#HISTORY

David McCarter

davidashleywall

So for my New Years Eve #weirdbritishfacts I'm telling the story of how Tudor King, Henry VIII's wife, Catherine of Aragon, ended up with a more elaborate grave than

Ari Berman

AriBerman

After record turnout in Georgia, state Senate Republicans introduce bills to end automatic voter registration, no-excuse absentee voting & ballot drop boxes. This would impact millions of voters & be

Esau McCaulley Ph.D

esaumccaulley

Why was the all persuasive influence of their definition of CRT, substantiated via anecdote, believed without a quantitative study of its influence on churches? Was why our testimony about systemic

Jackson Voss

JacksonVoss

Been struggling with what to say since this was reported yesterday. For those who haven’t read @ClaireTaylorACA’s reporting, the Lafayette Public Library Board voted 5-2 to reject a grant to

Daniel Silliman

danielsilliman

Since it looks like Stacey Abrams and company may have pushed Georgia blue last night, a little thread on the religious history behind her historic organizing effort. File this under

baigel🩸☔️

utdbaigel

Manchester United centre-back choices for the summer transfer window: A THREAD #1: Jules Kounde 9/10 - 22 years old, valued at £43.8mSTRENGTHS: Passing, aerial duels, concentrationWEAKNESSES: Tackling, 5"10STYLE OF PLAY:

Bud Simpson

buds2tall

A Thursday Myth Challenge: Ellis IslandI got an email from a woman asking about possible connections to my family lines. She thought it likely that her family might have shared

Erik Loomis

ErikLoomis

This Day in Labor History: February 6, 1919. The Seattle General Strike begins. Let's talk about it! The Seattle General Strike began with a longshoremen’s strike, as shipyard workers protested

Jared C.

jayctigerfan

Since you’re likely to be inundated w/taken out of context, disneyfied interpretations of MLK’s positions, here is a thread of what I think are some of his best insights—taken from

Karthi

karthi2209

I have a habit of TED-A-DAY (TAD) as my travel time use to be awfully long. With the lockdown, I converted the TAD habit into a assimilation-synthesis exercise and started

fahmiツ - buy What Comes After on Steam/Itch pls

fahmitsu

I'm making a thread of my favorite threads about narrative design/game writing so I could just bookmark it once and share it to other folks who have questions about game

Owen Williams 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

OwsWills

Before the Severn Bridge opened in 1966, people used to drive from Wales to the south of England via car ferry!It was a straight choice between a treacherous mile-long river

🇧🇧 Ethereal Bisexual Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

IBJIYONGI

Wages for housework: my grandmother did all of the typing for decades and this is how people talk about her “James would have documents typed, annotate them, and then dispatch

Neoliberal 🌐

ne0liberal

Some thoughts about polls that come out about "X% of republicans think such and such":For many, polling is cheering. It's not about giving an accurate, literal answer. It's about being

Paul Vienneau

paulvienneau1

I’ve been in hospital recovering from surgery for3 weeks and I can’t believe I actually have to come online to comment on the Peggy’sCove UPGRADES,but here we are. For the

John Paul Janke

jpjanke

Today is the anniversary of the death of Wangal man Woollarawarre Bennelong. He died on January 3, 1813 and was the most significant Aboriginal man in early Sydney and also,

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