Lou Roper
@roperlou.bsky.social
Historian of the Anglophone world in the very long seventeenth century: https://go.bsky.app/BtkNcRq. ORCID 0000-0001-8375-0939 #earlymodern
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Lou Roper
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· Aug 17
Manchester University Press - Agents of European overseas empires
Agents of European overseas empires - Browse and buy the Paperback edition of Agents of European overseas empires by Elodie Peyrol-Kleiber
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk
Self-promotion warning: @manchesterup.bsky.social will issue paper edition of our essay collection on #earlymodern European overseas empires in Jan '26 for pre-order @ GBP 30 @carrington-farmer.bsky.social manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526195791/
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Our descent into the eugenic hellscape is accelerating.
November 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Our descent into the eugenic hellscape is accelerating.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
tbf, Cove-resembling characters may be found in _Burmese Days_ 😑
I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:16 PM
tbf, Cove-resembling characters may be found in _Burmese Days_ 😑
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These people talk like conmen and our universities are just inviting these companies and their technologies into our midst, to prey on our students
November 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
These people talk like conmen and our universities are just inviting these companies and their technologies into our midst, to prey on our students
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No bailouts. The US should extort these companies when the crash happens so they get minimal compensation in return for nationalizing the entire panopticon industry and then destroying it once harvested for socially useful parts. It won’t happen but it should
November 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
No bailouts. The US should extort these companies when the crash happens so they get minimal compensation in return for nationalizing the entire panopticon industry and then destroying it once harvested for socially useful parts. It won’t happen but it should
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THIS COMING MONDAY! The fab @araujohistorian.bsky.social presents on "Dahomey: A West African Kingdom in the Centre of the World During the #EighteenthCentury" with comment by Toby Green.
All welcome, in person @ihr.bsky.social or via zoom -- register for link: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
All welcome, in person @ihr.bsky.social or via zoom -- register for link: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
NEW PROGRAMME! What an exciting one it is!
We're looking forward to thinking with @eicathomefinn.bsky.social, Sari Nauman, @rogerleejesus.bsky.social & @araujohistorian.bsky.social
Mondays, 17:30 @ihr.bsky.social & zoom. All very welcome! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #EarlyModern #SkyStorians
We're looking forward to thinking with @eicathomefinn.bsky.social, Sari Nauman, @rogerleejesus.bsky.social & @araujohistorian.bsky.social
Mondays, 17:30 @ihr.bsky.social & zoom. All very welcome! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #EarlyModern #SkyStorians
November 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
THIS COMING MONDAY! The fab @araujohistorian.bsky.social presents on "Dahomey: A West African Kingdom in the Centre of the World During the #EighteenthCentury" with comment by Toby Green.
All welcome, in person @ihr.bsky.social or via zoom -- register for link: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
All welcome, in person @ihr.bsky.social or via zoom -- register for link: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
meanwhile, has anyone checked whether 'Sen' H*wley is residing in the state he 'represents' yet?
MO Republicans are doing everything they can to thwart a veto referendum that would block the state's new congressional gerrymander.
The latest: The SoS drafted an extremely slanted summary to describe the referendum to voters. Organizers are now suing. www.the-downballot.com/p/morning-di...
The latest: The SoS drafted an extremely slanted summary to describe the referendum to voters. Organizers are now suing. www.the-downballot.com/p/morning-di...
November 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
meanwhile, has anyone checked whether 'Sen' H*wley is residing in the state he 'represents' yet?
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Oh very good! It’s up! Some horror just in time for your Thanksgiving drives!
NOW PLAYING: Episode 21 "The Vengeance"
The long-simmering rivalry between Virginians and Pennsylvanians for control of the Ohio Country leads to the 1774 massacre of Soyechtowa James Logan’s family at Yellow Creek along the banks of the Ohio River, igniting a war for revenge with tragic results.
The long-simmering rivalry between Virginians and Pennsylvanians for control of the Ohio Country leads to the 1774 massacre of Soyechtowa James Logan’s family at Yellow Creek along the banks of the Ohio River, igniting a war for revenge with tragic results.
November 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Oh very good! It’s up! Some horror just in time for your Thanksgiving drives!
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So Jim Justice is one of the wealthiest people in the country.
And in 2021, we wrote a story about how almost never paid taxes
www.propublica.org/article/how-...
