#HISTORY

Dan Gratz

DGratz13

Thread: the value of stolen bases (and why teams need to steal more).Moneyball popularized getting on base. Sabermetrics proved that more people on base led to more runs, which ultimately

Stephen Goldstein

stgoldst

With so much attention deservedly focused on the apparent achievements of @pfizer and @moderna_tx, I want to highlight that underlying these are critical foundational academic research that's dependent on federal

Scott Challeen

ScottChalleen

I’ll do a quick thread on this bit, because a lot of people seem to be losing their minds over a statement that, quite honestly, is accurate. Start by watching

Ryan McKinny

RyanMcKinny

David Tucker, racism and "cancel culture". A thread... I respect that people have very strong feelings about the free exchange of ideas. That was not the case here. When discussing

Dr Stephen Clarke

StephenClarkeNZ

#OTD 75 years ago 28 Maori Battalion arrived home. Acting PM Walter Nash came aboard Dominion Monarch in Wellington harbour and the welcome speeches could be heard as the ship

Rajesh Thind

RajeshThind

British Empire was built out of imposing dodgy treaties, usu. at barrels of guns, w bribes & corruption. Britain would break those treaties whenever it suited.Just as ‘British Manners’ is

Luca Dellanna

DellAnnaLuca

QUOTES FROM ORWELL'S 1984 REWRITTEN TO MATCH WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE MARKETS“But if money corrupts people, people can also corrupt money.”(thread, 1/N) “Every company has been bailed out, every junk

Qtime

AQtime

Just a Thought, Joe Biden & Kamala Harris, can you imagine any worst combination for the DemoRats than the above. That's why I think we are really watching a Show

Jayant

manuvaadi_

Takshak Khatri- the forgotten Hindu hero.The history of foreign Muslim invasions of India begins with the arrival of Arab forces led by Mohammed Bin Qasim. As already well known, Sindh

Namuli Katumba

namkat

I don’t get these silent social media protests. Would love it if we had an anti-racist, -semitism, -homophobia, -transphobia, BE A BETTER PERSON protest where we share resources and info

Jessica Bennett

jessicabennett

Today is the centennial of the #19thAmendment ’s ratification — which promised suffrage to American women. Like most people, I learned about this history in school. The story went like

Bizziness Bee

FloofyWorkerBee

Calling the bombing war crimes shows a massive ignorance to history and the actual depth of destruction from WWII.The allies dropped almost 3 million tons of bombs in Europe -

Aobakwe Gofamodimo

Rocky_BW

If you cant find a job turn to entrepreneurship. Not because you want to, but because you must to survive... Out of necessity... Truth be told jobs are likely to

Ryan Richards

thatryanri

This has been a truly unprecedented week out West, and hard personally to watch communities I know get hit so hard. In California alone an area almost the size of

Sanjeev Sanyal

sanjeevsanyal

My great grandfather Dr. Nalinaksha Sanyal: freedom fighter, politician, economist, businessman, sportsman. He was a tough guy. A poor village kid who won a scholarship to LSE in 1920s, was

Trumpton

Trump_ton

Despite running an anti-ukip account for a couple of years when the referendum was announced I felt I had to go and research the EU to confirm I supported it.I

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