David Veevers
@davidveevers.bsky.social
Lecturer in Early Modern History | Seventeenth Century, Colonialism, Asia, Caribbean | ‘dazzling’ - BBC History | tired dad | Stephen King aficionado | academia’s longest commute | writing my third book | existing somewhere between Euston and Bangor
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Someone asked me today if I’d had a nice Christmas! Mother fucker IT’S BOXING DAY! Christmas is still in full swing. Get away from me.
December 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Someone asked me today if I’d had a nice Christmas! Mother fucker IT’S BOXING DAY! Christmas is still in full swing. Get away from me.
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Some of the history-related reading experiences from 2025 that were influential or otherwise just memorable.
Sebastian Schiavone, Sworn Swords and Unreliable Thieves
@jaakkob.bsky.social, Masters of War
Adam Marks, England and the Thirty Years' War
@davidveevers.bsky.social, The Great Defiance
Sebastian Schiavone, Sworn Swords and Unreliable Thieves
@jaakkob.bsky.social, Masters of War
Adam Marks, England and the Thirty Years' War
@davidveevers.bsky.social, The Great Defiance
December 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Some of the history-related reading experiences from 2025 that were influential or otherwise just memorable.
Sebastian Schiavone, Sworn Swords and Unreliable Thieves
@jaakkob.bsky.social, Masters of War
Adam Marks, England and the Thirty Years' War
@davidveevers.bsky.social, The Great Defiance
Sebastian Schiavone, Sworn Swords and Unreliable Thieves
@jaakkob.bsky.social, Masters of War
Adam Marks, England and the Thirty Years' War
@davidveevers.bsky.social, The Great Defiance
Me: right, back to healthy eating today
The unopened quality street:
The unopened quality street:
a man in a suit and tie is laughing while sitting at a table .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is laughing while sitting at a table .
media.tenor.com
December 26, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Me: right, back to healthy eating today
The unopened quality street:
The unopened quality street:
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Be careful out there.
December 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Be careful out there.
Me 15 minutes after sitting down to Xmas lunch: omg I think I’m gonna die
Me 3 hours later: what’s for tea?
Me 3 hours later: what’s for tea?
December 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Me 15 minutes after sitting down to Xmas lunch: omg I think I’m gonna die
Me 3 hours later: what’s for tea?
Me 3 hours later: what’s for tea?
Fighting…urge…to…sleep…can’t…resist…futile…
December 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Fighting…urge…to…sleep…can’t…resist…futile…
HAPPY CHRISTMAAAAAS!!!!
a man wearing a santa hat and a sweatshirt that says now i have a machine gun
ALT: a man wearing a santa hat and a sweatshirt that says now i have a machine gun
media.tenor.com
December 25, 2025 at 7:02 AM
HAPPY CHRISTMAAAAAS!!!!
Post-buffet dog walk, he’s dragging me more than I’m walking him tbf. Cold and crisp weather, but blue skys and pheasants in the fields.
December 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Post-buffet dog walk, he’s dragging me more than I’m walking him tbf. Cold and crisp weather, but blue skys and pheasants in the fields.
God give me the strength not to rise to my family’s right-wing baiting this Christmas. Amen.
a cartoon character from bob 's burgers wearing a pink bunny hat says this is fine
ALT: a cartoon character from bob 's burgers wearing a pink bunny hat says this is fine
media.tenor.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:52 AM
God give me the strength not to rise to my family’s right-wing baiting this Christmas. Amen.
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Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing a text, writing an email, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing since the dawn of time.
December 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing a text, writing an email, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing since the dawn of time.
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Those who protest against genocide get arrested
Those who protest against tax get concessions
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Those who protest against tax get concessions
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Ministers raise inheritance tax threshold for farms after backlash
U-turn lifts limit from £1m to £2.5m after protests and warnings that family farms were at risk
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Those who protest against genocide get arrested
Those who protest against tax get concessions
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Those who protest against tax get concessions
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Greta Thunberg arrested for holding a sign opposing genocide.
When peaceful protest is a crime, democracy is in deep trouble.
Happening under a Labour Government.
When peaceful protest is a crime, democracy is in deep trouble.
Happening under a Labour Government.
🚨BREAKING: GRETA THUNBERG ARRESTED UNDER TERRORISM ACT FOR SUPPORTING 'PALESTINE ACTION PRISONERS'
December 23, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Greta Thunberg arrested for holding a sign opposing genocide.
