I need some twitters

June 10, 2017 6:46 AM

My twitter feed has been filling up with politics; I follow one account, they retweet another account, I follow that account - and now it is all politics all the time. I'm looking for active accounts with interesting content on science, history, art, and so on. Instead, I keep finding more politics and famous people who use twitter as a public diary (which I don't want). Do you have any favorites?
posted by Kutsuwamushi to Computers & Internet (14 answers total)

Best answer: Brainpickings links to articles in all of your categories. I also really like quotes for writers, though it is not as directly connected.
posted by FencingGal at 6:50 AM on June 10, 2017

I have been really enjoying Saskia Freeke's art lately. Her animations are always gorgeous and mesmerizing.
posted by Metroid Baby at 8:05 AM on June 10, 2017

Novelist Rabih Alameddine tweets artistic images, writings and short clips several times a day. I just love his twitter feed.
posted by BibiRose at 8:07 AM on June 10, 2017 [3 favorites]

Best answer: #twitterstorians will net you many historians. And if it's your thing #medievaltwitter is a delight.

Some historians and archaeologists I follow (skewed British): @pethistories @vicsdustbin @nuclearanthro @slevelt @medievalg @mrtimdunn @holland_tom @brennawalks @davidolusoga @indyfromspace @greg_jenner

Sorry for the lack of links!
posted by Helga-woo at 8:14 AM on June 10, 2017

I find that following historical societies that covers areas I am interested in has been useful. Additionally interesting is the idea of Twitter Lists. That is someone curates a list of people or accounts that all have a thing in common and you can follow a list and not have to hunt and peck through adding 20 accounts. So some examples of all of those.

- I live in Vermont and local history is good for me so I follow VT State Archives, their stuff is interesting. They post one or two interesting things a day.
- I can then look at what lists they're on (not sure what button to press but the URL structure is here: https://twitter.com/VTStateArchives/memberships?lang=en) and find a VT Libraries and History list. I can subscribe to this entire list by clicking the button in the upper left.
- Repeat. Often groups follow and list each other in clusters. So you could start with the US National Archives, find out what list they are on, and wind up following this list of Museums.
posted by jessamyn at 8:57 AM on June 10, 2017

@mymodernmet has a great feed that is apolitical.
posted by cnc at 9:48 AM on June 10, 2017

I love @womensart1 (does what it says on the tin) and @RobGMacfarlane, which is about language and landscape--the English landscape in particular.
posted by tiger tiger at 1:23 PM on June 10, 2017

A few more I forgot: Mary Beard: @wmarybeard, Lucy Worsley: @Lucy_Worsley, and Dr Janina Ramirez: @drjaninaramirez.
posted by Helga-woo at 2:05 PM on June 10, 2017

Pitt Rivers Museum
posted by rhizome at 2:12 PM on June 10, 2017

@higanai is Hiromi Goto, a Japanese-Canadian writer and photographer. Lovely thoughts and pictures every day.
posted by Jesse the K at 3:52 PM on June 10, 2017 [1 favorite]

Best answer: I like @HistOpinion, @fermatslibrary, @MachinePix, @MerriamWebster , and @womensart1
posted by LiverOdor at 5:37 PM on June 10, 2017

Best answer: Also @colossal
posted by LiverOdor at 5:41 PM on June 10, 2017

@ArtPicsChannel @BAILEYDRAWS @WhoresofYore @kcgreen and various queens from RuPaul's Drag Race (@KimChi_chic @katya_zamo etc)
posted by moons in june at 6:00 PM on June 10, 2017

Best answer: I went so far as to set up a completely different twitter account in an attempt to break with politics twitter for a spell (only a partial success, since it seems that EVERYONE is tweeting polical stuff these days). I recommend @aldaily.
posted by missmobtown at 9:00 AM on June 11, 2017