Corey
@coreysoper.bsky.social
Lecturer at UCL Centre for Holocaust Education.
I dig weightlifting, rolling D20s and succumbing to the woke mind virus.
Bleating about history, nature, nerd stuff, fitness, politics and education. 📚🌿🗳🤓💪🏳️🌈
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I dig weightlifting, rolling D20s and succumbing to the woke mind virus.
Bleating about history, nature, nerd stuff, fitness, politics and education. 📚🌿🗳🤓💪🏳️🌈
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How can any student feel safe with Summers after he discussed, in writing, how to groom his students in exchanges with Jeffrey Epstein? What right does he have to his prestigious teaching position? Could Harvard really not hire other faculty to deliver this course?
Larry Summers discusses his “statement of regret” for his disturbing messages to Jeffrey Epstein with Harvard students
November 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
How can any student feel safe with Summers after he discussed, in writing, how to groom his students in exchanges with Jeffrey Epstein? What right does he have to his prestigious teaching position? Could Harvard really not hire other faculty to deliver this course?
Twenty-six accusations of sexual assault. Twenty-six.
Nancy Mace: "You can see in the Epstein emails that he's clearly targeting President Trump as retribution for him being a good man ... he's a good man who protects women. That's what real men do."
November 18, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Twenty-six accusations of sexual assault. Twenty-six.
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But also maybe they should ruin his life?
A guy asking Epstein for advice on how to sexually harass a junior colleague knows exactly what Epstein was and was clearly OK with it. I am frankly OK with someone ruining his life.
Evidently it ought to have happened decades ago.
A guy asking Epstein for advice on how to sexually harass a junior colleague knows exactly what Epstein was and was clearly OK with it. I am frankly OK with someone ruining his life.
Evidently it ought to have happened decades ago.
Larry Summers is 70. Firing him is not ruining his life.
November 18, 2025 at 1:50 AM
But also maybe they should ruin his life?
A guy asking Epstein for advice on how to sexually harass a junior colleague knows exactly what Epstein was and was clearly OK with it. I am frankly OK with someone ruining his life.
Evidently it ought to have happened decades ago.
A guy asking Epstein for advice on how to sexually harass a junior colleague knows exactly what Epstein was and was clearly OK with it. I am frankly OK with someone ruining his life.
Evidently it ought to have happened decades ago.
You do not have to let antisemitic bigots into your tent just because they fell out with the bigot in the other tent. Marjorie can sleep outside in the cold.
Raskin: We are a big tent. We must be a huge, vast tent. I say this is a party that’s got room for Marjorie Taylor Greene if she wants to come over.
November 17, 2025 at 1:13 PM
You do not have to let antisemitic bigots into your tent just because they fell out with the bigot in the other tent. Marjorie can sleep outside in the cold.
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Pundits: Why didn't Kamala Harris run on kitchen table issues?
Kamala Harris's campaign speeches:
Kamala Harris's campaign speeches:
November 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Pundits: Why didn't Kamala Harris run on kitchen table issues?
Kamala Harris's campaign speeches:
Kamala Harris's campaign speeches:
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“A vote for Labour is the only way to stop Reform”
Or
“Labour can actually do what Reform only claims it can do”
The government needs to pick one strategy, not both. The government seems unaware that voters can actually hear it trying both messages at once.
Or
“Labour can actually do what Reform only claims it can do”
The government needs to pick one strategy, not both. The government seems unaware that voters can actually hear it trying both messages at once.
November 17, 2025 at 8:54 AM
“A vote for Labour is the only way to stop Reform”
Or
“Labour can actually do what Reform only claims it can do”
The government needs to pick one strategy, not both. The government seems unaware that voters can actually hear it trying both messages at once.
Or
“Labour can actually do what Reform only claims it can do”
The government needs to pick one strategy, not both. The government seems unaware that voters can actually hear it trying both messages at once.
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Anyone else with a refugee background finding *all this* triggering?
It is not ‘about me’. I live safe in a warm house and have two global north citizenships.
But I grew up with a parent with a suitcase of all the documents he might ever need tucked under his bed.
Don’t follow this route, people.
It is not ‘about me’. I live safe in a warm house and have two global north citizenships.
But I grew up with a parent with a suitcase of all the documents he might ever need tucked under his bed.
Don’t follow this route, people.
