#Historical

Kevin Rector

kevrector

Here is last year's surge in homicides in Los Angeles in historical context (data via LAPD): Here is victims shot: Here's police staffing (again, per LAPD): Here are a few

Rodney D. Pierce

MrRDPierce

Alabama Congressman Benjamin S. Turner, who was born into slavery near Weldon in Halifax County, NC (where he has a historical marker) was one of the first Black members of

Victoria Brownworth

VABVOX

Dear Angry White Men of Twitter: Next time your Google is broken and you demand that I recount an entire 2yr election cycle I covered and you slept through, my

Fehuwegaz

fehuwegaz

Modern historiography is (mostly) nothing but a tool for spreading lies and propaganda among European peoples and the populace in general. But it has not always been so and once

Brett

Relentlessbored

lol we're sooooooo fucked that represents the largest ever drop in GDP in the history of the country. We're officially in "everything's on fire" territory for the economy. it's way

Looks Good On Paper-Felix

lgopfelix

I get a fair few DMs asking where I get a lot of my data from, and whether I pay for any of itI use solely freely available data, so

balajis.com

balajis

People really underestimate what Bitcoin’s win might look like.Gold’s market cap today is $9T, but it’s a shadow of its historical importance.A reorientation of the entire modern economy to be

Alice Dreger, Ph.D.

AliceDreger

I have to go to a meeting soon but just wanted to dump a thought on the angst over the humanities, which is a reflection on my life and much

Convict and Disqualify Trump 🇺🇸🏕🏔

SecularOutpost

Contemptuous apologetics: Believing that Jesus rose from the dead is totally rational, but believing a naturalistic explanation (instead of the Resurrection) is "bullshit."https://twitter.com/BoiYusaku/status/1353451468129333248 I

CrimethInc.

crimethinc

Errico Malatesta was born on this day in 1853. Mentored by Mikhail Bakunin, he played a pivotal role in the anarchist movement from 1872 until his death in 1932.In this

Gad Saad

GadSaad

History consists of a fluid migration of people from point A to point B. History is also the collection of endless battles and conquests. Few lands have been held by

Mr. Lautzenheiser

CVlautzenheiser

The President’s commission is akin to gift shop historical analysis. His panel of enthusiastic white-washers want American students to beat their chest & wave the flag without ever taking the

astropolitical/sociophysical

keshawnrants

So we're doing a lot of thinking about getting Black people to take the vaccine. And ofc I totally understand why. The emphasis on Black medical professionals and Black faith

Josh Powell

JoshuaCPowell

Important (ungated, for now!) new paper from DG Board Member @dadakim and @fulyafelicity on othering in COVID19, beginning with a sad global history of racialized othering in pandemics https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-o

Prof. Taylor G. Petrey

TaylorPetrey

I've been preparing a syllabus on "Race and the Bible" which has been a really fulfilling exercise but I noticed something interesting I wasn't looking for but of course jumped

#ReleaseTheKRAKEN BrunoBarking

Bruno062418

"FISA BRINGS DOWN THE HOUSE"If?FISA-backed evidence showing crime of election fr@ud "denying the vote"... will "BRING DOWN THE HOUSE" of Representatives' number below 435, as stipulated in Amend 14 Sect

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