#History

Jessica Price

Delafina777

Been thinking a lot about the Minoans. Everyone loves the Minoans, right? (If you love the Minoans, you're not going to like this thread.) So, I'm reading this book. I'm

Cal Montgomery

Cal__Montgomery

This term is based on an old term for people with intellectual disabilities (ID), and it perpetuates the bias that people with ID inherently cannot be trusted to make good

MursenaryGary, RN CEN

mursenarygary

I grew up in a military, conservative, Republican household. My dad was very conservative. I am grateful for my parents, who, by all accounts, raised me well. There are some

kat,

katbamkapow

today i’m thinking a lot about the ways that quarantine and lockdown have shifted from immediate panic and urgency to a claustrophobic, durational trauma. the public imagination can endure a

Suren

zeneraalstuff

The Constitution of India was written by a Constituent Assembly. How was this Constituent Assembly appointed? By nomination and election of jurists/intellectuals by members of Provincial Assemblies in British India.

Messari

MessariCrypto

Another crazy week in the books. The Dow had its best week since the Great Depression, while unemployment accelerated faster than any point in history.This gave us the most ridiculous

Tides of History

labour_history

#OTD 1945. Blackpool Conference. Labour reject Churchill's proposal to continue the coalition governmentOver 1,100 delegates, many of them in service uniform, meet to debate electionEllen Wilkinson opened the conference ‘at

The Punisher

PunishDem1776

Nikola TeslaThe Greatest Inventor in HistoryA Towering GeniusElectric Messiah1856-1943Who got credit for NTs inventions?Who created the "Bulb"?Who illuminated 1893 worlds fair?How many Patents did NT have?Born in Croatia 1856, NT

The Medical SHO

admit_medics

An on-call shift as told by the Harry Potter canon: #medtwitter Neither you or your car share want the journey to work to end Morning handover Caught napping at 0915

Shekon Neechie

ShekonNeechie

#IndigenousHistoryMonth #IndigenoushistoriansDickason, Olive. The Myth of the Savage and the Beginnings of French Colonialism in the Americas. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 1997. #IndigenousHistoryMonth #IndigenoushistoriansWitge

Aug Tells

aug_tells

Trying to control what people think through deceptive tactics of controlling information and forcing narratives has delayed the activation of Humanity's free will. Collectively, Humanity is unaware and therefore incapable

Lewis Crofts

lewis_crofts

So, on destroying statues: My favourite story is of the world’s largest Stalin statue (at the time) built in 1955 in a park overlooking Prague. At 15.5m it was an

Mom On A Mission

MomOnAMission30

If we were really in a pandemic, do you think we would need to be reminded of it every time we turn on the TV? When this first started, I

Bradley Leimer

leimer

It all started in the Fall. [A thread] There are times when the weight of the world seems to be on your shoulders. We are all tethered down by something,

Mors

mors_lakota

90% of Native people in the Americas died from disease.This is a lie used to justify colonialism. Our ancestors didn't die of disease, they died of slavery, removal, war, and

Wagatwe Wanjuki 🇰🇪 🇧🇸

wagatwe

Okay this is really loaded for many reasons.It's incredibly stigmatizing to call someone's live messy. It already makes a judgment. And I want to know, messy by whose standards? What