Richard Raiswell
@devilprof.bsky.social
Historian of the demonic. Cats, some cricket.
Also, part of the point of Magna Carta was to prevent the king from being financially independent.
January 7, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Also, part of the point of Magna Carta was to prevent the king from being financially independent.
Read this about the condition of the press in Weimar by 1930. Think its resonance speaks for itself
January 6, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Read this about the condition of the press in Weimar by 1930. Think its resonance speaks for itself
Isn’t the word “”kidnapped”?
January 4, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Isn’t the word “”kidnapped”?
Oh, just like the Madagascar plan the German foreign office floated around in 1940 to “resettle” all Europe’s Jews there as an SS-run Jewish homeland.
December 30, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Oh, just like the Madagascar plan the German foreign office floated around in 1940 to “resettle” all Europe’s Jews there as an SS-run Jewish homeland.
Come to Canada. The federal government cut the number if visas for foreign students by a huge percentage 2 years sgo. All Canadian universities now facing a funding crunch
November 20, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Come to Canada. The federal government cut the number if visas for foreign students by a huge percentage 2 years sgo. All Canadian universities now facing a funding crunch
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Announcing a brand new series launching this #Halloween 👻
Manchester Studies in the Supernatural explores how the #supernatural shapes human experience across time and place.
Bridging disciplines and challenging boundaries, it welcomes bold new research on the #occult and the #unseen
Manchester Studies in the Supernatural explores how the #supernatural shapes human experience across time and place.
Bridging disciplines and challenging boundaries, it welcomes bold new research on the #occult and the #unseen
October 31, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Announcing a brand new series launching this #Halloween 👻
Manchester Studies in the Supernatural explores how the #supernatural shapes human experience across time and place.
Bridging disciplines and challenging boundaries, it welcomes bold new research on the #occult and the #unseen
Manchester Studies in the Supernatural explores how the #supernatural shapes human experience across time and place.
Bridging disciplines and challenging boundaries, it welcomes bold new research on the #occult and the #unseen
Congratulations, indeed! Always keen to join devil-related chats, too!
October 31, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Congratulations, indeed! Always keen to join devil-related chats, too!
But they don’t care
October 25, 2025 at 1:45 AM
But they don’t care
Is it actually the MM? That’s in 3 books not two.
October 21, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Is it actually the MM? That’s in 3 books not two.
I have cats more deserving
October 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I have cats more deserving
Presumably Qataris will be deported by ICE if they leave the base
October 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Presumably Qataris will be deported by ICE if they leave the base
I think part of the rules of war stuff is so that the enemy doesn’t do the same to you.
September 30, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I think part of the rules of war stuff is so that the enemy doesn’t do the same to you.
Presumably, he’ll be deploying the army to prevent America’s pending defeat at the Ryder Cup, at this stage.
September 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Presumably, he’ll be deploying the army to prevent America’s pending defeat at the Ryder Cup, at this stage.
That poor Von Trap family
September 22, 2025 at 11:40 PM
That poor Von Trap family
Catholics used to wait hundreds of years before making saints. That ensured that there was no one left alive to remember that the real guy was actually a prick. Ah, the good old days.
September 22, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Catholics used to wait hundreds of years before making saints. That ensured that there was no one left alive to remember that the real guy was actually a prick. Ah, the good old days.
And of course everything pumped through that foreign company will be captured by homeland security. There is no reason not to capture that data about future foreign leaders and what they have written. Nothing about which to be concerned there!
September 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
And of course everything pumped through that foreign company will be captured by homeland security. There is no reason not to capture that data about future foreign leaders and what they have written. Nothing about which to be concerned there!
From the same people who brought you Pope Trump.
September 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM
From the same people who brought you Pope Trump.
Can you please build a wall separating yourself from Canada?
September 3, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Can you please build a wall separating yourself from Canada?
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Friends who study all things demonic: For the CHA this coming June at UPEI, my colleagues and I are arranging sessions that explore aspects of devil belief & their consequences in any historical period, w/ any geographical focus. Please get in touch with @devilprof.bsky.social if you have questions!
September 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Friends who study all things demonic: For the CHA this coming June at UPEI, my colleagues and I are arranging sessions that explore aspects of devil belief & their consequences in any historical period, w/ any geographical focus. Please get in touch with @devilprof.bsky.social if you have questions!
Could have hired a humanities graduate. They can write all by themselves
July 17, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Could have hired a humanities graduate. They can write all by themselves
Have been talking about a satanic renaissance with @mikkibrock.bsky.social and @vetur.bsky.social but not quite the same
July 12, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Have been talking about a satanic renaissance with @mikkibrock.bsky.social and @vetur.bsky.social but not quite the same
Yeah. Perhaps history will have its revenge. But so what? He’ll remain chief until weeks before his death, staggeringly wealthy and ruining people’s lives. And nothing will happen. Nothing.
July 11, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Yeah. Perhaps history will have its revenge. But so what? He’ll remain chief until weeks before his death, staggeringly wealthy and ruining people’s lives. And nothing will happen. Nothing.
Presumably it smells like excrement.
July 1, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Presumably it smells like excrement.
“Delivering for the American people”? What? He’s a postie now?
June 30, 2025 at 7:53 PM
“Delivering for the American people”? What? He’s a postie now?