#Harder

Ada Palmer @🏡

Ada_Palmer

Recently, I saw a thesis adviser mark points off a history student's thesis for including a 19th c 2ndary source in bibliography. So while one needs to be careful w/

Sunder Katwala

sundersays

Why did Trump lose? (A thread)1. Not enough votes: > 5 million vote gap just too big to be bridged by the pro-Republican skew from geography/EC map.Did v.well at mobilising

Steve Brown

stevebrown2856

(1/13) The curious case of COVID-19 trends in London vs the rest of England, and the case for resistance in the population: A thread. The graph below shows the trend

Larry Schweikart

LarrySchweikart

https://www.deepcapture.com/2021/02/how-djt-lost-the-white-house-chapter-3-crashing-the-white-house-december-18/1) Latest installment by Patrick Byrne on the meetings that led to Trump losing the vote fraud fight.2) As a historian, I need t

Dr. Nyri A. Bakkalian

riversidewings

A spontaneous #thread exploring the question: why study (why am *I* studying) the post-1853 Shogunate Army and Navy?I dunno, why study a historic example of how any military in history

Josh Wingrove

josh_wingrove

Biden's team keeps saying Trump left them literally no plan on Covid -- but they inherited a vaccination program already meeting their target, kept some of the same people and

Ryan McGreal

RyanMcGreal

A narrative has taken hold around Doug Ford and the #onpoli Government that he stepped up during the #covid19 pandemic and became the leader we need. As a result of

Darren Mooney

Darren_Mooney

Personally, I suspect that "plot" became a priority in blockbuster cinematic storytelling for a number of reasons.Most obviously, the rise of internet criticism, often from within fandom, that was very

Chloe Bowman

TweetMuchChloe

LONG #GaPol THREAD: The #HateCrime bill was just passed out of committee, but sadly not before it was hijacked by GOP members & the LG to include specific protections for

Jim Golby

jimgolby

There are many reasons:1. Weakens civilian control2. Creates bias due to closeness with officers & parochialism3. Retired GOs usually lack of right policy & political skills4. Heightens risks of politicization5.

Joe Mayes

Joe_Mayes

New: the U.K. is claiming victory over the EU in the Brexit talks. Let's take a closer look... 1/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-24/johnson-is-claiming-brexit-victory-over-eu-as-the-spin-begins?sref=yMmXm5Iy .@EuroGuido

Gwen Snyder is uncivil

gwensnyderPHL

Between this guy and the Nashville bomber, I guess it's time to*sigh*talk about "lizard people," David Ickes, QAnon, and the extreme antisemitism lurking like a rabid Loch Ness monster in

Wei Ji Ma

weijima01

My @Slate piece on the origins of the gender gap in top-level chess. Many male chess players believe that women are inherently bad at chess, without any true evidence. Arguments

lightworker4444

lightworker4441

Message 11/1/2020: On the way to the ocean I tuned into the angels and asked them to share information that would be uplifting to those who read this message. Immediately

Daphne Keller

daphnehk

The contemporary equivalent of the Military Industrial Complex is the nexus of state and private platform power. We need a catchy phrase for that, and it needs sustained scrutiny. Things

Bobby

CFCRole

My thoughts on the appointment of Thomas Tuchel (THREAD): Chelsea have now signed one of the best managers in Europe and a manager that I had as my first choice

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