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Goldburn P. Maynard Jr.

deathntaxesprof

I finished reading this new feature in the New Yorker about the Sussexes. I just wanted to get to the point first and then I'll take my time and add

History Under Your Feet

HistorifyToday

Today is the Jayanti of Banda Singh Bahadur who was brutally tortured and executed in 1716 by the Mughals for his revolt and refusal to convert to Islam. A true

TheAstuteReader

TheAstuteReader

“Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” #JFKBirthday Remembering one of the most charming political personalities of 20th Century -

小鱼🐟

zhehanzi

today we are thinking about the final line of the tyk chorus in shl:“万里河山万家灯往事如烟浪淘沙将平生霜雪与君煮酒烹茶”it’s stunning & perfectly encapsulates wenzhou’s romance, their appreciation of

Printemps Arabe

PrintempsArabeS

In a gruesome bloodbath, #Saudi has executed 37 detainees, 33 of whom were Shiite activists, scholars and professionals from #Qatif, #Ahsa, #Madinah. Some of the executed martyrs were arrested as

Jon Evans

rezendi

I've long been loath to use the word "fascism" casually -- words mean things, and those things matter. My personal rubric is the great Umberto Eco's essay "Ur-Fascism," summarized, with

Trump War Room - Text TRUMP to 88022

TrumpWarRoom

THREAD: 19 Lies Joe Biden Keeps Repeating About His Life 1. Biden says he “got started out of an HBCU, Delaware State.” But Delaware State says Biden was never a

Seth Abramson

SethAbramson

() LIVE THREAD: I’m live-tweeting today’s (Thursday’s) 1PM ET House January 6 Committee hearing. I’m a lawyer, journalist and historian who’s been contacted by the Committee and whose J6-focused substack,

Chay

illusionistChai

Some ramblings over the recent classic #Mahanati. While giving a re-visit after a hiatus, I realized how beautiful the framing and blocking was, apart from the radiant colors, extravagant music,

Chris Levesque

Chris_Levesque_

You know what, I'm a historian of the Vietnam War. Let's talk chaplains and soldiers attempting to report atrocities in Vietnam. (thread)1/a whole bunch Christian Appy used the example of

Leaving here on 10/10/2020

samisdat_info

"Jews in the Soviet Union, United States, and Great Britain were very important in the realm of intelligence and espionage." "For the United States and especially the Soviet Union, the

Steve Hunnisett

Blitzwalker

THREAD/Tomorrow marks the 80th anniversary of what was to prove the heaviest and final raid of the Night Blitz on London and in this thread, we'll be taking a look

Uncle Zheng 🍺

KungfuTarkovsky

My favorite Shaw Brothers martial arts films. #thread 1. THE ONE-ARMED SWORDSMAN (1967)Let's start with the obvious. You'll find this film on many well-researched lists of best Chinese-language films, because

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sesepetals

.　　 ˚ ⋆ 　　　 · ✹ VICTON • metaphors & symbols in their discography [a thread] . * .　° ✦　　　　　　 . ✫

Amaan

amaanbali

Gandhi and Sikhs. [THREAD]Gandhi was a great man of his time but to what category of great men he belonged can be studied by objective historians only. One thing is

Grace

grace_machine

Feeling absurdly restless at work so for every like this tweet gets I’ll do one tweet about a piece of media that means a lot to me and why. Anodyne: