#Historical

"Hitler's alligator" has died in Moscow zoo. He was 84!Rus TV says Saturn born in US in 1936, moved to Berlin zoo but escaped in bombing raids. In 1946 British
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Forgive me the density of this post. It’s a long thread because some things just can’t be said in shorter ones.For decades , I have repeatedly—and to the annoyance of
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1/ I'm a Planner. My profession believes in placemaking. But I also acknowledge that my profession built cities on the basis of segregation, racism, and violence. We did and we
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1. Baptists were instrumental in the establishment of religious freedom in America. Baptist Tradition has championed the principle of “Soul Freedom”.“Soul Freedom” is the belief that faith is so sacred
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NEW at @Hatewatch: We have identified three individuals who are prime movers at far right publisher, Antelope Hill. Written with @hannahgais @MeganSquire0 @MichaelEHayden https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2022/06/13/white-nationalist-book
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I agree with the general thrust of this thread, but "freedom" isn't exactly how we ended up here. The capitalist moment that we find ourselves in wasn't the result of
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once more I am thinking about Jiang Cheng, purple dye, the weird things Han purple pigment does under certain circumstances, and how that would possibly affect cultivation (you will pry
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There are some ways in which Narnia is better, mainly as Christian allegory, but it is inferior in a great many others. Tolkien was just better at world-building, deeper in
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An important question to ponder is, does the Government borrow at all? The shorter answer is, no. For the longer answer read on, if you’ll indulge me...@MichaelRosenYes https://twitter.com/MichaelRosenYes/status/1293514758071750657 The lo
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People should maybe take ten minutes to understand the legal process before they go on air and couch it in language intended to make the claim sound frivolous.https://twitter.com/SeanyeWest234/status/1273852802209476608 For starters,
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Important thread on recent research on land & religious disputes in Eastern Province of #SriLanka, with details of process by which land is grabbed. If as govt claims, “historical sites
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There are about 40 days left in 2020, which means my story-a-day project is coming to a close soon. To finish strong, I’d like to order ten more new collections
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why is history, as a discipline, relatively theory averse compared to other disciplines it seems like the aversion is worst in Anglophone historiography, so I'm tempted to blame the English
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Get ready – Snuggle time is comingA thread https://vickyadin.co.nz/2021/04/13/get-ready-snuggle-time-is-coming/ I don't often recommend books because I'm a bit of a softie, and I don't know whether you like the same genre,
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Top 10 times Sir Geoffrey Elton slapped down David Starkey, all from the same review of 'The English Court from the Wars of the Roses to the Civil War', ed.
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A Tenacious Optimism:A foundational state of mind for Sikhs, this optimism is nurtured daily, as a longstanding practice evidenced in early historical texts mention the morning routine to consist of
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