#Quakers

Benjamin L. Carp

bencarp

I haven't been paying enough attention to these Philadelphia demonstrations but there really are some interesting parallels to the public actions in Independence Square/the State House Yard in the run-up

Claire

ClaireRedacted

At a time when the questions of writing, courage and conscience are foremost in our minds, it is well to remember Hubert Butler. And, in remembering him, to remember also

Silent Sam's Reckoning

sams_reckoning

Members of the neo-Confederate group "Alamance County Taking Back Alamance County" (ACTBAC) suffer from a severe case of collective historical amnesia. Their vision of "heritage" just doesn't match actual Alamance

Aaron Astor

AstorAaron

Why is Pennsylvania so important to American history? 3 main reasons:1) Philly as Quaker/Mid-Atlantic Seaport2) Large-scale non-Anglo immigration and migration point to the West3) Energy resource production and distribution Philly

Sheril Kirshenbaum

Sheril_

Did you know Monopoly was invented by a woman named Elizabeth Magie in 1903? She created board games to express her political beliefs.Originally called ‘The Landlord’s Game,’ it was designed

Teri Kanefield

Teri_Kanefield

(Thread) Susan B. Anthony taught us howI’ve argued that MAGA means “Take America Back to the days of robber Barrons & white male supremacy.” If you missed it, seehttps://twitter.com/Teri_Kanefield/status/1070708168949346304The que

Robert McNees

mcnees

Irish physicist Kathleen Yardley Lonsdale was born #OTD in 1907. She pioneered the used of X-ray diffraction to study the structure of crystals; one of her earliest results showed that

Josie Spicer

jsspcr1

*cracks knuckles*PRISON DESIGN THREADKeep in mind this isn't my area of expertise, I just find this particular topic interesting af. If you have anything you want to add, correct or

Field Recordings

fieldrecordpod

A thread of soothing podcasts where nobody talks... Starting with Purrcast - each episode is a different cat purring - Wilma's a real star: http://purrcast.com Nature Radio - soundscapes

Jason Fagone

jfagone

I want to tell you a story. For 3 years I’ve been researching Elizebeth Smith Friedman, a puzzle-solving heroine of the world wars. 1/ Born in 1892 to a large

🍒 Andrew Fletcher 🍒

ScotiaIndyref2

Temperance and tee-total reformers offered another way of changing society and the temperance movement was a major cause of social reform in Victorian Britain. Our ' witnesses ' in the

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nerdwen

Absolutely not gonna QT because we don't need that, but I was rubbernecking at @JustSayXtian's mentions and found this little evangelical nugget of… something. The idea that we all "evangelize"

Su Butcher 💚

SuButcher

My mum is in Colchester General with Covid which she contracted whilst in for a fall and hip operation. She’s 83 and her oxygen levels are 60%. The next 24

Marc Owen Jones

marcowenjones

[Thread] As promised, today I want to tell you of how I became friends with a Twitter troll called Angus Gallagher. Angus recently had a sex/ethnicity reassignment operation. He is

Alex Howard

digiphile

Journalism schools should teach this article as a egregious example of false equivalence in an age of asymmetric polarization. The reporter & editors do not provide sufficient context nor verification

Darren 🥚

ReformedTrader

1/ Hetty: The Genius and Madness of America's First Female Tycoon (Charles Slack)Thread with quotes"At the time of her death in 1916, Hetty Green was the wealthiest woman in America.

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