#Southern

Finally getting around to reading ⁊@DavidNeiwert⁩’s *Alt-America* (2017) I recently learned from @buccola_nick’s book that in the 1950s WFB coordinated with the Citizens’ Councils to make use of their segregationist
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THREAD (with sources!) Transnational Extreme RightSome of commentary after Christchurch has dangerous ahistoricism that transnational right-wing extremism/terrorism is ‘a new thing’IT’S NOT.Ever since their GötterdĂ€mmerung in 1945,
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Details I obtained about the jihadist infighting in northwestern Syria, and about Ansar al-Islam's leadership and members (that ancient pre-ISIS Iraqi jihadi group.)I checked with a few knowledgeable sources in
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1. Christmas, Cosmos & the Claustrum Thread. Is December 25th really the Birthday of Jesus or is it just the day we’ve chosen to celebrate it? If so why? What
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I am angry. See this article from @ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/05/200512151941.htm. The claim is this: "A combo of fasting plus vitamin C is effective for hard-to-treat cancers, study shows" and they suggest
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The "Why You Were Wrong About Ukraine and Will Be Again" Megathread“There will be no invasion,” they said. “Putin is just sabre-rattling,” they told you. “It’s just Biden trying to
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Unpopular facts thread on lithium: First, about Bikita, then Zim lithium in general. 1. Bikita does NOT export “lithium”, and certainly not 500 tons/day. Facts below:https://twitter.com/fmaguwu/status/1525380513896226816 2. There are 2
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I have a different kind of thread for you all today. I'm not sure Twitter is a good medium for a theoretical discussion, but let's try. What you need to
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Rhetoric that modern Dems "turned against labor" is completely backwards. Thread from my new @alternet piece - with graphs - on how much more pro-labor modern Dems are than New
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While I respect people changing position on this issue, in either direction, I do think McGregor is failing to see the bigger picture and makes one crucial fundamental analytical error
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This is a thread debunking the current '5 Black Men Were Lynched' hoax. If anyone can provide any actual evidence to show a murder took place (not 'I *feel* like
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Joshua Braver is out with a thoughtful new paper on history of Court-packing in US. I highly recommend, though I remain unpersuaded by its central thesishttps://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3483927 Braver defines Court-packing as
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1 of 31: “My Place is Here: The Ballad of Delbert Kuehl” This is the unforgettable story of a Chaplain under fire.#SundayMorning 2 of 31:We’ve observed some ugly leadership trends
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a thread on why you should watch the legend of korra ↓ many fans of avatar the last airbender may be interested in its 2012 sequel series: the legend of
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Short Thread As student activists in UNIJOS, we actually celebrated the coup by Major Gideon Orkar on April 22, 1990, naively we mobilised then started a march towards 3rd Armoured
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One of the greatest emperors of Vijayanagara, and also one of greatest rulers of India, Sri Krishna Deva Raya, under whose reign Vijayanagara attained greatest heights. His reign was marked
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