Dr Matt Lodder
@mattlodder.com
Senior Lecturer in Art History, University of Essex. Trustee, Bishopsgate Institute. Law Student. Historian of tattooing. Podcaster @beneaththeskinpod.history.tattoo. 'Painted People' and 'Tattoos' out now. ADHD.
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Absolutely thrilled to have had a citation ping to a generous review of 'Tattoos' in the venerable Winterthur Portfolio by the amazing Margot Mifflin, who was such an inspiration to me early in my career.
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this post has a ton of quote tweets claiming american pop culture was actually never influential. bluesky moment.
people born in america probably don’t realize how cool america used to be. the death of US soft power is going to have long term consequences we are only beginning to see
February 10, 2026 at 8:09 PM
this post has a ton of quote tweets claiming american pop culture was actually never influential. bluesky moment.
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This is so true. I studied at Oxford, Birmingham and Cardiff and currently work in research at a non RG and there are people doing incredible research *everywhere*. Top quality staff *everywhere*.
February 10, 2026 at 5:14 PM
This is so true. I studied at Oxford, Birmingham and Cardiff and currently work in research at a non RG and there are people doing incredible research *everywhere*. Top quality staff *everywhere*.
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Agreed. I spent my teens in Oxford, & am a product (degree-wise) of two RG institutions, plus work in a third. I tell students the people who research & teach at the city's non-RG Unis are exactly the same kind of academics as we are here. Rarely met a colleague that thought differently.
February 10, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Agreed. I spent my teens in Oxford, & am a product (degree-wise) of two RG institutions, plus work in a third. I tell students the people who research & teach at the city's non-RG Unis are exactly the same kind of academics as we are here. Rarely met a colleague that thought differently.
Don't these poisonous goons keep telling us what "deporting illegals" is supposed to*improve* the jobs numbers?
Peter Navarro: "The jobs report comes out tomorrow. We have to revise our expectations down significantly for what a monthly job number should look like ... Wall Street has to adjust for the fact that we're deporting millions of illegals out of the job market."
February 10, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Don't these poisonous goons keep telling us what "deporting illegals" is supposed to*improve* the jobs numbers?
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Weird, because I seem to recall proscribing these people as equivalents to Al Qaeda or ISIS was justified by senior politicians claiming they had Sekrit Damning Evidence Of Terrorisms that they couldn’t disclose. Perhaps it was too Sekrit for Channel 4?
February 10, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Weird, because I seem to recall proscribing these people as equivalents to Al Qaeda or ISIS was justified by senior politicians claiming they had Sekrit Damning Evidence Of Terrorisms that they couldn’t disclose. Perhaps it was too Sekrit for Channel 4?
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How far are we past the 'decent man' point that anyone still advocating for it is just telling us how little they care about all the hardships, indignities, and actual loss of life, this govt has caused to those that don't 'resemble' them? What case do they make for his decency?
February 10, 2026 at 12:56 PM
How far are we past the 'decent man' point that anyone still advocating for it is just telling us how little they care about all the hardships, indignities, and actual loss of life, this govt has caused to those that don't 'resemble' them? What case do they make for his decency?
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How to put this? If Diane Abbott or John McDonnell had done anything like any of this stuff - had done any of it in even homeopathic quantities - then your ancestors would now be awoken in the arms of the cold, cold ground by the thunderous shrieks of terror and fury
February 10, 2026 at 1:51 PM
How to put this? If Diane Abbott or John McDonnell had done anything like any of this stuff - had done any of it in even homeopathic quantities - then your ancestors would now be awoken in the arms of the cold, cold ground by the thunderous shrieks of terror and fury
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ending the class divide, current status
February 10, 2026 at 1:53 PM
ending the class divide, current status
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This is good and helpful for understanding how complicit and corrupt elite universities tend to be.
novaramedia.com/2026/02/09/t...
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There Are Two Noam Chomskys. The One You Love, and the One That Was Friends With Jeffrey Epstein | Chris Knight
Those shocked at the celebrated leftist’s close friendship with Epstein should recall his university department’s close ties to the Pentagon. Chomsky has always been working simultaneously for and aga...
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February 10, 2026 at 1:47 PM
This is good and helpful for understanding how complicit and corrupt elite universities tend to be.
novaramedia.com/2026/02/09/t...
novaramedia.com/2026/02/09/t...
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Starmerites need a lot better arguments than “but Reform” and “but right-wing media”
February 10, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Starmerites need a lot better arguments than “but Reform” and “but right-wing media”
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This would be fabulous! I had a chance to see some scientific instruments there, but there's so much more to explore 📜
#jobfairy this is an intriguing one - 18 month research fellowship for an object-focused historian, museums studies person or similar at Chatsworth House! £48k + £11k travel, outreach etc #skystorians
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Devonshire Collections Research Fellow at Chatsworth House Trust
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February 10, 2026 at 12:48 PM
This would be fabulous! I had a chance to see some scientific instruments there, but there's so much more to explore 📜
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Once again, I am forced to highlight the OUTRAGEOUS INJUSTICE that so far NOT A SINGLE UNIVERSITY has invited me to give a speech about how amazing cats are.
