Neil Evans
@neilevanshistory.bsky.social
Historian of Modern Wales and beyond. Vice president of Llafur: The Welsh People's History Society; Joint editor (with Charlotte Williams) of UWP series 'Race, Ethnicity, Wales and the World' Published on urban history. women's social movements, empire.
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September 24, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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On my drunkest night as a young sailor in a foreign port of call...I was able to speak more clearly than Donald Trump.
September 24, 2025 at 12:22 AM
On my drunkest night as a young sailor in a foreign port of call...I was able to speak more clearly than Donald Trump.
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Everyday covering politics is like marinating in sewage
September 23, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Everyday covering politics is like marinating in sewage
Trump is not the only unhinged American
They’re taking this escalator thing pretty serious.
September 24, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Trump is not the only unhinged American
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Folks are saying "With Trump's insane speech at the UN, he has hit rock bottom.
This is false. With Trump, there is no rock bottom. There is just how much further he travels down the bottomless pit.
This is false. With Trump, there is no rock bottom. There is just how much further he travels down the bottomless pit.
September 23, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Folks are saying "With Trump's insane speech at the UN, he has hit rock bottom.
This is false. With Trump, there is no rock bottom. There is just how much further he travels down the bottomless pit.
This is false. With Trump, there is no rock bottom. There is just how much further he travels down the bottomless pit.
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If Richard Burgon isn’t in the right party, then neither is Keir Starmer. The real issue right now is that Labour, despite holding a huge majority, is letting a party with four MPs call the shots. Starmer needs to stop pandering and start standing up for democracy and liberal values.
#r4today
#r4today
September 15, 2025 at 6:33 AM
If Richard Burgon isn’t in the right party, then neither is Keir Starmer. The real issue right now is that Labour, despite holding a huge majority, is letting a party with four MPs call the shots. Starmer needs to stop pandering and start standing up for democracy and liberal values.
#r4today
#r4today
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Oh look, the fascist march in London descended into violence. Who could have predicted such a thing?
September 13, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Oh look, the fascist march in London descended into violence. Who could have predicted such a thing?
146th mass shooting this year according to news. A society which doesn't address this is sick.
WHEN HEADLINES SAY "SCHOOL SHOOTING" WE SHOULD ALL FEEL COLLECTIVE SHAME AND RAGE. KIDS DESERVE BOOKS AND PLAYGROUNDS, NOT BULLETPROOF BACKPACKS. IT IS PAST TIME FOR BOLD GUN REFORM AND INVESTMENT IN MENTAL HEALTH. DO NOT LOOK AWAY.
August 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
146th mass shooting this year according to news. A society which doesn't address this is sick.
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WHEN HEADLINES SAY "SCHOOL SHOOTING" WE SHOULD ALL FEEL COLLECTIVE SHAME AND RAGE. KIDS DESERVE BOOKS AND PLAYGROUNDS, NOT BULLETPROOF BACKPACKS. IT IS PAST TIME FOR BOLD GUN REFORM AND INVESTMENT IN MENTAL HEALTH. DO NOT LOOK AWAY.
August 27, 2025 at 4:36 PM
WHEN HEADLINES SAY "SCHOOL SHOOTING" WE SHOULD ALL FEEL COLLECTIVE SHAME AND RAGE. KIDS DESERVE BOOKS AND PLAYGROUNDS, NOT BULLETPROOF BACKPACKS. IT IS PAST TIME FOR BOLD GUN REFORM AND INVESTMENT IN MENTAL HEALTH. DO NOT LOOK AWAY.
Does anyone know how you verify age? I keep coming to a screen which says place your face in the window. How do i do that? I mean it's a bit small!
August 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Does anyone know how you verify age? I keep coming to a screen which says place your face in the window. How do i do that? I mean it's a bit small!
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The Diary of Anne Frank is among the hundreds of books banned in Florida this year. When I was in school, it was required reading. (Guardian)
August 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The Diary of Anne Frank is among the hundreds of books banned in Florida this year. When I was in school, it was required reading. (Guardian)
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UK ruiners tour: from Tufton Street to Russian embassy, ending at Farage’s Brussels flat and Johnson’s Oxford palace. #ukpolitics
August 24, 2025 at 11:07 AM
UK ruiners tour: from Tufton Street to Russian embassy, ending at Farage’s Brussels flat and Johnson’s Oxford palace. #ukpolitics
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'Top' universities are exclusive. WTF would you expect.
Such a deeply misleading and dangerous headline which seems to have been constructed entirely in order to enrage the mathematically illiterate.
August 18, 2025 at 10:12 AM
'Top' universities are exclusive. WTF would you expect.
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"An incompetent way to pursue peace in Ukraine" - strongly worded FT Editorial www.ft.com/content/0226...
