#Historical

So this guy’s paddling around Twitter in his douche canoe splashing pro-colonial white supremacist Wikipedia anthropology everywhere, andand yeah we need to talk about terra nullius again. 1/ Terra
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People forget that Trump grew up in a "say it until it becomes true" positive thinking cult.It's always been abundantly clear that he's still a believer, and it's why he
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The threat by Uber and Lyft to shut down operations in California has two historical precedents. The first is the "lockout" which has a long and ugly history in Anglo-American
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FB has access to massive personal information about its users. But this is not the whole story."We rely on data signals from user activity on websites and services we do
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OK, here's my whopper KC thread: THE FOOTBALL TEAM.Their name, their legacy, their fuckery. In order to dig into this properly, we have to know some things. Specifically about power
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A long but must read thread. Udaybhan Rathore and myth making in Maratha history: An analysis. This is the thread on Udaybhan Rathore, who he was and how over the
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On June 19, 1865, the U.S. Army arrived in Texas and issued General Orders, Number 3, proclaiming that all enslaved people in the state were free. The announcement made freedom
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What does this sound like to you? “We consider that the practice of transgenderism clearly falls under this article because it is based on stereotyped roles for men and women.”https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/27/womens-human-rights-ca
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I´ve said it once, I´ll say it again: It is easy (and good) to debunk trafficking posts that are outright conspiracy theories. I am also glad to see when groups
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Ranty thread about why the culture war stuff about history is bugging me more than I know it should. I'm not interested in demonstrating my woke credentials or promoting the
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More broadly, the historical profession as a whole, and humanities generally, have relegated disease & disease history to a bad story about the way the past used to be. So
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That thread on abortion, Christianity & the White supremacy blind spot is going to take me a while today. I'm feeling sick and need a clear head b/c it's complicated
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[1/x] A very interesting, wide-ranging, paper from Devin J. Stewart in the recent volume edited by Marianna Klar. Some random thoughts & excerpts He gives his take on the structure/purpose/genre
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Went fishing last year with my son at Falcon Lake in South Texas and saw so much of the land that will hopefully be saved from #BorderWall destruction thanks to
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Rewatched The Friends of Eddie Coyle last night. It’s remains the best “Boston” movie ever and one of the best noirs ever made. It’s a true classic. Eddie Coyle’s influence
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IMPORTANT: of the 325 articles on @Wikipedia that are categorized as "Good Articles" (the 2nd highest distinction) in the category "Historical Figures: Other"...SIX ARE ANIMALS!! Would you like to know
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