#EMPIRE

Derek Thompson

DKThomp

The very emotional discussion right now about whether Twitter has the right to de-platform Trump should widen the lens and see that the list of corporations that essentially came to

John Elwood

johnpelwood

THREAD: I had to be in Salt Lake City on Friday, June 19. Assumed flying w/mask was the only way. Watching “Midnight Run,” thought hit me: What about a sleeping

𝕽AE 🌊 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐊 𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐒𝐓

sharkyrae

THREAD: (1)The man BEHIND the painting!My Grandfather grew up in Atlantic City, NJ (Boardwalk Empire) days.. and BOY did he have a lot to say when that show came out!

Tim Thurlow

TrenchTrotter

By coincidence the first Gallipoli medals / memorial plaques I acquired belong to men who died on consecutive days, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th August 1915. Today I will share

Only stan with Danny Devito

Meatbike344

Listen, dmcl is one of the best ships and its so fucking subtle, you have to really pay attention to notice. Sure, Dimitri and Claude cannot have a support—none of

nbairamian

nsbairamian

The Armenian Church and its clerics really need to stay out of politics.Like it did when it was the head of the Armenian millet in the Ottoman Empire and the

Ahab Bdaiwi איהאבּ ܐܝܗܐܒ

bdaiwi_historia

1/I used to deliver classes on the medieval history of Islamic Iran. The Arab Conquests of Iran were always fun. A short (but not too detailed) thread. 2/Before the advent

@mrsampullan

MrSamPullan

I expect you’ve read @DavidOlusoga’s remarkable, jaw-dropping and often downright shaming “Black and British – a forgotten history.” If not, you really must. Either way, here are nine things I

Jason Lyall

jaylyall_red5

I read a ton of terrific work by historians on political violence this year (thanks, COVID19). Here's a thread of 13 of the best 2020 books, in no particular order,

Zaid Jilani

ZaidJilani

Ancient Greeks and Romans did not think of themselves in the same way we use the modern term "white" American neoracism is trying to flatten all of the world and

Natália precisa de férias ✧

nyatche

In the last couple days the same Attack on Titan controversy that pops up once in while came back: does Isayama supports imperialism, nazism or antisemitism?The answer is probably not,

Harpreet

CestMoiz

1You folks hear the story of the first Gorkha to surrender to the Brits in the Anglo Gorkha War of 1815?Well, here it is! 2It was the first time organised

Historic.ly

historic_ly

In World War I, we frequently had the phenomenon known as "Broken faces" that's because people would get hit with bullets or shrapnell and it would disfigure their face but

Finding Islam Project

finding_islam

A short thread peeking at the age-old tradition of Islamic gardens ~ "Gardens beneath which rivers flow" is a well-known and oft-repeated Qur'anic image of Paradise, and as with any

ICE must be destroyed 🏴

Itmechr3

So this interview's really interesting in retrospect, I think Graeber got Trump's relation to empire completely wrong because he ignored the implications of his own most important point, which is

Bonnie

HensNtheHood

I need to rant! The suburbs are a direct result of income extraction from the workings class and poor. They line our metropolitan centers like plantations on hills. They drive

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