Dr Eleanor Janega
@goingmedieval.bsky.social
That one medieval historian you've heard of. Co-host We're Not So Different and Gone Medieval podcasts. Author of The Once and Future Sex. (Out now!) George Michael stan. Cutie.
https://eleanorjanega.com/
https://eleanorjanega.com/
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Thinking about the Labour candidate Starmer pulled away from Farage's constituency because he was making headlines and becoming popular so it was making Keir look bad
I love Starmerism, it's like "Uh no this guy can't be an MP because people like him. Only people everyone hates can be in Labour." It is so cool and smart.
NEW: Andy Burnham *blocked* from standing in the Gorton and Denton byelection. Of nine voting members on NEC group was 8-1 against him.
January 26, 2026 at 7:19 AM
Thinking about the Labour candidate Starmer pulled away from Farage's constituency because he was making headlines and becoming popular so it was making Keir look bad
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I'm not saying that starmer's labour are actively trying to pave the way for reform to win the next election, but i cannot think of how it would look any different if they were...
January 26, 2026 at 9:26 AM
I'm not saying that starmer's labour are actively trying to pave the way for reform to win the next election, but i cannot think of how it would look any different if they were...
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The consequence of that ability to rely on the public to always vote Labour in the majority of MP and council seats is that there's no competition over doing anything actually good for the people here. It's a safe job where politicians feed the public shit and tell us to smile while we eat it.
January 26, 2026 at 8:37 AM
The consequence of that ability to rely on the public to always vote Labour in the majority of MP and council seats is that there's no competition over doing anything actually good for the people here. It's a safe job where politicians feed the public shit and tell us to smile while we eat it.
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I posted a @zoebread.bsky.social video yesterday to underline the rot of the Labour party control of Manchester yesterday and I'm posting another today. Fuck Andy Burnham, and Labour collectively.
January 26, 2026 at 8:10 AM
I posted a @zoebread.bsky.social video yesterday to underline the rot of the Labour party control of Manchester yesterday and I'm posting another today. Fuck Andy Burnham, and Labour collectively.
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Labour MPs are rightly calling today's decision 'petty factionalism'. It's time to stop being disappointed in them, and instead join the only campaign that can beat Reform in this by-election:
actionnetwork.org/events/a-gre...
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January 25, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Labour MPs are rightly calling today's decision 'petty factionalism'. It's time to stop being disappointed in them, and instead join the only campaign that can beat Reform in this by-election:
actionnetwork.org/events/a-gre...
actionnetwork.org/events/a-gre...
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of course the media will ignore the fact that people on the left predicted Burnham would get blocked from standing as an MP by Labour for weeks and even months.
The won't think about how we knew this, what it says about our analysis or the Labour party.
They will carry on without learning a thing.
The won't think about how we knew this, what it says about our analysis or the Labour party.
They will carry on without learning a thing.
January 26, 2026 at 6:58 AM
of course the media will ignore the fact that people on the left predicted Burnham would get blocked from standing as an MP by Labour for weeks and even months.
The won't think about how we knew this, what it says about our analysis or the Labour party.
They will carry on without learning a thing.
The won't think about how we knew this, what it says about our analysis or the Labour party.
They will carry on without learning a thing.
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Hey #MedievalSky Hivemind! Here's a 14c Norwegian altarpiece with the Persian king Khosrow II sitting in a glass sphere constructed so he could pretend to be God and make it rain on his subjects. I found references to this story in Norse sources but nowhere else - am I overlooking something obvious?
January 26, 2026 at 8:41 AM
Hey #MedievalSky Hivemind! Here's a 14c Norwegian altarpiece with the Persian king Khosrow II sitting in a glass sphere constructed so he could pretend to be God and make it rain on his subjects. I found references to this story in Norse sources but nowhere else - am I overlooking something obvious?
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Right-wingers will simply never understand the concept of helping people you may not even know, without being paid for it, simply because it's the decent thing to do.
January 26, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Right-wingers will simply never understand the concept of helping people you may not even know, without being paid for it, simply because it's the decent thing to do.
