I was talking to a biomedical researcher the other day and am now considering the irony that actually it's autism that causes vaccines [often, not exclusively, etc etc just let me have my quip please]

Just described Cyclops by saying ‘bro is just sheepmaxing’ and i am very pleased with this synopsis

Reading the medieval law text Críth Gablach, as one does on a Sunday morning, and came across this interesting bit on women's weapons.

BRB, reading all of these

Michael Collins seems to have been one to trash talk during sports, commenting 'ah, you wh*re, you can't run' during a 100 meter dash in Frongoch internment camp, 1916. [Source: _Frongoch: University of Revolution_]

Does this precedent mean I can do crimes? Y/N

Just read a book which evidences British wastefulness/bad intel in the War of Independence by noting the many Irish detainees who were disabled/chronically ill/over 40. There are points to be made here--but also, my guy, have you SEEN who the revolutionaries were?

During the Irish Civil War, the C-wing of Mountjoy Prison produced a prison paper called 'The Book of Cells' and I am in awe of how people in prison retained such top-tier wit.

I hate when dead animal are given a different name (eg. sheep/mutton) as though their lives and suffering are erased, their bodies reimagined as a simple product for human pleasure--But I think 'mairteoil' ('beef') gets a pass--It may come from latin mortuus ('dead'). dil.ie/search?searc...

Put these pictures side to side for an article pitch and the family resemblance between myself and Daniel Mendoza (in 1788) is actually *uncanny* .

If you could introduce any historical figures to one another and either join the conversation or just watch them interact, who would you pick?

I have GONE WILD on the 1926 Irish census and have made some fun discoveries: Trinidadian medical students, a Baháʼí couple in Donegal, the Irish widow of an emigré Cossack, and Egyptian sailors in Cork city - among many others.

Teaching a history course that covers British involvement in the slave trade and this is an interesting infographic of compensation payouts when Britain abolishes slavery throughout the empire in 1833. [Heblich, Redding and Voth, 'Slavery and the British industrial Revolution']

I do like how obvious it is that academics say "the ____ Turn" to avoid saying "the ____ trend"

Circa 1800, David Ochterlony of Boston MA used to promenade around Delhi each evening with his mistresses. Each mistress rode her very own elephant. So, babe, if he wanted to—he would. [source: Shashi Tharoor, Inglorious Empire]

The proliferation of this quote is so interesting to me. It's often posted by right wing chuds who use it to defend conventional aesthetic ideas — such as the importance of having a lean, athletic body — but they don't really understand Owens's work. Let's talk about it. 🧵

If you’re texting after 1am you’d best be providing me with niche history facts

I have become aware of the 2025 Eurovision sing called 'Serving Kant'. Whilst the concept is undeniably clever, I was dismayed to discover this song is not, in fact, about Kantian dialectics :-(

Me: Of course I'll cut down on my footnotes. Also me: It is vital that I tell you about this salmon

Someone on this train just described a friend as ‘naturally avant garde’, which manages to be simultaneously damning and the highest praise

Chaucer famously asserts that what women want is sovereignty. However, I believe that what women want is to be asked *whether they have sufficient ponies* (and, when the answer is a woebegone negative, offered more ponies). In this essay, I will--

If you send me a photo of your pet, I will be unable to resist replying with what I infer to be your pet’s political opinions

How did it take 5 years of teaching medieval lit for me to finally receive an essay titled ‘Slay, Queen’ 😂

19th century pearl-clutching about terrorists become less classy is the funniest thing I’ve read today

Love that my friend sent me this as a vacation idea for us 😂 news.artnet.com/art-world/br...

British Museum Seeks Treasure Hunter to Recover Stolen Antiquities

The British Museum is stepping up the search for hundreds of antiquities, stolen in 2023, by hiring a dedicated treasure hunter.

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Sadly unsuccessful in convincing any children that Santa Claus is short for ‘Santa Von Clausewitz’ and that he is not merely judging one’s naughtiness/niceness but one’s grand strategy for the year.

My dad just approvingly commented, 'Sometimes cvilisation advances at a jump, rather than a crawl'.

Christmas has me thinking about trends in the use of gold in Christian iconography

Well that’s the ‘whose historical dinner party’ question answered. Despite years of fangirling, I had no idea the famous bellydancer Tahiyya Carioca was so politically active!

I’ve been lifting to deal with the stress of the academic job market and now I’m fairly likely to represent GB in 2026 so I think that tells you all you need to know