#1950s

Mark Stryker

Mark_Stryker

1 Tony Bennett Birthday Thread. First time I interviewed Tony Bennett in he told me, “I’m not a jazz singer; I’m a singer who likes jazz.” Bennett, who turns 94

Royal College of Music Museum

RCMMuseum

Today we’d like to share the extraordinary story of a former student who deserves better recognition.This is Amanda Aldridge (1866–1956), a British singer who became a composer & influential teacher.Are

cannabis gender reveal explosion

KivanBay

Let's do this! You voted to read about "food as race, diet racism" so that's what this thread is abouthttps://twitter.com/KivanBay/status/1043412823798296576 So, I'm going to start by sharing a long quote

Jason Crawford

jasoncrawford

Smallpox was one of the worst diseases humanity has ever faced—and also the only human disease we have ever eradicated. It was also the first disease with a vaccine.You may

#HFChitChat

hfchitchat

We’re celebrating #BlackOutTuesday by starting a thread of Black historical fiction authors. There are so many great books to get your hands on! First up is @Sherri_L_Smith, who has novels

Will Sherman

WillEBSherman

This bit of fascism from Tom Cotton is the latest in a long weekend that clarifies (with horrible detail) the deep connections between US imperial projects, Islamophobia, and the brutality

Forrest Maready

forrestmaready

1. A lot of people are taking a second look at vaccines these days. As someone who’s written several books about them, I thought you might enjoy my personal opinion/list

Teri Kanefield

Teri_Kanefield

(Thread) The Trump Mayhem CircusWhat does Trump hope to accomplish—and what might he accomplish—in Oregon, and with the threat to take this “nationwide?”The clue, I believe, is in his campaign's

Mark Aldridge

DrMarkAldridge

Death on the Nile is on BBC2 at 2.10 this afternoon, and while it's on I'll be tweeting all about the behind the scenes story of the making of the

Phil White - Nihil est verum. Omne est corrumpere.

HiFiWhiPhi

1:Ignaz Semmelweis, who suggested that doctors should wash their hands, and who eliminated puerpal fever as a result, was fired, harassed, forced to move, had his career destroyed, and died

The Symphonist

deeplyclassical

#BeethovenOdyssey #Beethoven2020 #Beethoven2501/ #Symphony1 was first performed #OnThisDay in 1800. In this thread, I'll choose my all-time #Top20 recordings and chart its changing sound #OnRecord, from Pablo Casals in 1927

maya

mayavada

A (long) thread: Scott Wiener’s bill #SB1120 – to end single family zoning in California – died on a technicality, but will most certainly be back next year, in some

RAsheed ☥ Shabazz

Rasheed_Shabazz

Someone asked me to share a thread about @AlamedaPD, so here's a brief and incomplete history of the Alameda Police and the residents who love them#alamedahistory For context: It’s critical

Brendan Dawe

BrendanDawe

ALL ABOARD (the above pictures is a twitter stock-gif, and has nothing to do with vancouver, but it's time for Pictures of Old Trains! By popular choice, tonights topic is

Teri Kanefield

Teri_Kanefield

(Thread) The Future of the GOP: Part IVPart I begins here: https://twitter.com/Teri_Kanefield/status/1302665636246515712I left off showing how working to end voter suppression in California shrank the California Republicans down to about

Kate Bradley

katebradleykent

It's a year since I got my author copies of Lawyers for the Poor: almost as big an event as Halloween in this household... In this thread, I will outline