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All the anti-war and anti-occupation protestors were right. All the far leftists were right. All the “woke scolds” and your friend who’s “too woke” were right. They were somehow even more right than they may have realized at the time. But really, it was always obvious they were right.
January 25, 2026 at 4:59 PM
All the anti-war and anti-occupation protestors were right. All the far leftists were right. All the “woke scolds” and your friend who’s “too woke” were right. They were somehow even more right than they may have realized at the time. But really, it was always obvious they were right.
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pleading with the richest man in the world for him to let you continue covering international news is so fucking grim
Washpost foreign correspondents plead with Bezos to keep the overseas bureaus alive.
January 25, 2026 at 5:56 PM
pleading with the richest man in the world for him to let you continue covering international news is so fucking grim
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![• Cruz says he told Trump: "Mr. President, if we get to November of [2026] and people's 401(k)s are down 30% and prices are up 10-20% at the supermarket, we're going to go into Election Day, face a bloodbath."
• 'You're going to lose the House, you're going to lose the Senate, you're going to spend the next two years being impeached every single week."
Trump's response, according to Cruz:
"F**k you, Ted."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ux34natbhxube3xgdu3rhf45/bafkreigcu6eh2bqb2dyzxuwmwzaeqafrdtnaraj4fvwxd4dfmobe7nitra@jpeg)
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My heart is crying in pain as I watch my 5 kids and my wife—who suffers from mitral valve prolapse—fall apart. They are trembling from the cold, unable to sleep because of the relentless shivering. We urgently need $200 to shelter 🥶🥹🥶😭😭
Verified
@mommunism.bsky.social
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January 25, 2026 at 11:45 AM
My heart is crying in pain as I watch my 5 kids and my wife—who suffers from mitral valve prolapse—fall apart. They are trembling from the cold, unable to sleep because of the relentless shivering. We urgently need $200 to shelter 🥶🥹🥶😭😭
Verified
@mommunism.bsky.social
chuffed.org/project/1574...
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@mommunism.bsky.social
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"Sir Kier there's 1 (one) Labour politician who the public don't absolutely hate and he wants to join our government"
"Ok, what would be the alternative?"
"Fascism"
"Hmmm. Looks like it's fascism then"
"Ok, what would be the alternative?"
"Fascism"
"Hmmm. Looks like it's fascism then"
January 25, 2026 at 12:24 PM
"Sir Kier there's 1 (one) Labour politician who the public don't absolutely hate and he wants to join our government"
"Ok, what would be the alternative?"
"Fascism"
"Hmmm. Looks like it's fascism then"
"Ok, what would be the alternative?"
"Fascism"
"Hmmm. Looks like it's fascism then"
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I just want to say that 1) AltWatcher is doing the lord's work and 2) the altnps account, in my opinion, needs to be outright banned - and I don't say that merely because I loathe it, but because it's unbelievably unhealthy for this fake, plagiarizing, qanon-lite account to have this influence.
AltNPS posted about Alex Pretti's murder 25 times since this morning. During that time, they spread misinformation about the shooting, lied about knowing the shooter's name, and generally flooded the zone with shit.
They're trying to milk this story for all it's worth.
They're trying to milk this story for all it's worth.
January 25, 2026 at 7:04 AM
I just want to say that 1) AltWatcher is doing the lord's work and 2) the altnps account, in my opinion, needs to be outright banned - and I don't say that merely because I loathe it, but because it's unbelievably unhealthy for this fake, plagiarizing, qanon-lite account to have this influence.
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We are so cold 💔😭
We are so cold 💔😭
We are so cold 💔😭
I need 150$ to buy a tent for my family 💔
Any donation, no matter how small, could save a life my family 🙏💔
chuffed.org/project/1634...
We are so cold 💔😭
We are so cold 💔😭
I need 150$ to buy a tent for my family 💔
Any donation, no matter how small, could save a life my family 🙏💔
chuffed.org/project/1634...
January 25, 2026 at 8:11 AM
We are so cold 💔😭
We are so cold 💔😭
We are so cold 💔😭
I need 150$ to buy a tent for my family 💔
Any donation, no matter how small, could save a life my family 🙏💔
chuffed.org/project/1634...
