@myopicduck.bsky.social
My job is literally just history
PhD student on 1800s Caribbean political culture @corpuscambridge.bsky.social
PhD student on 1800s Caribbean political culture @corpuscambridge.bsky.social
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“History was written by the winners” doesn’t mean that the history of the losers doesn’t exist. It means you have to judge and interpret sources with the knowledge of the biases of the people who wrote them.
November 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM
“History was written by the winners” doesn’t mean that the history of the losers doesn’t exist. It means you have to judge and interpret sources with the knowledge of the biases of the people who wrote them.
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probably the biggest example of this is people going off about “Jesus not existing”
he absolutely did. we know he did, beyond shadow of a doubt. argue all you want about theology and whether he was The Messiah, but Jesus of Nazareth absolutely was a real person
he absolutely did. we know he did, beyond shadow of a doubt. argue all you want about theology and whether he was The Messiah, but Jesus of Nazareth absolutely was a real person
November 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
probably the biggest example of this is people going off about “Jesus not existing”
he absolutely did. we know he did, beyond shadow of a doubt. argue all you want about theology and whether he was The Messiah, but Jesus of Nazareth absolutely was a real person
he absolutely did. we know he did, beyond shadow of a doubt. argue all you want about theology and whether he was The Messiah, but Jesus of Nazareth absolutely was a real person
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Something I do wish non-historians would internalise is that (modern) historians are not (generally) just making shit up. We do in fact have sources and evidence and proof of things which have happened in the past
November 12, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Something I do wish non-historians would internalise is that (modern) historians are not (generally) just making shit up. We do in fact have sources and evidence and proof of things which have happened in the past
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it's a real shame there wasn't just a Democratic president with control of federal law enforcement for 4 years, otherwise it would be pretty fuckin outrageous that he didn't find this
A direct email exchange from 2011 between Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, just released by House Oversight Committee Democrats.
November 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
it's a real shame there wasn't just a Democratic president with control of federal law enforcement for 4 years, otherwise it would be pretty fuckin outrageous that he didn't find this
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One of my favourite ongoing history bits is the 800 years of attempts and failures to establish regular transport links between Oxford and Cambridge. it’s hilarious
Flying electric taxis will be travelling between Oxford and Cambridge next year. A six-month pilot project (geddit) aims to prepare the infrastructure and develop a business case as a first step towards “commercially viable regional operations”.
October 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
One of my favourite ongoing history bits is the 800 years of attempts and failures to establish regular transport links between Oxford and Cambridge. it’s hilarious
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very excited to see how the latest damning evidence that Donald Trump is a child rapist changes nothing
November 12, 2025 at 2:11 PM
very excited to see how the latest damning evidence that Donald Trump is a child rapist changes nothing
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If the Prescott memo is true, and there is a secret cabal of LGBTQ+ journalists stopping any negative stories about trans people being published or aired at BBC News, then, I have to say, they’re doing a really fucking shit job of that.
November 12, 2025 at 10:41 AM
If the Prescott memo is true, and there is a secret cabal of LGBTQ+ journalists stopping any negative stories about trans people being published or aired at BBC News, then, I have to say, they’re doing a really fucking shit job of that.
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"How do you think the Besaid Aurochs are gonna do at the Luca tourney?" my brother in Yevon, I feel like you're baiting me into saying something performatively mean for your own amusement. I'm not touching it. Haven't the island teams suffered enough lately?
November 9, 2025 at 12:11 PM
"How do you think the Besaid Aurochs are gonna do at the Luca tourney?" my brother in Yevon, I feel like you're baiting me into saying something performatively mean for your own amusement. I'm not touching it. Haven't the island teams suffered enough lately?
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“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
“We were effectively props”: young stars of game development feel let down by the ‘gaming Oscars’
Announced in 2020 by the Game Awards as an inclusive programme for the industry’s next generation, the Future Class initiative has now been discontinued. Inductees describe clashes with organisers and...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
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I need Joyce Carol Oates to be mean to me online so I can get my life together
November 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I need Joyce Carol Oates to be mean to me online so I can get my life together
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It was deleted but despite the unhelpfulness of Google's dipshit AI I still found it. NO THANKS TO GOOGLE
November 11, 2025 at 5:30 AM
It was deleted but despite the unhelpfulness of Google's dipshit AI I still found it. NO THANKS TO GOOGLE
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this is literally never not accurate
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
this is literally never not accurate
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just showing off some stances
November 11, 2025 at 1:11 AM
just showing off some stances
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“This thing is definitely bad for us but no one can say what it is”
The evidence that ultra-processed foods are bad for us is piling up. But efforts to reduce their role in our diets face a big hurdle: experts can't agree on what they are and which to target. n.pr/4qMrN7P
People want to avoid ultra-processed foods. But experts struggle to define them
The evidence that ultra-processed foods are bad for us is piling up. But efforts to reduce their role in our diets face a big hurdle: experts can't agree on what they are and which to target.
n.pr
November 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
“This thing is definitely bad for us but no one can say what it is”
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this is where i post from
If you thought Frankenstein's Tower in the Guillermo del Toro movie looked cool, check out the real-world inspiration behind it...
