#History

Last night I finished reading @AlecMacGillis's book _Fulfillment_. Here are a few thoughts...Since I work in moral and political theory, I was inclined to read the book as a meditation
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I note the frequent references on Twitter to Sweden's response to COVID with a light lockdown. There are a few issues here. Swedes, being a sensible bunch, took preventative action.
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Scotland really needs to reconcile its history with the Empire. Neither the British nationalist "the empire good actually" nor the Scottish nationalist "Scotland was colonised" myths contend with our place
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It's Tuesday which means it must be Washington D.C. Today, I went to this extraordinary place @NMAAHC I took a zillion photos, spent 4 hrs (which felt very rushed), so
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The true Serbian origin of the Mayans can be proven just by looking at architecture. We Serbs invented the pyramids and then we colonized America and built our own pyramids
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#Thread of shaktismModern hinduism holds 4 major sects- Vaishnavism, Shaivism, shaktism & smartism.Shaktism recognize Shakti as the power that underlies the male principle, and regards Devi ('the Goddess') as the
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@iamcardib Hi Cardi! I am a black male teacher trying to become certified. I studied geography & history in college. Your favorite subjects. I was just enrolled in a 1
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It's #epidemiology history time! Up today: vaccination! Smallpox was a deadly disease that can be traced back as far as 3rd century BCE in Egyptian mummies and repeatedly appeared in
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Voting for the 5th round of the all-time 1-on-1 tourney won't be released until Monday, but you can view brackets/matchups here: https://nbamath.com/the-nbas-ultimate-all-time-1-on-1-tournament/In the meantime, @fromal09 is going over
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Colonizers have stolen, murdered, lynched their way to the top since they got here. Allow me to elaborate. Did you know when the US took control of Mexican land (Tx,
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I watched A Secret Love on Netflix, and I didn’t (secret) love it. It was a wasted opportunity to tell Terry and Pat’s story of falling and being in love
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Since working at Stanford, I've been staring at the design thinking hex-model a bunch. Finally (maybe it was @lauraklein's ranting at me) I see the giant missing puzzle piece."Elaborate" is
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Thread: Why Lionel Messi is the most overrated player in football history. Why he is NOT the greatest. Only facts In 2009 Messi played against Chelsea in the Champions League
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When I was elected student govt president at #UGA (as only the 3rd Black student body president in the school’s 225 year history), I could not have imagined - 10
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Seb about Lewis Hamilton: “He is probably one of the drivers I have the best understanding with and we definitely share a lot of respect". #TheGuardian #Vettel Seb: "We don’t
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Our problem is that we think of a fixed Coloured identity. It isn't fixed. It's hybrid. My thesis argues that we move towards realising and embracing coloured subjectivities rather than
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