Writing about politics, the past and the planet. Past Mistakes: How We Misinterpret History and Why it Matters (@iconbooks) is out now.
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"Whether it was as thinkers, writers, reformers or activists, women played important roles that shaped the course of the Revolution" @DavidMwriting on the women of the #FrenchRevolution
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#BastilleDay #France #history #womeninhistory
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#InvasiveSpecies have cost the world economy at least US$1tn since 1970 & are a major cause of #biodiversity loss. What will be the economic & environmental #impacts & #costs of the invasive Asian date #mussel in the UK❓ I aim to find out 🧐 nature.com/articles/s41598-0… #UoPDocFest22
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.@DavidMwriting on the need for religious groups to not to muddy environmentalism up with New Age mysticism. “If environmentalism is to continue as a successful movement—and, for all our sakes, it needs to—then it must continue to be driven by science.” secularhumanism.org/2022/02/…
Very excited to see my article on #environmentalism and religion in @center4inquiry's excellent Free Inquiry - be sure to pick up your copy today!
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Our understanding of the past is distorted by myths and misconceptions. Here I explore some of the common causes for these mistakes and asks if anything can be done about it > culturico.com/2021/06/11/mis… #History #past #culturico @DavidMwriting
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Pack your waterproofs - for the first episode of Season 2, we're heading to the #Carboniferous! Whether you love incredible plant life 🌱 amazing arthropods 🐛 or pyromania 🔥 the Carboniferous has it all.
Listen now at prehistoryguide.co.uk/ or wherever you get your #podcasts
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Our understanding of the past is distorted by myths and misconceptions. Here I explore some of the common causes for these mistakes and asks if anything can be done about it > culturico.com/2021/06/11/mis… #history #past #culturico @DavidMwriting
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The mystery of the Gedriya: Unexplained lights over the Arabian Desert | David Mountain @davidmwriting skeptic.org.uk/2021/10/the-m…
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What don't you know that you don't know?
📚 Past Mistakes 📚 by @DavidMwriting and @iconbooks canters through bogus #history skewering shibboleths along the way - highly recommended!
If none of this makes sense #twitterstorians, check out our review! popularhistorybooks.com/2021…
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You must, must, must check out the latest @SkeptInquirer magazine: @DavidMwriting writes about how environmental activism, which is literally-existentially important, must confront its anti-scientific fringe. skepticalinquirer.org/2021/0…
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Want to visit the #Triassic but don't know what to pack? 🎒🥾🌂 Let @emmadnn guide you through the dos and don'ts of Triassic travel in the latest episode of The Backpacker's Guide To Prehistory! #palaeobiology prehistoryguide.co.uk/
As a long-time fan of @SkeptInquirer, it's amazing to see my article on the cover of the latest edition. Be sure to pick up a copy! #skepticism #environmentalism
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By framing climate action as a progressive issue, the left is guaranteeing its failure. Written by @DavidMwriting.
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'A welcome ally in the fight against fake history' @GoingMedieval, author of The Middle Ages: A Graphic History
From the fall of Rome to the rise of the Wild West, @DavidMwriting brings colour and perspective to historical mythmaking.
Out now: waterstones.com/book/past-mi…
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Our understanding of the past is distorted by myths and misconceptions > culturico.com/2021/06/11/mis… #history #culturico #bias @DavidMwriting
For those of you who enjoyed the chapter on #crystalskulls 💀 in my myth-busting #history book Past Mistakes, I can't recommend @skeptoid enough. 1/2
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I love tales of impossible artefacts and lost civilisations as much as the next person (probably more, in fact!), but listening to this #podcast taught me that the scientific explanation is always more satisfying and enlightening than the pseudoscientific.🔎🔬🧪 2/2 #sceptisim
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We're incredibly proud to publish Past Mistakes by @DavidMwriting in paperback today. In it, David brings colour and perspective to historical mythmaking.
@GoingMedieval described him 'a welcome ally in the fight against fake history'
🖼: uk.bookshop.org/books/past-m…
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We are DELIGHTED to share the books that we publish this month, with most of this great list out tomorrow.
Head on over to our @bookshop_org_UK shop in order to discover books on radium, Iceland, the Middle Ages and much more!
📚: uk.bookshop.org/shop/iconboo…
