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Noah Smith 🐇

Noahpinion

1/Well, here's a depressing thread that I've known that I was probably going to have to write since sometime in 2016 or so. I was waiting to see how things

Kieran Hazzard

RadicalEIC

#OTD 199 years ago: Unemployment, radicalisation, spies, armed cells, insurrection, and bloody retribution! It’s THE RADICAL WAR 1820! (a thread) I’m going to explore this little know attempt at “Liberty

Stefan Simanowitz

StefSimanowitz

Last weekend, I set off the find the source of the River Fleet - London’s most famous subterranean waterwayIt rises in separate springs on Hampstead Heath & flows underground along

vakibs

vakibs

In this thread, I will discuss the colonial invention of the religion called "Buddhism". I will summarize some arguments from S.N. Balagangadhara's book "Do all roads lead to Jerusalem?" I

Petra Hitchens

Fleimkepa

History is weird af.... a thread. 1. The boob washer.It was used to promote and maintain perfect upright breasts using water pressure and cold water. 2. 110-year-old condoms made from

yao cat

yaomeomeo

So many discourses on queerness as an identity and this vague notion of "the queer community" lately so starting a thread to dissect some of that. (And because nothing in

Canada in the World

canadainthewrld

The toppling of a statue of John A Macdonald has unnerved certain sections of Cdn society. Fears of an “angry mob” that can “erase history” w such actions are overblown;

John Refior

jrefior

One way to promote white supremacy is to spread false rumors that anyone who opposes it is the devil. Here's some J. Edgar Hover, Joe McCarthy-style canceling from Senator Marsha

Zuri Davis

ProperlyZuri

(Long thread)One of the most historically ignorant criticisms of black communities is that they haven’t done anything to advance themselves economically. Americans are finally learning about Black Wall Street and

🇨🇦Sunshineling🇨🇦

Shineling2

1. Taiwan historyIn ancient times, Taiwan was connected to the mainland. Later, due to crustal movement, the connected part sank into the sea to form a strait and Taiwan Island

Hugh ⚔️ ➐ (FOLLOW LIMIT)

WallahiWilder

History is actually weird asf... a FAT thread 1. The boob washer.It was used to promote and maintain perfect upright breasts using water pressure and cold water 2. 110-year-old condoms

Derrick Wilmore Jr.

CoachWilmore_

The Town: A thread about the little known black history of Kansas City #1: Troost Avenue (Part 1)Troost Avenue is named after Dr. Benoist Troost. He was a physician

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realboyphysical

Thread on why the Ukraine 2014 Euromaidan Revolution is probably going to end up the defining event of the century Starting around the turn of the millennium, a relatively small

Prof. Kate Antonova

kpanyc

There's a history to Russophobia. Most Americans have imbibed it unconsciously, it saturated virtually all of postwar western media, subsided only slightly in the 90s and early 2000s. But it

Dr Sam Hirst

RomGothSam

The rise of Spiritual Warfare discourse is linked to Pentacostalism - a form of ecstatic Christianity connected to the idea of God giving particular gifts (charismata) such as leadership (on

M Christopher Low

MChrisLow

In recent weeks the novel coronavirus, #COVID19, has led authorities in Saudi Arabia to restrict #umrah travel and has led to much speculation about cancellation of this year's #hajj to