M. Laser
@mlaser.bsky.social
Historian, history communicator, 'historytuber', Oxford Alumnus & Cambridge PhD student, trying to promote & write about public history & history communication. Also about medieval history sometimes.
www.youtube.com/@MLaserHistory
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M. Laser
@mlaser.bsky.social
· Aug 13
How Rome Changed Sex : Creation of European Sexual Standards
YouTube video by M. Laser History
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My new video is an exploration of the sexual laws and morals in Ancient Rome and their evolution from the time of the Republic all the way to the fall of Rome. I argue that it was during the late Roman Empire that our modern conservative ideas about sexuality were created. youtu.be/AY5L0Ik0WNo
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Get ready to lock in for 36 straight hours of speedrunning: ESA Speedrunning are live now with a mega Jingle Jam marathon, making wishes come true for @makeawishintl.bsky.social!
Tune in to /ESAMarathon and donate! Can we speedrun our way to our Jingle Jam 2025 fundraising goals!?
Tune in to /ESAMarathon and donate! Can we speedrun our way to our Jingle Jam 2025 fundraising goals!?
December 13, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Get ready to lock in for 36 straight hours of speedrunning: ESA Speedrunning are live now with a mega Jingle Jam marathon, making wishes come true for @makeawishintl.bsky.social!
Tune in to /ESAMarathon and donate! Can we speedrun our way to our Jingle Jam 2025 fundraising goals!?
Tune in to /ESAMarathon and donate! Can we speedrun our way to our Jingle Jam 2025 fundraising goals!?
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“A prediction market for short-form content”
America really speed ran a national gambling addiction.
America really speed ran a national gambling addiction.
December 12, 2025 at 6:08 PM
“A prediction market for short-form content”
America really speed ran a national gambling addiction.
America really speed ran a national gambling addiction.
OK. Hear me out. Social media platform where there is no algorithm. Whether you find something you want to see is purely dependent on your search queries, content tags given by the creator, and pure chance.
December 12, 2025 at 3:23 PM
OK. Hear me out. Social media platform where there is no algorithm. Whether you find something you want to see is purely dependent on your search queries, content tags given by the creator, and pure chance.
Expedition 33 is good but it's not THAT good. Officially over rated if you ask me.
December 12, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Expedition 33 is good but it's not THAT good. Officially over rated if you ask me.
Today's wikipedia sidetracking or, probably more accurately, procrastination was spend reading about the greco-roman temples of mount Hermon.
December 11, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Today's wikipedia sidetracking or, probably more accurately, procrastination was spend reading about the greco-roman temples of mount Hermon.
The internet is a place where you can literally announce that you cured cancer and there will be some people complaining about it.
December 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The internet is a place where you can literally announce that you cured cancer and there will be some people complaining about it.
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I am so furious at YouTube for doing this. You have literal gambling ads plastered across your website. The video you take action on contains no real gambling, and is promoting an LGBTQ+ children's charity fundraiser. Absolutely horrendous image and optics for the website. Completely moronic
I am beyond upset, YouTube has age restricted my video tonight for thinking it depicts real actual gambling. The video is on CloeverPit and contains no real gambling, but does contain a massive charity push for The Trevor Project. Last time this happened I almost quit YouTube
December 8, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I am so furious at YouTube for doing this. You have literal gambling ads plastered across your website. The video you take action on contains no real gambling, and is promoting an LGBTQ+ children's charity fundraiser. Absolutely horrendous image and optics for the website. Completely moronic
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It's officially £2,000,000 raised for charity! Thank you SO MUCH! We hope you've been loving our festive fundraiser - shout out your favourite Jingle Jam streams so far below so we can give them some love!
December 8, 2025 at 12:06 PM
It's officially £2,000,000 raised for charity! Thank you SO MUCH! We hope you've been loving our festive fundraiser - shout out your favourite Jingle Jam streams so far below so we can give them some love!
How many concussions in your life is too many?
(asking for a friend)
(asking for a friend)
December 8, 2025 at 11:16 AM
How many concussions in your life is too many?
(asking for a friend)
(asking for a friend)
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Having seen the abysmal essay and good feedback, anyone defending firing the GA over this is a blatant bigot. Not only is there open transphobia, but TPUSA has proven that their ideology cannot withstand a modicum of scholarly scrutiny. Reactionaries cannot "debate." They're ignoramuses
December 8, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Having seen the abysmal essay and good feedback, anyone defending firing the GA over this is a blatant bigot. Not only is there open transphobia, but TPUSA has proven that their ideology cannot withstand a modicum of scholarly scrutiny. Reactionaries cannot "debate." They're ignoramuses
The Internet, 2025: Rage bait all around with very few nuanced takes.
December 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The Internet, 2025: Rage bait all around with very few nuanced takes.
Although this is very obvious I still need to say that learning historical knowledge is easier than producing new historical knowledge.
December 2, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Although this is very obvious I still need to say that learning historical knowledge is easier than producing new historical knowledge.
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I suspect this is true - the humanities will go back to being a status marker. Rich kids and the elect get to study Homer, but the middle class must settle for adjunct-taught mega-lectures before STEM classes.
A grim destination, but right now that is the road the voters keep choosing.
A grim destination, but right now that is the road the voters keep choosing.
November 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I suspect this is true - the humanities will go back to being a status marker. Rich kids and the elect get to study Homer, but the middle class must settle for adjunct-taught mega-lectures before STEM classes.