And in 2021, we wrote a story about how almost never paid taxes
www.propublica.org/article/how-...
November 25, 2025 at 1:28 AM
So Jim Justice is one of the wealthiest people in the country.
And in 2021, we wrote a story about how almost never paid taxes
www.propublica.org/article/how-...
And in 2021, we wrote a story about how almost never paid taxes
www.propublica.org/article/how-...
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Reuters: the Pope has told kids not to use AI instead of doing the work!
Also Reuters: wanna skip reading the story and have AI summarize it for you? 😈
Also Reuters: wanna skip reading the story and have AI summarize it for you? 😈
November 23, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Reuters: the Pope has told kids not to use AI instead of doing the work!
Also Reuters: wanna skip reading the story and have AI summarize it for you? 😈
Also Reuters: wanna skip reading the story and have AI summarize it for you? 😈
25 Nov 1638: b. Catherine of Braganza.
Here she is dressed in Portuguese court style (mocked in England & soon abandoned by the queen)
Here she is dressed in Portuguese court style (mocked in England & soon abandoned by the queen)
November 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Does the BBC think it's improper for a speaker to state their opinion that Donald Trump is the most openly corrupt president in American history?
Because I think almost all historians would readily agree that Donald Trump is the most openly corrupt president in American history.
Because I think almost all historians would readily agree that Donald Trump is the most openly corrupt president in American history.
BBC censors a lecture removing author’s remarks on Trump that refer to him a the most openly corrupt American president.
November 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Does the BBC think it's improper for a speaker to state their opinion that Donald Trump is the most openly corrupt president in American history?
Because I think almost all historians would readily agree that Donald Trump is the most openly corrupt president in American history.
Because I think almost all historians would readily agree that Donald Trump is the most openly corrupt president in American history.
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Don't tell me that people are STILL accepting opinions (and stories) that are dished out by the NY Times? Really?
Lots of young rally-goers in sw Connecticut at the #NoKings rallies in October. People of all ages, young as well as forever young.
The absence of young people in protests against Trump’s authoritarianism matters, and not for crowd counts. The No Kings protesters look like, and in many cases are, the same people who protested during Trump’s first term in office. But older people with signs are old news in the attention economy.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Don't tell me that people are STILL accepting opinions (and stories) that are dished out by the NY Times? Really?
Che cazzo? D*rshowitz, of course, has far graver 'qualities' than being charisma-free
You don’t even have to be mediocre when you share the worldview of the ruling class.
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"
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November 25, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Che cazzo? D*rshowitz, of course, has far graver 'qualities' than being charisma-free
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Billboards calling out Trump
NYC 🫶
NYC 🫶
November 25, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Billboards calling out Trump
NYC 🫶
NYC 🫶
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Israel, which has obliterated most of Palestine’s archeological and heritage sites, including ancient churches, mosques, and temples, has suddenly discovered an urge to protect one from Palestinian ‘neglect’. It just so happens to be in the West Bank.
www.timesofisrael.com/israel-begin...
www.timesofisrael.com/israel-begin...
Israel begins seizing 1,800 dunams of West Bank land to develop archaeological site
Civil Administration says development legal, taking place amid 'neglect' of site by Palestinians; Peace Now: 'Government's lust for dispossession and annexation is insatiable'
www.timesofisrael.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Israel, which has obliterated most of Palestine’s archeological and heritage sites, including ancient churches, mosques, and temples, has suddenly discovered an urge to protect one from Palestinian ‘neglect’. It just so happens to be in the West Bank.
www.timesofisrael.com/israel-begin...
www.timesofisrael.com/israel-begin...
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Voices in Slavery’s Archive: Law, Place & Testimony in British Guiana
making the largest collection of first-person testimony of enslaved people from the Caribbean in existence – the Reports of the Protectors of Slaves – accessible.
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/p...
#History
making the largest collection of first-person testimony of enslaved people from the Caribbean in existence – the Reports of the Protectors of Slaves – accessible.
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/p...
#History
Project to bring voices of enslaved people to life - The National Archives
The National Archives is working with international academics to make the largest collection of first-person testimony of enslaved people from the Caribbean in existence – the Reports of the Protector...
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Voices in Slavery’s Archive: Law, Place & Testimony in British Guiana
making the largest collection of first-person testimony of enslaved people from the Caribbean in existence – the Reports of the Protectors of Slaves – accessible.
