#1980

The suicide of Ian Curtis on this day in 1980 indirectly led to @sillywhite producing Boy, instead of Joy Division producer, Martin Hannett, as originally planned. Wonder how @U2
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After one full year... British Columbia The population is 5,153,039 Deaths 1449Chance of survival 99.97%Alberta The population is 4,436,258 Deaths 1980 Chance of survival 99.96%Saskatchewan The population is 1,178,832Death 430Chance
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I started collecting photos & ephemera of the Miami Rebellion that happened in May 1980 for research.This is a thread from that research about the rebellion--also known as the McDuffie
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I said what I bloody said & I stand firm in it. Not once did I undermine or excuse colonialism, in fact, it’s the first catalyst I acknowledged. Mainly colonialism,
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Uganda had a population of 7 million when it gained independence in 1962, and is currently at 43 million. It's projected to reach 90 million people (and be the world's
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TW// Murder: John Winston Lennon (Age 40, shot outside of his home by a deranged fan, for a little joke on December 8th, 1980) Judith Eva Barsi (Age 10, shot
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Nothing makes sense anymore. Language has been perverted. Covid passports "give us back our freedom" (they do the opposite) Zero Covid is hailed as a strategy to be emulated (it's
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I want to do a thread of some of my favorite Noel Ignatiev writings. he alongside Du Bois completely overhauled my understanding of race and capitalism in the United States
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Today is #Oromo Martyrs Day (#GGO). It marks 40 years since a delegation of OLF leaders were captured and killed by a WSLF unit in the Shinniga desert (around Fiq
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41 years ago today, 200K [mostly white] evangelicals gathered in the National Mall for the Washington for Jesus rally.I've talked about this before, but there are a few aspects worth
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By attacking #Iran overtly at the UN, #SaudiArabia helped #Tehran to take its gloves off & express directly & explicitly the nature of the Saudi regime and its sponsors
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Hey hobby fam! Time for another #gift card thread! If you could receive one card from another #thehobby fam member, what would it be? Keep requested cards
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Thread: For all the blame Congress and Gandhi's receive for all the ills of India even in 2022, here is how Congress was voted to power by our parents and
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Here’s some classic compilations we’ve dusted off for the first time in ages this week!Have you got any of these? What other Welsh compilation albums would you recommend not featured
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Michigan Schools cleaning buses with a pesticide?The cleaner image is from an anon in MI (bus dashboard).Every parent should check what your schools are using to sanitize during COVID19.The MSDS
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The British concentration camps in Kenya was set up by Winston Churchill 1952. It’s time to take Winston Churchill statues down.Winston Churchill was a racist genocidal against the people of
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