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Jack M Silverstein

readjack

A celebration of "The Brooklyn Barber" from Chappelle's Show, and a look back at his controversial loss.A thread. On March 10, 2004, Chappelle's Show ran a two-part sketch / game

Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project

OCCRP

Editors' Picks: Favorite Stories from 2020.With the holidays behind us, our staff from around the world were asked to nominate some of their favorites out of the 100+ investigations we

Gigi Sims

1GigiSims1

@John_Rossomando is another must follow and I recommend tuning into his timeline daily. MAGA needs real facts & he's got them.Below is a mini-thread preview of Obama's PSD-11 that John

Doug~Lass🌲MacArthur

Momewraths

#HappyIndependenceDayAlgeriaOn this date in 1963 Algeria won its independence from FranceSetting some interesting precedents:Expulsion of the Jews from a country in modern times&Expulsion of all ethnic aliens, the French (including

DC History Conference

dchistcon

With one week left to #DCHistCon, our feature this week is Ward 1’s Meridian Hill (Malcolm X) Park. Register for the conference then head to D.C.’s European-inspired urban park to

The Editorial Board

johnastoehr

1. As you know, the Rev. Raphael Warnock is running to represent the state of Georgia in the US Senate against incumbent Republican Kelly Leoffler. 2. Their runoff next month,

David Dean Bottrell

QuitcherBitchyn

In 2020, I was forced to spend quite a bit of time with someone I’m not super comfortable with: Myself. I decided to keep a daily journal of my thoughts.

Dr. Banana García-Bastidas (PhD)

Ferchucky

#CarlLinnaeus assigned the scientific name Musa sapientum for dessert #bananas & Musa paradisiaca for plantains. However, he did not know that the two species he described were in fact hybrids

Veritas Semper Vincit

semper_vincit

1.France , Macron and the terrorist attacks threadLegend :Bottom left : Baron David René de Rothschild, French bankerBottom right : director of CR!F ( equivalent of A!PAC ), Francis KalifatMacron

Opinion Haver

watokal

1) THREAD:Jerm:"The Left just want to shut down conversations".Also Jerm, after inviting @afairweather (who's CENTER-RIGHT) on his show to discuss opposing views calmly and respectfully, then get upset when he

annie 🏳️‍🌈♿

pablohonky

Today marks exactly a year since I first saw this masterpiece – and it changed me forever.Thread: Here's why you should watch MERRY CHRISTMAS, MR. LAWRENCE too, with a few

Albert Samaha

AlbertSamaha

This is some audacious spin. What actually happened: Pompeo endorsed the results of a rigged election in DRC after a private security company working for a Congolese autocrat back channelled

Classics of Environmentalism

ClimateClassics

In "From the Ground Up", Luke Cole and @SheilaRFoster shed light on a disturbing pattern in the location of toxic waste facilities in the #US: these are disproportionately located in

Uwagbale Edward-Ekpu

uwagbale_

The 1st Whiteman to visit present-day Nigeria was invited by Oba Ewuare to Benin city. The Edos recorded it as a visit by god. This so-called god was actually Ruy

Live Science

LiveScience

Happy #BHM ! Each day for the month of February we will feature a black scientist and their noble contributions that changed the world. More here: https://www.livescience.com/amazing-black-scientists.html #1 James E.

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

Worrisome discovery—Among placebo group for Novavax’s vaccine in South Africa: people with prior #COVID19 infections appeared just as likely to get sick as people without prior infections—means past infection wasn’t

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