#HISTORY

Pete Davis 🌱

PeteDDavis

One of my favorite twists of American history is that John Brown’s raiders took George Washington’s great-grandnephew Lewis Washington hostage. The whole episode is cinematic: Colonel Lewis Washington was a

visa is AFK working on @introspectVV

visakanv

Feeling nostalgic: what are some articles, essays, blogposts etc that would go into a compilation called "the people's oral history of the internet"? thinking out loud about the "segments" of

frog

filthycattle

1. A belief structure shared by a society doesn't have to be officially recognized as a religion in order to effectively be a religion 2. Religions define concepts of good

D3M0

D3m0A

(1) Good Question Martin! But it requires some history & a bit of faith to answer fully imo...Quotes from Wayne Madsen ;)https://twitter.com/martingeddes/status/1067808729196834816 (2) Let's start with the facts *Q clearances

BK Titanji #ILookLikeAScientist

Boghuma

So I went down a rabbit hole of human challenge studies through history, there's some Good, some Bad and some Ugly.1/. Smallpox 1796 - English Edward Jenner tested the world’s

Art

untilzion

"Wait, If You're Gay, Why Did You Date Women?" A thread (dedicated to 48% of the people I've come out to) (1/?) One of the most common questions I get

Alex Saunders 🇦🇺👨‍🔬

AlexSaundersAU

1/ Two years ago we released a documentary about structural problems in the Australian economy. At the time, the RBA was talking about raising interest rates. We predicted they'd go

John E Deaton

JohnEDeaton1

THE SEC WAS WARNED INVESTORS WOULD LOSE BILLIONS. Considering the magnitude of an SEC enforcement action against the 3rd largest Digital Asset, XRP, the SEC, and it’s Chairman, Jay Clayton,

Shalom Lipner

ShalomLipner

So... the long-awaited @POTUS-@IsraeliPM call finally happened last night. Should never have been a big deal, but for the time elapsed since the inauguration. (@netanyahu was the 3rd foreign leader

Gwalia News 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

GwaliaMedia

THREADLook at a rail map of Wales and you’ll notice a pattern. All of the main railway lines run horizontally. Look closer and you’ll also notice a cluster of lines

Scholars Strategy Network

SSNScholars

Happy #BlackHistoryMonth ! Today, we're joined for a thread by Black Diaspora expert and author of “The Congressional Black Caucus: Fifty Years of Fighting for Equality,” Dr. Sherice Janaye Nelson

Seth Abramson

SethAbramson

EVERY TRUMP FOREIGN POLICY SCANDAL IN ONE TWEET.It is impossible to summarize any of Trump's complex foreign scandals in just 280 characters—key pieces will always be missing—but Twitter urges us

James Palmer

BeijingPalmer

i am sick and reading about 19th century New Zealand, and it may be just that I'm a little hallucinatory right now but it seems like strategists and military historians

GunduHuduga| ಗುಂಡು ಹುಡುಗ|🕉

GunduHuDuGa

#PositiveStoriesIn this month's Bharat Darshana Magazine, there is a wonderful story on Honesty & Dedication to work which was translated into Kannada. Originally, this was published in Kalyan magazine.I am

Eisen

eisen

A little bit of Malaysia in Singapore: The names of Malaysian states (and even state capitals) in Singapore's roads. Some have survived urban redevelopment, others have disappeared into history. A

Amy Shira Teitel

AmyShiraTeitel

Who should run NASA: a scientist or a bureaucrat? I don't have the answer, but I will share a little vignette from history (because I'm an historian) that I think

By continuing to use the site, you are consenting to the use of cookies as explained in our Cookie Policy to improve your experience.