#History

Tweeting Historians

Tweetistorian

So, why was Walid Saleh essential? His works were the first to address the ideological problems in our understanding of the history of tafsir. If you ask people about the

Jason Okundaye

jasebyjason

Some thoughts on Pride Month: one thing that bothers me is when I see relentless posts from white queer people like “remember queer people of colour fought for you” or

Dylan

dyllyp

My grandfather, Joseph Pettiford Jr., was born on this date in 1933. Would’ve been 85 years young. Like a lot of Pettifords before him, he was a decorated vet w

Certified Freak, Seven Days A Week

starkillerqueen

Kpop History lesson: Everything that modern kpop boy groups are essentially traces back to two groups: TVXQ and Big Bang. Let's talk about that (thread) modern kpop's roots began with

Eamon Melia

EamonMelia

One of the last acts of the Varadkar Govt was to award the National Broadband Contract, This contract was eventually awarded to the David Mc Court cartel, This cartel includes

Alex

JewishWonk

Good criticism of my latest piece from @returnstosender.https://twitter.com/returnstosender/status/1284983680834826240 There were important successes in advancing Jewish civil rights in the Soviet Union relative to their treatment in the Ru

flix1 ⚡

flix1

From 2006 to 2009 Twitter had few rules and almost no censorship.https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/z43xw3/the-history-of-twitters-rules Until 2013 there was no "report abuse" button. Only the most serious violations were enforced. From 201

Biggus Dickus the Roman

nddragoon

Adobe really needs to make Flash open source once it's actually discontinued. If you don't want to support something anymore, let others improve on it and save the decades worth

Vishnu Som

VishnuNDTV

1. Our report on how a last-ditch plan to convert the aircraft carrier Viraat into a maritime museum lies stalled on the desk of MoD babudom. In 15 days, Viraat

Jeanette Kunz

RealJeanetteK

1. I am mourning for my friends and acquaintances who are losing their jobs and businesses. When the lock down began in March, this was the first repercussion that crossed

Kate Jamieson ⚓

kejamieson_

Someone in a group yesterday said I couldn't be classed as a historian (in the link shared about my talk) as I have no "historical research credentials" - I don't

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jooniv4rse

i dont think anyones going to see this given that i only have a handful of followers, but the comparison between the us and nazi germany is not far off

Stephen T Casper

TheNeuroTimes

Are you looking for some interesting history of medicine to research? Here are some ideas (thread). We need multiple books on the social and cultural history of medical conferences. These

The Urbanist

UrbanistOrg

Let's keep it real: Sen. Jamie Pedersen (D-Seattle) says @cmkshama has turned Olympia against repealing the state #RentControlBan, but he didn't really support #RentControl in the first place and endorsed

Dr John M Hamblin

dr_hamblin

Hi Bro Bill. Someone just sent me these screenshots. Haven't been to your page for a few days because, well, I truly think about you less than you can probably

Kelly Killjoy - MFFL

ckillgannon

Dave Grohl is such a phenomenally awesome person. I liked him/the Foo Fighters well enough growing up. One of my earliest memories of MTV is the "Big Me" video. Then