#WWII

Catherynne M. Valente

catvalente

The void is unmanageably terrifying.The suburban house teetering on the edge of the void is titillating.This is actually the definition of the word “uncanny.”It’s also why the mail disappearing shakes

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JayneMansfieId

79 years ago today, Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese. I went to Oahu when I was 5, and the one thing I can remember is visiting the USS

Gomes

GomesBolt

Some tweets to save for today’s pending discussions with people who never studied WWII and the Pacific War. A thread. Japan was not ready to surrender at the time of

Mother Shipton's Cave of Rave

SallysRaveCave

Some more Yorkshire geekery.I really ought to be sponsored by @Welcome2Yorks Today we went to Ravenscar;THE TOWN THAT NEVER WAS. The original settlement was known as Peak (or Old Peak),

Daniel Sohege

stand_for_all

Thread: Cursory glance shows a certain blindness to reality among some of the more right leaning media outlets regarding news Boris Johnson is considering opt outs from the Human Rights

Allan Schoenberg ☕️

allanschoenberg

My great grandfather (Carl Fredrich August Schoenberg) fought in the Franco-Prussian War and this is an image of him in the military before he came to America in 1872. I

Chris Holland

ChrisCardsFan

The “Golden Lions” of the 106th Infantry Division occupy a tragic place in the historiography of the Ardennes battle. The state of its readiness for battle has proven a fertile

Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD

PeterHotez

1/5: This week the US will reach two terrible milestones: 25 million confirmed cases (which means about 100 million actual cases) and 400,000 lives lost (the number of American GIs

Intelligence Squared U.S.

IQ2US

How much does the national debt actually matter? A thread from our upcoming debaters –– with @ibmwatson @bloombergtv https://smarturl.it/WatsonSubmission "To lift America out of its current economic crisis, Congress does

Charles Bowery Jr.

cmhexecdir

In order to remain a #PeopleFirst Army, we must be honest about our past, understanding and reckoning with moments that have held us back. Changing posts named for Confederate leaders,

K. Chen

tznkai

This seems... very whiny for international affairs.Also there's no way Israel is a closer ally than Canada or the UK, and we still have a base in several of those

Emma Dawson

DawsonEJ

This is astounding: shifting public money from higher education, public broadcasting, science, social services & care to a massive increase in defence spending, much of which goes to the US

Steven Pinker

sapinker

On the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II, we should savor and protect the Long Peace that has followed. Contrary to many expert predictions, eg Einstein, CP

W. Earl Brown

WEarlBrown

December, 1986 at the Biograph Theater in Chicago, I had the first movie-going experience that jarred me to the core. I’d had thrilling moments in a movie house where some

Zinn Ed Project

ZinnEdProject

In response to calls to rename E. Pettus Bridge for John Lewis, SNCC vet Judy Richardson says: "I hope that we don’t make this struggle about just one man, as

Jewish Deplorable

ThatTrumpJew

THREAD: Biden 2020 Highlights"We hold these truths to be self evident. All men and women created by, go, you know, you know, the thing." “Um, you know, there's a uh,

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