#History

On David Foster Wallace, fiction & the thoughts of an aspiring writer. One of my favourite (almost) contemporary novelists is David Foster Wallace (d. 2008). He was an American novelist,
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how fucked is it to yell "VOTE" at 2.3 million people in prison, 500,000 people in immigrant detention, 11 million undocumented people living in fear, at the top of my
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can we talk about how voting for joe biden is just as bad as voting for trump, and how even the “lesser of two evils” can’t apply here. both are
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It's time for a #jadekingdoms thread! Let's talk about my novel Jade Kingdoms; a fantasy/horror story about a melancholic Princess taking back her power, setting yourself free from past events
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I’ve spent some time this week looking at the data on lockdown. Are people staying at home? And if not, why not?I've got hold of some new data which presents
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Thead 7 How Trump Made Everything WorseTrump is like career kryptonite - anything Trump touches, dies.The GOP made politically suicidal decisions that painted them into a corner, in the decades
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“The sun rises over the houses. Abdi, a Somali man in his late 20s, is leaving his home on his way to work. He notices an SUV parked in front
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This is a thread of heroic, badass, Nazi killin' women & girls; inspired by & in honor of my own family history, & the Jews & Slavs who suffered, struggled,
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I feel like I spent a lot of my young parenting days struggling with how I was told I *should* parent my autistic kid, that felt intrinsically wrong, and yet
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(1/n) A story about a simple contest by Pepsi which turned into a bloody fiasco. In 1992,a promotion offer by Pepsi promised Filipinos a chance to win $20000 (1 million
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A thread of Trump & his inner circle calling Trump's army to be violentPerfectly scheduled, timed & incited to stop the peaceful transfer of power Republican @replouiegohmert told Trump supporters
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If you don't know, I have a monthly email newsletter, and this month, I'm sharing 7 ideas/resources for #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth. So please sign up for my newsletter, and here's a thread
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Here's my thread about a vicious attack on #JohnnyDepp by @THR/@TatianaSiegel27 feat Roberta Kaplan & their article full of inaccuracies,outright lies & projections.Let's start with a fact that a source
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#ThisTeacherReadsI originally set up my account for teaching and never wanted politics to bleed into it but last year I found that impossible. Anyway, in an attempt to get back
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THREAD: @billhogseth writes a sincere & important piece w/his view tht rural voters went decisively for Trump b/c Dems fail to offer real solutions to the pain & struggle of
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The first #Druze emirate of Mt. Lebanon came to being in the 12th century and lost power by the 16th. The Tanukhi emirate preceded the Ma'nis. Unlike its successor, which
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