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John Delury
JohnDelury
I'm watching 'For Peace' 为了和平, the 20-part CCTV documentary on China's role in Korean War, so you don't have to. Episode 1 done... only 19 hours to go! #lipsandteeth Most
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Dr Jonathan Foyle
JonathanFoyle
Project: rebuild a collapsed dry stone wall. My first go-will post pic of the result. I’ll have take it all down- the core is like a box of cornflakes, no
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Ida Bae Wells
nhannahjones
One day I am going to do a thread on how New Jersey engaged in slavery until 1865, operated de jure segregated schools until 1954, and how Princeton was considered
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erebedragons
most historical “alien evidence” is just white historians thinking people of colour aren’t creative or intelligent,,, “this ancient mural shows people coming from the sky! this one shows non human
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All Possums Go to Heaven
AndyinDC1
I regularly encounter deep misconceptions about feudalism on this hellsite. Mostly from righties, but also sometimes tankies, who celebrate the triumph of modernity over its benighted predecessor.I wanted to delve
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Dr Oyèyínká
DrFeruke
Fun fact, the Methodist church was instrumental to the abolitionist movement in the US and UK. John Wesley was particularly vociferous in his outrage against slavery.In fact, you could join
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Covell Meyskens
cfmeyskens
Thread: The idea here seems to be that China's 5,000 years of history somehow is going to help it get a vaccine quicker than the US, because it has a
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Erin Bartram
erin_bartram
A great way to have academics transform parts of their dissertations into accessible, engaging writing for the general public is to pay them for that work. It's okay that there
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John Delury
JohnDelury
I'm all for Cold War analogies! Good excuse to study more Cold War history and think about its meanings.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/world/asia/cold-war-china-us.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimesworld Americans seem to still fram
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Alexandra Chalupa
AlexandraChalup
As @realDonaldTrump golfs this Memorial Day weekend while Americans continue to die due to his failed leadership, here’s a photo of a monument he placed along the Potomac at his
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josiahwsutton
I think the attempt to seem fair and balanced in academic history has resulted in a lot of really boring writing. I am all about going back to histories that
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Richard Freedland JD
RickFreedland
Not long after Trump’s election. I believed that his tweets would be part of his downfall. They will be used as evidence when he eventually is indicted. He is a
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Heather Pace Venable ✈️
Heather_at_ACTS
Thanks to everyone who provided suggestions. Here is my draft if this is helpful to anyone 1/https://twitter.com/Heather_at_ACTS/status/1265730459620827136 Going to ACSC lasts about as long as expecting a baby. (although this
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Aparna
apparrnnaa
It is an appreciation tweet for @BharadwajSpeaks We own you TI. You make this place better.. God bless you .. live a 100 years & may you continue to open
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Tim Sayle
timsayle
A few thoughts provoked by @dbessner and Logevall’s article "Recentering the United States in the Historiography of American Foreign Relations" @TXNatSecReview. This isn't a "response" per se.https://tnsr.org/2020/04/recenteri
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Sam Koppelman
SammyKoppelman
Keep thinking back to the Muslim Ban airport protests: How doomed we felt, how far away this day seemed, but how committed we were to fighting back. That’s the story
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