#Trench

Venkatesh Rao

vgr

So... I’ve been trying to find supporting arguments for my intuition that even though death rate is far lower than Spanish Flu (2%) and European Black Death (25-30%), the civilizational

Ranveer Singh

ranveersiiingh

Modernisation of Ranjit Singh's army:"You cannot take a knife into a gunfight."It was need of the hour for the last independent empire of India, The Sikh Empire to adopt Western

Craig Welch

CraigAWelch

Last year @natgeo photographer Ian Teh and I joined an expedition to the treacherous spot where the Pacific and Atlantic meet, a tiny island in Tierra del Fuego.We were looking

David D

DavidDi73100612

They say an Army marches on its stomach, which is true. But when an Army just marches, the British have a chequered history when it comes to military boots. When

Marco Chitti

ChittiMarco

1/ We all know there is a (high) cost for building a rail transit infrastructure and for operating it. But, there is also a (very high) cost for closing it

Olesya Vartanyan

Olesya_vArt

1/ Last couple of days saw first serious post-war incidents along the new line of contact in #Karabakh conflict zone.No precise information about casualties. Social media posts combined with official

Pulp Librarian

PulpLibrarian

Today is #WomenInSTEM day, and I want to look back at a group of courageous working class women whose battle against fake 'science' and industry malpractice led to us all

Andy Verity

andyverity

The Bank of England's Financial Stability report didn't seem to have many headline grabbers. And it didn't if your main concern is - are the banks strong enough to withstand

Ubaid Bin Riyaz

Ubaidbinriyaz

A thread on Ikrima R.AIkrima R.A — once a staunch enemy of Islam died a martyr :Ikrima was the son of the infamous opponent of Islam — Abu Jahl. He

Sarah Mei

sarahmei

Perhaps we’re all tired of dunking on parler, but just in case you’re not, I did some investigation this evening.tl;dr: technical clown shoes. Their CTO is a person named

Marco Chitti

ChittiMarco

1/ Can a transit infrastructure be the backbone of a long-term urban planning policy?It can.A thread about Torino, a city that used the construction of a the passante cross-city line,

Domenico Montanaro

DomenicoNPR

I grew up in an Italian household where everyone loudly disagreed, and I listed to quite a bit of sports talk radio in NY. As "uncivil" as both of those

Tom Egan

tomjmegan

(Thread). AAR. At 063hrs D+2, Normandy, France, June 1944. 21. Pz Div Aufklarüngs Abteilung elements creep forward to occupy a Start Line Position along edge of wheat fields from bridge.

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

American Values

Americas_Crimes

On this day in 1991, the US launched war against Iraq. The war began with a devastating air campaign, which directly targeted civilian infrastructure. The war killed over 100,000 people

DOMara

croonaert

Seeing as tomorrow will probably (rightly) be swamped with British 1st July '16 stories, I thought I'd sneak this thread in today!Another tag I obtained at the same time as

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