Patrick van der Geest
@ideesdupasse.bsky.social
British-Dutch PhD candidate @ Lund University 🇬🇧🇳🇱🇸🇪 | Currently based in Manchester | Researching Hope & Co. + the business of empire 🐙 | Colonial & global history | Husband of @hindenrijk 👬 | Committed 🐱 dad | He/him 🏳️🌈🇪🇺 | Views my own
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This is very much worth reading by @andrewduffeu.bsky.social . It is not 2016 anymore. The world has changed and so has the EU. Which means that Britain AND EU member States should review their experience of Brexit. verfassungsblog.de/the-case-for...
The Case for a Royal Commission on Britain and Europe
verfassungsblog.de
October 12, 2025 at 9:05 AM
This is very much worth reading by @andrewduffeu.bsky.social . It is not 2016 anymore. The world has changed and so has the EU. Which means that Britain AND EU member States should review their experience of Brexit. verfassungsblog.de/the-case-for...
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This story reveals so much. Why is still disturbing and distressing to some folk to consider the possibility that a historical figure might just be, well, not completely straight? Nelson was still Nelson. Queer people have always existed. We always will.
"Nelson branded ‘queer’ by museum" [Telegraph]
Kate Barker, LGB Alliance, "We already have enough LGB heroes from history, without pretending that straight people were gay."
Kate Barker, LGB Alliance, "We already have enough LGB heroes from history, without pretending that straight people were gay."
October 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM
This story reveals so much. Why is still disturbing and distressing to some folk to consider the possibility that a historical figure might just be, well, not completely straight? Nelson was still Nelson. Queer people have always existed. We always will.
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October 2, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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Nathan Gill is no fringe politician.
He was the leader of the Reform Party and before that UKIP in Wales.
A Brexit Party MEP.
A friend and ally of Nigel Farage, who in 2016 called him:
"terrific," and "as honest as the day is long."
This is a MASSIVE story
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
He was the leader of the Reform Party and before that UKIP in Wales.
A Brexit Party MEP.
A friend and ally of Nigel Farage, who in 2016 called him:
"terrific," and "as honest as the day is long."
This is a MASSIVE story
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reform UK's ex-Wales leader Nathan Gill admits pro-Russia bribery
Nathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 27, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Nathan Gill is no fringe politician.
He was the leader of the Reform Party and before that UKIP in Wales.
A Brexit Party MEP.
A friend and ally of Nigel Farage, who in 2016 called him:
"terrific," and "as honest as the day is long."
This is a MASSIVE story
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
He was the leader of the Reform Party and before that UKIP in Wales.
A Brexit Party MEP.
A friend and ally of Nigel Farage, who in 2016 called him:
"terrific," and "as honest as the day is long."
This is a MASSIVE story
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Joint exhibition with www.stuartlindenrhodes.com and @jonshard on until October 5th at Manchester Spinningfields. Some the photography courtesy of @universityofmanchester @thejohnrylands.bsky.social
September 14, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Joint exhibition with www.stuartlindenrhodes.com and @jonshard on until October 5th at Manchester Spinningfields. Some the photography courtesy of @universityofmanchester @thejohnrylands.bsky.social
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The John Rylands Library is opening a new exhibition in Spinningfields to mark Manchester Pride 2025 in collaboration with photographers Stuart Linden Rhodes and Jon Shard. Details in ALT text
August 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The John Rylands Library is opening a new exhibition in Spinningfields to mark Manchester Pride 2025 in collaboration with photographers Stuart Linden Rhodes and Jon Shard. Details in ALT text
My aunt's cat, Mowgli, recently had an accident and was hit by a motorbike, which caused his hip to dislocate. Mowgli is only two years old and such a gentle, loving cat. If you're able, please consider helping cover the cost of his surgery so he can enjoy a happy, healthy life. gofund.me/b3151d85
Donate to Help save Mowgli's Leg - Urgent Surgery Needed, organized by Chloe Harris
Hi, my name is Chloe, and I'm reaching out to help my niece's beloved cat,… Chloe Harris needs your support for Help save Mowgli's Leg - Urgent Surgery Needed
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August 25, 2025 at 7:32 PM
My aunt's cat, Mowgli, recently had an accident and was hit by a motorbike, which caused his hip to dislocate. Mowgli is only two years old and such a gentle, loving cat. If you're able, please consider helping cover the cost of his surgery so he can enjoy a happy, healthy life. gofund.me/b3151d85
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President Macron:
We are talking about an imperialist and revisionist power that is today's Russia, which since 2008 has constantly sought to conquer new territories, has constantly revised international borders, and has never kept its promises of peace and non-aggression.
We are talking about an imperialist and revisionist power that is today's Russia, which since 2008 has constantly sought to conquer new territories, has constantly revised international borders, and has never kept its promises of peace and non-aggression.
August 17, 2025 at 9:40 PM
President Macron:
We are talking about an imperialist and revisionist power that is today's Russia, which since 2008 has constantly sought to conquer new territories, has constantly revised international borders, and has never kept its promises of peace and non-aggression.
