#History

Steve Joffe

SteveJoffe

1/ The history of human experimentation is endlessly fascinating (& troubling).I recently came across this 1932 study from Edvin Brusgaard demonstrating that the agent that causes herpes zoster (shingles) can

Ben Wikler

benwikler

This evening in Wisconsin, Kenosha police shot an unarmed Black father, Jacob Blake, in front of his children. It’s a sickening, infuriating tragedy, and a symptom of the deadly disease

Sarah DEMOCRACY IS BACK Parcak

indyfromspace

We just wrote a hard email. I told our son’s (lovely, kind, caring) teacher that, no, we will not be participating in her “virtual classroom”, and that he was done

Scribulatora

Scribulatora

Dear @AndrewScheer,I've always thought you were a decent man whose ideology was disagreeable to me but whose character was intact.I'm watching you literally running a campaign designed to tear apart

Tenement Yaad Media

tenementyaad_

On this day in history, October 15, 1968, the government of Jamaica, headed by Prime Minister, Hugh Shearer, barred Guyanese UWI lecturer Dr. Walter Rodney from re-entering the country. A

Historical Revisionist

HRevisionist

If you were given the opportunity to board a generation/colony ship to a new Earth-like planet with only Europeans and no Jews, but had to leave Earth behind to do

TPB| Link @ hiatus mode... sorta.

TheBlackHylian

Wait. So your thing was "I'm gonna take these stats, and meme about it? In this day and age? Are you insane? Bro, what you basically did was CONDEMN entire

Mistress Matisse

mistressmatisse

I have a game I play with myself, and it’s weird, but I enjoy it. I read biographies of terrible politicians, and I fantasize that I have a Time Machine!

Ms. Lola, Untamed & Bored 🦊

mslola1904

Victorian calling cards are the horniest thing humans have ever been generally okay with. Dude in the 1860s: I would like to fuck your daughterParents of said daughter: okay but

RaviMC

RMCpost

1. US Prez Jefferson & John Adams once learned about pirates looting their ships & attacking their sailors.. For a while they didnt know why they wanted money as extortion..

The Great Stalin

BenedictCarter6

I think we online Catholics should know the credentials of those who set themselves up as opinion formers. Skojec; the Gordons; Coffin; Marshall; Matt; VerrecchioPlease comment freely on the credentials

Brian Roberts

BrianRobertsLV

@TheLapsedFan can you retweet this so we can find out what the Solar System thinks? WHAT DO YOU THINK IS FUNNIEST MOMENT IN TLF HISTORY? Mine is Hogan grabbing the

Society of Golf Historians

SHistorians

Seth Raynor’s 1924 Routing of Cypress Point. Yes this could be it! This map dated 1924 shows the layout of Cypress Point was discovered by Svenerik Nilson, who will also

Adam Thierer

AdamThierer

1/ Remember when critics were panicking about AT&T's acquisition of DirecTV 5 years ago? Well, now T is already looking to sell at considerable loss. https://www.wsj.com/articles/at-t-again-exploring-a-deal-for-directv-11598645254?m

Zoomer Cannibal Collective Of Carbondale

ZoomerCannibal

Cairo, Illinois is trending in the state of Illinois so a bit of history about Cairo. Cairo was historically the gateway to the south from Illinois. It's closer to Alabama

Jim Stanford

JimboStanford

It is infuriating how the false narrative that Canada faced a "debt crisis" in the 1990s has been repeated so often by fiscal conservatives, it is now reported as fact--even