#WWII

Tom Bollyky

TomBollyky

I am a fan of @MaxCRoser & @OurWorldInData, but this thread is misleading (at best)Most of decline in mortality against infectious diseases in now wealthy nations occurred before widespread availability

Starlight Nixie

StarlightNixie

thinkin' about how enormous modern fighter aircraft are(yes i know the Tomcat is almost 50 years old, i still qualify anything post-Vietnam as more or less modern) alright i feel

Eukie

LatwPIAT

Time to get myself cancelled!Let's talk about how developers are forcing politics into video games! (1/F) Now, we all know this is a dumb complaint: all art is political, and

Write Winger

RealWriteWinger

This #MemorialDay, I’ll remember how our countrymen, brethren, brothers, cousins, fathers, uncles, grandfathers, great grandfathers, and ancestors were used as cannon fodder or slaughtered for the interests of International Finance,

Cathie Wood

CathieDWood

In the late 1800’s and early 1900’s - as telephone, electricity, and the automobile were emerging - the US equity market cap relative to GDP appears to have been 2-3

Jia Lynn Yang

jialynnyang

Think this is my first byline in The New York Times, based on my book coming out next month. @andrewyang recently said Asian-Americans should respond to racism by showing "our

Scott Huffman

HuffmanForNC

The incompetence of @realDonaldTrump not preparing our nation for the #CoronaVirus has ended 113 months of @BarackObama's job growth that started in 2009.In the past two weeks, 10 million Americans

Evan

evan7257

Watching a speech by @TyinaSteptoe. She points out that the Houston Informer, a black newspaper, once printed the names of HPD officers who were known members of the KKK. Jewish

Patrick Andres

PAndres2001

Army man modest about his service in the Pacific... transgender immigrant activist... last of the WWII Polish fighter pilots... college basketball assist wizard... retired New York Supreme Court justice... saved

Tara

catmonkey22

When I was 5, we had a set of books about WWII. The cover was a collage of photos, airplanes, soldiers, the atomic bomb, Hitler etc. I noticed pinwheels and

NYU CIC

nyuCIC

Thread: @nyuCIC director @sarah_cliffe's remarks to the #UNSC on #COVID19: “I think we have to accept that the pandemic has exposed fragility in all countries, in our health systems, economic,

XVIII Airborne Corps

18airbornecorps

1 of 11: Operation Market Garden lesson 20 of 20: Character matters, particularly at the senior level. Let’s take a look the two main actors in Market Garden -- Eisenhower

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yepoka

"Riots and looting": literally how Ghana happened, and it all started with a series of protests that were met with police brutality (thread) On the 28th February 1948, there was

RSPB

Natures_Voice

This #RemembranceSunday , we're taking a look back at the wartime history of one of our reserves - @RSPBMinsmere #Thread #LoveMinsmere Before we acquired Minsmere in 1947, the Suffolk coast

HappyFeet 🇬🇧

HappyFeet_1402

So I want to do something to help all those gamers stuck in #coronavirus isolation, and help bribe people to stay indoors!Ive got a shed load of keys for games

Peter

stampden

THREAD (1 of 29)Story Behind the CoverIn this thread, I will look at the social history behind this postal cover to Squadron Leader John William Edward Leighton at #RAF Station