#History

Jane

janeargodale

I saw a lot of people I follow liked this thread and wanna say that I think this is an inaccurate reading of Vicky’s retelling of labor history, that emphasizes

Priyamvada Gopal

PriyamvadaGopal

What is really worst about all these high-patriotic outrage spectacles is the sheer degree of illiteracy. What are you singing? What is it saying? Do you believe the words you

Rai ling 🏴

Railing56

The anthropological record on state formation is more complex than it’s made out to be. There wasn’t a linear progression from hunter-gatherers to agriculture, to cities and the institution of

korsha wilson

korshawilson

Watching Juneteenth be adopted as a holiday en masse and stripped of its very specific regional history in real time is really interesting... One of the central questions I'm always

Ormuzd Bunukan

OrmuzdB

The Shahnamah: The national heritage of Persian-speakers only or of all Iranian ethnic groups? A thread: Contrary to an unfortunate popular belief, the Shahnameh is not the work of the

Sofiya Pasternack | Black Lives Matter

sofipasternack

Is this... is this a rant? I think this might be a rant. Okay, here we go. I am ranting. This is a rant about writing marginalizations that aren't yours

Harry Ford

HarryFord

This doesn’t surprise me at all online education is terrible as well. I once created a website called Remember the War, it went viral back in the day getting millions

so spicy

hintzenthusiast

society will continue to move past them while they sit in their old ways, and if the dallas stars want to be a more progressive organization, then they need to

Michael Luo

michaelluo

NEW from @JaneMayerNYer: Kimberly Guilfoyl's assistant said that she was frequently required to work at her apartment while the Fox News host displayed herself naked, and showed her photographs of

Dr. Guendouzi ( The Cerebral Assassin )

fimiletoks

When an agency sets up an emergency healthcare response line, the agency should know that 80 - 90% of the calls won't require urgent attention. Between 2% - 10% of

Canadian Idiot is Stressed

SailorHannibal

this sounds like a fucking Wes Anderson movie if anyone is doubting how truth can be sometimes stranger than fiction have a good read from a source https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-1904-olympic-marathon-may-have-been-the-strangest-ever-1491

Barath Mukhi

barathmukhi

I was re-reading Beating The Street by Peter Lynch and this caught my eye. Next I tried to figure out what kind of returns Home Depot delivered for it's shareholders.Got

Wayne Maddison

WayneMaddison

A couple of weeks ago I gave a talk on reverent science. It wasn't easy to give, as it balanced two opposing moods: a chill meditation on the organism as

Pádraig Ó Sé 🇪🇺

osheaucc

This story of the polio epidemic in Cork, which lead to the formation of Cork Poliomyelitis Association, which later became the ⁦@CopeFoundation⁩. Cope supports with over 2300 with intellectual disabilities

Subramani Ra Mancombu

mrsubramani

Do you know who said this? “Temples which had Hindu idols were converted into mosques in 1191. The idols were thrown out. Stone carvings on the walls were disfigured and

Katy Swallow - Tarot Alchemist

kswallowtarot

1) My ancestors intentionally owned people, to secure their wealth through intentional use of enslaved labor. Even if I asked them directly I doubt these ancestors would deny this. They