David Winter
@vetur.bsky.social
Distractable historian of medieval & early modern Europe. Current shiny things include: all things Icelandic; the demonic; popular religion; taxonomies. Currently working on a translation & study of Icelandic bishop, Oddur Einarsson's Descriptio Islandiae.
Today is the 50th anniversary of the Iceland Women’s Strike. On October 24, 1975, 90% of the country’s women withdrew their paid and unpaid labour. It led directly to the implementation of gender equality legislation in 1976 and paved the way for Iceland to elect Vigdis Finnbogadottir as president.
October 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Today is the 50th anniversary of the Iceland Women’s Strike. On October 24, 1975, 90% of the country’s women withdrew their paid and unpaid labour. It led directly to the implementation of gender equality legislation in 1976 and paved the way for Iceland to elect Vigdis Finnbogadottir as president.
British authorities want to disappear this new #Banksy image showing a judge beating a Palestine Action Network protestor with his gavel. Help make sure it doesn't go away. #UKpoli #Britishpolitics #palestine
September 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
British authorities want to disappear this new #Banksy image showing a judge beating a Palestine Action Network protestor with his gavel. Help make sure it doesn't go away. #UKpoli #Britishpolitics #palestine
Now out: The Routledge History of the Devil in the Western Tradition, edited with my brilliant colleagues, @mikkibrock.bsky.social and @devilprof.bsky.social !
June 23, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Now out: The Routledge History of the Devil in the Western Tradition, edited with my brilliant colleagues, @mikkibrock.bsky.social and @devilprof.bsky.social !
One of the most regionally distinct words in Canada: cottage in S. ON, camp in N. ON, cabin on the Prairies, chalet in QB, bungalow in Cape Breton
June 21, 2025 at 1:07 AM
One of the most regionally distinct words in Canada: cottage in S. ON, camp in N. ON, cabin on the Prairies, chalet in QB, bungalow in Cape Breton
Scholar from France denied entry and deported from the United States for expressing anti Trump views
March 19, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Scholar from France denied entry and deported from the United States for expressing anti Trump views
So much fear and respect…
February 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
So much fear and respect…
February 3, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Me, in the trade war, trying to figure out if these chips were made in Canada.
February 1, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Me, in the trade war, trying to figure out if these chips were made in Canada.
We can never let this sign be normalized.
January 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
We can never let this sign be normalized.
There it is, ladies and gentlemen. We didn't think it could be done before the 2030s, but Musk has done it. He has given us pure cringe. Be careful of looking at it in its purest state. Wear the correct protective gear.
#purecringe #cringium #unalloyedcringe
#purecringe #cringium #unalloyedcringe
January 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
There it is, ladies and gentlemen. We didn't think it could be done before the 2030s, but Musk has done it. He has given us pure cringe. Be careful of looking at it in its purest state. Wear the correct protective gear.
#purecringe #cringium #unalloyedcringe
#purecringe #cringium #unalloyedcringe
This is the Hochwald Gap. This is where my grandfather was mortally wounded by machine gunners who regularly made the sign that Musk made at the inauguration today.
January 21, 2025 at 1:49 AM
This is the Hochwald Gap. This is where my grandfather was mortally wounded by machine gunners who regularly made the sign that Musk made at the inauguration today.
Hundurinn, eftir Baltasar Kormákur
Kemur í vor, 2025
Kemur í vor, 2025
December 8, 2024 at 11:51 PM
Hundurinn, eftir Baltasar Kormákur
Kemur í vor, 2025
Kemur í vor, 2025
I'm 60. I have memories of a world before Reagan. The Overton Window has moved so far to the right during my lifetime that current political discourse is unrecognisable vs 40 yrs ago. To reverse it, we need to talk boldly and unashamedly about the common good in almost unimaginable ways.
November 16, 2024 at 8:30 PM
I'm 60. I have memories of a world before Reagan. The Overton Window has moved so far to the right during my lifetime that current political discourse is unrecognisable vs 40 yrs ago. To reverse it, we need to talk boldly and unashamedly about the common good in almost unimaginable ways.
Come, friendly bombs and rain on Slough...
November 13, 2024 at 5:11 PM
Come, friendly bombs and rain on Slough...
Siegfried Sassoon, Suicide in Trenches #RemembranceDay
November 11, 2024 at 3:33 AM
Siegfried Sassoon, Suicide in Trenches #RemembranceDay