Paula Higgins

Historian of music, women, and ideas.

Avi: Raphael, Justitia, Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican Museums
📷 St Michael's Mount, Cornwall, M. Saunders

[Clandestine @WarClandestine]

This clip of Trump explaining the dump truck, is funnier than 99% of Netflix comedy specials. 😂

And this is the guy they said was Hitler?

As for the Dems, they are in trouble. Trump is relaxed, smooth, and having fun. They can’t compete with this.

[Paula Higgins @justamusicprof]

Reinstate Winter Fuel Payments for UK Pensioners - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/n94ujwvXKr via @UKChange

[Paula Higgins @justamusicprof]

@JamesMelville You will love this if you haven't seen it already.

https://t.co/ybI3pbencW

[Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes]

This Is BIG ‼️

“I'm not making it up. The University of Nebraska just got a got done with one of their studies that the way to save the world on carbon is raise more cows. K. And that's because cows are carbon negative”

“They produce more oxygen than they put off methane and carbon. It means to eat more cheese burgers or steaks. Beef, to save the world.”

“According to a 2023 University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) report, beef production can be climate-neutral or even better if management practices are optimized to minimize emissions and maximize abilities to store carbon.

Some of the ways UNL research suggests that cattle’s carbon footprint can be reduced include:

Diet: Cattle that eat more forage and added fats produce less methane and other greenhouse gases than those that eat more grain and less forage. Fat supplements can also reduce the need for grain.

Production efficiency: Improving production efficiency can result in more cattle being marketed or more live weight being produced while using fewer resources. This can be achieved through breeding, feeding, and health programs.
Supply chain: Buying feed that’s grown nearby can reduce shipping emissions.”

[Paula Higgins @justamusicprof]

@samgrinsell @ihr_history Same

[James Melville 🚜 @JamesMelville]

Here’s Keir Starmer discussing how many elderly people are struggling with high energy prices.

Yet, he’s just restricted winter fuel payments for many pensioners.

He says one thing, but he does the opposite.

[Paula Higgins @justamusicprof]

@VigilantFox @RealPJPaul Exactly. You have to watch his mouth. There is no "not".

[dave lawrence 🐟🐟🐠 @dave43law]

@edwardrhbarlow We also know it wasn't even that
https://t.co/7lwsYIHQ7z

[David Aaronovitch @DAaronovitch]

Oh dear. Everyone has to take offence it seems. The Last Supper as depicted by Leonardo is one of the most famous images in the Western world and has been pastiched, parodied and altered tens of thousands of times. Probably most savagely in Bunuel’s Viridiana. So maybe down off your high altar?

[Dorothea KPSs @dalyandot]

Loved the focus on Women's history in Olympic opening ceremony. Feminist icons Christine de Pisan and Simone de Beauvoir. And the marathon route following the women's march for bread that kicked off the revolution!

[Stephen Maddock @stephenm68]

I loved the London 2012 opening ceremony.

But it is noticeable how much classical music by the great French composers is being included tonight.

Unthinkable here, alas. But it seems that in France classical music isn’t seen as ‘too elitist’, whatever that means. #Paris2024

[Prof Janina Ramirez @DrJaninaRamirez]

Medieval women be representing!!! Christine de Pizan at the #Olympics

[Dr Laura Varnam @lauravarnam]

#medievaltwitter collectively whoops for Christine de Pizan! @ciditcharlotte #OpeningCeremony

[Rebecca Buxton @RebeccaBuxton]

Women philosophers getting more representation at the Olympics than they do in most philosophy departments or reading lists!

[Paula Higgins @justamusicprof]

@DogSmokingPipes @leipreachan1 @technocracyhive @BGatesIsaPyscho 😂

[Paula Higgins @justamusicprof]

@deftlyfresh @technocracyhive @BGatesIsaPyscho It's truly mind boggling.

[Paula Higgins @justamusicprof]

@leipreachan1 @psykotikx @technocracyhive @BGatesIsaPyscho I said she is singing a French revolutionary song called "Ca ira!" which is, btw, the verbatim source of the quote you posted from the 2005 film.

[Paula Higgins @justamusicprof]

@naomirwolf Really surprised at your ignorance of French history, Naomi.

[Paula Higgins @justamusicprof]

@MWilsonKimber Which TV series?