project about the Genji Monogatari, an 11th century novel written by a woman. I am excited to share my findings and explore how this ancient work resonates in the modern era.
Motoko Rich
リッチ 素子 NYT Tokyo bureau chief. Books, chocolate & coffee. 本好き She/Her richm@nytimes.com. Find me on Instagram @motokorich
Cleveland, Ohio has reached a population milestone of 400,000! Check out this thread for a history of past milestones and the city's future potential.
Lenny Rachitsky
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Discover the fascinating world of miniatures from Citadel's ranges, as explored in the 1984 Second Citadel Compendium. Learn about Norse vs Amazons in the Great Shrine of Rigg, Outrigger Buffet in Kona, Hawaii, Crypts of Chaos for the Atari 2600, and more!
Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr Red Team Blues
Author, journalist, activist. Touring "Red Team Blues," an anti-finance finance thriller https://t.co/fpDYDNRrr7
On this day in 1828, 195 years ago, the 1st edition of Noah Webster's "American Dictionary of the English Language" was published. Enslavers, who banned antislavery books at the rate antiracist books are banned today, objected to Webster’s definition of "slave."
Ibram X. Kendi
Partner • #GirlDad • Scholar @BU_Tweets • Dir @AntiracismCtr • @NationalBook Award Winner • #1 NYT Bestselling Author • MacArthur Fellow • Surviving Cancer 🐍
This blog explores the idea of whether it would have been better for France to make a deal to end WWI, rather than continuing the carnage for another 3-4 years. It also looks at the consequences of such a decision, such as the rise to power of the Bolsheviks in Russia.
Philippe Lemoine
I'm a PhD candidate in philosophy at Cornell. I'm also a research fellow at @CSPICenterOrg. I write about stuff. "At least he's pretty smart." (@bechhof)
A collection of vintage illustrations and design, featuring Moonbase from First Spaceship on Venus, Popular Science Monthly, Autumn Winter Menswear 1972, illustrations by Andrey Avinoff for The Fall of Atlantis, Apartment Building in Cologne, Germany, Super Friends, Gilda, and more!
Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr Red Team Blues
Author, journalist, activist. Touring "Red Team Blues," an anti-finance finance thriller https://t.co/fpDYDNRrr7
On Easter Sunday in 1873, White supremacists used violence to expel three Black and White officeholders in Colfax, Louisiana, resulting in the deadliest attack on democracy during the Reconstruction era.
Ibram X. Kendi
Partner • #GirlDad • Scholar @BU_Tweets • Dir @AntiracismCtr • @NationalBook Award Winner • #1 NYT Bestselling Author • MacArthur Fellow • Surviving Cancer 🐍