Luke the Katochos
@lukethekatochos.bsky.social
Ancient history and football. Teacher of History and Classical Civilisation.
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all this is both foolish and unnecessary
January 4, 2026 at 9:47 PM
all this is both foolish and unnecessary
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Since it’s is in the news, or at any rate on social media, at the moment…
Recent reflections on what, if anything, the Melian Dialogue can tell us about the workings of international politics - which may be primarily about the discourse rather than the reality: thesphinxblog.com/2023/10/22/w...
Recent reflections on what, if anything, the Melian Dialogue can tell us about the workings of international politics - which may be primarily about the discourse rather than the reality: thesphinxblog.com/2023/10/22/w...
Weak
Justice is possible only when power is in balance. Otherwise the strong exact what they want and the weak simply suffer.
thesphinxblog.com
January 4, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Since it’s is in the news, or at any rate on social media, at the moment…
Recent reflections on what, if anything, the Melian Dialogue can tell us about the workings of international politics - which may be primarily about the discourse rather than the reality: thesphinxblog.com/2023/10/22/w...
Recent reflections on what, if anything, the Melian Dialogue can tell us about the workings of international politics - which may be primarily about the discourse rather than the reality: thesphinxblog.com/2023/10/22/w...
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Even by my low expectations for Kemi Badenoch ‘violence against women and girls is something done by immigrants and nobody else’ has shocked me.
Dog-whistle and factually incorrect. Ladies, raise your hand if you were sexually assaulted by a boy at school? I’d wager this or a family member is most women’s first experience of sexual violence
December 18, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Even by my low expectations for Kemi Badenoch ‘violence against women and girls is something done by immigrants and nobody else’ has shocked me.
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We are pleased to announce the first publication from the latest research conducted by the @uclholocaust.bsky.social
It can be downloaded for free from: holocausteducation.org.uk/research/80-years/
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@arthurjchapman.bsky.social
@eddorrell.bsky.social
It can be downloaded for free from: holocausteducation.org.uk/research/80-years/
@andypearce.bsky.social
@arthurjchapman.bsky.social
@eddorrell.bsky.social
Teaching and learning about the Holocaust 80 years on: A study of student knowledge and understanding in England – Centre for Holocaust Education
holocausteducation.org.uk
December 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
We are pleased to announce the first publication from the latest research conducted by the @uclholocaust.bsky.social
It can be downloaded for free from: holocausteducation.org.uk/research/80-years/
@andypearce.bsky.social
@arthurjchapman.bsky.social
@eddorrell.bsky.social
It can be downloaded for free from: holocausteducation.org.uk/research/80-years/
@andypearce.bsky.social
@arthurjchapman.bsky.social
@eddorrell.bsky.social
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Right. Hitler's DNA. Brace yourselves for a deluge of misinformation and bad science.
I'm in Australia, so do get in touch if you want some expert debunking.
I'm in Australia, so do get in touch if you want some expert debunking.
November 13, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Right. Hitler's DNA. Brace yourselves for a deluge of misinformation and bad science.
I'm in Australia, so do get in touch if you want some expert debunking.
I'm in Australia, so do get in touch if you want some expert debunking.
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Lost grave of daughter of Black abolitionist Olaudah Equiano found by A-level student
Lost grave of daughter of Black abolitionist Olaudah Equiano found by A-level student
Fitzwilliam Museum has uncovered student’s work from 1977 that revealed Cambridgeshire location of child’s burial place
An A-level pupil found the lost grave of the Black abolitionist Olaudah Equiano’s daughter, revealing a story of love and solidarity in 18th-century rural England.
Olaudah Equiano (1745-1797), also known as Gustavus Vassa, escaped enslavement to become a celebrated author and campaigner in Georgian England. His memoir, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, was a bestseller. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Lost grave of daughter of Black abolitionist Olaudah Equiano found by A-level student
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I will never forgive generative AI for making me question every “Dog being silly” compilation.
Like how bad does does something have to be to suck the joy out of dogs being idiots.
Like how bad does does something have to be to suck the joy out of dogs being idiots.
October 28, 2025 at 8:22 AM
I will never forgive generative AI for making me question every “Dog being silly” compilation.
Like how bad does does something have to be to suck the joy out of dogs being idiots.
Like how bad does does something have to be to suck the joy out of dogs being idiots.
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Note how, when the government’s condemnation is timely, the rest of the Westminster ecosystem does in fact, react differently!
October 26, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Note how, when the government’s condemnation is timely, the rest of the Westminster ecosystem does in fact, react differently!
Mark Antony at the Lupercalia be like
It is a scandal totally unprecedented in history that the Vice President has shared a video depicting the President as king. It’s an obscene violation of every founding American principle.
