#Empire

Game 6 Thread. The Oilers are now rock stars in Edmonton; witness their arrival home at the Int'l Airport yesterday. John Wells walks us through highlights of how we got
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A thread on the great library of King Ashurbanipal, discovered in the ruins of Nineveh: The first universal library, the source of our first story, and a lost wonder of
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Few quick things before tonight: a big, gooey, cheez whiz flavored, empire state building sized thanks to @andrewdabb and #BobSinger... O Captains, my captains! My big brained colleges in the writers'
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Let's remember that Black people, indigenous people and people of colour were represented in many of the 'classic' British children's books. This is important. Why? A few thoughts to follow...
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; Thread: Backstory (don't reply to this thread please)*Beware: Personal portrayal!Lysithea is a noble from FĂłdlan who acquired two crests, which gives her a monstruous dark power. For noble families
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One of the most pressing and damning problems is that America is suffering a massive mental health crisis that has metastasized in our politics and culture but people aren’t able
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Am I the only one here who has very sensibly used this two months of quarantine to fulfill a boyhood ambition 40 years later and finally buy a chunk of
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Much clearer than before.HRC in shorts? Boobs look too big. Merkel? I'll look at names he just gave us to see if I can figure it out Was killing
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A la demande expresse de l'excellent @DeWagram , permettez-moi de vous parler maintenant d'un groupe mondial. Le bien connu groupe Mitsubishi. Commencons par un point Historique. Mitsubishi 三菱商事 est fondée
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If you think Game of Thrones was awesome, Read this thread. Back in 1169, there was family feud in Pandya Dynasty between two brothers, with regards to who would be
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Thread of Claude calling Byleth by their name Chapter 3: Mutiny in the MistAfter the battle, lamenting the deaths of the commonfolk. Chapter 13: Reunion at DawnWe at the
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A few weeks back I did a little thread on the book of Esther, ch's 1–2. Some more reflections on ch's 3–6 which I've taught recently... Ch. 3 introduces the
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I find increasingly that the division between Red and Blue America has a distinct linguistic quality; less in accent and more in rhetoric, labels, and framing. (1/7) I know conservatives
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[partie 2] Ensuite @alacatraza nous dit que ces cartes sont fausses. Ce qui est en partie vrai notamment pour le Maghreb central. Par contre ce n'est pas du tout Ă 
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Mdr la bataille de Kansala, l'une des grandes fiertés du Fouta Djalon.Mai 1867, les soldats peuls, à leur tête Alfa Molo Baldé avec l'aide de quelques malinkés musulmans assiègent les
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The networks are bringing back the their Sunday night movie slot, so a nostalgia rush of bumpers from back when a theatrical movie on TV was a Big Deal. NBC
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