When peaceful protest is a crime, democracy is in deep trouble.
Happening under a Labour Government.
When peaceful protest is a crime, democracy is in deep trouble.
Happening under a Labour Government.
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So you can be arrested for supporting imprisoned peaceful protesters who may die on hunger strike. Interesting. The government makes itself worse and more cruel daily. Excellent of Greta Thunberg to do this to heighten concern for their plight.
Greta Thunberg arrested in London over ‘Palestine Action prisoners’ placard
Two other people held on suspicion of criminal damage after protest at insurance company’s offices
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:44 PM
So you can be arrested for supporting imprisoned peaceful protesters who may die on hunger strike. Interesting. The government makes itself worse and more cruel daily. Excellent of Greta Thunberg to do this to heighten concern for their plight.
This is Christmas: stuffing weird shit in your mouth even if you don’t like it.
December 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
This is Christmas: stuffing weird shit in your mouth even if you don’t like it.
So the chocolate Christmas house did not go to plan. The roof collapsed so it’s flat now and the chimney…well I don’t know what happened with that. I blame the 6 year old. Also I ate the doors and windows.
December 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
So the chocolate Christmas house did not go to plan. The roof collapsed so it’s flat now and the chimney…well I don’t know what happened with that. I blame the 6 year old. Also I ate the doors and windows.
Back in Tesco. I…I don’t…I’m back in Tesco.
December 23, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Back in Tesco. I…I don’t…I’m back in Tesco.
Scrolling through old folders of pictures and found this. It was the height of lockdown with two young kids and I had essentially lost all sense of control and order. As you can see, chaos reigned supreme.
December 22, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Scrolling through old folders of pictures and found this. It was the height of lockdown with two young kids and I had essentially lost all sense of control and order. As you can see, chaos reigned supreme.
When working in the archive of St Mary’s Church in Chennai, I opened a large volume of burial records only for some white-ish powder to sprinkle out on the floor. Later I described it to one of the archivists. Oh, that’s arsenic powder, he said. They put it in to kill bugs that might eat the pages.
December 22, 2025 at 7:19 PM
When working in the archive of St Mary’s Church in Chennai, I opened a large volume of burial records only for some white-ish powder to sprinkle out on the floor. Later I described it to one of the archivists. Oh, that’s arsenic powder, he said. They put it in to kill bugs that might eat the pages.
After finishing Steinbeck’s phenomenal East of Eden (Samuel Hamilton goes right alongside Gus McCrae as the literary characters I would die for), I’m now moving onto this little novella. It’s giving Moby Dick vibes. Always like a story I can finish in one sitting.
December 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
After finishing Steinbeck’s phenomenal East of Eden (Samuel Hamilton goes right alongside Gus McCrae as the literary characters I would die for), I’m now moving onto this little novella. It’s giving Moby Dick vibes. Always like a story I can finish in one sitting.
I despise football (as a kid culturally stifled with it by my father's Liverpudlian family) and so never bothered to engage with it with my 6 year old. But he came home from school saying a few kids made fun of him as didn't know who any of the players were.
Sigh. I've just ordered a book on it...!
Sigh. I've just ordered a book on it...!
December 22, 2025 at 11:32 AM
I despise football (as a kid culturally stifled with it by my father's Liverpudlian family) and so never bothered to engage with it with my 6 year old. But he came home from school saying a few kids made fun of him as didn't know who any of the players were.
Sigh. I've just ordered a book on it...!
Sigh. I've just ordered a book on it...!
MY FRIEND A TEACHER IN PRISON FOR A LOW LEVEL SEX ASSAULT
December 22, 2025 at 9:09 AM
MY FRIEND A TEACHER IN PRISON FOR A LOW LEVEL SEX ASSAULT
Me, going to Tesco everyday since Friday: 'well that's the shopping done for Christmas...'
December 22, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Me, going to Tesco everyday since Friday: 'well that's the shopping done for Christmas...'
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Punctuation is important
December 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Punctuation is important
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A little end of year message from me to our lovely You’re Dead To Me listeners — we’re back on January 2nd with the sublime double-act of Professor @wmarybeard.bsky.social & @pattonoswalt.bsky.social
December 21, 2025 at 10:47 AM
A little end of year message from me to our lovely You’re Dead To Me listeners — we’re back on January 2nd with the sublime double-act of Professor @wmarybeard.bsky.social & @pattonoswalt.bsky.social