#1950s

Brian Jay Jones

brianjayjones

It’s #NationalCoffeeDay, so let’s spend just a bit talking about one of the greatest coffee salesmen of all time: Jim Henson, who helped put Washington, DC’s Wilkins Coffee company on

Matt Stoller

matthewstoller

1. Today I wrote up something that's been bugging me for awhile, which is how U.S. copyright/patent laws enable China to use American technology but lock Americans out of it.https://mattstoller.substack.com/p/the-qualcomm-case-why-china-uses

T. Greer

Scholars_Stage

Lord of the Flies is one of those novels that people remember wrong. People remember its central theme as "take away civilization, and we all turn into Hobbesian little monsters."But

Tim Wright

TimMilesWright

Fiji's parliament just unanimously approved ratification of the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Vinaka vakalevu! @fijiparliament #nuclearban To finalise the ratification process, the Fijian government will deposit

Peter Wang

pwang

Suddenly everyone is learning again what it means to be a “media platform”.You have free speech, but no one guaranteed you free reach. If you want to harness the power

David Burge

iowahawkblog

For you vintage car nerds, here's a little dive into the history of the Continental Automobile Co. Not the Ford brand or Lincoln model, a completely different car make that

Will McAvoy

WillMcAvoyACN

So, a few days ago, I talked a bit about how police procedural portrayal on television was largely shaped by Jack Webb, an evangelist for the police force, including the

Jon Pretty

propensive

Here's my answer. I've watched the criticism of John over the last five years, and tried to make sense of the outrage that has grown against him.https://twitter.com/travisbrown/status/1286611172125540354 I have also,

Jonathan Coe

jonathancoe

This is a thread comparing SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959) with the German film FANFAREN DER LIEBE (1951) of which it’s a partial remake. I’ve always been curious about the

Grudgerito Intanius

Intanius_V

Today we shall discuss an interesting Johnny Cash LP in the following thread. "Johnny Cash sings Ballads of the True West", as well as discussing some relevant historical info whenever

Oleg Benesch

OlegBenesch

Thread: Recent discussions of Abe's tenure reminded me of an episode following a G20 dinner in Osaka last year, when he came in for considerable criticism for comments about the

Ruth Ash

aj529a

There are alot of new people who are starting to wake up to the globalist driven corruption that has plagued our society for decades. My goal is to provide information

Kuukuwa Manful

Kuukuwa_

At the root of this Togoland "secession" issue is one basic fact -Although many African polities wanted to be free from European colonisation...some of them also did not want to

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Cesc10i

Evolution of the fullbackA thread: In the 1950s, most teams operated a 3 back system. The one centreback marked the opposing striker.The two narrow fullbacks marked the opposing wingers. At

Thomas Batchelor

tobbinatorscw

Still not convinced that Xinjiang is a colony of China? Let me introduce to you the little-known Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, or XPCC for character limits. A thread: The

yuli

tayIorafterdark

why wildest dreams may be about alexander skarsgard a thread: Ok so let's begin with the song: taylor wrote the song with max martin & shellback https://twitter.com/ColdAsYou__/status/871582391621627904/video/1 the original