Oliver Haythorne
@josephrohrbach.bsky.social
DPhil Economic & Social History @ New College, Oxford;
economics, political economy, Holy Roman history, mathematical ecology, other things that interest me
economics, political economy, Holy Roman history, mathematical ecology, other things that interest me
Just to say I'm starting my DPhil in Economic and Social History at New College, Oxford this term! Very excited to get into it. Anyone else working on early modern Germany/the Holy Roman Empire here?
October 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Just to say I'm starting my DPhil in Economic and Social History at New College, Oxford this term! Very excited to get into it. Anyone else working on early modern Germany/the Holy Roman Empire here?
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from "Classical Studies memes for Hellenistic teens" on FB
June 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
from "Classical Studies memes for Hellenistic teens" on FB
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Social media is predominantly a world of illusion 🪄 ✨ But our latest analysis of Starmer and Sunak’s (largely) unsuccessful attempts to self-fashion via Twitter in the run up to the 2024 election 🗳️ finds that no filter can manufacture charisma...
tinyurl.com/5y6p2mvy
#twitter #socialmediastrategy
tinyurl.com/5y6p2mvy
#twitter #socialmediastrategy
Posting Through It: Sir Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak’s Social Media Strategy on Twitter in the 2024 General Election
Oliver Haythorne analyses Starmer and Sunak's attempts at self-fashioning via Twitter before the 2024 election, and why they failed.
tinyurl.com
April 9, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Social media is predominantly a world of illusion 🪄 ✨ But our latest analysis of Starmer and Sunak’s (largely) unsuccessful attempts to self-fashion via Twitter in the run up to the 2024 election 🗳️ finds that no filter can manufacture charisma...
tinyurl.com/5y6p2mvy
#twitter #socialmediastrategy
tinyurl.com/5y6p2mvy
#twitter #socialmediastrategy
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my only question about people who get on X or tiktok and post that gpt helped them solve the reimann hypothesis is whether they are in their heart of hearts aware that they have no idea what's going on at any level, or if they're like true believers in their own shit
February 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
my only question about people who get on X or tiktok and post that gpt helped them solve the reimann hypothesis is whether they are in their heart of hearts aware that they have no idea what's going on at any level, or if they're like true believers in their own shit
THREAD: How Does Culture Impact Economic Growth?
Economists are not famous for their discussions of culture and religion. However, increasingly they have come to recognize that culture might play a role in influencing long-term economic growth.
China might provide an interesting case study.
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Economists are not famous for their discussions of culture and religion. However, increasingly they have come to recognize that culture might play a role in influencing long-term economic growth.
China might provide an interesting case study.
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February 22, 2025 at 2:28 PM
THREAD: How Does Culture Impact Economic Growth?
Economists are not famous for their discussions of culture and religion. However, increasingly they have come to recognize that culture might play a role in influencing long-term economic growth.
China might provide an interesting case study.
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Economists are not famous for their discussions of culture and religion. However, increasingly they have come to recognize that culture might play a role in influencing long-term economic growth.
China might provide an interesting case study.
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Unbelievably excited to own this now…
February 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Unbelievably excited to own this now…
THREAD: What Do Cross-Gender Social Networks Look Like Across the World?
Gender often defines or colours our social networks and interactions. We might be more or less likely to make friends with someone because of their gender.
How does this look on the global scale, and how do we measure it?
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Gender often defines or colours our social networks and interactions. We might be more or less likely to make friends with someone because of their gender.
How does this look on the global scale, and how do we measure it?
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February 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
THREAD: What Do Cross-Gender Social Networks Look Like Across the World?
Gender often defines or colours our social networks and interactions. We might be more or less likely to make friends with someone because of their gender.
How does this look on the global scale, and how do we measure it?
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Gender often defines or colours our social networks and interactions. We might be more or less likely to make friends with someone because of their gender.
How does this look on the global scale, and how do we measure it?
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THREAD: How Much Do We Really Want Equality?
Most people are, in principle, in favour of equality. Generally, we like the idea that people at the very least have the same opportunities - and sometimes that people's outcomes aren't too extremely different.
But how far does this principle go?
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Most people are, in principle, in favour of equality. Generally, we like the idea that people at the very least have the same opportunities - and sometimes that people's outcomes aren't too extremely different.
But how far does this principle go?
1/
February 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
THREAD: How Much Do We Really Want Equality?
