#Historian

D Safier

safier

Time for another #JewishHistory book thread. Here are some recent reads that I enjoyed. I can’t recommend all of these for everyone, but hopefully everyone will find something here that

Dr Mia Brett, PhD

QueenMab87

A thread on populism because apparently no one knows what it is /1 Populism sees "the people" as a homogenous group who is inherently good fighting against "the elite" or

Jeff Sharlet

JeffSharlet

Thinking about Peter Turchin's argument in @TheAtlantic that the memory of collective action is what makes democracy possible. If we grant this premise, what does it say for our moment,

David Priess

DavidPriess

THREAD: Talking recently to a student interested in a US intelligence career, I reflected on the plethora of insightful podcasts and feeds that now offer orders of magnitude more info

मराठी मुलगी

marathimulgiii

Let’s play a little game. Guess the “intellectual” - His grandfather donated ₹1.75 lakhs to Gov. O'Dwyer (who backed Gen. Dyer after the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre) & was also awarded

Tim Harford

TimHarford

Has there been a moment in modern history where so many people in free societies have believed such damaging lies?https://www.ft.com/content/b25595f4-9b91-4867-8091-3c38746d0524 1/ It’s easy to point to the US, where nearly

The Irish Military Heritage Foundation

IrishMHF

The Battle of Waterloo 18 June 1815,is one of the most defining battles in world history. For the Emperor Napoleon: victory was everything. Facing him were two armies of the

The Final 5 Campaign

Final5Campaign

As part of their transformative justice plan, IDJJ has recently requested over $21mil (!!!) in a capital development plan surrounding the plot of land known as the Lincoln Developmental Center. (1/10)

Mark Sumner

Devilstower

Let's talk about how Ronald Reagan set the Republican Party up to fail, how every claim that "the Nazis were socialists!" made it worse, and how Donald Trump was just

Seth Cotlar

SethCotlar

Historian here, with a message for folks arguing against holding people accountable for the siege of the Capitol because "history will be the judge." We are in this mess, BECAUSE

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bayagestetapang

reminder for all y'all hamilton watching mofos:hamilton was a racist slaveowner, and casting poc as white bigots isn't the reclamation you think it is. it's a romanticized telling of a

Dr Sally Holloway

sally_holloway

Given I’m a historian of love I thought it’s high time I do a thread about the history of #ValentinesDay, from lotteries to puzzle purses and printed cards /1 In

Fledgist 🥀🇯🇲🇬🇧🇺🇸

Fledgist

On 1 August 1834, Britain abolished slavery in its colonies. While this was greeted with rejoicing by the slaves of the British West Indies, and by British abolitionists, not everyone

James Clark

JamesWClark

I’d like to talk about a story we ran today on @taskandpurpose.If you haven't, please take a moment to give it a read:https://taskandpurpose.com/history/marine-medal-of-honor-smedley-butler-bonus-army-speech On this day 88 years ago,

Dr. Emily Pawley

emilypawley

Let’s play “think of climate crisis jobs that aren’t “wind turbine and solar panel installer!”I’ll start:Social workers to help resettle climate refugeesWho else do we need? How aboutFrontline community lawyers,

Joe Mead

JosephWMead

Okay, take 2. Here are just a few of the people who are tenured or promoted in academia, effective today. Their new status reflects the judgment and endorsement of their

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