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mtalkstv

In this thread I’m going to explain some misconceptions, facts, origins etc about violence towards black people in America. [A thread] #BlackLivesMatter #RIPGeorgeFloyd When I so often think about

Erik Loomis

ErikLoomis

This Day in Labor History: April 2, 1937. Workers at the Hershey Chocolate Corporation in Hershey, Pennsylvania sat down on the job. Right after Flint, it seemed like the sit-down

La Liga Lowdown 🧡🇪🇸⚽️

LaLigaLowdown

OSASUNA TURN Today is Osasuna’s 100th birthday The club from Pamplona celebrates the anniversary of its foundation by hosting Athletic Club this evening.A rich history, from the lows of

Palak Zatakia

palakzat

Look at the zippers of your pants right now. There's a very good chance that the zipper says "YKK" - the company that produces almost 50% of the zippers used

Beth Revis 🖤

bethrevis

"Biden’s pandemic response plans 'carry echoes of Roosevelt’s New Deal,'" write The Times’s Abby Goodnough and Sheryl Gay Stolberg. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/14/health/covid-biden-pandemic-plan.html?campaign_id

Joshua D. Rothman

rothmanistan

On Friday, the 11th Circuit overturned a lower court ruling and upheld the Florida legislature’s mandate that former felons pay all fines and fees to have their voting rights restored.

John Ales AF

IAmJohnAles

Good news!You have a BILLION dollars. Cash. Taxes paid. (Big day at the tracks.) But the world is ending in 10 years and it will all be gone. We won’t

Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II

RevDrBarber

Today, as a pastor trying to be faithful to the Gospel, I sent a letter to Congressional leaders on both sides of the aisle @SenateMajLdr @SenSchumer @SpeakerPelosi @GOPLeader calling on

Dr Sandeep Parwaga

drsparwaga

This is a (long) thread on how financialisation impacts the housing market, and why I have singled out the below tweet (spoiler alert: because the same happens in the housing

Dean Clay

DeanClay82

On this day in 1835, the future Leopold II, second King of the Belgians, was born in Brussels, Belgium. He was the second but eldest surviving son of Leopold I,

Dr Robert Bohan Artist

RobertBohan

Thread: Felix Nussbaum (1904-44) was a German Jewish art. He gave us a profound record of man’s inhumanity to man. He charted the inner life of an artist facing a

Simmons Suffragists

SimmonsSuffrage

With Thanksgiving approaching, we're spotlighting a Simmons faculty #suffragist who taught nutrition. Professor MIRIAM BIRDSEYE researched what we’d now call #foodsecurity: how to make healthy food affordable & accessible to

Révolution Permanente

RevPermanente

[THREAD] Retour sur l'héritage de #Trotsky2020 à 80ans de son assassinat ! Jeudi à 19h, nous diffuserons sur Facebook et YT un hommage au révolutionnaire russe. Des militants de

Paweł Wargan

pawelwargan

Each year on Victory Day — after a celebratory round of military parades, flybys, and speeches — the people of Russia take to the streets in one of the most

Rabih Alameddine

rabihalameddine

Shall we Japan it? 円山応挙 Maruyama Ōkyo (1733 – 1795) 百蝶図, Flowers and mushrooms Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858). Revelers Returned from the Tori no Machi Festival at Asakusa, 1857 Kobayashi

Brendan Vance

brendanvance778

Here is a thread of 'interesting Vancouver maps'This is a reconstructed map of what today is called 'Burnaby', showing some of the common trails Indigenous locals used (this waterbody in