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HistorifyNow

#TodayInHistory Madan Lal Dhingra is hanged to death at Pentonville Prison, London for the assasination of Curzon Wylie. A close associate of Veer Savarkar, another great revolutionary who never really

emptywheel

emptywheel

Congratulations to a lot of good reporters at the Intercept, who have been unfairly tainted by Glenn Greenwald simply making shit up with impunity for too long. Reminder that the

Jim's Movie Appreciation Account

goodoldcatchy

So I'm starting this thread of films I love and recommend. Hope you find a few you haven't seen.I will add to it over time. If you reply with some

Paul Millerd

p_millerd

1/ A thread about some of the cool things I've learned about Taiwan, some history, and experiences from living here1st one, "Portuguese sailors, passing Taiwan in 1544, first jotted in

user XMC

ximuoicay

Ok here we go (stretch arms, crack fingers). Thread on the creation of South Viet Nam. Preamble: ✦ it's a complex history w lots of people & events but this

Sora👾

idolwatcher_

YG's Media-Play HistoryA thread (1) Media Playing By Using Other Acts' Name•Yang Hyung Suk,"Se7en is comparable to Rain in the US market and BoA in the Japanese market."https://m.star.mt.co.kr/view.html?no=20060417071215

Seth Abramson

SethAbramson

(THREAD) Media has yet to do a deep dive on precisely what Trump *said* in his January 6 speech in DC—a speech now called an "incitement to insurrection," and the

foone

Foone

OK so here's a teardown that isn't really a teardown, and a fun science experiment.I got a UV disinfecting wand! So this is a battery powered light that's designed to

Uriah

crimkadid

The title of tonight tweetstorm is “How are the Blacks like the Irish?”, but it’s really about how selection against schizophrenia has been a powerful influence on differences in personality

Karen Vaites

karenvaites

Literacy can get lost in the K–12 conversation – especially in a year like this. Sharing a few 2020 must-reads that you may have missed.First, @leeromney’s superb reporting on ways

Osita Nwanevu

OsitaNwanevu

So, this is going to be a long thread of material that I won't comment on very specifically, but that I think might offer useful historical context for some of

RIP Kobe

cvujama

Its one of those beuatiful Saturdays where you just feel that "Today is going to be a good day" Like all Saturdays, you check last nights scores on Blitz,

Victoria

Doh_Doh_Burrd

All the best people, remember?Secretary of Labor, Alexander Acosta, then a federal prosecutor in Miami, illegally kept details of Epstein's plea deal from victims, aged 13 to 16. Epstein’s been

yui @ new fic out ✌︎('ω')✌︎

yuisakii

hp au where wwx’s animagus form is a magpie and lwj’s is a bunny and third year to seventh year is just elaborate identity porn except magpie wwx drops coins

(((Daniel Katz)))

Prof_Katz

#WeAreBetterThanThis - A history lesson for people who need to study more (1):Map identifying number of enslaved people per county in the United States published in 1861:https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/maps-reveal-slavery-expanded-ac

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zarryskies1

Abuse Zayn has received from his time in the band and after.𝔸𝕟 𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕣𝕖𝕕𝕚𝕓𝕝𝕪 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕓𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕓𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕖𝕒

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