#Historical

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techno_kavi

Help me with LOOT?Hobson Jobson finds separate origins for Hindi and Persian versions:Hind. lūṭ, & Skt. lotra, for loptra, root lup, 'rob, plunder'; luṇṭ, 'to rob'Ar.Pers. lūṭīy 'one of the

Library Fox, now 📚🇨🇦🦊

Coliemta

American Friends I feel my tweets haven't been very favourable of late, and also that I don't actually know that much about the US beyond politics+stereotypes. (Cool it Florida.)Tell me:

Geography of Kenya

kenyangeography

The Nyando escarpment is part of the Kavirondo Rift Valley and forms a social, political & economic boundary between Kisumu county and Nandi county.Sugar plantations dot the valley floor while

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jellysyd

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐜 - 𝚊 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 Original idea:https://twitter.com/tozierprjde/status/119497107769017958

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semaetatina

What a thread! Here's a graphically thorough and deep investigation on #Ethiopia's rightful claim on the usage of #Eritrea's ports! This guy's unhealthy obsession on anything #Eritrea and his twisted

Rachel Muers

RachelMuers

Reading #DominicCummngs narrative as a work of fiction (which it is, even if it recounts true events) is interesting on a few counts, eg gender and agency 1/n For most

Anand Chokkavelu, CFA

anandchokkavelu

How to think about cash as a stock investor.1/10 Here, I'm NOT talking about:1) Your cash safety net (you should have one!)2) Using cash/ST bonds vs. low-yielding LT bonds for

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neonspirals

alsoooooooo hetalia has so much stuff to talk about. like the insensitive jokes and the misogyny and the queerbait and the whitewashing and the sexual assault and the- you get

Anti-Fascism & Far Right 🥤

FFRAFAction

THREAD OF THREADS Here’s an easy to follow (hopefully) Thread of Threads we’ve put together to help followers learn more about general trends in contemporary & historical fascism

ctschroeder

ctschroeder

I understand critiques of #Hamilton that it doesn’t center slavery enough or lionized AH. I still think the casting of these figures as immigrants of color and Black people

Fryan Republic

Freyaslight

Are we Nazis?Are we capitalist?Are we Marxist?Are we Christian?The greatest problem my people have is that they identify with behavior and ideological conclusions instead of the cause of behavior and

South Asia Solidarity Initiative

SASIinNYC

NYC FOLKS Wednesday, August 5. 8 AM. Times Square. Hindu fascists will be celebrating the demolition of Babri Masjid. Join us to protest this vile spectacle of fascism! *You

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larryowenslive

Musical Theatre Hive: Drop legendary MT links below divas, compilations, historical performances, hidden gems, make us cry, make us laugh, bring us joy! The girlies have amazing taste this

Josephine Hoegaerts

Singingarchives

My chapter in Men, Masculinities and Careers(the last one in the book) deals with the professionalization of politics in C19, and its connection to #gender #MMC2020 @MenCareers #twitterstorians It looks

James W. Loewen

JamesWLoewen

WaPo published a piece today that cherry-picks Lincoln's statements about slavery to present a leader who didn't give a damn about it, just wanted to save the Union. By so

Rhodri Davies ☕️ 🤔

Rhodri_H_Davies

Just noticed this Guardian piece from yesterday arguing that crowfunding carries the risk of reintroducing "Victorian" notions of the deserving versus undeserving poor (a point I've been arguing about the