A grim destination, but right now that is the road the voters keep choosing.
A grim destination, but right now that is the road the voters keep choosing.
When it comes to modern Eastern European geopolitics security guarantees have proven to be complelty meaningless.
November 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
When it comes to modern Eastern European geopolitics security guarantees have proven to be complelty meaningless.
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I attended an interesting seminar which argued that early medieval rulers did not care for enforcing Christian doctrine unless it served a political purpose. Even Justinian, a Roman emperor touted to be very religious, did on multiple occasions not bother converting heretics.
November 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I attended an interesting seminar which argued that early medieval rulers did not care for enforcing Christian doctrine unless it served a political purpose. Even Justinian, a Roman emperor touted to be very religious, did on multiple occasions not bother converting heretics.
The largest video creators in most genres are the biggest grifters. It makes sense. They are the largest because they prioritise views/subscription, i.e. profits, over everything else, but in the process they lose (if they had any to begin with) a sense of morality & creative integrity.
November 17, 2025 at 12:37 PM
The largest video creators in most genres are the biggest grifters. It makes sense. They are the largest because they prioritise views/subscription, i.e. profits, over everything else, but in the process they lose (if they had any to begin with) a sense of morality & creative integrity.
On TikTok and Instagram you consume history because of the individual. Their comedy, personality, presentation, way of explaining. On YouTube people are more likely to consume history for the historical information. You don't search for history topics on TikTok or Instagram but on YouTube some do.
November 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
On TikTok and Instagram you consume history because of the individual. Their comedy, personality, presentation, way of explaining. On YouTube people are more likely to consume history for the historical information. You don't search for history topics on TikTok or Instagram but on YouTube some do.
I love keeping my viewers on their toes. Is my next video going to be about the history of Slavs, Aztecs, Greeks, Sex, Sports?
Who knows😄
Anything can happen ...
Who knows😄
Anything can happen ...
November 9, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I love keeping my viewers on their toes. Is my next video going to be about the history of Slavs, Aztecs, Greeks, Sex, Sports?
Who knows😄
Anything can happen ...
Who knows😄
Anything can happen ...
Austrians continue to rank as having one of the highest English proficiencies from non native English speaking countries, and as someone who goes to Austria often I refuse to believe who ever does this survey has ever left Vienna.
November 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Austrians continue to rank as having one of the highest English proficiencies from non native English speaking countries, and as someone who goes to Austria often I refuse to believe who ever does this survey has ever left Vienna.
Reeves inherited a financial shitshow from the past Conservative goverment. Don't get me wrong, I think she has made some bad political decisions but what she's getting a lot of hate for in the media is mostly about stuff that isn't even her fault. Hate on the actual people responsible!
November 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Reeves inherited a financial shitshow from the past Conservative goverment. Don't get me wrong, I think she has made some bad political decisions but what she's getting a lot of hate for in the media is mostly about stuff that isn't even her fault. Hate on the actual people responsible!
Being a public historian means that you get a lot of weird emails. I have had emails from the Archdiocese of Toronto asking me questions about Good King Wenceslas, multiple neo-pagan Slavic movements wanting my opinion, Balkan filmmakers wanting help with a historical fiction movie ...
November 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Being a public historian means that you get a lot of weird emails. I have had emails from the Archdiocese of Toronto asking me questions about Good King Wenceslas, multiple neo-pagan Slavic movements wanting my opinion, Balkan filmmakers wanting help with a historical fiction movie ...
Using Chatgpt to write something for you with citations is terrible. It makes up sources (especially ancient or medieval ones) and is over all just lost. However, asking it to simply just recommend you books on a specific topic which you can then read and cite yourself works very well.
November 4, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Using Chatgpt to write something for you with citations is terrible. It makes up sources (especially ancient or medieval ones) and is over all just lost. However, asking it to simply just recommend you books on a specific topic which you can then read and cite yourself works very well.
I wrote this long post about people caring too much about who their ancestors were. But it became too personal so I deleted it. The moral of the story is that you are you, & your ancestors (both close & distant) shouldn't define who YOU are & people who define you based on your ancestors are idiots.
October 27, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I wrote this long post about people caring too much about who their ancestors were. But it became too personal so I deleted it. The moral of the story is that you are you, & your ancestors (both close & distant) shouldn't define who YOU are & people who define you based on your ancestors are idiots.
I was in the book store.
Kid runs pasts me to the kids' book section yelling "Yaaaayyy books!" Then proceeds to open a book and says "Wait I have to read?" 🤣
(The kid looked quite young so I think he was expecting like a picture book but in the moment it sounded so funny)
Kid runs pasts me to the kids' book section yelling "Yaaaayyy books!" Then proceeds to open a book and says "Wait I have to read?" 🤣
(The kid looked quite young so I think he was expecting like a picture book but in the moment it sounded so funny)
October 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I was in the book store.
Kid runs pasts me to the kids' book section yelling "Yaaaayyy books!" Then proceeds to open a book and says "Wait I have to read?" 🤣
(The kid looked quite young so I think he was expecting like a picture book but in the moment it sounded so funny)
Kid runs pasts me to the kids' book section yelling "Yaaaayyy books!" Then proceeds to open a book and says "Wait I have to read?" 🤣
(The kid looked quite young so I think he was expecting like a picture book but in the moment it sounded so funny)