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THE CITY

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1/ After nearly a week on strike over a $1/hr raise, @TeamstersJC16 Local 202 members at the Hunts Point Produce Market ratified a new three-year contract. How did this all

Sarah Vogelsong

SarahVogelsong

THREAD! This weekend's heavy rains & flooding across Central VA have lots of people thinking about stormwater and sewer overflows. Here's a couple key things to know.First, Virginia has 3

Joe Bassey

Joe__Bassey

African Ancient schools_Famous well known Greeks (Europeans) whom we study their history and writings, studied at the feet of Ancient Egyptian (Kemet) scholars at the Temple of Waset founded 1405B.C

David McInnis

dnmcinnis

Here are a few of my favourite, maddest things in early modern drama (). Please add your own. 1. King Cambyses (in Preston's play) proves he's not drunk by having

@GiBiTheSecond ⚖️

Wolfophobic2

Greek fire was an incendiary weapon first used in Byzantine warfare in 678 by the Byzantine Greeks. It was made of several flammable compositions that were used in warfare in

Chad Ryan

ChadwikoRCC

Thread time!Like me, you may have heard the story that Dan Snyder once trademarked 'Washington Warriors', but what does that actually mean?Now that the #Redskins name change issue is reaching

C.P. Cavafy

CCavafy

This is the property today at 12 Balmoral Road, Fairfield, Liverpool. According to Cavafy, the house “had eight rooms and a small plot of garden in front.” Photo via Google.

Raph Cormack

RaphaelCormack

In the winter of 1930-31 the Egyptian magazine al-Dunya al-Musawwara ran a series of articles documenting Cairo's underworld - "Hidden Cairo" - and delving into the city's murky underbelly. [Thread]

Kama Sutras

cn0bles

SATURN WOMEN: THE SUPERMODELS OF THE ZODIACSaturn is dark and tamasic, with a deeply carnal nature. Saturn women possess a darker beauty than the heat of Mars. "This color is

Pedal2DC

Pedal2DC

Recently I tried to explain the Virginia Bicyclist Safety Act to a reporter and it didn't go well 1/13 The BSA does 3 things: (1) requires drivers to change lanes

Naomi Kritzer

NaomiKritzer

So Rep Meijer is a Republican, one of the Republicans who voted against overturning the will of the people. He notes in this piece that he was told straight up

Joy WE VOTED!! WEAR A MASK!! Reid 😷)

JoyAnnReid

.@AOC is exactly right. The Republicans demanding that those who were in the Capitol under assault by a frenzied lynch mob, who were hunting @SpeakerPelosi @Mike_Pence and yes @AOC and

dri

DriXander

What a story: He’s considered a gang member by Texas police. And now he’s the county’s chief prosecutor. Can Mark Gonzalez change the system? https://politi.co/2whrD0L Dad’s in Prison, Mom Was

Tweeting Historians

Tweetistorian

I'm your host, @khowaga. Let's continue with the #history of public health in 19th century #Egypt. The French were evacuated from Egypt in 1801. The power vacuum was eventually filled

Yvonne Seale

yvonneseale

I just watched Hannah Gadsby's new stand-up special, "Douglas", and was unexpectedly delighted by the appearance of a whole bit about Bernard of Clairvaux and lactation in medieval artwork! Which

Mark S. Zaid

MarkSZaidEsq

1/BREAKING NEWS: In 2016, attorney #StephenGill, legal advisor pro tempore for Al-Nashiri military commission, was arrested at home in MA, flown to VA & detained overnight to testify as witness

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