#HISTORY

𓋹𓍑𓋴Nyatsimba Mutota

lumekaaveknew

CULTURAL HARLOTRY: Euros be on some “6000 years ago OUR ANCESTORS gave up a life of simplicity and started down the road to civilization” culture vultures; they wanna be

President Kamala’s Hand (STILL)

DearDean22

I hate listening to the abstract discussions of “the hurtful words” “harm” as they discuss whether to kick a loud proud white supremacist & antisemitism spouting racist off “committees” when

Waubgeshig Rice

waub

Because there have been some big changes in my life lately, I figure it's time to update my "Station ID" to let people know what I mostly post about here,

Greg Jenner

greg_jenner

These audio interviews were conducted by the BBC in the 60s and 70s. The images are from the Imperial War Museum film archive.The focus is narrow, a very British story;

Imar Y. Koutchoukali 🌐 🐿

koutchoukalimar

Last week I tweeted this. One of the comments argued that the origin of Arabic qamīṣ < Latin camisia is hypothetical. It reminds me of people sometimes say "well [proven

N.A. Mansour

NAMansour26

There’s a new digitized open-access collection of photos of Egypt by an Italian photographer Facchinelli taken 1875-1895. It’s mostly pictures of Cairo architecture.I wanted to dissect it a bitBut first,

Theodore McCombs

mrbruff

In my research for my story "The Silent Partner," now out in this month's @fandsf (https://www.sfsite.com/fsf/current.htm ), I came across an odd detail of art history: two of the giants of

Sathnam Sanghera

Sathnam

Morning! I’ve had my Weetabix and instead of a single QOTD from #EmpireLand, today I will post a few, all taken from a chapter I spent months on, and which

Indivisible Houston

indivisibleHOU

In 2009 during Obama’s first term, TX-10 Rep Mike McCaul claimed a report showing how far right terrorists recruited former soldiers was "absurd".Since then, the report has been vindicated over

Taylor B.

taylordbarkley

The Shallows by Nicholas Carr is a book often cited in discussions about technology and society but it is a book I had not read. 2020 is its 10th anniversary

Abdi Addow 🕊

AbdiAddow1

Thread 1/21As we are celebrating 60 years of independence, I would like to walk you through some history and Facts about Somalia.Please read it, the purpose of this is to

Maddy

abhakhazia

I always think it's an interesting thought experiment to tie a historical date to the present one and examine history through that lens, because periodization can often blind us to

Crimes of the Free State

FreeStateCrimes

Paul 'Bono' Hewson is one of the Free State's most wretched exports. Despite claiming to be a champion for justice and redistribution of wealth, he has used his billion-dollar fortune

JS Oakie ☘️🕌💒🕍🏛⚛️Open your eyes, find marvels.

OakieJs

Let’s take a short history tour of Rockefeller Center, followed by a tour of its very interesting sculptures, bas-reliefs, and murals. I guess this is how it looked in 1800,

Adam Kotsko

adamkotsko

Slavery was a world-historical crime unique in human history and uniquely severe and persistent in the United States. The Civil War was initiated by the South in order to maintain

CTData Collaborative

CTOpenData

How can we meaningfully collaborate with people who are experiencing the problems we are seeking to address? Sue Gallagher + Carl Dasse @CSCBroward will join us for our final panel

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