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/p...
#History
making the largest collection of first-person testimony of enslaved people from the Caribbean in existence – the Reports of the Protectors of Slaves – accessible.
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/p...
#History
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Engraving of the three Cherokee Indians who visited London in 1762 to meet King George III. Read about this remarkable trip in the memoirs of the Anglo-American colonial officer Lieutenant Henry Timberlake, who travelled with them as their emissary: http://bit.ly/1OeLGKd
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Engraving of the three Cherokee Indians who visited London in 1762 to meet King George III. Read about this remarkable trip in the memoirs of the Anglo-American colonial officer Lieutenant Henry Timberlake, who travelled with them as their emissary: http://bit.ly/1OeLGKd
which one(s) @stevesarson.bsky.social ? 🤣
Please join @lynnprobbins.bsky.social @adamxmcneil.bsky.social & @jimambuske.bsky.social live on Dec 2 at 8pmEST as they answer your questions about Ken Burns' latest series. Sign up here for the link to join us! www.eventbrite.com/e/1975144490...
November 25, 2025 at 12:44 PM
which one(s) @stevesarson.bsky.social ? 🤣
a similar situation in 'Murica, of course, so 'austerity' remains the watchword (as it has been pretty much since 1971)
When almost half of over 150 institutions across an entire economic sector cannot balance their books, it really isn't their individual fault...
here's your headline:
They (OfS) still expect 45% of ALL universities to report a deficit this academic year. They are not accounting for "significant variation" across the system (i.e. different types and sizes of institution).
They (OfS) still expect 45% of ALL universities to report a deficit this academic year. They are not accounting for "significant variation" across the system (i.e. different types and sizes of institution).
November 25, 2025 at 12:41 PM
a similar situation in 'Murica, of course, so 'austerity' remains the watchword (as it has been pretty much since 1971)
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Good @thenation.com piece by @benschwartz.bsky.social that lays bare Trump's agenda to transform our entire media system into a far right-wing echo chamber that never questions Trump.
Trump’s Quest for Total Media Control
Look beyond the petty celebrity feuds, and you'll see a plan to transform American media companies into outlets for MAGA agitprop.
www.thenation.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Good @thenation.com piece by @benschwartz.bsky.social that lays bare Trump's agenda to transform our entire media system into a far right-wing echo chamber that never questions Trump.
no laughing at the misery of others dept as h/t: M*nure 0 T*ffees 1 (playing w/10 w/Gueye off for striking Keane 🙃) @gauthamrao.bsky.social @tracelarkhall.bsky.social @provatlantic.bsky.social @mbarcia24.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 9:03 PM
no laughing at the misery of others dept as h/t: M*nure 0 T*ffees 1 (playing w/10 w/Gueye off for striking Keane 🙃) @gauthamrao.bsky.social @tracelarkhall.bsky.social @provatlantic.bsky.social @mbarcia24.bsky.social
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For the sake of European security and prosperity, European leaders should rapidly agree to release Russia’s frozen assets for the support of Ukraine.
Director Bronwen Maddox on how Europe should respond to Donald Trump's proposed peace plan for Ukraine ⤵️
Director Bronwen Maddox on how Europe should respond to Donald Trump's proposed peace plan for Ukraine ⤵️
Trump’s 28 point ‘peace plan’ marks Europe’s last chance to stand up for Ukraine
European national leaders have been too slow and cautious in their support for Kyiv. Can they rise to meet this defining moment?
www.chathamhouse.org
November 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
For the sake of European security and prosperity, European leaders should rapidly agree to release Russia’s frozen assets for the support of Ukraine.
Director Bronwen Maddox on how Europe should respond to Donald Trump's proposed peace plan for Ukraine ⤵️
Director Bronwen Maddox on how Europe should respond to Donald Trump's proposed peace plan for Ukraine ⤵️
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MAGA dimwit Pete Hegseth thinks he's pleasing the Audience of One by "fighting back" but all he's doing is drawing more attention to the question of whether Trump is issuing illegal orders, which was the whole point of the Dem video in the first place.
November 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
MAGA dimwit Pete Hegseth thinks he's pleasing the Audience of One by "fighting back" but all he's doing is drawing more attention to the question of whether Trump is issuing illegal orders, which was the whole point of the Dem video in the first place.