Matt Osborne
@OsborneInk
Expert on John Fowke, the most interesting man in English Civil War London. Historian, @polemologyfix. Owner, @DistMag. Reviews for @Genspect
The Arab conquests were a material matter of maneuver and logistics, made possible by the conversion of the late Roman world to camel transport and commerce. The Arabs conquered where the camel already reigned supreme over the cart. For premium subscribers. 🔽🔽🔽

The Victorian Socialists officially support breaking into homes and squatting so I thought I would take a sleeping bag and pillow and try sleep in their front office for a few nights. They threatened to call the police on me as an unhoused neurodivergent POC. Zero solidarity.
The Victorian Socialists support breaking into homes and squatting so I thought I would take a sleeping bag and pillow and try sleep in their front office for a few nights. They threatened to call the police on me even though I told them I was in need of housing. So fucked up
.@portereduardo on leaving WaPo Opinion: "Jeff Bezos [is] taking the paper down a path I cannot follow, directed toward relentless promotion of free markets...unflinching in patriotism &...optimism about the US. In my view, this layering of dogma undermines critical thinking."
“Indeed, the Arab conquests were a material matter of maneuver and logistics, made possible by the conversion of the late Roman world to camel transport and commerce. The Arabs conquered where the camel already reigned supreme over the cart.”
How The Camel Conquered The Early Muslim World From India To Spain polemology.net/p/how-the-came…
3/ SLIDE 5. According to the Kaiser Permanente training materials: “Sex assigned at birth — Categorization birth (male or female) based on external genitalia." Before gender woo, doctors all knew that sex was determined at the moment of conception.
Lock up the “doctors” who did this to our children. Here are leaked Kaiser Permanente slides from the "Transgender Health Care and Policy" residency training in 2018 by Erica M. Metz, MD, Director, Gender Pathways KP San Francisco. Be prepared to be shocked. 🧵 @aboutKP @FTC…
Two men allegedly shot a border patrol officer in the face during a botched robbery in a New York City park, according to officials. One of the suspects, a Dominican national who entered the U.S. illegally, has a long and violent rap sheet. fox5ny.com/news/nyc-offic…
There are a bunch of people outside CBS protesting Donald Trump because…Colbert was canceled? Did I miss the part where the president made him not funny anymore?
Transgenderism must revert to being a form of private eccentricity. Recognition as one's preferred gender can be privately negotiated but with no coercion by any entity private or public. We all have an absolute right to affirm or not affirm, believe or not believe, that gender…
Judgment in the case of Peter Wilkins v @dstlmod finally published. It is quite a read. assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/687e55f1…
I know I said that henceforth I would only share paid insults, but this one was too good not to:
We have just heard from the Chief Constable of @northumbriapol. After consideration with her lawyers, she is not appealing the ruling. Total victory is ours, @RightNUFC.
Moar votes needed pleaz 🗳️✅
Which writing project in my queue should I prioritize?