#History

Garrett M. Graff

vermontgmg

THREAD: Over today, tomorrow, & Saturday, I'm tracing how the September 11th attacks unfolded 19 years ago Friday—stories I captured in my book THE ONLY PLANE IN THE SKY: AN

BlackCalvinist

BlackCalvinist

One of the biggest issues in these discussions regarding racism, etc... is a general ignorance on the part of many white Christians on African-American history, the history of the country

Deen Freelon

dfreelon

I'm no scholar of authoritarianism, but what happened today didn't look like a coup to me. I don't think their goal was to overturn the election. I saw something more

kelly jensen 🐱🐰

veronikellymars

It's Saturday, and the move to black out the bestsellers list is still active. I'll be adding recommendations throughout the day to this thread. The bulk will be books NOT

Boston City Archives

ArchivesBoston

On January 15, 1919, a 50-foot tall tank ruptured, sending 2.3 million gallons of molasses rushing through the neighborhood. @universalhub @HUBhistory At midday on Jan 15, 1919, the #NorthEnd was

Cheryl Lynn Eaton

cheryllynneaton

Everyone is demanding Gotham Central and I'm just going to say it:**** the police. The police are only a third of Gotham's story if done correctly. I take that back.

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Dr_Sweets23

Meek Mill being an embarrassment: a thread chess not checkers a fry for help bunny hopping for the yt man modern renaissance photo unforgivable grown ass man robert takes a

keffasimiyu

keffasimiyu

A Eunuch of Thought Running Government BusinessA thread https://econscholaruon.wordpress.com/2021/02/02/a-eunuch-of-thought-running-government-business/ It wasn’t fashionable as newspaper readers chanted, “Keep the government running!

Cantona's Collar 🇾🇪

CantonaCollars

We have had 4 Ballon d'Or winnersDenis Law - 64Bobby Charlton - 66George Best - 68Cristiano Ronaldo - 08Duncan Edwards (57) & David Beckham (99) came second whilst Eric Cantona

Steven Johnson

stevenbjohnson

THREAD: If you had to pick one chart to represent the last hundred years or so of the modern age, what would it be? I think it would have to

Greek Myth Comix

GreekMythComix

Let’s start the New Year by righting a few wrongs... what are the most common misconceptions from the Greek Myths or Greek/Roman ancient history? For example, the misuse of the

Venkatesh Rao

vgr

This is exactly backwards. Urbanization was driven by desire to escape oppressive togetherness of small town/village life. The primary draw of cities in history has been escaping your tribe. The

Danny Haiphong

SpiritofHo

On Jimmy Dore thread 1: Black radical George Jackson organized with white racist prisoners for better prison conditions and said: "I'm always telling the brothers that some of these whites

sora⁷🐰| 🐿🎂

tteokminnie

Dicon interview translation thread:NAMJOON Q: You’re writing Kpop history. You’re changing pop history. You’re making “Billboard history”. How do you feel?: It feels good and it’s a thankful thing. But

Virginia Heffernan

page88

I’m starting a counter-narrative in which old man Joe is the shrewdest pol of our time. He waited for 50 years, studying this country’s every move. He understood the power

Jeff Jarvis

jeffjarvis

Well, @esglaude, since you ask. .... I will start by highly recommending @jkosseff's The Twenty-Six Words that Created the Internet; it is excellent history and explanation. Here is summary: 1/

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