Most people are, in principle, in favour of equality. Generally, we like the idea that people at the very least have the same opportunities - and sometimes that people's outcomes aren't too extremely different.
But how far does this principle go?
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Most people are, in principle, in favour of equality. Generally, we like the idea that people at the very least have the same opportunities - and sometimes that people's outcomes aren't too extremely different.
But how far does this principle go?
1/
THREAD: How Did Classic Maya Political Networks Work?
The Classic Maya period captures the imagination. Jungle temples, jaguar gods, and jewelled masks jump into the mind's eye.
Yet it's important not to exoticize these people, or forget how they lived. What was Classic Maya politics like?
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The Classic Maya period captures the imagination. Jungle temples, jaguar gods, and jewelled masks jump into the mind's eye.
Yet it's important not to exoticize these people, or forget how they lived. What was Classic Maya politics like?
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February 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
THREAD: How Did Classic Maya Political Networks Work?
The Classic Maya period captures the imagination. Jungle temples, jaguar gods, and jewelled masks jump into the mind's eye.
Yet it's important not to exoticize these people, or forget how they lived. What was Classic Maya politics like?
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The Classic Maya period captures the imagination. Jungle temples, jaguar gods, and jewelled masks jump into the mind's eye.
Yet it's important not to exoticize these people, or forget how they lived. What was Classic Maya politics like?
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Definitely worth following! And not *just* because I've written a piece for them...
Get excited… because The Non-Select Committee, an independent politics blog founded by two nerdy Oxford grads with too much time on our hands, is launching on Monday 10th Feb! Stay tuned for the latest #politicalanalysis. 🧐🧠😎
#politicsblog
#politicsblog
February 9, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Definitely worth following! And not *just* because I've written a piece for them...
THREAD: The "Paradox of Abolition" in the Danish West Indies
On 1 January 1803, the slave trade was ended in the realms of the King of Denmark. The abolition had been announced just over a decade earlier in 1792.
How did life change for enslaved people in the decade between those dates?
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On 1 January 1803, the slave trade was ended in the realms of the King of Denmark. The abolition had been announced just over a decade earlier in 1792.
How did life change for enslaved people in the decade between those dates?
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February 8, 2025 at 10:52 PM
THREAD: The "Paradox of Abolition" in the Danish West Indies
On 1 January 1803, the slave trade was ended in the realms of the King of Denmark. The abolition had been announced just over a decade earlier in 1792.
How did life change for enslaved people in the decade between those dates?
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On 1 January 1803, the slave trade was ended in the realms of the King of Denmark. The abolition had been announced just over a decade earlier in 1792.
How did life change for enslaved people in the decade between those dates?
1/
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male eating disorder
February 8, 2025 at 9:27 PM
male eating disorder
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dude I think I might be on my way to just straight up believing that one or both of them is literally taking orders from Moscow or Beijing
NSF plans to lay off a quarter and a half of its staff in the next two months. www.eenews.net/articles/sci...
This reckless move will shatter U.S. scientific leadership and cripple innovation for generations.
This reckless move will shatter U.S. scientific leadership and cripple innovation for generations.
Science funding agency threatened with mass layoffs
National Science Foundation staff heard the plans at a meeting Tuesday.
www.eenews.net
February 5, 2025 at 2:56 AM
dude I think I might be on my way to just straight up believing that one or both of them is literally taking orders from Moscow or Beijing
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USAID’s website has been deleted, all that is left is a note saying all personnel are now on administrative leave and personnel outside the US are to be brought home. Completely illegal, no act of congress or even executive order was signed to dismantle the agency
February 5, 2025 at 2:29 AM
USAID’s website has been deleted, all that is left is a note saying all personnel are now on administrative leave and personnel outside the US are to be brought home. Completely illegal, no act of congress or even executive order was signed to dismantle the agency
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Visitors to the Observation Deck at Tokyo Skytree today saw a Diamond Fuji, where the sunset aligned with the peak of Mt.Fuji. www.sankei.com/article/2025...
February 3, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Visitors to the Observation Deck at Tokyo Skytree today saw a Diamond Fuji, where the sunset aligned with the peak of Mt.Fuji. www.sankei.com/article/2025...
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This is Acting FBI Director Brian Driscoll. Last Friday he refused Justice Department order to identify & assist in firing all agents involved in Jan. 6 riot cases, He is said to have pushed back forcefully.
