#History

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RelevantQuest

Joseph Smith was every bit as much a prophet of God as Abraham, Moses, or Isaiah. He was also a human with flaws, just as they were. He struggled to

Gabrielle Hecht

GabrielleHecht

An interview with @CondoleezzaRice appeared on the @HooverInst website yesterday. She had some things to say about historians. A thread, beginning with a direct quote 1/#twitterstorians @AHAhistorians @SocHistTech "Let's start

cole

historiancole

for science, did you learn anything about eli whitney in school /BESIDES/ the fact that he patented the cotton gin i ask because most of his papers are housed at

Boomer Bear

barefootboomer

OMG this White House conference on American History is insane. This may be a thread. Hold on to your butts. Speaking right now is Dr. Larry Arnn. He's from Hillsdale

Rob Dietz

rdietz55

1/ Since I know most of u follow me bc you love #acappella, I want to add this to what I tweeted abt White musicians speaking up:Virtually everything in #acappella

Shanmukh

maidros78

Reading history of Tibetan Buddhism, almost all their teachers and concepts were from India. In fact, Bihar has been the biggest contributor to Tibetan Buddhism - the monasteries of Nalanda

V. Gwyn Hartung

the10thstate

#PHSTMU It’s that time again. Welcome to our weekly #creepyhistory thread. We’ll be talking about oral histories and the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Thank you John Bloom for your article “They

The British History Podcast

BritishPodcast

I've had people asking for historical comparisons for what is happening in Portland (and America), and I understand why. This is unsettling stuff.So the temptation is to use history as

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makadiwata

Tulog na ba ang mga ka-Pacific Islander? Dahil hindi mamatay-matay ang isyu na ito, gawan natin ng thread. (English ahead.) Are Filipinos Pacific Islander? NO. It's easy to mistake Pacific

Rachael Clarke

MrsCarrothead

Since yesterday's OBR report I've been wondering what on earth happened 300 years ago to make the Covid-19 pandemic the 'worst economic hit in 300 years'. And the answer is

Caring Across Generations

CaringAcrossGen

Last week, @TheProspect released their special issue on #UniversalFamilyCare, which could not be timelier. In the issue, @moetkacik examined the harmful history of the corporatization of #nursinghomes. 1/7https://prospect.org/familycare/the

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Friedricejim

I want to share something quickly in order to give some context to WHY the Nigerian Army in particular have such a deep history of violence. It began with the

Sara Benincasa

SaraJBenincasa

I was today years old when I found out that after years of spying for France, Josephine Baker went to Germany to perform for sick and dying former inmates at

Natalie Steed

bawdynan

Thank you @j_amesmarriott for your lovely review of the @emotionshistory podcasts. May I reassure you the experience of working with them was not at all torrid. We've made quite a

G Peters ♿️ It's still a pandemic btw.

mssinenomine

The potatoes had a fungus.The famine was the product of capitalism and British colonialism. Irish people died because of the second one not the first. Huge quantities of food were

damita jo

KiaSpeaks

I few days ago I talked about antisemitism in hip hop. This is it.https://twitter.com/MeekMill/status/1077470230639771649 Jews don’t see this as a compliment. For generations people have tried to say that Jews