#History

It's been a minute since we processed news via gif. Let's discuss Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan), the reporter who lived. Swan began by asking the President of the United States about...his
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You know what all the Stilo and Litch discourse is reminding me about? People hating irrationally on Chibi-Usa for acting how a child in that situation probably would. And ascribing
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Very sad to learn of the impending demolition of Klas, the Bohemian wonderland on Cermak Road in Cicero. (h/t @LinzeRice) The interior of the bar & restaurant was chock full
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THIS DAY IN $TSLAQ HISTORY:This question got some good answers one year ago when $TSLA was at $195. More like drinking water at the same basement. Retirement seems to be
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In 1909, work commenced on a scheme to increase the capacity of Llyn Fawr, a large lake in the wild majesty of the Cynon Valley.Two years into the project, they
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I think about how we came here. Trapped in our homes. At risk for a global pandemic. How we made jokes about having the virus back in January. Standing in
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This week I released a 60-minute episode of @valley101pod on how interstate highways affected segregation in Phoenix. I read a book about government policies that segregated American cities. Highways were
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Yesterday my girlfriend's mother and sister arrived for a visit and we took a trajinera (like a raft) through the canals of Xochimilco and stopped at some very interesting islands.
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"Make them uncomfortable"When you can't work, can't buy what you need, go to church, go to the park or beach, do what you earned (graduation, internship), milestones that will never
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Yes, swarms aside, it is still Friday, and on this channel, that means #FaultFriday. To learn more about the area around the Westmorland swarm, let’s look at the Imperial fault
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COVID Update August 3: Schools and kids and education.Are we missing the forest from the trees? 1/ I began writing a lengthy thread on the difficult decision of sending kids
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I have deleted two unsent tweet threads because I don't want to get crushed but I will say a lot of you fellow lgbt+ folk have really fucking terrible lgbt+
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a thread on disability this was heavily inspired by @elcnasaIvarez’s thread which I’ll link https://twitter.com/elcnasaivarez/status/1293264403895205890?s=21 it’s super informative and you should definitely read!https://twitter.com/el
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If 70% of the murder victims at Jonestown were white, instead of black (45% black women), I think the nation would treat it like it was 9/11. We talk about
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Julius Robert Oppenheimer, the physicist best known for directing scientific work at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project, was born #OTD in 1904. His important contributions to quantum mechanics, astrophysics,
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THREADJoe Biden: A puppet of Bernie and the radical left Last night, Bernie Sanders reminded America that Joe Biden has “moved a whole lot in many areas” by adopting Sanders’
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