#History

You wonder where the rage comes from in students of color? The resistance, defiance, bravado, swag, confidence, the shine in our eyes? (Thread) ... it is from generations of being
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Okay, so as promised, I also watched the Firefly Funhouse match, and I might have even *more* thoughts about this one.https://twitter.com/JodiMcA/status/1248464822615724034 My first thought was that oh wow, I don't
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Lesser Known Fact: Both the Margalla hills which surround Pakistan’s capital, and the city of Taxilla which was the ancient capital of the region, derive their name from the same
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I’ve never been a huge foamposite kind of guy, but when I started getting more into the sneaker game I ended up winning these, and held a special appreciation for
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18 months ago, I drew the #1 upvoted comic in Reddit history. The next day, r/comics was CONVINCED I was an alt-right crypto fash trying to infiltrate their website. My
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*sigh* Alright. I’m off. I’m home. Got my weed. I’m ready to speak my peace now. I’m going to start off by saying that I know I’m not that active
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Free will or pleasure? Which is more important to you? Let's find out with a twist on Robert Nozick's famous Experience Machine thought experiment.[thread] First, the original for context:Image a
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Piece of History Saudi Arabia Vs Ottomans The Ottomans ruled Arabia for a period of 642 years, and their rule, as we have explained in multiple tweets, was
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Things I would change on the ao3 author inbox page if they ever bothered to ask my opinion that wouldn't take much effort at all:-allow authors to filter by fic-also
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The Whitchurch Hospital tablecloth, 1917 - a very brief history#objectstories #materialculture #MuseumFromHome #WorldHealthDay A thread OK - let's be honest. It's not the most 'instagramable' textile in the
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ThreadFor @DomoLJub45You ask questions that I'll answer.https://twitter.com/DomoLJub45/status/1250436238554750980 https://twitter.com/DomoLJub45/status/1250437121921282054 The theory I was talking about says specifically that there were no bats s
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Well-meaning hwyhte folks think that bc they have privilege within the current sociocultural construct that they don't also carry cultural harm, loss & grief.1/ but hwyhteness steals from all people
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Breonna liked to write down her goals on sticky notes that she posted on the walls of her home. This was going to be HER year. #BreonnaTaylor #SayHerName Breonna had
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If you think that there is nothing wrong with the way that @Wizards continues to reinforce racist shit in D&D, please go ahead and block me now. I have no
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+UPDATE+From September UK govt has already booked a massive advertising campaign to “shock & awe” UK public into “Brexit action”.Insiders believe this may be biggest public campaign in history.Project to
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1\ History rhymes.COVID-19 is new, but a similar panic swept the world in the 1970sIt featured the same experts, the same dazzling models, and led to monumental human suffering and
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