#Churchill

I see that there is a lot of chat about ancestry and indigeneity, two complex and profoundly misunderstood concepts. Here’s a thread 1/N - I have written about these ideas
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17. Trudeau & Merkel submitted. Trudeau & Merkel submitted to Trump at the G7 Summit in Canada. These images of Trump with his arms crossed are yet another sign that
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Listening, *really* listening, is a rare superpower.I was a bad listener most of my life.Then I fixed that a few years ago.Night & day difference in my leadership ability.I learned
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I don't think people have quite internalized *how* the US became the global leader in science and technology. It's partially a story of massive global talent migration. And it's important
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Bottom Line Up Front:- There was a chance during and after the first "wave" of COVID, Jan-May 2020, to enforce policies to minimize morbidity and fatality; partisan politicians blocked those-
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110 years ago yesterday, coal miners at #Ely pit in Penygraig went on strike. 110 years ago today, authorities in #SouthWales inquired about #military military aid, in the event of
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We start out with a serious look in the rearview mirror. Our R value is higher than the rest of the country and our cases per 100k some of the
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Small Thread of LOL facts I found with the ending relating to Kamala Harris and her Ulster-Scot Presbyterian Slave Owning Ancestor: According to John Mitchel in the Last Conquest Of
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To keep spirits up, I'm starting a thread of contagion-related #archive films. Share your favourites and help archives go, erm, viral? #FilmContagion #archives #cinema First up: Edison's sneeze (1894) https://www.loc.gov/item/006941
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I found this uncredited image in 'Looking Down on War: The Normandy Invasion' by the late Colonel Roy Stanley, USAF, the other day. It's got some great photos of D-Day
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20 Badass People Who Stepped On Earth (A Thread)These are people who are somewhat just lives and being pure badass since birth. These are not ranked at all.Retweets are heavily
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The Universal Carrier (Part One)How did this piece of open topped herp-a-derp become the coolest piece of kit in infantry battalions scrapping through the liberation of North West Europe?*I know
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1. I think some people are about to find out that we didn’t join the Common Market for the trade. (Thread) 2. The truth is, as the curtain on the
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What is tactical airpower? It seems that some tend to reduce tactical airpower to close air support and assume that the Air Force's primary role is to provide direct support
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THREAD/Greetings everyone and welcome to a bit of a bonus wartime London thread - bonus in so far as I'd forgotten that I had this one (sort of) prepared and
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M10 and M10 17 Pounder supporting CHURCHILLS in NormandyA British perspective anchored around Tank Brigades.tldr: unsung hero /1#WW2 #SWW #History Few people care for M10s in Normandy.They fall into a
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