August 18, 2025 at 6:24 AM
"An incompetent way to pursue peace in Ukraine" - strongly worded FT Editorial www.ft.com/content/0226...
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Hey American people, he's rolling out the national guard in more cities this week by the look of this rant.
August 18, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Hey American people, he's rolling out the national guard in more cities this week by the look of this rant.
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This is so important.
Everyone should have access to education and it should be free for all.
Everyone should have access to education and it should be free for all.
Worth remembering that Terence Stamp was the son of a ship's stoker.
Stamp desperately wanted to act, after falling in love with movies as a kid, and it was a scholarship to Drama School that allowed him to walk that path.
Every time arts cuts are made, they rob us of more Terence Stamps.
Stamp desperately wanted to act, after falling in love with movies as a kid, and it was a scholarship to Drama School that allowed him to walk that path.
Every time arts cuts are made, they rob us of more Terence Stamps.
August 18, 2025 at 10:04 AM
This is so important.
Everyone should have access to education and it should be free for all.
Everyone should have access to education and it should be free for all.
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One of the best ways to cripple Russia’s ambitions longterm would be to moonshot renewables development then spread the tech everywhere super-cheap. Russia produces nothing of significance beyond oil and gas. The economy would tank. Plus a huge win in the fight against the climate crisis.
August 16, 2025 at 6:48 PM
One of the best ways to cripple Russia’s ambitions longterm would be to moonshot renewables development then spread the tech everywhere super-cheap. Russia produces nothing of significance beyond oil and gas. The economy would tank. Plus a huge win in the fight against the climate crisis.
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Graph of British Rivers
July 5, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Graph of British Rivers
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For the Epsteinth time, an 'underage woman' is called a CHILD.
Thanks for coming to my Pred Talk.
Thanks for coming to my Pred Talk.
July 22, 2025 at 2:58 PM
For the Epsteinth time, an 'underage woman' is called a CHILD.
Thanks for coming to my Pred Talk.
Thanks for coming to my Pred Talk.
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Don't trust any of them
Rogan, Jones, Muskrat, Bannon
Rogan, Jones, Muskrat, Bannon
July 5, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Don't trust any of them
Rogan, Jones, Muskrat, Bannon
Rogan, Jones, Muskrat, Bannon
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July 4, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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you can't talk about MAGA and its Gilded Age revival without talking about slavery (and nostalgia for the imagined chivalry of the antebellum planter aristocracy and its enabling squirearchy)
Said it before. Will say it again and will keep saying it: Support for slavery never ended. It just lost a war.
Today, right now, many Republicans are amenable to the idea and I expect to see proposals for its return — in one form or another — soon. Likely kidnapped undocumented immigrants.
Today, right now, many Republicans are amenable to the idea and I expect to see proposals for its return — in one form or another — soon. Likely kidnapped undocumented immigrants.
Here’s JD Vance-influencer Curtis Yarvin advocating a return to slavery.
So that’s how things are going on this July 4th.
So that’s how things are going on this July 4th.
July 5, 2025 at 8:49 AM
you can't talk about MAGA and its Gilded Age revival without talking about slavery (and nostalgia for the imagined chivalry of the antebellum planter aristocracy and its enabling squirearchy)
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An important point to remember is that you can be openly biased against people, & also completely correct.
I am openly biased against fascists and tankies. I have experienced their drivel for long enough to know it will never be worth taking seriously, & will always be dangerous to other people.
I am openly biased against fascists and tankies. I have experienced their drivel for long enough to know it will never be worth taking seriously, & will always be dangerous to other people.
People think I'm biased against Jeff Bezos, but here's Sartoria F. Caraceni, widely considered one of the best bespoke tailoring houses in the world, commenting on Bezos's wedding suit.
"The most terrible, frightening, horrible tuxedo ever seen in my life. I'm really suffering"
"The most terrible, frightening, horrible tuxedo ever seen in my life. I'm really suffering"
![A comment from Sartoria F. Caraceni on Instagram. It reads: "The most terrible, frightening, horrible tuxedo ever seen in my life. Omg .. [face palm emoji]. Elegance is not an empty word. I can't stand it. Really suffering ..."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreihem37yhyk32qv6m7r7oodhuibzqvdqx7ccuckof3uh7c3kjsyuta@jpeg)
June 29, 2025 at 8:47 AM
An important point to remember is that you can be openly biased against people, & also completely correct.
I am openly biased against fascists and tankies. I have experienced their drivel for long enough to know it will never be worth taking seriously, & will always be dangerous to other people.
I am openly biased against fascists and tankies. I have experienced their drivel for long enough to know it will never be worth taking seriously, & will always be dangerous to other people.