Thank you Brian Driscoll!🇺🇸
Thank you Brian Driscoll!🇺🇸
February 4, 2025 at 1:11 AM
This is Acting FBI Director Brian Driscoll. Last Friday he refused Justice Department order to identify & assist in firing all agents involved in Jan. 6 riot cases, He is said to have pushed back forcefully.
Thank you Brian Driscoll!🇺🇸
Thank you Brian Driscoll!🇺🇸
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Imma keep it real with you Doug Ford, fire away
February 3, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Imma keep it real with you Doug Ford, fire away
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The latter explanation is of course the correct one
Sveinn Forkbeard, king of the Danes and the English, died on the campaign trail at Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, #OTD in 1014, and was buried at York. The Danes said that he fell off his horse, the English that he was slain by the vengeful spirit of St Edmund. 📸Nationalmuseet
February 3, 2025 at 9:01 AM
The latter explanation is of course the correct one
THREAD: How Did Wages Change Over Time in Premodern England?
In the modern day, we get upset when our wages - or rather, our wages in terms of prices - don't grow.
Yet for much of history, nobody just assumed that their wages would grow. What did wage change look like in premodern England?
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In the modern day, we get upset when our wages - or rather, our wages in terms of prices - don't grow.
Yet for much of history, nobody just assumed that their wages would grow. What did wage change look like in premodern England?
1/
February 3, 2025 at 2:14 PM
THREAD: How Did Wages Change Over Time in Premodern England?
In the modern day, we get upset when our wages - or rather, our wages in terms of prices - don't grow.
Yet for much of history, nobody just assumed that their wages would grow. What did wage change look like in premodern England?
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In the modern day, we get upset when our wages - or rather, our wages in terms of prices - don't grow.
Yet for much of history, nobody just assumed that their wages would grow. What did wage change look like in premodern England?
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THREAD: How Far Is There Intersectional Labour Market Discrimination?
Intersectionality has become a big part of both pop feminism and academic study, particularly in law and sociology.
It says that oppressed identities "intersect": people in multiple oppressed categories are extra oppressed.
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Intersectionality has become a big part of both pop feminism and academic study, particularly in law and sociology.
It says that oppressed identities "intersect": people in multiple oppressed categories are extra oppressed.
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January 31, 2025 at 6:53 PM
THREAD: How Far Is There Intersectional Labour Market Discrimination?
Intersectionality has become a big part of both pop feminism and academic study, particularly in law and sociology.
It says that oppressed identities "intersect": people in multiple oppressed categories are extra oppressed.
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Intersectionality has become a big part of both pop feminism and academic study, particularly in law and sociology.
It says that oppressed identities "intersect": people in multiple oppressed categories are extra oppressed.
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if we staff ICE with Uvalde police officers, they'll never enter schools
January 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
if we staff ICE with Uvalde police officers, they'll never enter schools
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because they have trained themselves to think of politics as a social game in which they are participants, and not as something that determines whether people live or die
Why is the American political press so specifically terrible about communicating stakes and shit
January 28, 2025 at 12:58 AM
because they have trained themselves to think of politics as a social game in which they are participants, and not as something that determines whether people live or die
THREAD: What Are the Long-Term Effects of the 1933 Soviet Famine?
The USSR (particularly Ukraine) suffered a serious famine, partly man-made, in 1932-1933. Millions died, and millions more were permanently scarred by malnourishment.
What were its long-term effects on the Soviet economy?
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The USSR (particularly Ukraine) suffered a serious famine, partly man-made, in 1932-1933. Millions died, and millions more were permanently scarred by malnourishment.
What were its long-term effects on the Soviet economy?
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January 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
THREAD: What Are the Long-Term Effects of the 1933 Soviet Famine?
The USSR (particularly Ukraine) suffered a serious famine, partly man-made, in 1932-1933. Millions died, and millions more were permanently scarred by malnourishment.
What were its long-term effects on the Soviet economy?
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The USSR (particularly Ukraine) suffered a serious famine, partly man-made, in 1932-1933. Millions died, and millions more were permanently scarred by malnourishment.
What were its long-term effects on the Soviet economy?
1/
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ME: *writing in my journal with the sole aim of pissing off future historians and archaeologists* I returned to my home - which is built in the usual style - by the normal way, and prepared and ate dinner in the way I often but not always do
January 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
ME: *writing in my journal with the sole aim of pissing off future historians and archaeologists* I returned to my home - which is built in the usual style - by the normal way, and prepared and ate dinner in the way I often but not always do