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Great House

xspotsdamark

How many People have heard of Imbangala? They were perhaps the most terrifying & at once fascinating People in Africa's illustrious history. Tragically, they were also unwittingly involved in the

Kobayashi's Basilisk

FaeceSocietatis

Hired by the Federal Writers Project in 1937 (an agency of FDRs New Deal govt), Henry Grant was one of hundreds tasked with interviewing, documenting and recording the memories of

NPR Music

nprmusic

We're (only?) midway through 2020. These 6 months have reframed, redefined, confounded and crumbled our expectations. As our world's changed, how we listen to music has changed, too. Today we're

Stephen Lautens

stephenlautens

Okay - one more time. That little purple line at the bottom? That's Ontario #Covid cases from travellers (most of whom are returning Canadians). The other lines are sources the

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End_of_time_

Tw // Torture, gore, death, misogynyMediaeval era in Europe, lasting approximately 1000 years (from 5th to 15th century) was one of the most violent eras in history. This era gave

Sean

_Sean_________

Why is proportional representation a good idea?1. It means that *all* votes matter in elections, not just those for the candidate with the most number of votes. Why is proportional

Shannon Vallor

ShannonVallor

This is just embarrassing. If you read it and thought ‘yes, how could anyone disagree?,’ please look again: “The way to defeat bad ideas is by exposure...” We KNOW this

Larry Schweikart

LarrySchweikart

1) My friends I think it's time for some tough love here.2) None of us want these idiotic lockdowns. We all know they are being manipulated by the Hoax News

evil idiot hypocrite

fascismdad

The 'we're this blue line that divides a top half of black (public) with a bottom half of black criminals' really isn't a message saying 'we are grieving the loss

Jakob Schwichtenberg

JakobSchwich

In this thread I will collect my thoughts and the ideas of others that are related to the observation that "there is huge potential to invent more effective explanatory media."

Lionel Federer Tendulkar

a_relatable_guy

The one who was, is and always be an inspiration to all of us especially me... Happy Birthday @sachin_rt Sir #HappyBirthdaySachin #HappyBirthdaySachinTendulkar You can't describe him in any way, but

martial 11

martialdeyforyo

Read This Mind Blowing Coincidence That Actually Happenedit's a thread The founder of the Ferrari company, Enzo Ferrari, died on August 14, 1988. Just a month later, on October

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RahaRafii

Had a great time talking about strategies and challenges of teaching Islamic law on the wonderful panel "Teaching Legal History in the 21st Century" at #ASLH2019. Some points I brought

عدي 🏴

HolyPrince019

[UPDATED Thread] I will prove the existence of God In the name of Allah SWT most gracious, most merciful. This is an updated version of the original thread, without the

Ian Bogost

ibogost

This is a good summary of what's been going on in games and campaigning this year. As someone who has been watching/participating in this space for almost 20 years now,

Paul Matzko

PMatzko

I think the thing to recognize about ethno-nationalist conservatives like @rr_reno is that they draw on a very old, exclusionary lineage. Take Reno's call for a new conservative fusionism, in