#Succession

Florence of Deira

FlorenceHRS

#OTD in 1066 King Edward the Confessor died childless, creating a succession dispute that led to the Norman Conquest. This scene on the Bayeux Tapestry shows Queen Edith weeping at

Nick Budd

BuddNicholas

20th December 1944Wacht am Rhein - D+4Twelfth Army situation map reflecting the new front line.In reality, minor elements of 9th Armoured Div (blue, inc Recon Btl) were holding the southern

Simon Usherwood

Usherwood

The morning after the dinner beforeIf you'd like a very simple take-away of why this has gone belly-up (and bellies were much in focus last night), then focus on trust1/

Rachel Tomlinson #ubuntu

BarrowfordHead

A number of things happened in quick succession (30 mins-ish) this morning at school which I want to share.First, a phone call from a 93 year old neighbour who wants

Charlotte Clymer 🏳️‍🌈

cmclymer

There's obviously a lot of speculation on the number of women to be in Biden's cabinet, so here's a quick primer on the numbers + historical context for perspective.There are

Carlos Osweda

COsweda

THREADHere's a GREAT example of a completely meaningless poll."How satisfied are you with the U.S. government’s current response to the coronavirus outbreak?"Comes out to 62 percent not very satisfied or

Matt Marcus

mattgmarcus

We got some good questions from @ThijsNiks about idempotency in our API. I'll answer here along with some thoughts around API designhttps://twitter.com/ThijsNiks/status/1262977814019489792 First, a high level comment on API design.

Andy Slavitt @ 🏡🇺🇸

ASlavitt

January 6, I will be watching the Republicans in the House who plan to try to overturn the Electoral College and when they fail, will completely support those Congressional districts

Jeremy Brier

jeremybrier

MY OPEN LETTER TO THE CABINET OFFICE CONCERNING THE MBE OF @WileyCEO Dear Sir or Madam,I have strong reasons to believe that the honour of MBE bestowed upon the musician

Seth Abrutyn

seth_abrutyn

Seeing sociologists struggle with Trump makes me want to reassign Weber's entire corpus on charisma. We are accustomed to what I call "bottled" charisma, or charisma that is restrained by

Bhuvana

bhuvana_rai

Seeing takes on Twitter today explain why we should all be okay with the pay gap in Bay Street partners because they all make so much. I get the instinct,

Byzantine Emporia

byzantinemporia

Elite overproduction is the single most important concept for understanding the most destructive upheavals in society: 3rd-c. Rome, 14th-c. Constantinople, 18th-c. France. "Too many Chiefs, not enough Indians."https://twitter.com/

Dr Leonie Hicks

LeonieVHicks

Why I wince when I read 'The Norman Conquest: the complete story' on the front cover of @HistoryExtra and why 'Who was the rightful king? is the wrong question to

Matt Carr

MattCarr55

For a while last year, I was impressed by Starmer’s sharp probing of John Son Un’s lethal dishonesty Now I see these confrontations as a clash between a stiletto and

Adrien Picco

AdrienPicco3

Sujet I- La tendance et l'entrée en position avec @PixeIMarket Premier thread d'une série à venir, sans vouloir être exhaustif, juste en présentant nos cadrages respectifs dans une optique d'entrée

R. Scott Clark

RScottClark

Thread:Dear Evangelical,I understand that you're growing frustrated with evangelicalism, because it's theology, piety, & practice is shallow and short (historically). You *assume* (fear) that Romanism really *is* the ancient chu

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