#Sears

Barry Cynamon

BCynamon

Here’s my weird, USPS-adjacent opinion:Between roughly 1895-1915, the formation of the U.S. Post Office Domestic Parcel Post service and Sears Roebuck & Co. led to the industrial development that handed

Louis Hyman

louishyman

In my history of consumption class, I teach about #Sears, but what most people don't know is just how radical the catalogue was in the era of #Jim Crow. #twitterstorians

Sears Canada

SearsStores

Defunct Canadian retailers as Muppets a definitive thread: Target Canada Zellers Canada Sears Canada Consumer Distributing Zellers Sears and Co.

Michael Harriot

michaelharriot

On July 9, a few years ago, a speech about fighting oppression got out of control. The protest organizer wanted it to be nonviolent but protesters started destroying property and

Jonathan Jarry

crackedscience

My latest deep dive for the @McGillOSS, this one on JP Sears.The orange-haired comedian who once mocked health fanatics is now using his sarcasm to spread misinformation.https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/covid-19-critical-thinking-pseudosci

Donovan Reynolds

donovanreyno1ds

History of Ponce City Market (a thread) As we know, Atlanta is a transient city. Many of us that call this city home, aren’t from here.And personally, I love history.

Elizabeth Warren

ewarren

My daddy couldn’t work for a while after his heart attack. The bills piled up. One day, I walked into my parents’ bedroom. My mother’s face was red and puffy.

Kimberly 🤦🏾‍♀️

KimberlyWriter

So I went to the Security Square Mausoleum & Gift Shop today...In the words of Flava Flav, “It all adds up to a f—-d up situation.” Pour one out for

2015shitpoaster

2015shitpoaster

This white guy relaxed while shopping at Sears. Don’t relax “What’s the deal with black people punching random whites?” Imagine this white boy is your son or grandson

Robert H Frank

econnaturalist

Thread: Economic Naturalist Question #7. Why might an appliance retailer hammer dents into the sides of its stoves and refrigerators? In an earlier thread, I explored why introductory economics courses

Eva Cantor

PoRiverJamBand

The threat of a systemic collapse of society is near and I really have been stressing the the clock has been sitting at a few minutes until midnight for a

XboxKaneda

XboxKaneda

A friend pointed me to an old Sears Wishbook from 1990. Ahh the memories.. Like this @Nintendo #Gameboy. You may think damn that's a good price but $90 for a

Civil War Fangirl💖🎩

Miss_Bellatrix

#OTD in 1863, Union General John Buford arrives in #Gettysburg. The Confederates that had been sighted earlier had left. With him, he has 2,750 men & a 6 gun battery.

Robert P. George

McCormickProf

1/ In 2016, candidate Trump broke new ground by publishing a list of potential Supreme Court justices from which he would choose his nominees. Again this time he has published

Marsha Warfield

MarshaWarfield

#BackInMyDayCigarettes cost $.33, "doctors" advertised them on TV, and everybody smoked.Your turn #BackInMyDay we had one phone per house. Black, rotary dial, short cord, in the living room. #BackInMyDay the

pretty saro

spindlypete

brian tells me at the liquor store earlier they had built a barricade around the cashier out of old liquor bottles to force social distancing and i just want to