#Colony

Edith Mirante

EdithMirante

1. This History Thread is about US Office of Strategic Services (OSS) Detachment 101, a multi-ethnic force Allied against Fascism in World War 2 Burma. It’s based on my article

Midtown Brandi Frown 😾

ItsTheBrandi

I know my most pressing presidential discussion is usually "Americans used to send possums, both alive and dead, to Taft as a joke and it became a thing" but can

Tom

attentive

I've been reading a bit of Manuel DeLanda and, you know, a bit reluctant to mention it because I suspect people take a dim view of his "tendency", but there

The Spaceshipper 🚀

TheSpaceshipper

Nooooo :(Ron Cobb (1937-2020) is dead. I am devastated.From Alien to Close Encounters of the Third Kind to The Last Starfighter, I have often shared his work here. I am

#LandIsNotProperty Mwalimu Wandia

wmnjoya

The curious history of TVET in Kenya. A thread.You have to go way way back to the end of feudalism and beginning of capitalism in Europe.The way to get workers

Scripturient

56Dtweets

Thread on Indian diaspora population and other analysis in the nations of Guyana, Suriname, Fiji, Mauritius and Trinidad & Tobago:--- o -- So, first off, the British empire after the

princess layla de lima

staennis

Don’t know which is which but, the Cabinet of Aguinaldo in May 1899–President: PaternoForeign Affairs: BuencaminoInterior: Severino de las AlasWar/Navy: Mariano TriasTreasury: Hugo IlaganEducation: Aguedo VelardePublic Works: Maximo Mol

VatsRohit

KesariDhwaj

[When I drove an Arjun tank]- One of the benefits of growing-up in Services environment is that you get to see the equipment up and close.- It so happened that

Liz Crash

AsFarce

you guys know about the Hendra virus right? it’s a bat disease named for the suburb of Brisbane where it was first discovered in humans. mostly white men and look,

Jeff Wasserstrom

jwassers

Thread on accessible works to read/listen to if seeking to put the historic turning point in Hong Kong into perspective; aimed at those who a) have limited bandwidth to focus

Dogs don't have thumbs

MorlockP

84/In the light from those two small torches we've got- a demon gleaming- chitin gleaming- gilded edge of armor reflected "like gold sunlight"- highlighted maroon loincloth- demon gleams (again)are we

Alex Orenstein

oren_sa

I'm not big into military history but I have a bizarre fascination with the absolutely ape-shit story of the Battle for Lake Tanganyika in the First World War. The most

WarNuse

WarNuse

1) Susan Rice's mother, Lois Dickson Rice, worked for The Ford Foundation as a program officer. The Ford Foundation had been pointed out as a front for the CIA in

Sara

sesiegler

CRS management algorithm (adults) via @MDAndersonNews. This may be applicable to COVID19. https://www.mdanderson.org/documents/for-physicians/algorithms/clinical-management/clin-management-cytokine-release-web-algorithm.pdf Pediatric version. https:/

Mariam Naiem

mariamposts

As a Russian-speaking person of color who was born and raised in Ukraine, I believe that I am in a position to speak on the issue of nationalism and neo-Nazism

NIHARIKA

Saysniha

The historical evidence Ramayan clearly states that the location of Bhagwan Ram’s birthplace is on the banks of the Sarayu river in the city of Ayodhya. The exact site of