On leaving Nazi Germany
10) The inclusion of jewellery & valuables is prohibited
With the exception of:
Wedding ring of the emigrant
Pocket watch value to 100 RM
Used cutlery – silver 1 set pp for a family of 3, 1 extra set for family of 5. Each piece total weight 40 gm
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10) The inclusion of jewellery & valuables is prohibited
With the exception of:
Wedding ring of the emigrant
Pocket watch value to 100 RM
Used cutlery – silver 1 set pp for a family of 3, 1 extra set for family of 5. Each piece total weight 40 gm
👇🏻 translation & original
November 17, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Anyone else with a refugee background finding *all this* triggering?
It is not ‘about me’. I live safe in a warm house and have two global north citizenships.
But I grew up with a parent with a suitcase of all the documents he might ever need tucked under his bed.
Don’t follow this route, people.
It is not ‘about me’. I live safe in a warm house and have two global north citizenships.
But I grew up with a parent with a suitcase of all the documents he might ever need tucked under his bed.
Don’t follow this route, people.
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It is a serious problem for our political discourse that the most consistently astute commentator in the country is someone posting anonymously on social media behind a rat avatar.
June 2016 here. Do you notice how this has been proven correct: there really is no way to appease the reactionary right, who take every concession to their fucknut demands as a new base camp to strike out for more and nastier?
November 17, 2025 at 11:39 AM
It is a serious problem for our political discourse that the most consistently astute commentator in the country is someone posting anonymously on social media behind a rat avatar.
who can be arsed with this, honestly? It's just two people scrapping over bits of flotsam and declaring what kind of cruise liner they're going to build
NEW: Inside the Corbyn-Sultana power struggle
— upcoming Corbyn v Sultana leadership race (+ ‘plague on all your houses’ candidate?)
— Jamie Driscoll + Adnan Hussain bow out
— ambition for conference reduced
— plan for the party’s name
& more 👇 www.politicshome.com/news/article...
— upcoming Corbyn v Sultana leadership race (+ ‘plague on all your houses’ candidate?)
— Jamie Driscoll + Adnan Hussain bow out
— ambition for conference reduced
— plan for the party’s name
& more 👇 www.politicshome.com/news/article...
November 17, 2025 at 12:26 PM
who can be arsed with this, honestly? It's just two people scrapping over bits of flotsam and declaring what kind of cruise liner they're going to build
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Both the Budget and the asylum bill are disintegrating before they've even been formally announced.
Absolutely dead government.
Absolutely dead government.
November 17, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Both the Budget and the asylum bill are disintegrating before they've even been formally announced.
Absolutely dead government.
Absolutely dead government.
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The Labour Government reeling off the same far-right talking points on immigration. And look who is celebrating. The far-right.
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
November 16, 2025 at 10:28 AM
The Labour Government reeling off the same far-right talking points on immigration. And look who is celebrating. The far-right.
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
The politics of the EDL-BNP lunatic fringe of 2010 are the policies of the Labour party Home Secretary of 2025.
In 15 years, we have gone from wide consensus support for pluralistic multicultural democracy to this.
And the Labour Right have been completely integral to that project.
In 15 years, we have gone from wide consensus support for pluralistic multicultural democracy to this.
And the Labour Right have been completely integral to that project.
They must be proud with this endorsement, they worked hard for it.
November 16, 2025 at 10:22 AM
The politics of the EDL-BNP lunatic fringe of 2010 are the policies of the Labour party Home Secretary of 2025.
In 15 years, we have gone from wide consensus support for pluralistic multicultural democracy to this.
And the Labour Right have been completely integral to that project.
In 15 years, we have gone from wide consensus support for pluralistic multicultural democracy to this.
And the Labour Right have been completely integral to that project.
I remain unconvinced that "he was a pedophile, but of somewhat older children" is a particularly convincing defence of notorious sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
November 14, 2025 at 8:45 AM
I remain unconvinced that "he was a pedophile, but of somewhat older children" is a particularly convincing defence of notorious sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
I see a lot of people recommending Snyder's 'On Tyranny' as a tool for understanding our present moment and....I can't agree at all. Here's my Goodreads review...
November 13, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I see a lot of people recommending Snyder's 'On Tyranny' as a tool for understanding our present moment and....I can't agree at all. Here's my Goodreads review...
I was OBSESSED with this book when I read it this year. Buy copies for all your friends.
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November 13, 2025 at 11:08 AM
I was OBSESSED with this book when I read it this year. Buy copies for all your friends.
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Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
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Today is the day. With our final user testing session today in collaboration with @iRights.Lab , we move closer to the launch of the world's first interactive 'living' database of digital Holocaust memory practice.
