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Martin Luther Tweets His Complaints to Rome

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Martin Luther: @PopeLeoX Indulge me with a DM. I have 95 theses and only 140 characters.
Submitted by William Ginn – thanks William!

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Posted by: Twitter Historian on September 16th 2009

Posted In: Comically Old

This Greek Gets No Love…

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Plato: so tired of the “let’s be friends” talk.

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Posted by: Twitter Historian on September 15th 2009

Posted In: Comically Old

Oppenheimer Emerges, Makes Travel Plans

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Robert Oppenheimer: Long time no tweet. Just finished secret project & bought non-refundable tickets to finally visit Japan. Hope nothing interrupts well-deserved vacation.

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Posted by: Twitter Historian on September 14th 2009

Posted In: 1900-1950

Poll: Which Design Do You Like?

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As you noticed last week, we experimented with some new designs for Historical Tweets. The new design is closer to Twitter’s current design… we like them both, so we wanted to get your feedback… Twitterstorians, sound off!

(Leave your reasonings either way in the comments section below!)

Which Historical Tweet design do you like the best?

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Tried and True:

Shiny and New:

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Posted by: Twitter Historian on September 14th 2009

Posted In: Updates

Fan Tweet Thursday: Atlas Tweeted

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From Sean Tucker:


Atlas: Feel the Burn!!!

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Posted by: Twitter Historian on September 10th 2009

Posted In: Comically Old, Submitted


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