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Gareth Smith

@nerdygareth

26, Oxford πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Library & Archive Assistant @ Oxford Union (views my own). Classics/ancient history (BA/MPhil Oxon), TEI, cataloguer. https://editions.mml.ox.ac.uk/editions/uniomachia-original/

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It’s a pipeline: they start off as protestants, then move to Catholicism for the ridiculous β€˜trad’ crusader stuff. Then the Pope says something a bit too Christian and they all become sedevacantists before converting to orthodoxy, which they think allows them to hate women and minorities in peace

25.02.2026 12:31 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

On the other hand, it does provide a handy shortcut: every time I hear a British person talking about β€˜DEI’ in this country I know I can immediately stop listening to anything else they have to say

15.12.2025 09:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Caught sight of the Daily Mail headline from today, it seems that’s already the case…

12.05.2025 23:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Christmas tree at my beautiful library πŸ€—

11.12.2024 10:17 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Rainy Oxford πŸŒ§οΈπŸŒ™

09.12.2024 13:45 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes. I was pretty liberal with the block and mute on Twitter but somehow the crazy opinions just kept coming.

04.12.2024 14:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks! Yes seems disconcertingly sane so far!

04.12.2024 13:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hello, Bluesky. Hopefully you’re not as bad as the fascist depression bird website.

04.12.2024 13:41 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0