Christopher Emsden

I am a lazy urban ethnobotanist who likes high prairie winds and prefers information to opinion

[Christopher Emsden @CHCEmsden]

China now going all in on stand-up comedy! https://t.co/k6bzddGakL

[Clément Gaillard, PhD @ClementGaill]

Il a changé la façon dont on pense les paysages. Presque personne ne connaît son nom.

J'ai appris avec tristesse la disparition de Dominique Soltner.

Ce nom ne vous dit peut-être rien, mais ses travaux ont transformé la compréhension des paysages agricoles.

UN FIL 1/8

[isaac Samuel @rhaplord]

“You will see the native reaching for his knife at the
slightest hostile or aggressive glance cast on him by another native; for the last resort of the native is to defend his personality vis-à-vis his brother.”

Fanon's observations here can be applied to xenophobia

[Christopher Emsden @CHCEmsden]

(Even) animals have cultures. https://t.co/R5kDvtBV7y

[Christopher Emsden @CHCEmsden]

“Whenever you see artistic reconstructions, it’s always a vertebrate eating a cephalopod. It is quite nice to imagine an octopus eating a large vertebrate for once." https://t.co/j7QnJxAWlk

[Christopher Emsden @CHCEmsden]

Never too late to learn and resurrect! https://t.co/ijskHVqYG8

[MoundLore @MoundLore]

Archaeology suggests the most famous “Last Stand” in American history might actually have been a retreat.

For generations Americans were told Custer and his men died in a heroic circle on one hill.

But when archaeologists mapped the Little Bighorn battlefield, the ground told a very different story.

[Christopher Emsden @CHCEmsden]

@NateSilver538 @TheStalwart @nytimes @micsolana you can both be right. twitter is a fetid pond they say, and "town square" has gone the way of habermas, but if like "in the olden days" one curates one's feed it remains high value. that's thanks inter alia to both of you (and others...)

[Christopher Emsden @CHCEmsden]

"genetic weapons in the form of targeted pathogens have received unwarranted attention, while misuse of prescription drugs for ethnic targeting is a more imminent risk." https://t.co/KOefDd8I2J

[Christopher Emsden @CHCEmsden]

Agamben: "È forse in qualche modo per compassione e pietà che il Dio, che vuole perdere l’Occidente, lo conduca alla sua fine non nella consapevolezza e nella responsabilità, ma nell’incoscienza e nella follia." https://t.co/K9A6mIh1vu

[Gregory L Little, Ed.D. @DrGregLittle2]

Native American trade routes in the West.

[Christopher Emsden @CHCEmsden]

If the going gets tough... as in there is outright scarcity in basic goods and food ... well... we're probably not ready. https://t.co/JFkgRKFIjz

[Christopher Emsden @CHCEmsden]

In 1987, Edward Said reviewed “Terrorism”, a volume edited by Netanyahu , saying the word institutionalized “the denial and avoidance of history” and “consolidates the immense, unrestrained pseudopatriotic narcissism we are nourishing.” https://t.co/2NHmfSgCIk

[Christopher Emsden @CHCEmsden]

you do you, but asking "what can i quickly learn so i can pontificate about it" is a bit odd.

[⚰️ @apparitionnow]

weird question. but does anyone know of short term courses or certifications in the arts or humanities that I can complete? I'm looking for something to study or learn that I can teach/facilitate/practice that enriches my life, not make me a better corporate professional. RT pls!

[Christopher Emsden @CHCEmsden]

Let them eat engineered yeast. https://t.co/KgnTl4c1j1

[James Medlock @jdcmedlock]

Great piece. Few understand that the Boston tea party was a pro-tax protest.

[Christopher Emsden @CHCEmsden]

“I grew up right after the fearful years of Nazi oppression came to an end, in a liberated country with a renewed spirit of solidarity. There was much work to be done, and no time to complain.” Impressive person and work. https://t.co/a7nXX4QEY4

[Christopher Emsden @CHCEmsden]

The human quest for meaning takes another hit as the new cool is using a drone and posting photos of poor neighborhoods on Instagram https://t.co/XMPDecAASZ

[Christopher Emsden @CHCEmsden]

As the USA revs up its 250th birthday celebrations, here is a primary document from the 200th birthday. https://t.co/oNHucNCY7p

[Christopher Emsden @CHCEmsden]

"Hitler was notorious for not reading written documents. (The Fuhrer Directives were generally negotiated between interested parties in the light of Hitler’s known opinions, and then presented to him for approval or modification.)" https://t.co/J8aJfeQbvS