Tweetovi

Blokirali ste korisnika/cu @TychosIsland

Jeste li sigurni da želite vidjeti te tweetove? Time nećete deblokirati korisnika/cu @TychosIsland

  1. proslijedio/la je Tweet
    4. velj

    With direct Eurostar trains to London from Amsterdam & Rotterdam (frm 30/4, 18/5) being announced today, it felt apt to walk past these at Blackfriars. These 54 UK & continental destinations were once promoted by London Chatham & Dover Railway on its old station façade: from 1886

    Poništi
  2. 26. sij

    Brexit as the making of an “England without London” nation: ✌️ same values as rest of UK? 🗳 lacking its own institutional voice? 🤝 seen as “dominant” by other home countries? ⚙️ can a lopsided union work? But with 70% of UK population, 2/3rds of its wealth, not so “imaginary”

    Poništi
  3. proslijedio/la je Tweet
    24. sij

    In Singapore, it really is getting almost impossible to tell the difference between CGI effects and reality, even when you are standing in front of it. This is the new airport building...

    Prikaži ovu nit
    Poništi
  4. 24. sij

    The soubriquet "Iron Lady" is closer to D-Day than to the present day

    Poništi
  5. proslijedio/la je Tweet

    This really surprised me: apparently medieval Muslim peasants in the Levant fared better under Crusader rule because feudal lords were more long-termist than the tax-farmers they replaced. (From Bas Van Bavel et al's fascinating 2015 paper on water-mills, via )

    Prikaži ovu nit
    Poništi
  6. 17. sij

    So, at least four PM’s changed religious affiliation in their lifetimes: Disraeli: ✡️ Judaism -> ✝️ CoE Thatcher: ✝️ Methodism -> ✝️ CoE Blair: ✝️ CoE -> ✝️ RC Johnson: ✝️ RC -> ✝️ CoE Missing any?

    Poništi
  7. proslijedio/la je Tweet
    16. sij

    My latest piece, on the *real* Roaring ‘20s. The age of Handel and Swift, of mahogany, silk, automata, and mustard.

    Poništi
  8. proslijedio/la je Tweet
    12. sij

    If you teach pre-20C history & struggle to find well-edited & translated primary sources for social-economic history, check out 'Contrasts in Emerging Societies' ed. Doreen Warriner (1965)

    Prikaži ovu nit
    Poništi
  9. proslijedio/la je Tweet
    Prikaži ovu nit
    Poništi
  10. proslijedio/la je Tweet
    2. sij

    It's sometimes said that people living through the Industrial Revolution didn't quite notice it. But nothing could be further from the truth. Here's a thread on the decade of technological wonders that was the 1820s - the decade we always forget.

    Prikaži ovu nit
    Poništi
  11. proslijedio/la je Tweet

    I asked Tony Fadell about the iPod timeline for my fast project page. Summary: 😯.

    Poništi
  12. proslijedio/la je Tweet

    Exactly a decade ago the leader of the opposition, a certain David Cameron, appeared on the Marr show, introducing the idea of the 'tens of thousands' net migration target. The impacts of the dogged pursuit of that number shaped the decade that followed:

    Poništi
  13. proslijedio/la je Tweet
    4. sij

    Clive James on London, 1991 “London is the city of cities... Only Athens has more Greek sculptures. Only Florence has more Italian paintings. And only India has more Indian restaurants. Because only London collects everything from everywhere. London is the world in one place”

    Prikaži ovu nit
    Poništi
  14. 3. sij

    “Baghdad couldn’t [monopolise] agriculture, the Chinese didn’t do it with gunpowder, and Britain failed to maintain its control over textile technologies”; “instead of realising its own Sputnik moment, the US is triggering one in China”

    Poništi
  15. 3. sij

    Chinese (input vs output metrics), as a tool for growth, “the developed world … turning into larger Hong Kongs”, and animal sentience

    Poništi
  16. proslijedio/la je Tweet

    Why do we find good news so hard to believe? I speak to Stephen Pinker, Anna Rosling Rönnlund and others in my Radio 4 documentary at 8pm tonight: "A Small Matter of Hope". Tune in!

    Poništi
  17. proslijedio/la je Tweet

    Happy birthday to theologian and schoolmaster Edwin Abbott Abbott, who in 1884 published the remarkable Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions, perhaps the first ever example of “mathematical fiction” —

    Poništi
  18. 19. pro 2019.

    Also: one London-specific manifesto commitment (contactless on SE train lines); is the model for metro mayors' "control over services in their areas"; and the "ambition for full devolution across England" may (🤞) earn extra powers for

    Poništi
  19. 19. pro 2019.

    "Post-election: Where does London fit in the new government's agenda?" by

    Poništi
  20. proslijedio/la je Tweet
    12. pro 2019.

    Today's . What is this? Post your guesses in the replies and please share the quiz! And remember, no googling. (image via )

    Prikaži ovu nit
    Poništi

Čini se da učitavanje traje već neko vrijeme.

Twitter je možda preopterećen ili ima kratkotrajnih poteškoća u radu. Pokušajte ponovno ili potražite dodatne informacije u odjeljku Status Twittera.

    Možda bi vam se svidjelo i ovo:

    ·