#HISTORY

Ada Palmer @🏡

Ada_Palmer

Recently, I saw a thesis adviser mark points off a history student's thesis for including a 19th c 2ndary source in bibliography. So while one needs to be careful w/

Martin Jacques

martjacques

1/6 The West faces a perfect storm. 1. It has failed on the pandemic; a systemic failure of liberal democracy; 2. Its economies are mired in deep recession, while China's

Captain Marvel-ology!

CaptMarvelology

Just got back from walking my dog out, and as per usual, it's when I do a lot of my thinking.My thoughts tonight?How we have massively shifted superheroes from being

Antonello Guerrera

antoguerrera

7) Sir John: "In the #Brexit Referendum, Britons voted to leave EU. I have never hidden my view, nor have I changed it. To my mind – and I am

Spencer Ackerman

attackerman

Simply one of the best, most rigorous and most insightful threads on this topic you will ever encounter. I’ve struggled for years to find the right ways to express much

Fill Your Boots

MilitaryBanter

I want to write an article on the role of @SEAC_Defence in defence. I want it to avoid becoming personal. MH campaigning is important, but few of us have the

Chris Heaney

chrheaney

Thinking much about Julio César Tello this week. In 1909 he enrolled at Harvard to study anthropology. I think he was Harvard's first Peruvian student. He graduated with a Master's

Scope

scope

25 years ago the #DisabilityDiscriminationAct (DDA) was made law.We’re working with disability activists to share their stories. From those who fought for disability equality at the time, to the younger

Matthew Wilcoxen+

mattwilcoxen

The accusation has been leveled that (white) Christian leaders' criticism of, and outrage over, the Trump riot/coup is hypocritical if they did not make equally strong criticisms of the vandalism

Saz 💟

HumanRi56

This is for the racists who think there were no black or non white people in Britain before the Windrush! This thread focuses mostly on black british history but also

Gayly Dreadful but Black Lives Still Matter

GaylyDreadful

Do you know how stupid it is that podcasts are controlled by algorithms? One part of that algorithm, at least in iTunes's case (i.e., the biggest platform), is reviews/ratings. It

Colin Grabow

cpgrabow

Do you know why the Jones Act exists? I suspect most people, to the extent they even consider the question, have some vague sense it is related to World War

Patrice Peck #SupportBlackJournalists

SpeakPatrice

A THREAD: It’s disorienting, the way historically white-staffed media outlets & white editors have overnight developed this thirst for Black writers, esp. those whose pitches and work have always centered

Drew Holden

DrewHolden360

I’ve said it a thousand times and I’m sure I’ll have to say it a thousand more.I don’t like Trump. I’ve never liked Trump. I don’t work for him. I

Garth Arizona

Gartharizona

People that have been watching basketball for 3-5 years are going crazy on this app. Regarding players from the 60's,70's,80's, and even 90's as plumbers and electricians, repairmen and insurance

James Felton

JimMFelton

Whilst Winston Churchill is trending, a short thread from my first book about how he helped cause a famine that killed more than 3 million people:https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07SXCP243/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0 If in the Avenge

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