We are so cold 💔😭
We are so cold 💔😭
I need 150$ to buy a tent for my family 💔
Any donation, no matter how small, could save a life my family 🙏💔
chuffed.org/project/1634...
I love Starmerism, it's like "Uh no this guy can't be an MP because people like him. Only people everyone hates can be in Labour." It is so cool and smart.
NEW: Andy Burnham *blocked* from standing in the Gorton and Denton byelection. Of nine voting members on NEC group was 8-1 against him.
January 25, 2026 at 12:02 PM
I love Starmerism, it's like "Uh no this guy can't be an MP because people like him. Only people everyone hates can be in Labour." It is so cool and smart.
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💔 My daughter has a high fever
I need medicine, milk, and diapers
My husband is a prisoner
💶 Every minute and every euro can make a difference 🤍
🙏 Please help if you can 🤲✨
chuffed.org/project/1591...
💔 My daughter has a high fever
I need medicine, milk, and diapers
My husband is a prisoner
💶 Every minute and every euro can make a difference 🤍
🙏 Please help if you can 🤲✨
chuffed.org/project/1591...
January 25, 2026 at 7:00 AM
:
💔 My daughter has a high fever
I need medicine, milk, and diapers
My husband is a prisoner
💶 Every minute and every euro can make a difference 🤍
🙏 Please help if you can 🤲✨
chuffed.org/project/1591...
💔 My daughter has a high fever
I need medicine, milk, and diapers
My husband is a prisoner
💶 Every minute and every euro can make a difference 🤍
🙏 Please help if you can 🤲✨
chuffed.org/project/1591...
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Winter storms are coming, and my father and I are homeless. We desperately need a sturdy tent to protect us from the freezing rain and wind. All we ask is for simple shelter to survive these harsh nights. Please help us find safety.
chuffed.org/project/161883
chuffed.org/project/161883
January 25, 2026 at 8:39 AM
Winter storms are coming, and my father and I are homeless. We desperately need a sturdy tent to protect us from the freezing rain and wind. All we ask is for simple shelter to survive these harsh nights. Please help us find safety.
chuffed.org/project/161883
chuffed.org/project/161883
People just get online and write the most startlingly classist thing you have ever seen despite the fact that our ruling class is foaming at the mouth racist, very wealthy, and having a nice time at the Spectator garden party.
you underestimate the amount of knuckle dragging racists in the English working class, these types of bastards are thick, believe any meme and have no morality sadly, they just need racism
January 25, 2026 at 11:42 AM
People just get online and write the most startlingly classist thing you have ever seen despite the fact that our ruling class is foaming at the mouth racist, very wealthy, and having a nice time at the Spectator garden party.
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The same people who said that the mass murder of children in schools was a sad but necessary price to enable citizens to bear arms and oppose tyranny are now saying that if you carry a gun it’s your fault if you’re murdered.
January 25, 2026 at 8:52 AM
The same people who said that the mass murder of children in schools was a sad but necessary price to enable citizens to bear arms and oppose tyranny are now saying that if you carry a gun it’s your fault if you’re murdered.
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i hate living in the second act of CABARET. i miss living in the first act of CABARET
January 25, 2026 at 5:27 AM
i hate living in the second act of CABARET. i miss living in the first act of CABARET
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The CFP for the Gender & Medieval Studies conference 2026 is now LIVE! The theme is Gender & Creativity. The conf will be held in Oxford, 8-10 Sept, abstracts due to me by 13 April. Full details on the GMS website (artwork by @hellomizk.bsky.social) medievalgender.co.uk/2026-oxford/
January 25, 2026 at 10:22 AM
The CFP for the Gender & Medieval Studies conference 2026 is now LIVE! The theme is Gender & Creativity. The conf will be held in Oxford, 8-10 Sept, abstracts due to me by 13 April. Full details on the GMS website (artwork by @hellomizk.bsky.social) medievalgender.co.uk/2026-oxford/
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I didn't make this, but it needs a reposting.
January 8, 2026 at 11:45 PM
I didn't make this, but it needs a reposting.
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Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: there must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups the law binds but does not protect
The videos of both murders show that ICE agents are cowards of the basest kind
January 24, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: there must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups the law binds but does not protect