We are talking about an imperialist and revisionist power that is today's Russia, which since 2008 has constantly sought to conquer new territories, has constantly revised international borders, and has never kept its promises of peace and non-aggression.
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Free to read: Researchers suggest one-a-year publication limit to address “publish or perish mania”
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August 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Free to read: Researchers suggest one-a-year publication limit to address “publish or perish mania”
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-worl...
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-worl...
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A small piece of the immense vandalism done to our country by #Brexit has been mended. There's a lot more left to fix.
UK recovers position in EU’s Horizon Europe science research programme
Scientists received €735m in grants in 2024 after UK rejoined programme as associate member post-Brexit
www.theguardian.com
August 12, 2025 at 11:59 AM
A small piece of the immense vandalism done to our country by #Brexit has been mended. There's a lot more left to fix.
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In case you missed it
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The UK, once the most LGBTQ-friendly country in Europe, drops to 22nd place
Hungary and Georgia have also seen sharp declines after the introduction of anti-LGBTQ legislation
www.attitude.co.uk
August 5, 2025 at 4:00 AM
In case you missed it
www.attitude.co.uk/news/the-uk-...
www.attitude.co.uk/news/the-uk-...
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Medan pappan tweetade detta på X tidigare i år var sonen ute och spred propaganda tillsammans med och för nazistiska NMR som USA har terrorklassat och som Säpo övervakar.
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Forssell kan omöjligt ha varit ovetandes om sonens blixtsnabba radikalisering.
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Forssell kan omöjligt ha varit ovetandes om sonens blixtsnabba radikalisering.
Forssell kan omöjligt ha varit ovetandes om sonens blixtsnabba och kraftiga radikalisering
Det här går knappt att ta in: Medan pappan tweetade detta på X tidigare i år var sonen ute och spred propaganda tillsammans med och för nazistiska NMR som USA har klassat som en terroristorganisati…
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July 12, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Medan pappan tweetade detta på X tidigare i år var sonen ute och spred propaganda tillsammans med och för nazistiska NMR som USA har terrorklassat och som Säpo övervakar.
tobiashubinette.wordpress.com/2025/07/12/f...
Forssell kan omöjligt ha varit ovetandes om sonens blixtsnabba radikalisering.
tobiashubinette.wordpress.com/2025/07/12/f...
Forssell kan omöjligt ha varit ovetandes om sonens blixtsnabba radikalisering.
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1. Earlier this year, Trump erased transgender people from the Stonewall National Monument webpage, digitally burning the history we helped create.
Now, he's doing the same to bisexual people.
No marginalized group will be safe from the admin's moving targets.
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Now, he's doing the same to bisexual people.
No marginalized group will be safe from the admin's moving targets.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
After Trans People, Trump Now Erasing Bisexual People From Stonewall National Monument
The "History and Culture" page no longer includes bisexual rights.
www.erininthemorning.com
July 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
1. Earlier this year, Trump erased transgender people from the Stonewall National Monument webpage, digitally burning the history we helped create.
Now, he's doing the same to bisexual people.
No marginalized group will be safe from the admin's moving targets.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Now, he's doing the same to bisexual people.
No marginalized group will be safe from the admin's moving targets.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Trump administration erase references to bisexuality from Stonewall National Monument site www.attitude.co.uk/news/bisexua...
Trump administration erase references to bisexuality from Stonewall National Monument site
The Trump administration has quietly erased pages on the Stonewall National Monument website, deleting any reference to transgender or bisexual individuals
www.attitude.co.uk
July 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Trump administration erase references to bisexuality from Stonewall National Monument site www.attitude.co.uk/news/bisexua...
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Historians will appreicate. Soviet thinking about spheres of influence. It's time that this document is widely shared in the English translation [Free]. open.substack.com/pub/profradc...
Moscow's thinking about spheres of influence.
... and the origins of the Cold War.
open.substack.com
July 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Historians will appreicate. Soviet thinking about spheres of influence. It's time that this document is widely shared in the English translation [Free]. open.substack.com/pub/profradc...
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The incredible efforts of the people who set up Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) have been honoured at the PEUGEOT Attitude PRIDE Awards Europe 2025, supported by British Airways
www.attitude.co.uk/life/peugeot...
www.attitude.co.uk/life/peugeot...
LGSM members on the 'true manifestation of allyship' between LGBTQ+ people and miners in Thatcher's Britain (EXCLUSIVE)
The incredible efforts of the people who set up Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) are an unforgettable example of allyship, activism and people power
www.attitude.co.uk
July 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The incredible efforts of the people who set up Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) have been honoured at the PEUGEOT Attitude PRIDE Awards Europe 2025, supported by British Airways
www.attitude.co.uk/life/peugeot...
www.attitude.co.uk/life/peugeot...
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Here is a little story about the #earlymodern emoticon "<3" and the complex symbolic meaning of this typographical entity that I posted yesterday. Follow me, for catholic symbolism and some #bookhistory, dear #skystorians of the blue skies. Here we go...
