#1930s

1. A great innovation in business tech was announced on this day in 1959 - The Xerox 914. It's hallmark was simplicity: unlike competitors, you simply placed your paper on
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(1) A brief history lesson on Antifa1864: The International Workingmen's Association (IWA), often called the First International, was an international organisation which aimed at uniting a variety of different left-wing
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1/ This is a difficult thread I've longtime planned to do. I confess that, unlike many in here, I still have some sympathies for the "preservationist" or "heritage" argument in
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How did stereotypes of criminality influence state policy towards the former “criminal tribes” (“CTs”) – now known as “denotified tribes” – in the years after Indian independence in 1947? How
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It seems a lot of folks who saw the news about Aunt Jemima are taken aback, “Aunt Jemima isn’t racist!” “How could you get rid of Aunt Jemima!” So for
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I've been reading some extremely early Green Arrow and Speedy appearances and I'm weirdly emotional about them? They're just having such a good time being huge dorks! Our very first
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In 1932, Australia declared war on some Emus. The Emus fought back. It’s time for another #coronavirus history lesson from Doncaster Council. This one really is a rollercoaster, so strap
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Live tweeting from @NLCitySolutions Summit on Equitable Responses to #Evictions in era of #COVID19. National League of Cities making a real difference helping cities mitigate evictions - follow @SLSPolicyLab to
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I've been waiting to read Vera Stein Ehrlich's (Vera St. Erlich's) book for ages; I finally found it in Stabi ten days ago & want to share some thoughts about
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Thread on The Long March through the Institutions1.The Left acts against the Right in the US with impunity today because the Right lacks a power structure. Even elected RWers or
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Tomorrow, a new thread on why we care that the word "Korea" is a derivation of the name of the Koryo dynasty (918-1392): êł ë € (高éș—). And, much more importantly, Goryeo's
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Happy 122nd Birthday Duke EllingtonA thread http://waldina.com/2021/04/29/happy-122nd-birthday-duke-ellington/ Today is the 122nd birthday of the musician Duke Ellington. His music is the soundtrack to the American experience. You know mor
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heard these comments hundreds of times before from all sorts of people and places- 'Pinoy Komiks is dead' - 'Pinoy komiks pale in comparison to what we get from other
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Why is Congressional subpoena enforcement taking so long?I decided to find out and produced this thread as a Primer to explain what the House is up against vs tRUmp. The
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A hundred years ago many healing ways were used in the US & Europe: chiropractors, naturopathy, homeopathy, osteopathy, herbal medicines, diet etc. It is only recently that "medicine" came to
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Howdy, this is going to be a thread about the Basque conflict, which was for independence of Basque Country. this is primarily to inform people who may not know about
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