User testing the Digital Memory Database
Over the past five months, the Landecker Digital Memory Lab research team have been user testing our flagship resource – the Digital Memory Database – containing a collection of global digital Holocaust memory practice.
By Dr. Kate Marrison and Dr. Ben Pelling
In April 2025, the Digital Collective Memory Platform provided the perfect space for
www.digitalmemorylab.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Today is the day. With our final user testing session today in collaboration with @iRights.Lab , we move closer to the launch of the world's first interactive 'living' database of digital Holocaust memory practice.
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Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
November 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
"Being able to be vulnerable in my relationship with my husband on social media shows a different kind of strength. I was showing more than just me lifting, and letting people get to know me in a different way."
www.menshealth.com/fitness/a608...
www.menshealth.com/fitness/a608...
Rob Kearney Reflects on Being the First Openly Gay Strongman
As he eases into retirement, the athlete looks back on his career and what it means for the next generation of Strongmen.
www.menshealth.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
"Being able to be vulnerable in my relationship with my husband on social media shows a different kind of strength. I was showing more than just me lifting, and letting people get to know me in a different way."
www.menshealth.com/fitness/a608...
www.menshealth.com/fitness/a608...
"Being able to be vulnerable in my relationship with my husband on social media shows a different kind of strength. I was showing more than just me lifting, and letting people get to know me in a different way."
www.menshealth.com/fitness/a608...
www.menshealth.com/fitness/a608...
Rob Kearney Reflects on Being the First Openly Gay Strongman
As he eases into retirement, the athlete looks back on his career and what it means for the next generation of Strongmen.
www.menshealth.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:07 PM
"Being able to be vulnerable in my relationship with my husband on social media shows a different kind of strength. I was showing more than just me lifting, and letting people get to know me in a different way."
www.menshealth.com/fitness/a608...
www.menshealth.com/fitness/a608...
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I have in my hands definitive evidence that my opponent has committed a world-historic evil. Evidence that, were it to be released to the public, would cause his supporters to abandon him and his entire world to crumble to dust. I therefore have no choice but to give in to every one of his demands
November 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I have in my hands definitive evidence that my opponent has committed a world-historic evil. Evidence that, were it to be released to the public, would cause his supporters to abandon him and his entire world to crumble to dust. I therefore have no choice but to give in to every one of his demands
Why would they bother to hide the evidence? They judged, correctly, that our society would permit rich and powerful men to do terrible things. We have built a society where elites can insulate themselves from consequences - even social ones - with a vast cushion of money.
TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
November 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Why would they bother to hide the evidence? They judged, correctly, that our society would permit rich and powerful men to do terrible things. We have built a society where elites can insulate themselves from consequences - even social ones - with a vast cushion of money.
Call me a woke purity-test white knight leftist if you like, but I think "the President should not be a sexual abuser or rapist" is a pretty low bar for the most powerful office in the world.
To be clear, we already know that Trump is a serial sexual abuser of at least 25 women. In a 2016 YouGov poll, only 16% of registered Republicans felt that disqualified him from the Presidency. In his monstrous exercise of patriarchal prerogative, many men find something aspirational - not evil.
I cannot compute how a party with a Qanon wing, that speaks of 'exposing' the 'elite pedophiles', has a base that does not care at all whether the President of the United States is a paedophile rapist. There's levels of Freudian projection going on here that seem impossible to sustain.
November 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Call me a woke purity-test white knight leftist if you like, but I think "the President should not be a sexual abuser or rapist" is a pretty low bar for the most powerful office in the world.
To be clear, we already know that Trump is a serial sexual abuser of at least 25 women. In a 2016 YouGov poll, only 16% of registered Republicans felt that disqualified him from the Presidency. In his monstrous exercise of patriarchal prerogative, many men find something aspirational - not evil.
I cannot compute how a party with a Qanon wing, that speaks of 'exposing' the 'elite pedophiles', has a base that does not care at all whether the President of the United States is a paedophile rapist. There's levels of Freudian projection going on here that seem impossible to sustain.
the only thing democrats should be saying today is “the entire republican party is engaged in a coverup of the most notorious child sex trafficking ring in world history”
November 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
To be clear, we already know that Trump is a serial sexual abuser of at least 25 women. In a 2016 YouGov poll, only 16% of registered Republicans felt that disqualified him from the Presidency. In his monstrous exercise of patriarchal prerogative, many men find something aspirational - not evil.