And nothing will come of it. It makes me physically sick.
And nothing will come of it. It makes me physically sick.
October 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Mark Antony at the Lupercalia be like
Indiana Jones and it rained overnight so we're mainly just clearly out sludge from the areas we already excavated
October 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Indiana Jones and it rained overnight so we're mainly just clearly out sludge from the areas we already excavated
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A long-ish thread on this scandal and why it's so bad, which military historians and people interested in historiography may find interesting even if you're not Australian.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australian War Memorial defers military history prize after judging panel awards it to book on Ben Roberts-Smith
Exclusive: Governing council ‘retrospectively’ decides the Les Carlyon literary award should go only to first-time authors, ruling out Chris Masters’ book
www.theguardian.com
September 13, 2025 at 10:37 PM
A long-ish thread on this scandal and why it's so bad, which military historians and people interested in historiography may find interesting even if you're not Australian.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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I just saw a TikTok like “the motivations of assassins don’t make sense anymore” but boy have they never.
Hinkley shot Reagan to impress Jodi Foster. Oswald was such a complete mess people just assume the CIA did it. Guiteau killed Garfield because no one would make him an ambassador.
Hinkley shot Reagan to impress Jodi Foster. Oswald was such a complete mess people just assume the CIA did it. Guiteau killed Garfield because no one would make him an ambassador.
September 14, 2025 at 3:43 AM
I just saw a TikTok like “the motivations of assassins don’t make sense anymore” but boy have they never.
Hinkley shot Reagan to impress Jodi Foster. Oswald was such a complete mess people just assume the CIA did it. Guiteau killed Garfield because no one would make him an ambassador.
Hinkley shot Reagan to impress Jodi Foster. Oswald was such a complete mess people just assume the CIA did it. Guiteau killed Garfield because no one would make him an ambassador.
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Farage is content with allowing people to be murdered and tortured. I'm not on that side and never will be.
August 22, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Farage is content with allowing people to be murdered and tortured. I'm not on that side and never will be.
Was a bit of a jump scare spotting myself in this
August 18, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Was a bit of a jump scare spotting myself in this
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again, what is interesting to me about this stuff — beyond the obvious fact that what trump wants is propaganda — is that it is grounded in a political theory which holds trump to be the sovereign will of the nation, who can impose his demands on every aspect of the nation's society
White House Announces Comprehensive Review of Smithsonian Exhibitions
www.nytimes.com
August 12, 2025 at 10:51 PM
again, what is interesting to me about this stuff — beyond the obvious fact that what trump wants is propaganda — is that it is grounded in a political theory which holds trump to be the sovereign will of the nation, who can impose his demands on every aspect of the nation's society
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Mo Salah is asking the right questions
August 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Mo Salah is asking the right questions
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Assault on Sudan’s Zamzam refugee camp may have killed more than 1,500 civilians
Assault on Sudan’s Zamzam refugee camp may have killed more than 1,500 civilians
Guardian investigation finds number killed in April attack by Rapid Support Forces far greater than current estimates
www.theguardian.com
August 7, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Assault on Sudan’s Zamzam refugee camp may have killed more than 1,500 civilians
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283. The fact that a whole tradition of International Relations theory has identified with the Athenian perspective says nothing good about International Relations theory.
August 6, 2025 at 6:34 PM
283. The fact that a whole tradition of International Relations theory has identified with the Athenian perspective says nothing good about International Relations theory.
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Peth Hegseth has announced that the Arlington Confederate Monument - or, as I call it, the Monument to the Myth of the Loyal Slave - will be reinstalled after its 2023 removal. Here's why that's a huge insult to Black Americans, past and present.
August 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Peth Hegseth has announced that the Arlington Confederate Monument - or, as I call it, the Monument to the Myth of the Loyal Slave - will be reinstalled after its 2023 removal. Here's why that's a huge insult to Black Americans, past and present.
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This is why Charlottesville melted down its Lee statue. If the statue is removed and simply put in storage, it remains what @artcrimeprof.bsky.social calls “America’s strategic racism reserve.”
Here is Pete Hegseth's tweet announcing the return of the Confederate monument to Arlington National Cemetery. The plan is to restore it and reinstall in 2027.
It's important to point out that this monument was never referred to as a "Reconciliation Monument."
It's important to point out that this monument was never referred to as a "Reconciliation Monument."
August 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
This is why Charlottesville melted down its Lee statue. If the statue is removed and simply put in storage, it remains what @artcrimeprof.bsky.social calls “America’s strategic racism reserve.”
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Wonderful thread
One like, one Thucydides opinion.
One like, one history opinion
August 2, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Wonderful thread