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PeterGelderloos

PeterGelderloos

#OtD in 1960, Catalan anarchist guerrilla Quico Sabaté was finally shot down by the fascists after thirty years of combat against capitalism. As a teenager he joined the CNT to

Nemets

Peter_Nimitz

Thread with excerpts from “Global Crisis: War, Climate Change, & Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century” by Geoffrey Parker Natural & human archives of the past. Former is what can be

Mujtaba Rahman

Mij_Europe

A lot has been written about what Mario Draghi's arrival in Italy means for Italy. But little has been said about what he could mean for Europe. I think Draghi

Joe Bassey

Joe__Bassey

The Partition of Africa And the Aftermath.It began in earnest with the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885, and was the cause of most of Africa’s borders today. This conference was called

YellowLantern19ѣ

YellowLantern19

Hmm with the break up of the USSR approaching its 30th anniversary, I should probably make another historical thread on the what was the long term & short term reasons

Miranda Marquit, MBA

MMarquit

PEOPLE. For funsies (and free stuff), I’m doing a timeshare presentation. I might live tweet it. So far, just sitting and waiting for this 2 hour preso to start. Met

Ash Milton

miltonwrites

Been thinking about the phenomenon of modern confessional states giving way to collapse of religious belief.I suspect the answer might be in the nature of the modern state, and how

Dr. Tom Frieden

DrTomFrieden

1/17 What a week. Broader recognition of how serious the US failure is. Not enough action on what needs to get done. The virus has the upper hand and won’t

Sunder Katwala

sundersays

There is a significant difficulty for Lockdown Sceptics in conflating that cause with Brexit (because public views on the two topics are much less linked than elite commentariat views are)https://twitter.com/christopherhope/status/132301501

Danny Boy

Care2much18

Does anybody - at all - care about facts?No, Ireland do not have "the highest Covid infection rate for healthcare workers". I'll have to check again but we're not even

Murray 🇺🇸

Rothbard1776

FULL SPEECH delivered by Maximo Alvarez at the Republican National Convention in August, 2020. Mr. Alvarez is a Cuban immigrant, Patriot & American Hero. " I live in Miami, Florida,

Yaneer Bar-Yam

yaneerbaryam

"Finland and Norway boast the West’s lowest rates of mortality,..now stand out as the closest Western equivalents to Asian nations that have managed to avoid the worst of the pandemic."Their

Wes Pegden

WesPegden

@mgmgomes1 and coauthors have a preprint out where they analyze the impact of models incorporating variability in exposure (contacts) or susceptibility on epidemic trajectories in several countries. Quick thread on

Danny Boy

Care2much18

I have closely followed the situation in Belgium and found it quite fascinating and, also, really sad. One of the key takeaways is how fractured their society can be and

L.

duchessmeghn

this is Meghan in 2015 (before meeting harry) delivering a speech on women’s rights to world leaders and here’s a picture of her with former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.

Charlie

thfcXcharlie

Tottenham Players As School Students, a thread: Jose Mourinho / Head Teacher Is on the verge of improving the school to outstanding in the Ofsted report, has a few people

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