#Historian

Mandroid

Bigbounce01

4. Scaphism Scaphism, aka “the boats,” was an alleged ancient Persian method of execution where one died by literally being eaten alive. The victim would be placed between two wooden

Choctaw & Chickasaw Freedmen

ChoctawFreedmen

A thread on the composition of Swing Low, Sweet Chariot by “Uncle” Wallis Willis and “Aunt” Minerva Willis, enslaved people of African descent owned by Britt Willis, a Choctaw citizen.

Jesse Blumenthal

jessekblum

The world clearly needed another take on Twitter vs. Trump... Here's mine: Twitter is wrong but #Section230 is right. A quick thread on this week's developments. I'm sure many people

Jin Russell

DrJinRussell

Here Dr Simon Thornley links to a BMJ editorial written by well-respected and prominent experts, Prof Davey-Smith and Prof Speigelhalter, to firm up Thornley’s views against lockdowns. What his tweet

Alison Blunt

AlisonBlunt

1) 'Here are three quite ordinary sentences, sentences which would not seem out of place in a politician's speech, a consultant's report or a daily newspaper. Sentence one: "Progress in

Erin Beeston

Erin_bee

Manchester Central Station appears in my thesis, here are a few lesser known details on its transformation from Station to exhibition centre... #NightingaleHospital #ManchesterCentral https://twitter.com/BBCNWT/status/1249646534528053250 First up, an

Ben Dangl

bendangl

Past weeks have been some of the most momentous & tragic in #Bolivia's history. Debates on meaning, truth of events will likely go on for decades, shaping rise/fall of politicians,

Maroc ⚪️

Maroctv_

My argument for Ancient Egypt being black before invaders. The Kingdom of kush pre dates egypt (2500 bc) and so does the Land of punt (2500bc), First Dynasty (3100bc )

Andrew Bell

dandy_bell

@andrewwadden @TSN1040 @BlakePriceTSN @mattsekeres Hey guys. Just turned you on after reading the Botchford family statement. I work with people who use drugs and programs that serve them, and have

Mark Kingdon

Markis

This week is filled with excitement. Yes, Miami went right from Post-Seed to Series B -- skipping its Series A. BAM! @FrancisSuarez and @rabois @FoundersFund are the co-leads! @MarceloClaure kicked

Oliver Hypolite-Bishop

OliverHBishop

THREAD: “But Bish, what about BlAcK oN bLaCk CrImE? Surely this movement should look at problems within the black community, too?”. Here’s a quick thread on how stupid you sound

Teri Kanefield

Teri_Kanefield

Professor @HC_Richardson puts out an excellent newsletter summarizing the day's news from the perspective of a political historian. She said this last nightThere are peaceful protesters and there are chaos

Subhrajyoti

subhra2jyoti

Mini-#Thread on how medieval times Islamic invaders/rulers looked down upon Brahmins, especially, to further their primary objective of converting our motherland to one of their own. #History #Brahmin #india #bharat

Andrzej Kozlowski

akoz33

Today is time for another long thread on Polish and Russian history. This is a story about the contrast between three cultures: Russian, Polish and also German. It is taken

Eduardo García-Molina

eduardo_garcmol

I play video games. I study historiography. Today I am going to ramble to myself about how strategy games and “faction traits” are actually engaging with a very serious historical

huntΞr 🔥

hunterorrell

ALPHA ALERTWoah, ok so @iamDCinvestor @sassal0x and @TrustlessState went absolutely off yesterday on the @thedailygwei Friday livestream. They covered so much ground on $ETH. Absolutely worth a listen. Here is