i would think it's pretty established at this point that the MENA campaigns during WWI was an invasion carried out by the entente to divide up the ottoman empire into controllable ethnic bantustans and to ensure european oil supplies going forward. churchill said so himself
Feb 3 • 39 tweets • 17 min read
🧵THE LIFE AND CRIMES OF TIMOTHY JAGO:
timothy jago was born in 1966-67, having been involved in surf life saving (SLS) since the 1970s. this post from 2021 mentions 41 years of "drinking beers on friday nights" with his surf coach, meaning around 13-14 in 1980
Nov 18, 2024 • 52 tweets • 27 min read
TOITŪ TE TIRITI: why there was a haka in parliament and what the treaty principles bill is trying to do 🧵
you've probably seen the māori party leading a haka in new zealand parliament by now. viral outrage twitter has tried to paint this as a "stone-age" display, as if protest has never been a part of parliamentary politics before