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David Winter

@vetur.bsky.social
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Distractable historian of medieval & early modern Europe. Current shiny things include: all things Icelandic; the demonic; popular religion; taxonomies. Currently working on a translation & study of Icelandic bishop, Oddur Einarsson's Descriptio Islandiae.

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Scott Matla @callmescort.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
If you are still in line for a Toronto Maple Leafs coaching interview STAY IN LINE
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David Winter @vetur.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
The Maple Leafs have the opportunity to do something hilarious…
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dpengelly.bsky.social @dpengelly.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Auston Matthews as Captain of this team should stand up and apologize for his team's behavior. His sponsors include #​Nike (Apparel) #​Prime (Hydration/Energy drinks) #​Uber #​MitoRedLight He plays for the Toronto Maple Leafs majority owner #Rogers Communications In the shadow of a pedophile.
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David Winter @vetur.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Can you imagine if Biden had started saying “America needs Greenland”?
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Grins @grinsabove.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Breaking: Toronto Maple Leafs now two D-man injuries from free 6” sub
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David Winter @vetur.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
I've given up hoping that the execrable thing won't be built. Now I can't wait till the party you 'Murcans are gonna have when you tear the motherfucking thing down.
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David Winter @vetur.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
I'm doing a thing in Iceland next summer. I'm helping to run the Svartarkot program in Bárðardalur. The program looks at the daemonic in Icelandic history. It will have lectures, discussions and site visits in the highlands. See Iceland in a way most tourists never do! svartarkot.is/upcoming-cou...
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Upcoming Courses in Iceland - Svartárkot Culture-Nature
NEXT COURSE: 16 - 26 AUGUST 2019: Human Ecology and Culture at Lake Mývatn 1700-2000: Dimensions of Environmental and Cultural Change:
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David Winter @vetur.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Give the C back to Tavares! #LeafsForever
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David Winter @vetur.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
As a historian, I can confirm that we've known since the war that Hitler only had one ball. There was speculation at the time as well that Goering had two, but very small. Further study suggested Himmler had something similar, but that Goebbels had no balls at all.
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David Winter @vetur.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Okay...now to be disappointed by hockey! #leafs #leafsforever #bluejays
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Announcing a brand new series launching this #Halloween 👻 Manchester Studies in the Supernatural explores how the #supernatural shapes human experience across time and place. Bridging disciplines and challenging boundaries, it welcomes bold new research on the #occult and the #unseen
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Glyn Bowerman @glynbowerman.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
The Jays and Dodgers will break for Christmas Eve to share a drink in no man’s land, show each other photos of the family they left back home, before heading back to their respective trenches.
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David Winter @vetur.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
I mean it's not a 5 day test series...
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David Winter @vetur.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Jesus The US is now so militarized, you've got to have a Spotter's Guide like the Brits had for Narzi aircraft.
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David Winter @vetur.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Today is the 50th anniversary of the Iceland Women’s Strike. On October 24, 1975, 90% of the country’s women withdrew their paid and unpaid labour. It led directly to the implementation of gender equality legislation in 1976 and paved the way for Iceland to elect Vigdis Finnbogadottir as president.
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David Winter @vetur.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
If you're looking for an alternative to #Spotify, I've been using #Tidal for about 2 yrs now. Comparable catalogue and, so far as I can tell, none of the fascism.
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David Winter @vetur.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
I mean, it's either going to be California Democrats or Canadian Socialists winning the WS. It's win-win!
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David Winter @vetur.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Yeah, he doesn't fancy himself a "king", right, Trumpies?
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David Winter @vetur.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Fascinating thread about baseball in Toronto in the 19th and early 20th centuries!
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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 12/10/2025
I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.
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David Winter @vetur.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
The Maple Leafs: is it time to panic?
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David Winter @vetur.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Let’s go Blue Jays!
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David Winter @vetur.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
This is a great thread to understand what happened with Montagues/Capulets or Bloods/Crips of the 2025 white nationalist wars.
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David Winter @vetur.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
British authorities want to disappear this new #Banksy image showing a judge beating a Palestine Action Network protestor with his gavel. Help make sure it doesn't go away. #UKpoli #Britishpolitics #palestine
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David Winter @vetur.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
This editorial in the @brandonsun.bsky.social hits the nail on the head and is a vindication for the faculty, students, and other stakeholders who have been watching the car crash for years. #BrandonMB #Manitoba #cdnpoli www.brandonsun.com/opinion/2025...
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Opinion: Botched BU project begs for comprehensive review
In its final report to Brandon University over the failure of the “Renew BU” Enterprise Resource Planning implementation project with Florida-based computer firm Anthology, BDO Canada pointed to sever...
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David Winter @vetur.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Our discussion with @profgabriele.com and @lollardfish.bsky.social about the Routledge History of the Devil!
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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 01/07/2025
fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck these people
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David Winter @vetur.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Nice cap space there, #leafsforever. what ya plannin' to do with it?
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David Winter @vetur.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
At least #Marner isn't going to Florida, Boston, or Montreal.