This is FREE SPEECH CRISIS. I am being SILENCED.
I expect a flood of invitations to be arrving imminently.
This is FREE SPEECH CRISIS. I am being SILENCED.
I expect a flood of invitations to be arrving imminently.
This is pretty menacing.
Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students."
When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.
Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students."
When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.
February 10, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Once again, I am forced to highlight the OUTRAGEOUS INJUSTICE that so far NOT A SINGLE UNIVERSITY has invited me to give a speech about how amazing cats are.
This is FREE SPEECH CRISIS. I am being SILENCED.
I expect a flood of invitations to be arrving imminently.
This is FREE SPEECH CRISIS. I am being SILENCED.
I expect a flood of invitations to be arrving imminently.
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Please do share this doctoral opportunity with MA/MSt students - four years of AHRC funding to work on the history of children's play in Wales, supervised by me and the lovely and brilliant Dr Jacky Tyrie. Any questions get in touch! www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate...
History: Serious about Play: Childhood, Play and Policymaking in Wales, 1945 to the present (RS936) - Swansea University
We offer a wide range of funded and fully funded research scholarships in all subject areas. Explore your options and apply now.
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February 9, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Please do share this doctoral opportunity with MA/MSt students - four years of AHRC funding to work on the history of children's play in Wales, supervised by me and the lovely and brilliant Dr Jacky Tyrie. Any questions get in touch! www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate...
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This reminds me of one of my absolute favourite manosphere images.
February 10, 2026 at 10:18 AM
This reminds me of one of my absolute favourite manosphere images.
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The law on universities and free speech prevents speakers from being *disinvited after they have been invited*. It does not require universities to provide a platform to whoever demands one.
Let's not mince words: the threat to cut funding to every university who disagrees with them is fascist.
Let's not mince words: the threat to cut funding to every university who disagrees with them is fascist.
This is pretty menacing.
Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students."
When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.
Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students."
When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.
February 10, 2026 at 10:31 AM
The law on universities and free speech prevents speakers from being *disinvited after they have been invited*. It does not require universities to provide a platform to whoever demands one.
Let's not mince words: the threat to cut funding to every university who disagrees with them is fascist.
Let's not mince words: the threat to cut funding to every university who disagrees with them is fascist.
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This is what we're up against. Bangor University, that fine and noble institution where I've spoken twice, nearly 150 years young and still going strong. The sheer hatred they reserve for us shows what could happen after 2029, but also that they're frightened of knowledge and learning.
February 10, 2026 at 10:33 AM
This is what we're up against. Bangor University, that fine and noble institution where I've spoken twice, nearly 150 years young and still going strong. The sheer hatred they reserve for us shows what could happen after 2029, but also that they're frightened of knowledge and learning.
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And all these centrists praising his fundamental decency are doing so on a child porn generator owned by a White Supremacist.
February 10, 2026 at 9:54 AM
And all these centrists praising his fundamental decency are doing so on a child porn generator owned by a White Supremacist.
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I mean: this summary of how fucked it is does not even touch the sides of just how bad it is.
February 10, 2026 at 9:50 AM
I mean: this summary of how fucked it is does not even touch the sides of just how bad it is.
Indeed. And the HEFSA is a tool they've been handed for that purpose.
February 10, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Indeed. And the HEFSA is a tool they've been handed for that purpose.
Apparently Reform demanded a platform at the university, sans invitation...
February 10, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Apparently Reform demanded a platform at the university, sans invitation...
The Higher Education Freedom of Speech Act has wrought some madness but even the demented OfS wouldn't approve external bodies simply demanding platforms without invitation, I'd hope.
February 10, 2026 at 10:22 AM
The Higher Education Freedom of Speech Act has wrought some madness but even the demented OfS wouldn't approve external bodies simply demanding platforms without invitation, I'd hope.
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Anyway I'll be writing to Reform later to demand that they let me speak at their conference on the main stage.
If they refuse me they'll be showing themselves to be enemies of free speech
If they refuse me they'll be showing themselves to be enemies of free speech
February 10, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Anyway I'll be writing to Reform later to demand that they let me speak at their conference on the main stage.
If they refuse me they'll be showing themselves to be enemies of free speech
If they refuse me they'll be showing themselves to be enemies of free speech
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This is pretty menacing.
Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students."
When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.
Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students."
When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.
February 10, 2026 at 8:53 AM
This is pretty menacing.
Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students."
When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.
Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students."
When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.