#1979

Tweeting Historians

Tweetistorian

1/9 The centerpiece of Islamist thought is one idea: only God is sovereign. This implies that only divine law is legitimate. Failure to submit to this conception of God is

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fenrir_71

#MusicBreakThread In 1967 Prince Buster, one of the first reggae artists, recorded Judge Dread. It's also famous as one of the first recorded instances of the term "rude boy," still

Kohli

Kohlberger49

Nelson Piquet appreciation Thread:Because this 3 times world champion somehow doesnt get nearly enough appreciation\attention for his career. 1979Niki Lauda called him a future world champion when they raced together.He

Rav Man

rav_man0

Many asked why @ivivianrichards was rated higher than the other all time greats who avgd 50+ in the same era.It's about WHEN (& HOW) he made those runs.I'll briefly touch

BIGMOZEL - TOP 10 🌚🦁🦅

Bigmozel

Top 10 things you might not know about Fela Anikulapo Kuti[A Thread]1. Fela married 27 women in one dayIn 1978, Fela was named in the Guinness book of record for

M. Gouldhawke ∞

M_Gouldhawke

Personally, I don't agree here that Karuka's rebranding & reconceiving of settler colonialism as "continental imperialism" is 'more accurate'. If anything, it seems to lead to less precision & more

Scott Weinberg

scottEmovienerd

If you could choose one person to be the U.S. president, who would it be? (note: it must be a Muppet.) yes, Sesame Street characters count as Muppets. obviously. don't

Anne Thériault

anne_theriault

My parents honeymooned at a cottage in Cape Cod and because of this it has always seemed like this extremely exotic location to me. They got these (admittedly beautiful) mugs

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smolwarden

Alien (1979) - Ridley Scott Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012) - Benh Zeitlin Pacific Rim (2012) - Guillermo del Toro Immortel, ad vitam (2004) - Enki Bilal Serenity (2005)

Ducktor Naldush

FrancescoDonald

Ever wondered why of all anime series Lupin III became one of the most famous faces from Japan animation in Italy?On top of being just a fun series overall, this

Historians of Iran

HistorianofIran

Hello! Day 5 of @DrSafaneh guest tweeting here at @HistoriansOfIran. Writing about the Islamic Republic narratives of women is certainly the hardest, so much good scholarship has been done and

Matthew Dalby

MatthewJDalby

I've seen this claim that phytic acid in plant foods blocks the zinc from being absorbed from animal foods like oysters.It does look like a worrying graph. But I don't

Filtradano del Conocimiento

filtradano

«Organización Revolucionaria de Trabajadores (ORT)»Partido político español de ideología marxista-leninista y maoísta fundado en 1971 y surgido de la transformación de «Acción Sindical de Trabajadores (AST)», una organización si

Jason Vickers

JasonEVickers

Luke Duke can drive the General Lee; Malcolm X can't. Our hesitation to think of protesters as "rebels" in a way that is similar to our glorification of rebellion in

Sara UNSTOPOVA ❤️

dzsaradamene3

A thread about the Russian female legends.. Svetlana Khorkina 19/01/1979.. Russian Artistic Gymnast.. DOUBLE Olympic Champion.. She won 9 gold medals at the world championships.. And she is one

Michael Munaki

mukute263

A thread on a series of articles by Tinashe Nyamunda @baba_nyenyedzi titled: Money and Economy in Zimbabwean history: A concise currency timeline. Definitely worth reading. Thank you Tinashe Nyamunda. @happ_zenge