#Historian

*kicks door open*Hey guys I'm back with more tea on the Van Rensselaers Today I found out a main founder of the home ec movementwhich was, lbr, kind of a
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A thread on why we can’t just rely on ‘the historical method’ as a guarantor of the pursuit of historical truth. We must engage with the underlying purposes and ethics
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That Indo-Europeans founded Chinese civilization is not "fringe." Post-war academia will censor & downplay it, as they do most pre-WWII archaeology/history. One must read the researchers’ own words to see
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The producers of The Social Dilemma brought some serious and valid concerns about the impact of social media platforms to a broad Netflix audience. BUT… There were glaring omissions,
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Good morning! Snow in Amsterdam, -16 C in Fairmount, Indiana. Brr! No wonder this clever farmboy, born on this day (8 February 1931) took off for sunny California. A thread
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Okay, it's time for my #ItalianHistory thread! Today, I'm going to talk about an interesting piece of modern history. The Cold War in Italy, and specifically...☭ OPERAZIONE GLADIO ☭aka the
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There are some fascinating stories around the Jevanjee Gardens in Nairobi. From how it came to be. To who it is named after. To how it has survived over time.Passed
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Actions executed to deliberately mislead adversary decision makers as to friendly mil capabilities, intentions, and operations, thereby causing the adversary to take specific actions (or inactions) that will contribute to
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1/24 Today, I will examine the notion of "iltizam" (Arabic for commitment/adherence). I will show that iltizam is a clichéd historical narrative, often employed by historians and literary scholars to
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Like I've said and written: radical political demands aren't meant to be "market tested" and analyzing all protests through the lens of two party politics is very myopic when one
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Thread on "Samudragupta" Samudragupta, ruler of the Gupta Empire (c. 335 – c. 375 CE), is considered to be one of the greatest military geniuses in Indian history. He was
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1) #PANDIT_FATAHBAHADUR_SAHI AND #THE_FIRST_REBELLION/ #SANYASHI_VIDROH: THE REAL HISTROY_____ Thread Bankkm's Bangla rhetoric and poetry VANDE MATARAM depicted in Anandmath, does not explain the real story of the Indian revolt against
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A brief history of the Bears and #PearlHarbor — a thread@WCGridiron On December 7, 1941, the Chicago Bears were "on the road" at Comiskey Park for a win-or-go-home game against
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Had (minor) toe surgery yesterday. The podiatrist's clear instructions were that I spend all of today with my foot propped. Naturally, a good tweet from earlier instead has me up
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Now people are rightly worried about #Fascism (after the event's in #WashingtonDC) - this is a short thread about what it is, and what we should all be looking out
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Kudos to @RichLowry and my colleagues for this exceptional 65th Anniversary issue. Will try to thread here most of the contents (38 articles and reviews) https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2020/12/17/ The first piece out
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