#October

This year, for #BlackHistoryMonth I'm going to learn each day about one historical black person from the past and one living black person who's made history.I'm going to start
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The AIDS epidemic modernized the gay rights movement and propelled gay liberation by decimating and restructuring communities, creating solidarity, and necessitating out-of-the-box confrontations. When Americans began dying of AIDS, the
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I thought social media were a waste of time. I was wrong.This will be my last thread of 2020. It's about me and this year on social media.If you think
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What are those papers that come inside my medicine boxes? Do I really have to read them? In October 1957, a new over-the-counter (OTC) medicine #thalidomide was introduced in Germany
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On the eve of the agreement between Morocco & Israel to normalize ties, I’m re-sharing what I wrote almost 2 years ago on the 1965 “secret” Arab League Summit in
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8 Most Notorious Imposters In History.A THREAD 8. David HamptonDavid Hampton claimed to be the son of famous actor Sidney Poitier. Calling himself David Poitier, He claimed to be Poitier’s
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1/. In October, #Turkey's introduced a draconian social media law It enables the govt to get content removed at will & to arbitrarily target individual usersThis month, Turkey may introduce
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I am genuinely intrigued, excited and buzzed about the young talents that are coming through our Youth Academy. Not to put pressure on them, but just the fact they are
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The Daily Telegraph leader today says: "Let's admit what we got wrong in 2020, and shake things up in 2021". Great idea. I have some suggestions. How about:https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2021/01/01/admit-got-wrong-2020-sh
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After short summer break, post #Brexit trade talks with EU have resumed. Don’t expect breakthroughs this week BUT do sit up and pay attention from now on. Remember those Brexiteer
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1/ @Everything that we’ve achieved is on the line this June 5th...” -DJTJune 5th? Let’s take a look at June 5th deltas...(thread)@dljr2018 https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1335409849392218114 2/ ... June 5 drops (tap pics
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OK let's get real about the #PalaceLetters. Here's a thread that provides critical historical context, which media #auspol commentators today are deliberately ignoring... President Richard Nixon told Marshall Green -
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Are Russian security personnel operating in #Belarus? While there is no smoking gun, It’s entirely possible. I’ve been closely watching Belarus (and the Kremlin’s role there) since August. Here’s what
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1/Indian writers like K.Subramanyam, an internationally acclaimed analyst of India, referred to the economic difference btw East and West Pakistan as ‘internal colonialism’. Western authors accepted this theory lock, stock
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Anthony Martial's 2019-20 season review. A thread. Written by: @jerrypersie07 #MUFC Manchester United sold Romelu Lukaku at the starting of the 2019-20 season. The Belgian international was bought under Jose
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1/Many COVID-19 contrarians, including those behind the Great Barrington Declaration, *still* cite John Ioannidis' inaccurate estimate of SARS-CoV-2's fatality rate.So let's go over how atrocious Ioannidis' paper is.https://
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