#1920s

Anna Carey

urchinette

As we start an unusually grim Christmas, here’s a thread of cheering/distracting TV programmes, books and podcasts to keep you going over Christmas. First up are two Christmassy things cos

Michael J Bustamante

MJ_Busta

For the past few weeks, Cuban media have closely covered the death of George Floyd, and the Black Lives Matter protests that have emerged around the world in response. As

🦠💊AnnaMarie #covid19 is not the flu💊🦠

MsLegalSass

Dearest @tomhfh , it is time you stopped being a PRICK and sit down while I school you on this. Britain was NOT the first country to ban slavery in

Austin

realUnnameable

Lincoln thread: Why do some people suggest that Lincoln might be related to DJT? Some suspect it might be through Mary Todd Lincoln. Has anyone ever found anything to substantiate

Resist the Hologram - Stu Cvrk

STUinSD

Thread – A Reminder from Nikita Khrushchev1. Old-timers may remember Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev’s antics during his speech at the UN General Assembly in 1960: 1A. In one of the

Alex Petrovnia, bane of TERFs and anti of fa

AlexPetrovnia

So apparently today was the first time a lot of people on my TL learned what a TERF is, so I’m going to educate y’all on some more queer history,

Sizwe sikaMusi

SizweLo

In 1910, a man named Charles Davenport created a registry called the Eugenics Office which would be used to register the genetic background of every single man, woman and child

John Bull

garius

Thread time!Meet Mary Burchell, one of the most successful romance writers EVER. Over 110 Mills & Boons to her name.Got an image of her in your head now, right? Bin

Alhaji Ibrahim 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦📷

ebryhheem2nde

A thread of 10 of the most epic business feuds everCompetition and business go hand in hand. But sometimes two companies become embroiled in business feuds that divide customers as

Gold⭐Road

GoldRoad3

1 IntroductionFascism: what is it and why does it get such a bad rap?This thread is for information purposes only 2 Fascism itself is used as a pejorative and most,

Andy Arthur

cocteautriplets

I am going to start my thread on Edinburgh's sewer history with some topography, as it's very important for the simple reason that the sewage will only run downhill. So

SEFF

SEFFLisnaskea

Long thread available on FB - https://www.facebook.com/SEFF.Victims/posts/2237424639714523https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/sinn-fein-mla-orlaithi-flynn-slammed-for-twitter-tribute-to-hunger-strikers-39892801.html?fbc

Beatrice Cherrier

Undercoverhist

I’ve been teaching post-45 mathematization of econ to @Bachelor_X, so here’s a tweetstorm on the topic2 main ideas:1)debates were not just on whether to mathematize but which maths to use2)w/

The Chiswick Calendar

TheChiswickCal

It's two weeks until Christmas & if you're struggling with gift ideas, we've got you covered. (THREAD) Here's an A-Z rundown of potential gifts from local traders in Chiswick: https://chiswickcalendar.co.uk/christmas-sho

Hari Iyengar

hariiyengaar

As China flexes its muscles in Hong Kong and Ladakh, there is a tale that connects England, Bombay and Shanghai through one family - of creation and loss of wealth

Tweeting Historians

Tweetistorian

MAHJARI PRINT CULTURE: Now, let's talk about Syrian serials in this diaspora.Yesterday I described the problems in locating migration history in state records when states are invested in migration control.Thankfully,

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