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HistorifyToday

#TodayInHistory The first Indian immigrants to Trinidad and Tobago arrive in 1845, on the Fatel Razack, creating the Indian diaspora there. Most of them laborers bought to work on the

Carlos Osweda

COsweda

THREADFor @jtdxnn These questions allow me to post a video that all sane people will find astonishing. First of all, the Democrats think that they WILL WIN in a landslide.This

Bansi Sharma

bansisharma

1. The Road To Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions -- Philadelphia Edition!Nearly two years ago, Philadelphia passed a "soda tax" -- a hefty 1.5 cents per ounce or $1

Matthew Feeney

M_feeney

Today the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation committee will hold a hearing on #Section230 featuring Zuckerberg, Dorsey, + Pichai.I want to highlight @CatoInstitute's work on the law and highlight misrepresentations

Keyser Soze

KeyserSozeBro1

[thread] Court packing may be the best thing for the judicial branch but would be an abject social disaster in 2021.There’s another way. Think like a trader: assume it goes

Stephen Barlow

SteB777

I'd just like to clarify this by defining the problem. I like to highlight the ecological crisis as it is misleading to purely talk about the climate crisis. However, it

Dr Anton Howes

antonhowes

When you think of environmentalist royals, you probably think of Prince Charles.But he really gets it all from his father, Prince Philip, who was at the forefront of the very

Jeremy PLEASE WEAR MASKS! Konyndyk

JeremyKonyndyk

I'm more worried about the US outbreak than at any point since early March. We're on a similarly devastating trajectory, minus the political will to do something about it. That's

Mika McKinnon

mikamckinnon

Psst.Are you remembering your annual disaster prep? Are you set for quakes, storms, fires, floods or whatever applies to your region?Those disasters aren’t going to hold off while we focus

AsymmetricDhandoBets

specialsit1

Swamped atm, hence a bit quieter lately. Missing you heaps tho and just too tempted to provide my $0.02 on New Zealand Media & Entertainment $NZM $NZMEF, as I think

Laura Zapata

LZapataTN

**Story time** When I was in high school (Go @SpartansWSHS!) I went up to DC with a group of Tennesseans organized by groups like @conexion_tn & @LatinoMemphis to meet with each member

Blue Girl in a Red State

BlueGirlsRule

Ivanka gets patents on voting machines in China. Mitt Romney’s family invested in voting machines in 2012. How is there not a law banning politicians and their families from owning

Jiraiya

SarkySage

MEGA THREAD of just *some* of Scomo’s worst recent moments (if you stumble across this & you’re not from Australia, that’s our Prime Minister Scott Morrison).I started looking for all

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

My theory of US political equilibrium: both parties would like to please their donors, partly because it gives them the finance to win elections, and partly because individual party apparats

Ayush Sharma

ayushswrites

How Innovation Works. A thread summarizing the latest @naval podcast with @mattwridley1/N Naval: I don't have heroes. But Matt Ridley's body of work had an early and formative influence on

Ben Dangl

bendangl

Past weeks have been some of the most momentous & tragic in #Bolivia's history. Debates on meaning, truth of events will likely go on for decades, shaping rise/fall of politicians,