#Historical

Bret Devereaux

BretDevereaux

Appreciate this being called a shield wall rather than a phalanx or testudo or some more specific term.I should note that despite such overlapped, vertically stacked (two rows) shield walls

James B

piercepenniless

I didn’t say this yesterday, because fulminating on Twitter is exactly the opposite of cathartic, but since it rankles: late last week we saw news that two police officers had

Thomas Wier

thomas_wier

Weekly Georgian Etymology: კავკასია ḳavḳasia 'Caucasus', learnèd borrowing of Greek Καύκασος, from Scythian *kroukas- 'shining like ice'. Originally just the Darial Pass, it may come from Georgia

Chuck McShane

chuckmcshane

The Confederate monument building campagins of the 1890s were about erasing the history of multiracial gains of Reconstruction. While renaming streets, Charlotte could focus on Reconstruction leaders disappeared from the

Byzantine Emporia

byzantinemporia

Today is the 101st anniversary of the end of WWI.Machine guns, modern artillery, inflexible generals, and industrial warfare are often blamed for the horrific, pointless slaughter.But the biggest culprit was

Dr. Piggy

drpiggyphd

Gonna explain a bit further.Is there any physical reason for gender separation in mostly cognitive domains like chess and sports? No.Are there social reasons? Absolutely. (10+ Tweet thread, this is

Lindsey Fitzharris

DrLindseyFitz

(1/11) THREAD: THE SADDEST PLACE IN LONDONIn 1887, the artist George F. Watts proposed a tribute of a different sort for Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee. He believed art could act

Lawrence Glickman

LarryGlickman

This is a great article about the changing nature of deficit politics, but more historical perspective would have shown that this did not begin with Trump. Since Reagan, the GOP

three gays in a boat

RABFoxSays

prompted by a gc discussion last night, i decided to look up karl marx on a03. thus, for your amusement i present:a review of the highlights of the 'karl marx'

Stuart Schrader

stschrader1

Some thoughts: The great paradox of 1/6 is that so much of the planning happened out in the open (both in the immediate run-up and over the past 4+ years),

Yam Finance

YamFinance

Wonder why your transaction cost changes every time you DeFi? Then you’re gonna need to know about gas. Fill up your tank on this infographic built with our friends @ApyVision

Brother Streetjoy

BroStreetJoy

1/ Sound familiar?Let me give a historical example that university classes don’t usually cover Ma0ist ChYnaThis is why you cannot give an INCH or bend the kneeThey treat your rights

Judy Chevalier

judy_chevalier

1/ I have been learning from #Tweetablackeconomist but today I am going to tweet a political scientist, @MeganFrancis. Econs should spend more time studying philanthropy in general, but the role

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Timfastic

The function of Capitalism is to deny money and power to works while solidifying it for the owning/elite/powerful class. So, the fact that 401(k)s ever functioned is a historical and

Dr Ben Britton

BMatB

So it's #LGBTHistoryMonth - if you identify as #LGBTQ/#LGBT in #STEM - feel free to introduce yourself below & I'll RT Lets remind everyone together that there are LGBTQ+

Margaret Hall 🕯

stardustschild

A thread on why the recordings from the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive cannot just be "released", and why the theatrical community needs to stop yelling at the NYPL

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