June 28, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Here is a little story about the #earlymodern emoticon "<3" and the complex symbolic meaning of this typographical entity that I posted yesterday. Follow me, for catholic symbolism and some #bookhistory, dear #skystorians of the blue skies. Here we go...
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Mot bakgrund av innehållet i SD:s vitbok står det nu klart att SD i dag är världens största och mäktigaste parti med ett nazistiskt förflutet.
Varför vågar inte SD offentliggöra vitboken i sin helhet och låta svenska folket och partiets väljare få ta del av den?
www.expressen.se/debatt/debat...
Varför vågar inte SD offentliggöra vitboken i sin helhet och låta svenska folket och partiets väljare få ta del av den?
www.expressen.se/debatt/debat...
June 28, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Mot bakgrund av innehållet i SD:s vitbok står det nu klart att SD i dag är världens största och mäktigaste parti med ett nazistiskt förflutet.
Varför vågar inte SD offentliggöra vitboken i sin helhet och låta svenska folket och partiets väljare få ta del av den?
www.expressen.se/debatt/debat...
Varför vågar inte SD offentliggöra vitboken i sin helhet och låta svenska folket och partiets väljare få ta del av den?
www.expressen.se/debatt/debat...
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Somehow the "We need to support policies that are popular" crowd never land on the very popular polices like "taxing big corporation more," "making health care more affordable," or "paying teachers more."
It's always just "be 10% more racist."
It's always just "be 10% more racist."
June 4, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Somehow the "We need to support policies that are popular" crowd never land on the very popular polices like "taxing big corporation more," "making health care more affordable," or "paying teachers more."
It's always just "be 10% more racist."
It's always just "be 10% more racist."
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A great pleasure last week to hold the first workshop of my INTRECCI project - took the opportunity to bring some ludicrously brilliant ECRs to Manchester!
I co-hosted with a visiting PhD student @ideesdupasse.bsky.social who has written up a little review: intrecci-project.org/institutions...
I co-hosted with a visiting PhD student @ideesdupasse.bsky.social who has written up a little review: intrecci-project.org/institutions...
Institutions in Motion | INTRECCI
Intermediaries, Agency, and Adaption in Global Commerce and Empire, 1450-1850
intrecci-project.org
May 29, 2025 at 9:38 AM
A great pleasure last week to hold the first workshop of my INTRECCI project - took the opportunity to bring some ludicrously brilliant ECRs to Manchester!
I co-hosted with a visiting PhD student @ideesdupasse.bsky.social who has written up a little review: intrecci-project.org/institutions...
I co-hosted with a visiting PhD student @ideesdupasse.bsky.social who has written up a little review: intrecci-project.org/institutions...
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A kind request to sign the petition to show support and solidarity with the Archives Team at the University of Bangor.
The knowledge, skills and amazing resource is under direct threat of being lost due to proposed cuts.
Help save our archives!
The knowledge, skills and amazing resource is under direct threat of being lost due to proposed cuts.
Help save our archives!
SAVE YOUR ARCHIVE / ACHUBWCH EICH ARCHIFDY
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
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May 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
A kind request to sign the petition to show support and solidarity with the Archives Team at the University of Bangor.
The knowledge, skills and amazing resource is under direct threat of being lost due to proposed cuts.
Help save our archives!
The knowledge, skills and amazing resource is under direct threat of being lost due to proposed cuts.
Help save our archives!
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Economists looking at an idea from sociology literature that they will be the first to write a paper on.
May 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Economists looking at an idea from sociology literature that they will be the first to write a paper on.
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"The new artwork, at Manchester Art Gallery, commemorates the occasion when the African American abolitionist Sarah Parker Remond made a speech on the site in 1859." www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Artist traces Manchester’s links to slavery on blue cotton gown
Manchester Art Gallery exhibition features gown inspired by outfit worn by abolitionist Sarah Parker Remond
www.theguardian.com
March 16, 2025 at 12:32 AM
"The new artwork, at Manchester Art Gallery, commemorates the occasion when the African American abolitionist Sarah Parker Remond made a speech on the site in 1859." www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
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🚨NEW EPISODE🚨
Darwin, Dickens and a Giant Diamond: Inside The Great Exhibition
Join @davidolusoga.bsky.social and @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social as they discuss the story behind one of the greatest exhibitions Britain and the world has ever known...
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Darwin, Dickens and a Giant Diamond: Inside The Great Exhibition
Join @davidolusoga.bsky.social and @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social as they discuss the story behind one of the greatest exhibitions Britain and the world has ever known...
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April 17, 2025 at 3:28 PM
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨
Darwin, Dickens and a Giant Diamond: Inside The Great Exhibition
Join @davidolusoga.bsky.social and @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social as they discuss the story behind one of the greatest exhibitions Britain and the world has ever known...
Link in replies👇
Darwin, Dickens and a Giant Diamond: Inside The Great Exhibition
Join @davidolusoga.bsky.social and @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social as they discuss the story behind one of the greatest exhibitions Britain and the world has ever known...
Link in replies👇