Merula Harkness

The Nyktipolos,
night wanderer,
melancholy wonderer

[Merula Harkness @TheMerryDagger]

"No one sees The Merry Dagger's face and lives to tell about it." ~From a novella I'm working on

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

On this day in 1921, The Tulsa Race Massacre happened in the affluent black community of Greenwood in Tulsa (Black Wall Street)

White supremacists killed more than 300 African Americans and looted & burned to ground homes & businesses.

History of Tulsa before the riot

A THREAD

[Soledad O'Brien @soledadobrien]

Sexual predator is what you mean to write.

[The Late Late Show @RTELateLateShow]

Our good friend Vicky Phelan has died in the early hours of this morning at Milford Hospice in Limerick.

Our deepest sympathies to Vicky's family and friends, may she rest in peace.

[Batman: TAS @TheAnimatedBat]

Devastating news. Kevin Conroy has passed away, at the age of 66.. Thank you for everything, Mr. Conroy. All the memories. Moments. For being Our Batman. Your kindness. For making an impact on all of our lives. For just being You. You will always be missed..
Forever Our Batman.

[Auschwitz Memorial @AuschwitzMuseum]

29 October 1913 | A Dutch Jew, Alexander Pach, was born in Amsterdam. A clerk.

In #Auschwitz from 17 July 1942.
No. 48310
He perished in the camp on 10 August 1942.

[Dad joke bot @tweetbot135]

Some people say that I never got over my obsession with Phil Collins.
But take a look at me now.

[Max Rose @MaxRose4NY]

JUST NOW: I spoke on MSNBC and highlighted the HYPOCRISY of Republicans in Congress: They say they’re for public safety and refuse to ban assault rifles; Say they’ll help inflation, but vote against price gouging; Say they’re patriots and deny our elections.

The choice is clear.

[Philosophy Path @PhilosophyPath]

"Rumors are created by haters, spread by fools, and accepted by idiots."

- Paulo Coelho

[Danny Trejo @officialDannyT]

Danny Trejo stands with the Jewish community. Los Angeles is a place that people should come together. L'chaim!

[N.J. Gallegos is Dr. Spooky 👻💉💊 @DrSpooky_ER]

You know what we need? A charge nurse as President. They’d straighten shit out REAL quick. 🇺🇸

[Majdanek Memorial @MajdanekMuseum]

Krystyna Tarasiewicz was a Grey Ranks member arrested on 13.11.1942. She was deported to #Majdanek from Pawiak in January 1943. After 6 months as the camp prisoner no. 4702, she was transferred to Ravensbrück & then Velten. She survived & worked as a journalist. #WomenofMajdanek

[Auschwitz Memorial @AuschwitzMuseum]

25 October 1923 | A Polish Jewish woman, Lina Blitz, was born in Nowy Sącz. During the war she lived in Antwerp.

In 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.

[The Guardian @guardian]

Salman Rushdie has lost sight in one eye and use of one hand, says agent https://t.co/OwpNIBUt0k

[DrPopCulture @DrPopCultureUSA]

Before Voicemail.

[Alexander Pennington @Authoralexp]

A writer: Some who actively avoids writing while also planning the next three sequels to their unwritten book.

[Francisco Ribeiro @fraveris]

“One of the greatest tragedies in life is to lose your own sense of self and accept the version of you that is expected by everyone else.”
K.L. Toth

Jeremy Lipking - Untitled.

[Royal Society of Literature @RSLiterature]

‘They are always asking a writer why he does not write like somebody else, or a painter why he does not paint like somebody else, quite oblivious of the fact that if either of them did anything of the kind he would cease to be an artist.’ - Oscar Wilde, #BOTD in 1854.

[David Hogg 🟧 @davidhogg111]

@ksorbs Do I regret not dying and protecting my community?
I'll take "No absolutely not" for $2000 Alex.

[Dennis Herring @dcherring]

How come one would say “It’s a little chilly” but not “It’s a big chilly” ?