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Jasbir K Puar

jkpuar

To commemorate Sept 11, 2001, a few bits from Terrorist Assemblages #Thread Post-9/11 detention praxis produces a rupturing of transnational heterosexual kinship formations, as Muslim men—brothers, husbands, fathers, uncles, grandfathers

Seán Jones

seanjonesqc

Brexit. What’s going on and what’s going to happen? A thread. /1 Famously, the British were not much bothered by the EU until suddenly they were. A lot of effort

John Banville

John_Banville

I very much enjoy the fine nuanced work of novelist Donal Ryan, but occasionally he does look like he's contemplating the best way to deal with one of his men

Evil Saint

sanctemalum

A man robs himself of the opportunity to learn, and grow into a better being when he does not accept the pain of being broken.To reject the pain, he must

Amaan

amaanbali

Martyrdom of Bhai Taru Singh Ji. Bhai Taru Singh ji was born in village Phoole, in Tehsil Kasur of Lahore which was ruled by Zakariya Khan Bahadur who was viceroy

Dr Gina van Raphael

AliaGvR

Mere days of inaction can lead to catastrophic consequences. Let’s revisit 30 days in 1914 that could have — with intergovernmental unity — avoided WWI.Thread:On 28th June 1914, Archduke Franz

Carl Zha

CarlZha

That time in 1953 when CIA financed remnant KMT army took over Northern Myanmar as an anti-Communist base agst People's Republic of China and turn the area into the world's

Ancient And Medieval Africa

AAMAfrica

The ancient Medjay (known today as Beja) were a nomadic people that served as Soldiers for ancient Nile Valley kingdoms. Their origin is believed to be in the eastern desert

Leonel Marjavaara

leonelmrjvr

Why literally every single Swedish King and Queen sucked, a thread: GUSTAV VASASwedish George Washington? More of a Putin guy really. This asshole had his political enemies, even friends, assassinated

Sam Parr ⚪️

theSamParr

Look, I think there are great points on both sides. But this writer is 100% WRONG about this, which to me, shows they don't really understand what's going on.Source: I

Kaitlyn Greenidge

surlybassey

One of the most pervasive myths in the story of American literature is that the all-pervasive whiteness is some sort of accident--unintentional, just how it was in the past, and

mesopotamian speech and debate club 𒌵𒆠

protosemite

If you’re someone like me who sometimes has a difficult time picturing ancient history, here are some of my favorite and accurate artistic representations/photos of ancient Mesopotamia This drawing is

Kurt "Masks Save Lives" Eichenwald

kurteichenwald

9/11 was different -not like Pearl Harbor, where you heard of the attack and knew what happened. 9/11 was a drip, drip, drip that went from curiosity to uncertainty to

Dan Corder On Your Radio

DanCorderOnAir

South Africans of British ancestry like to place blame on Afrikaners. They do this to absolve themselves and their relatives of guilt for racismBut white South Africans who are not

Koba ☭

RedPrecariat

I made a map of what I think the power blocs will look like at the start of the new Cold War. There are probably some inaccuracies but it should

Paisley Rekdal

PaisleyRekdal

1. Much to say here, including the fact that the de-politicization of US poetry started happening even earlier, after WWI, & ramped up after WWII. Much early 20th C US

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