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Oct 9, 2018

What’s that? You want more horrific history? Too long to wait for the last series of ‘Game of Thrones’. Cool, I got you fam! This time we’re going to Sicily - a land known for food, wine, cultural treasures & acts of staggeringly brutal violence - in the year 1282… THREAD 1/

Sicily has always been a prize - it’s been fought over more times than anyone cares to think about & the island is littered with scars. In the late 13th century, the island had passed from the German Hohenstaufen dynasty to the French Angevin. This was not a popular change. /2

Occupying armies aren’t usually polite house guests. They have a tendency to rape, loot and pillage, even once the smoke has cleared. The Sicilians despised their new overlords, & the Angevin treated the Sicilians as backwards. Things were tense and violence a constant threat. /3

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Oct 9, 2018

Ladies, I feel like you and I could both do with a pick-me-up, so let me tell you about one of the stone cold, icy-veined, razor-sharp women to ever walk the earth. Allow me to introduce you to Olga of Kiev... THREAD 1/

Olga of Kiev was a princess of the Kievan Rus, descended from Norse settlers who arrived in what we know today as Russia in the 9th century. She was born sometime in the closing years of the 9th century, and reached adulthood in the very early 10th century. /2

As a (very) young woman, she was married to Igor of Kiev, son of the first ruler of the Kievan Rus. Igor was a hell of a warrior, and spent decades raiding and besieging anybody who looked at him funny. /2

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Oct 6, 2018

Commodus (161 - 192) had a rabid popular base, cleared out the coffers, charged the Roman state for his gladiatorial fights, lied constantly about his feats & executed folks so he could take their money and property.

He was strangled while in the bath by his wrestling buddy.

The Sassanid Emperor, Khosrow II (570 - 628) flaunted his wealth outrageously, refused to own his mistakes, flayed generals who 'failed' him & was known for other acts of arbitrary cruelty.

He was overthrown, starved - told to eat his riches actually - then shot with arrows.

John I of England (1166 - 1216) was actually a fairly capable ruler, but we do not forget the fact that he was a petty, spiteful man who delighted in starting feuds & prioritised luxuries over his people.

There's a rumour that a monk at Swineshead Abbey poisoned his drink.

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Oct 5, 2018

Today Donald Trump tweeted this, regarding protesters campaigning against Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court.

This signals that the President of the United States buys into antisemitic conspiracy theories. Here's why. THREAD 1/

Right up front, George Soros is a very, very rich man. He's worth, at present, around 8.3 billion USD. He's made that money as a banker, starting in London in the 60s, before moving to America & becoming an investor in the US. /2

@OpenSociety

Much of the 'higher-level' ire for George Soros comes from his establishment of the @OpenSociety Foundations, that yearly pumps millions and millions of dollars into progressive causes. /3 opensocietyfoundations.org

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Oct 5, 2018

Now, I want to tell you the tale of a bloke who spent his life trying to pierce the veil between the living and the dead. A bloke who many considered mad, and who was spoken in hushed tones by local villagers. A bloke born at a place called - get this - Frankenstein... /THREAD

Johann Conrad Dippel - though he often just went by Conrad - was born in 1673 in what is today the German state of Hesse. The place of his birth? Burg (or Castle) Frankenstein. A minor noble, he could afford a decent education, and trained as a theologian. /2

Dippel was a Pietist. This was a Lutheran movement that stressed personal faith above all else, & a metaphysical bent that mean that they came off as fervent, a little bit dangerous. Dippel was zealous in his beliefs, publishing pamphlets against other denominations. /3

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Oct 5, 2018

Alright, enough bad news! I feel like we're not getting sufficiently spooky enough, with Halloween fast approaching. Here then, is a glimpse at an eldritch tome of demonic abominations, so horrible that it comes with a warning to the reader... THREAD! /1

This cursed grimoire, this blaspheming text claims to originate from the distant past - 1057, to be precise. It is written in a mixture of Latin and German, suggesting that it originated from the dark, forsaken forests of the Holy Roman Empire. /2

To warn the ready of the horrors within, this book, this 'Compendium of Demonology and Magic' advises the reader, 'noli me tangere', or 'touch me not'. I advise all those with a nervous disposition to forgo reading the thread at this stage. Only terrors ensue. /3

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