#HISTORY

katemessner

KateMessner

I'm seeing a lot of educators and parents online tonight, wondering what we should tell the kids about all of this. The answer, as always, is the truth. (thread) That

Elizabeth Arnold

Ebetharama

I'd like to use this Very Dumb tweet to tell a story about Why I Love History. I didn't like it at all in high school, but devoted much of

Wrath Of Gnon

wrathofgnon

Ironic that the president who will go down in memory for his walls turns out to be Biden. Clinton—with his lasting architectural legacy of bollards—looks like a lightweight in comparison.

Portia McGonagal

PortiaMcGonagal

I saw this tweet and have thoughts. I don't want to drag the person who tweeted it. I understand the point she was making which was valid. However, it was

Noor (he/him) 🧜🏽📿

SnoringDoggo

I just...sometimes, I wonder if people in my community realize how much we owe to people with intellectual disabilities.That’s a lie. We don’t, so often, we don’t realize it. Because

Dan Zak

MrDanZak

75 years ago—after a swift, secret & costly scientific/industrial endeavor—the U.S. dropped a crude, untested atomic bomb over Hiroshima. It contained 141 lbs of concentrated uranium. Only about 2 lbs

Emerican Johnson - Self-Declared Antifa

EmericanJohnson

Tuning out of Twitter for the night. If you're here to dogpile, may I suggest you look into our actual position. Of course liberals aren't LITERALLY fascists. Of course most

Dave Kang

daveckang

@BeijingPalmer's article has provoked some long-overdue discussion about which "greatest hits" from history we use. I see a lot of debate now focused on (European) classics -- whether to use

Dan Gross

DJG_Music

Today, I'm finishing on a piece three months in the making. Three people:Matt Guarnere of What's Real UnlimitedAric SchaubroeckPhil SanguedolceThese three cats on the music scene found a way to

Diane B

dmb1031

This rush to make Juneteenth a holiday is quite interesting. I have no issue making it a holiday but I question why we as students were never taught the significance

Fɾαɳƈιɳҽ 💮

FrancineBlaise1

Thread: university education of British RoyalsThe rankings of the institutions are taken from Guardian University League Table 2020.Note: UK degrees have 4 classes to show the student's overall performance -

David Rothkopf

djrothkopf

Our democracy has weathered many tests. It was flawed from the conception. Women, slaves, people of color, indigenous peoples have all been ignored altogether or abused by our system. We

David Burge

iowahawkblog

Oh for the love of Lono, go eat shit and let me have my puu-puu in peacehttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/23/business/tiki-bar-history.html The only thing that needs to be "repaired" here is your fucking brainhttps://twitter.com/nyt

Kristen Hanley Cardozo

KHandozo

There's a term, coined by Jo Walton, for the problem writers of historical fiction face when confronting their readers' expectations of history. It's the Tiffany Problem. Tiffany was a real

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thezedwards

Google is addicted to Wall Street-financed browser extensions that are owned by banks (Paypal's Honey + Capital One Shopping) & who buy tons of ads.The extensions claim to provide "Coupon

Ali Velshi

AliVelshi

1/9December 21, 2020, marks 156 years since Sherman & 60,000 Union soldiers captured #Savannah. Sherman’s 285-mile, 3-week long “March to the Sea” devastated both the Confederacy & much of Georgia.

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