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David Winter @vetur.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
I'm now interested in the delay in the #Tavares signing. Was he trying to make sure that #LeafsForever were commited to putting together a winner in the post-Core-Four period?
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David Winter @vetur.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Now out: The Routledge History of the Devil in the Western Tradition, edited with my brilliant colleagues, @mikkibrock.bsky.social and @devilprof.bsky.social !
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
“Tasted a little tear gas— tasted like fascism”
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Suki Johal 🇨🇦 @sukster.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Play 82 games for home ice and then get outscored 12-2 aggregate in your last two home games...that's my team. #LeafsForever
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David Winter @vetur.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
#leafsforever At least Shanahan will be gone. Time to blow it up.
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David Winter @vetur.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
I think this is largely correct.
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David Winter @vetur.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Christ, I cannot listen to PP's voice for the next 4 yrs.
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Neil @neilforreal.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Pierre Poilievre can't handle questions from the media, he can't get his security clearance, and he can't separate himself from his ideological daddy, Donald Trump. He would deliver Canada to MAGA America on a silver platter. #cdnpoli #elxn2025 www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Justin Ling: If Pierre Poilievre can’t handle the media, who else will he avoid confronting?
If you have paid attention to Pierre Poilievre in recent months, you could be forgiven for thinking he is afraid of journalists.
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CPAC TV @cpac.ca · 03/04/2025
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh proposes the creation of "Canada Victory Bonds" to raise govt revenue for public services & infrastructure, saying "instead of relying solely on banks & paying debt & interest to those banks, let's pay interest to Canadians instead." #cdnpoli #elxn2025
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David Winter @vetur.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
This is how my views compare with the political parties in the upcoming Canadian election according to @VoteCompass. Try it for yourself! #cdnpoli share.votecompass.com/aplDE0BSK1iK...
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My Vote Compass Results - 2025 Canadian federal election
Vote Compass calculated my alignment with the parties running in the 2025 Canadian election. Try it for yourself!
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David Winter @vetur.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Would it resonate better if we called it "falsche Überzeugungen" (or something like that) instead of "improper ideology". www.commondreams.org/news/trump-s...
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'Unabashed Fascism': Trump Executive Order Targets 'Improper Ideology' at Smithsonian | Common Dreams
President Trump's latest executive order targeting the Smithsonian is a blatant attack on American history and culture, say critics.
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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Population Density Map Of Iceland See 100+ more: brilliantmaps.com/populatio...
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David Winter @vetur.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Every other Leader of the Opposition in Canadian History has had a security clearance. Every other Leader of a Third Party has had a security clearance. It didn't prevent them from providing robust critique of government. What's the real reason, Pierre? How are you compromised? What are you hiding?
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David Winter @vetur.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Pierre Poilievre, you have a net worth that is estimated to be at least triple that of Mark Carney. He's a banker; you're a lifelong legislator. How have you achieved such wealth?
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David Winter @vetur.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Scholar from France denied entry and deported from the United States for expressing anti Trump views
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David Winter @vetur.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
The whole point of an election campaign is to provide the public with an opportunity to see what's on offer and to demonstrate that you can deal with tough, even hostile, questions. How will he stand up to US and Russian scrutiny if he can't even face Cdn journalists? www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Conservatives won't allow reporters to travel with Poilievre during upcoming election | CBC News
The Conservative national campaign director told media outlets Tuesday their journalists won't be allowed to travel with leader Pierre Poilievre on his campaign plane and bus during the upcoming elect...
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Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 18/03/2025
Must read: Mahmoud Khalil speaks out for the first time since his arrest by the Trump administration in an exclusive letter, dictated over the phone to his family, from ICE detention in Louisiana.
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David Winter @vetur.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Democracy dies in darkness. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Conservatives won't allow reporters to travel with Poilievre during upcoming election | CBC News
The Conservative national campaign director told media outlets Tuesday their journalists won't be allowed to travel with leader Pierre Poilievre on his campaign plane and bus during the upcoming elect...
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David Winter @vetur.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
The devil is near! Our 600 pp tome, /The Routledge History of the Devil in the Western Tradition/ will be published this May (written w/ @mikkibrock.bsky.social and @devilprof.bsky.social)! We began it before the world knew COVID, and at long last, it's slouching this way to be born!
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NearlyKnowledgeable @g0blinegg.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
I had an absolute blast on The Haunted History Chronicles podcast talking about representations of the folkloric Devil in Shropshire. I truly believe Devil folklore is important and can serve as a conduits for a community. www.podpage.com/haunted-hist... #Folklore #Shropshire #Devil
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The Devil’s Role in Folklore with Amy Boucher
Join me for a fascinating episode with Amy Boucher , writer and folklorist specialising in Shropshire’s rich folklore, ghostlore, and history . Amy explores the int…
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David Winter @vetur.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
As a Canadian, there is no part of me that wishes I were American. I don’t wish I had been born there or that a could attain US citizenship. It’s not the prize MAGAs think it is.
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