#History

A thread on the fascinating life of Queen Nzinga of the Mbundu people of Angola, one of the most badass women in history, also one of Africa's greatest rulers &
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In 1933, FDR created the Civilian Conservation Corps, which went on to employ 3m workers (5% of the US male workforce!) in projects whose benefit we still feel today: road-
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Kevin Durant, who turns 32 today, has already established himself as one of the best NBA players of all time.The part you didn't know?He's on his way to joining an
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It is vital to make the domestic and international connections of brutal violence carried out by U.S. government via the police/military industrial complex. I will focus on AFRICOM, a U.S.
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I’m happy to be in @Reason debating with my good friend @Popehat on #cancelculture. I argue that “free speech culture” is MORE important than the First Amendment law. 1/33https://reason.com/2020/08/04/whats-the-best-way-to-protect-fre
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A DUCK’S TAKE - THREAD:1/16: it’s simple. no other country on earth could’ve ever defeated the United States. We all knew that. We all slept well knowing that. RETWEET/SHARE#WWG1WGA #MAGA
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(Thread) Nov. 3: What Can Possibly Go Wrong?Trump knows he probably won’t get enough votes to win, so his plan is evidently to create chaos with the postal service so
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There are no girls on the internet, there is no such thing as misogyny, and as a species we are congenitally incapable of grasping these truths, in fact the deck
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Mithraism is a religion that spearheads the Mazdaist god Mehr (Mithras in the West) at its helm as a purveyor of light, justice, truth, covenant, and etc. In this thread
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Here's a list of 50 books...every one of them is a page-turner.[thread] 1. A Night to Remember: The Classic Account of the Final Hours on the Titanic by Walter Lord2.
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Inspired by the #BlackLivesMatter protests, many people are buying nonfiction books about anti-racism.Another way to better understand the lives of Black people is by reading literature, memoirs, and genre
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On February 14, 2018, Chandler Unified School District #80 implemented their equity and inclusion initiative. This is a breakdown of events, both past and present, that leads us to today.
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I think it is an appropriate time for me to recover some Schmitt reading in these ‘Partisan’ times.1/n This book is a compilation of some lectures Schmitt gave in the
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The telos of art has been lost, and for this reason--the loss of purpose--we also find it impossible to define art. On reflection, does "art for the sake of art"
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At some point in his mental journey, every man must contend with the riddle of categories What is a category, where do category distinctions come from? Are they PREscriptive or
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1.09/15/2007 Who Is MSNBC Anchor Joe Scarborough?July 20, 2001, the body of an aide to Congressman Joe Scarborough for two years, was found in Scarborough's Fort Walton Beach, Florida, office.There
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