#1930s

Seth Cotlar

SethCotlar

Here's a wee thread about Gerald L.K. Smith (an apostle of "Christian Nationalism" and a key figure in the founding of the America First Party in the 1940s) inspired by

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

It sure feels like we're living through an unprecedented boom in newsletters, but while email-based newsletters are experiencing a major surge, newsletters themselves have a long and honorable history.https://www.wired.com/story/peak-ne

Nafees Ur Rehman Durrani

NafeesRehmanDr

Mohammad Alam (Mohomet Allum) was born in Kandahar, Afghanistan in 1858 and moved to Australia as cameleer between 1884-1890. However, he is famously known as herbalist in Australia who cured

~Legacy~ נפתלי בן מתתיהו

Immort4l_Legacy

Since the plight of the few remaining Jews in Yemen is starting to circulate I’ll gradually post information about Yemeni Jewish history, photos, videos and threads. This is a situation

Jack Saundrs ❤🖤

jack_saundrs

So... inspired by the worst facebook group in the world, let's talk about "dustmen" back in the day and, specifically, the 1969 Dustmen Strike https://twitter.com/gdimelow/status/1300901493869031425 1969 saw a long-running dis

Brasil Wire

BrasilWire

How the United States killed Brazil’s Democracy. Again. A brand new long read editorial.http://www.brasilwire.com/how-the-united-states-killed-brazils-democracy-again/ "Brazil’s recent history is one of national sabotage, of international collus

Gray Connolly

GrayConnolly

As I often say here, if you look closely at the EU structure, it is the Kaiser's plan for a post-WW1 German Europe, with a weak periphery tied to a

molly conger

socialistdogmom

this morning’s court square markers subcommittee of the historic resources committee has a guest to talk to them about the jewish history of downtown charlottesville david isaacs was a jewish

Nafees Ur Rehman Durrani

NafeesRehmanDr

Ataullah Ozai-Durrani — A brief thread on this Afghan immigrant in the US who made name & a fortune with the invention of Minute-Rice recipe in the early 1940s, and

Jose J. Fernández

JJF_dev

SPAIN EXPLAINED FOR FOREIGNERSIn this thread I'll be explaining some facts about Spain and Spaniards that can't be deduced by simply looking at raw data. As a native Spanish having

Laura Deming

LauraDeming

Here's a quick summary of interesting things to understand about aging biology, if you're new to the field: There are multiple, different definitions of aging. There are definitions around time

Liz Crash

AsFarce

for the record I am a member of both @AusUnemployment and the @IEUVicTas, because like many people who receive unemployment benefits, I have a job that does not pay me

Combined Arms Center

usacac

GROUND SUPPORT & STRATEGIC BOMBING High-altitude precision strategic bombing first started gaining momentum in the mid-1920s at the @USArmy Air Corps Tactical School (ACTS), which was at Langley Field in

Heather Boushey

HBoushey

I've been overwhelmed by the kind words I’ve gotten in the last 48 hours over this piece by @LedererLedes on my work with @EquitableGrowth and beyond. A big reason I’ve

Trung Phan

TrungTPhan

Went down a rabbit hole looking for cross-industry innovations (AKA one industry borrowing from another). Found some good ones 1/ James Dyson created the Dyson vacuum design after seeing how

fangmeli

pangmeli

when I was 9 I wrote jean little a fan letter. not only did she write me back two full pages in size 12 font single spaced, she called my