#Historical

J.R. Holmsted

JHolmsted

Little thing about my deal with #Hamilton . Yeah I know, I know, musicals aren’t everyone’s bag. That’s fine. Yeah yeah, LMM is a lib. Whatevs. Put all that aside

Pierre-Yves Baubry 博磊

pybaubry

I took some time off Twitter last month and also managed to skip work for a day & solo hike part of the Tamsui-Kavalan Historical Trails in New Taipei, northeast

Pepys Cashwell

PeterCashwell

In ALONG THOSE LINES, I quoted my old Folklore professor, Daniel Patterson: "History tells you what happened; folklore tells you how people FEEL about what happened." I believe his words

Erik Wade

erik_kaars

THREAD: as a medievalist, lemme say that, if medieval tv shows and movies really want to be HISTORICALLY ACCURATE, they should have more men wear pink. Historical realism, people!(St. Gallen,

Nanjala Nyabola

Nanjala1

I often get criticised for not being more cynical about the UN system, whose flaws and limitations are in perpetual and full display. But whatever interest comes in wanting the

Winston Chow (周祥龙) 🇸🇬

winstontlchow

Paying attention to a record that may be broken today for rainfall in Singapore. The highest total rainfall *in one day* for *January* is 216.2 mm for manned weather stations

Jed Shugerman

jedshug

I was genuinely stunned by how thin and unpersuasive his analysis was here. It's not an attempt at original public meaning, but rather, very weak textualism that he overclaims. He

kirket Boondi

Karaboondi

So , the Gita and Bharata are my favorite topics . I believe without a doubt that Mahabharata is a biased historical accounting < biased towards the victors of course

Alyson

alyson1drlnd

A thread of other people’s good threads on issues ofCW: consent, reproductive coercion, rape,Some intersecting with & some separately discussing race & gender.Inspired by #Bridgerton (& some other media)

John Meade

drjohnmeade

1/ Brushing up on my 16th-century Old Testament canonical history this morning. Here's a bit from Cardinal Cajetan (Tomasso De Vio):"And in this place, we conclude the commentaries of the

Ruchika Sharma

tishasaroyan

Yep school education makes history ghastly boring. In fact the education system makes you think history can be learnt from just one textbook, and that it's a compendium of facts

Rebecca Kim Wells (on hiatus)

rebeccawriting

Hey, I totally missed #BookstoreRomanceDay but here are some suggestions if you want romance recs OR are interested in getting into romance but don't know where to start! - Historical:

Sara Salem

saramsalem

The sad state of the Left in a lot of Europe too: trying to out-racist the right. Stuart Hall said it best: Labour’s mistake is that it doesn’t have a

Sacha Coward

sacha_coward

You didn't ask, but here are some of my thoughts on why bisexual historical figures get described as gay, thus erasing their bisexual identity. I write this as a gay

Lisa Mackenzie

lnmackenzie1

Today's report by @Commonswomequ on the economic impact of Covid-19 on women makes the following recommendation about the need to collect sex-disaggregated data: https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5801/cmselect/cmwomeq/385/385.pdf

Mateusz Fafinski

Calthalas

Here we go again. Blatant factual errors, vilification of historians, and the customary oversimplification of the past. The coverage of 'cliometrics' continues to disappoint. As much as it might be

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