#1960

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

THE Red-Headed libertarian™

TRHLofficial

Yes Let’s talk about the founders & slavery.It was never a question of whether or not we would have Slavery, it was always how we would get rid of this

Sizwe sikaMusi

SizweLo

For many years South African farmers, particularly in the Western Cape, paid workers using the 'dop system', where workers are paid in & supplied liberally with alcohol as a 'fringe

Conor McCabe

CMacCaba

On the figures for remittances and Noel Grelish. Bit of a long thread but unfortunately the facts kinds demand it. Anyway, to flesh out @RuthCoppingerTD 's yesterday, "What is the

Hillel

hillelogram

HISTORIAN RAAAAAAAGEHate to defend C here, but there's a lot of nuance to this discussion! C and COBOL were both products of their context, and "why COBOL" is a complex

RT MON EPINGLE SVP

mrndiaye221

Thread : La République Islamique de Mauritanie La République Islamique de Mauritanie (RIM) est un pays d'Afrique du Nord-Ouest qui a pris son indépendance de la France le 28 novembre

Steve Horton

tropicalsteve

Suicide Squad is created by:Amanda Waller (@jfostrander, Len Wein (@mcvalada), John Byrne, 1986)Rick Flag (Robert Kaningher, Ross Andru, 1959)Savant (@gailsimone, Ed Benes, 2003)Javelin (Len Wein, @davegibbons90, 1984)Harley Quinn (@Paul_Di

ᴮᴱlaina ✜

lainasunflower

TXT HAS A HUGE CONNECTION TO EBBETS FIELD!This was a baseball STADIUM that was DEMOLISHED in 1960! HMM Wait a minute... (THREAD)@TXT_members #minisode1 A STADIUM that was DEMOLISHED you

S.P.A.

TheRealSPA

Happy 105th Birthday Beverly ClearyA thread http://waldina.com/2021/04/12/happy-105th-birthday-beverly-cleary/ Today is the 105th birthday of universally-loved award-winning children's author Beverly Cleary. You will have a difficult

Amit Paranjape

aparanjape

As the world battles #COVID19, and is desperately waiting for a vaccine...let's look back at a historic milestone on April 12, 1955.It was on this day 65 years ago, when

Rabih Alameddine

rabihalameddine

Bruce Davidson, Time of Change, 1962 Wayne Miller, Chicago, Black Labor Union Workers on Strike, 1950 Vivian Maier, Untitled Walker Evans - Garage, Atlanta, Georgia, 1936 Ruth Orkin, Storm, Greenwich

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uneptitedz

Comment accueillir son mari quand il rentre du travail thread attention, faille spatio-temporelle, vous allez vous retrouver en 1960 Petite source pour commencer et vous mettre dans le

David Frum

davidfrum

A short history of US depressions and their electoral consequences1837-1841: first national depression. Jefferson-Jackson Democrats had dominated national politics for previous three decades. In 1840, they lost both presidency and

Jeanna Smialek

jeannasmialek

The Fed revamped its policy framework today. Now that the stories are put to bed, I thought I'd do a quick thread on the history that got us to this

Ibrahim, SHEHU 🎋agara (MHR)

magmal11

BEING YOUNG IS NOT AN ADVANTAGE UNLESS...* Yahaya Bello is 40, Dimeji Bankole was 34, Orji Kalu was 39Gov. Yahaya Bello was born on 18th July 1975He became governor on

CrapFinds

CrapFinds

Who's up for an Inkwell thread??Well you're getting one anyway...As everyone knows thousands of years of inkwell usage was wiped away in a [pen]stroke with the advent of the C20th