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
this is where i post from
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wow i wonder what alastair said when the bbc portrayed corbyn as voldemort or photoshopped a russian hat on him, both of which happened on newsnight, wow, i bet he was pure raging
Incredible shit here: the man who provided the template for stomping on the BBC when it displeases malicious actors in politics, complaining that malicious actors in politics are using his template for stomping on the BBC for displeasing them.
November 10, 2025 at 11:55 AM
wow i wonder what alastair said when the bbc portrayed corbyn as voldemort or photoshopped a russian hat on him, both of which happened on newsnight, wow, i bet he was pure raging
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when conservative dems once again do something obscenely stupid to directly aid the republican party
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 AM
when conservative dems once again do something obscenely stupid to directly aid the republican party
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lol she got his ass and he knows it
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
lol she got his ass and he knows it
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vince gilligan shaved his moustache and i can tell you right now it would take me like ten years to figure out clark kent is superman. who the fuck is that
November 9, 2025 at 5:50 AM
vince gilligan shaved his moustache and i can tell you right now it would take me like ten years to figure out clark kent is superman. who the fuck is that
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it's really weird to have developed super specialized knowledge of the art industry and art crime for three years and then just suddenly stop developing it or reporting on it due to a layoff; but this happens to so many reporters and then I see discussions about declining public trust in the media
November 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
it's really weird to have developed super specialized knowledge of the art industry and art crime for three years and then just suddenly stop developing it or reporting on it due to a layoff; but this happens to so many reporters and then I see discussions about declining public trust in the media
Denmark is one of the most fantastically racist countries in Europe. Big part of the reason we don’t live there any more! Deranged to emulate it
"Shabana Mahmood will model some of her new measures on the Danish system"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Denmark is one of the most fantastically racist countries in Europe. Big part of the reason we don’t live there any more! Deranged to emulate it
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the tunnels argument always gives the game away, so the resistance should have built above ground military infrastructure? israel was gonna allow that? it's the "these people should know when they conquered" thing. our glorious fortitude, their perfidious intransigence, etc
Not that it really matters much what this guy thinks but I remembered that he opposed sanctions on settlers in illegally occupied Palestinian territory West Bank lol
November 8, 2025 at 5:07 AM
the tunnels argument always gives the game away, so the resistance should have built above ground military infrastructure? israel was gonna allow that? it's the "these people should know when they conquered" thing. our glorious fortitude, their perfidious intransigence, etc
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i started making fun of Jeremy Renner as a bit on the show years ago. didn't have any reason to think he was an awful person, just felt like he was up his own ass enough to be funny.
anyway turns out he's an actual monster. i take back my apology over making fun of his weird snowplow accident.
anyway turns out he's an actual monster. i take back my apology over making fun of his weird snowplow accident.
Hollywood Star Jeremy Renner, 54, Accused of Vile ‘ICE’ Threat Against Female Moviemaker, 34
https://www.reddit.com/r/popculturechat/comments/1oqkysh/hollywood_star_jeremy_renner_54_accused_of_vile/
https://www.reddit.com/r/popculturechat/comments/1oqkysh/hollywood_star_jeremy_renner_54_accused_of_vile/
Hollywood Star Jeremy Renner, 54, Accused of Vile ‘ICE’ Threat Against Female Moviemaker, 34
r/popculturechat
www.reddit.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:41 AM
i started making fun of Jeremy Renner as a bit on the show years ago. didn't have any reason to think he was an awful person, just felt like he was up his own ass enough to be funny.
anyway turns out he's an actual monster. i take back my apology over making fun of his weird snowplow accident.
anyway turns out he's an actual monster. i take back my apology over making fun of his weird snowplow accident.
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The abundance of evidence of the Biden administration just looking the other way and being willing to supply arms to actions they knew violated international law will continue to grow
November 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The abundance of evidence of the Biden administration just looking the other way and being willing to supply arms to actions they knew violated international law will continue to grow
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RESEARCHER: No, Koko. You can’t have a Birkin bag.
KOKO: Good Birkin good Koko give beautiful Koko deserve gorilla
RESEARCHER: Koko, we simply can’t afford a Birkin bag. It is an unjustifiable expense.
KOKO: jealousy professor
RESEARCHER: No, Koko. You can’t have a Birkin bag.
KOKO: Good Birkin good Koko give beautiful Koko deserve gorilla
RESEARCHER: Koko, we simply can’t afford a Birkin bag. It is an unjustifiable expense.
KOKO: jealousy professor
July 17, 2023 at 3:57 AM
KOKO THE GORILLA: Koko birkin bag. Practical Koko possession bag
RESEARCHER: No, Koko. You can’t have a Birkin bag.
KOKO: Good Birkin good Koko give beautiful Koko deserve gorilla
RESEARCHER: Koko, we simply can’t afford a Birkin bag. It is an unjustifiable expense.
KOKO: jealousy professor
RESEARCHER: No, Koko. You can’t have a Birkin bag.
KOKO: Good Birkin good Koko give beautiful Koko deserve gorilla
RESEARCHER: Koko, we simply can’t afford a Birkin bag. It is an unjustifiable expense.
KOKO: jealousy professor