#1953

Ash Jogalekar

curiouswavefn

Born #OTD 1910: The great astrophysicist and Nobel laureate Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar ("Chandra") who discovered a mass limit for white dwarfs, paving the way to neutron stars and black holes. Chandra's

Mahesh Vikram Hegde

mvmeet

People who are celebrating that BJP lost West Bengal elections must read this!People who are sad that BJP could not win West Bengal elections must read this! (1/15) In 21st

Rory Cormac

RoryCormac

A few people have asked me about Labour Governments and covert action.Here’s a v concise history.TL;DR Labour did it too 1/8 Attlee:Cautious. Banned subversion behind Iron Curtain. Sanctioned op in

gabriel.

anarchofuckyou

A Two-Story ThreadJoe McCarthy and Homosexuality; The Lavender Scare and Executive Order 10450cw: institutionalised homophobia (1/?) Before I talk about the Lavender Scare itself, let’s set the stage for how

astrolo-bi 💖💜💙

Astrolo_Bi

Let's look at Hank Hill's Natal Chart! This is mainly looking at Hank's sun, moon, rising, mercury, venus, and mars. Please note: I'm not a professional astrologer. Astrology is one

Tareq M. | طارق بن محمد

Ctrl6

- Iran since 1919 has been in the hands of the British after they managed to remove the Russians during the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917.- At first glance, the British

Municipal Dreams

MunicipalDreams

1/ THREAD: a bike ride through Islington to Canonbury, starting at the new Packington Estate, designed by Pollard Thomas Edwards for the Hyde Housing Association. It's a mixed development scheme

Marco Chitti

ChittiMarco

1/ A thread about the time when Milan seriously planned to make her own high-rise CBD and to build two cross-city freeways right in the middle of the city. To

S.P.A.

TheRealSPA

Happy 120th Birthday Gary CooperA thread http://waldina.com/2021/05/07/happy-120th-birthday-gary-cooper/ Today is the 120th birthday of the actor Gary Cooper. You don't have to be a fan of Westerns to be a fan of High

Strategy of Tension CEO

iamthewub

Making a thread cuz I'm bored & can't sleep. This one is going to be various threads related to MK Ultra, GLADIO, history of the Internet, sexual blackmail, & some

Ian Johnson

iandenisjohnson

Some weekend reading: going through the Ladanyi Foundation's website, which has an amazing archive of China News Analysis. For decades this work of the Hungarian Jesuit Laszlo Ladanyi was the

S.P.A.

TheRealSPA

Happy 103rd Birthday Joan FontaineA thread http://waldina.com/2020/10/22/happy-103rd-birthday-joan-fontaine/ Today is Joan Fontaine's 102nd birthday. If nothing else, watch The Women (1939) (and Rebecca and Suspicion and and and...),

OJBEST FOOTWEAR 👞👞

Ojbest5

NAMES OF LOAFERS ALL GUYS MUST KNOW.Well, basically we refer to all flat unlaced shoes as loafers especially those that do not fall under the categories of Debby, oxford, boot,

Eugenio V Garcia

EgarciaVirtual

Some friends asked me for an English version of my thread on why Brazil is the first to speak in the annual General Debate of the UN General Assembly. Here

Dr. Phil Metzger

DrPhiltill

Showing how concepts change, here's a delightful Science News article from 1951: "Not just nine, but thousands of planets are known to circle our sun. Most of them are tiny

History Under Your Feet

HistorifyToday

#TodayInHistory The polio vaccine developed by Dr Jonas Salk is declared to be safe in 1952, and he would later make it freely available to the public on May 1,