#1916

Paul Poast

ProfPaulPoast

Let's talk about the 1918 Battle of Belleau Wood and why the American Marines who died in it were not "suckers"[THREAD] To start, why were Americans even there? Specifically, why

Whores of Yore

WhoresofYore

This is John Singer Sargent’s “Madame X” (1884). Although it doesn’t look remotely controversial today, when it was exhibited at 1884 Paris Salon, the public were so shocked & disgusted

Dr Robert Bohan Artist

RobertBohan

Thread: John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) was one of the finest artists of the Edwardian period. Nowadays he is acknowledged for his bravura technical ability as well as his portraiture. However,

Alexander Cortes PhD, Fitness, Nutrition, Fat loss

AJA_Cortes

You know where the 1-10 pain scale comes from? The Sackler family, the family that owns Purdue PharmaThe company that made Oxycontin into an epidemic addiction that killed 250K people

Scott Hamilton RTM

SikotiHamiltonR

1 During his budget speech Grant Robertson quoted William Blake, & called NZ a 'green & pleasant land'. Robertson & his supporters noted that Peter Fraser used the same quote

David R. Swartz

davidrswartz

A historical puzzle: How did living in India provoke a white missionary from the American South to join the civil rights movement? #facingwest @E_StanleyJones In 1907 23-year-old E. Stanley Jones

Whores of Yore

WhoresofYore

In 1916, after the Austro-Hungarian artist Oskar Kokoschka was rejected by his lover, composer Alma Mahler, he had a this life sized replica doll of her made. He wrote that

Paddy Docherty 3.5%

paddydocherty

For inspiration & morale, here’s a thread of pics of magnificent resistance women through the ages... #resist #NoPasarán #COVID19 #QuarantineLife #ToriesOut #StopFascism Josina Machel, a FRELIMO fighter in the

The Beacon

TheBeaconIrl

Far-right anti-maskers are currently gathering in Dublin on O’Connell Bridge. Crowd is currently shouting “No” to the suggestion of the six week lockdown. “Everyone here means business”. Difficult to judge

Paul Poast

ProfPaulPoast

You know who was a "sucker" that paid taxes?John D. Rockefeller[THREAD] And the kicker? the tax code was written with him and his family in mind. You see, when the

Festival of Ideas

FestivalofIdeas

We’re collaborating with @SWSilents and @BristolCathedra with the showing of the classic French anti-war film J’accuse (1919), 1 November: https://bristol-cathedral.co.uk/whats-on/jaccuse. As we approach the centenary of the end of the

J A V E D M O N G O L

ConquererHordes

کوئی غلطی ہو توتصحیح فرمادیں!(تاریخِ برصغیر حکمرانانِ متحدہ ھندوستان)سلطان شہاب الدین غوری سےلیکر نریندرا مودی تک!(غوری سلطنت)1 = 1193

Alyssa Milano

Alyssa_Milano

A thread of all the things the Democratic Party has done to make the world a better place. Let’s start here: 192019TH AMENDMENT: WOMEN'S SUFFRAGEUnder the leadership of Democratic President

Lartaun de Azumendi

sietecallero

THREAD about what I've found out from McGuinness, the @RealSociedad star striker from the early 20th century. 1. Yesterday I was reading this small Tweet thread from @atotxaorg and it

K.Manoukian ♰

KaloManoukian

Voici de nombreuses #ARCHIVES sur le #GenocideArmenien en 1915. #THREAD des télégrammes, photos, vidéos, témoignages, articles journaux de l’époque afin de faire taire les #négationnistes 2.0 et cultiver les ignorants

The Dickens Society

Dickens_Society

When Charles #Dickens unexpectedly died in 1870, readers felt doubly cheated, not only losing the author, but also the ending of "The Mystery of Edwin Drood." But with spiritualism at