Bertie
@bnehls.bsky.social
Once more it is paint and football time! If I’d planned this properly I’d have a Skycutter* so I could paint a real #Seahawks figure, but a Seaguard will have to do.
*or possibly an owl
*or possibly an owl
February 9, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Once more it is paint and football time! If I’d planned this properly I’d have a Skycutter* so I could paint a real #Seahawks figure, but a Seaguard will have to do.
*or possibly an owl
*or possibly an owl
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The NHS saved my life.
I spent 4 1/2 months in hospital and it didn't bankrupt me.
Britain cannot believe so little in itself that it would accept the loss of the NHS. There's so many lines being crossed but surely it has to wake people up. Right?
I spent 4 1/2 months in hospital and it didn't bankrupt me.
Britain cannot believe so little in itself that it would accept the loss of the NHS. There's so many lines being crossed but surely it has to wake people up. Right?
Reform MP Andrew Rosindell tells the BBC that he "would not object" to scrapping the NHS and replacing it with private insurance
January 25, 2026 at 11:50 AM
The NHS saved my life.
I spent 4 1/2 months in hospital and it didn't bankrupt me.
Britain cannot believe so little in itself that it would accept the loss of the NHS. There's so many lines being crossed but surely it has to wake people up. Right?
I spent 4 1/2 months in hospital and it didn't bankrupt me.
Britain cannot believe so little in itself that it would accept the loss of the NHS. There's so many lines being crossed but surely it has to wake people up. Right?
Just going to leave this here youtu.be/a3HEePMLAVU?...
The Briggs - Control Alt-Right Delete (Audio Only)
YouTube video by The Briggs
youtu.be
January 24, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Just going to leave this here youtu.be/a3HEePMLAVU?...
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There's nothing I can say that isn't being said better by hundreds of other people, but I can't be silent at a moment in which we see the president's pet militia murder someone in cold blood in the street and know that they will suffer no consequences for it.
Anything but abolition is collaboration
Anything but abolition is collaboration
January 24, 2026 at 7:32 PM
There's nothing I can say that isn't being said better by hundreds of other people, but I can't be silent at a moment in which we see the president's pet militia murder someone in cold blood in the street and know that they will suffer no consequences for it.
Anything but abolition is collaboration
Anything but abolition is collaboration
Got my @highrollersdnd.bsky.social 10th anniversary pin! It’s significantly chonkier than I anticipated (in a good way)
January 21, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Got my @highrollersdnd.bsky.social 10th anniversary pin! It’s significantly chonkier than I anticipated (in a good way)
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Watching THE GREEN KNIGHT again
April 22, 2024 at 7:43 PM
Watching THE GREEN KNIGHT again
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Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather
December 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 7, 2025 at 11:11 AM
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’
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deep down, he believes we are all good chaps and he believes it hard enough that everyone wants to live up to it, just a little, just for him
December 6, 2025 at 8:11 PM
deep down, he believes we are all good chaps and he believes it hard enough that everyone wants to live up to it, just a little, just for him
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Spare some love today for Collingwood. The other Admiral at Trafalgar.
Proud northerner. Hater of flogging. Legit brilliant commander and Nelson's trusted right hand. First into battle on Royal Sovereign. Took charge after Nelson was sniped and saved the British Fleet.
Here's HIS Trafalgar... /1 🧵
Proud northerner. Hater of flogging. Legit brilliant commander and Nelson's trusted right hand. First into battle on Royal Sovereign. Took charge after Nelson was sniped and saved the British Fleet.
Here's HIS Trafalgar... /1 🧵
October 21, 2023 at 9:52 AM
Spare some love today for Collingwood. The other Admiral at Trafalgar.
Proud northerner. Hater of flogging. Legit brilliant commander and Nelson's trusted right hand. First into battle on Royal Sovereign. Took charge after Nelson was sniped and saved the British Fleet.
Here's HIS Trafalgar... /1 🧵
Proud northerner. Hater of flogging. Legit brilliant commander and Nelson's trusted right hand. First into battle on Royal Sovereign. Took charge after Nelson was sniped and saved the British Fleet.
Here's HIS Trafalgar... /1 🧵
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My goodness, this poem. A beautiful, savage, blunt explanation of why we study war and conflict and also why military history is not and should not be just 'for the boys.'
The poem is moving in its unwillingness to whitewash the many tombs of war, as we should too should be unwilling.
The poem is moving in its unwillingness to whitewash the many tombs of war, as we should too should be unwilling.
I tend to think every nerdy trans woman should read Margaret Atwood's The Loneliness of the Military Historian and sit with it for a moment no matter what it is exactly she's nerdy about, but that goes double for you www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47788/...
The Loneliness of the Military Historian
This is why few people ask me to dinner, though Lord knows I don’t go out of my way to be scary. If I roll my eyes and mutter, if I clutch at my heart and scream in horror like a third-rate actress ch...
www.poetryfoundation.org
October 2, 2025 at 5:28 PM
My goodness, this poem. A beautiful, savage, blunt explanation of why we study war and conflict and also why military history is not and should not be just 'for the boys.'
The poem is moving in its unwillingness to whitewash the many tombs of war, as we should too should be unwilling.
The poem is moving in its unwillingness to whitewash the many tombs of war, as we should too should be unwilling.
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Interested in historicals but worried about accuracy? Don't be! I write about accuracy and historicals, with the new player in mind.
www.goonhammer.com/historicals-...
www.goonhammer.com/historicals-...
Historicals Essentials: How Accurate Do You Need to Be?
Today in historicals, HardyRoach pops in to take a look at how much accuracy matters on the table in historical games — and where to prioritize it.
www.goonhammer.com
September 29, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Interested in historicals but worried about accuracy? Don't be! I write about accuracy and historicals, with the new player in mind.
www.goonhammer.com/historicals-...
www.goonhammer.com/historicals-...
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He was very good in person with his trans fans too. Growing up going to SF cons, I met many trans people before I even knew what trans meant. I gave my parents very little they needed to accept in their child, so they had lots left over for everyone else. 😉 www.thepinknews.com/2021/08/06/t...
August 19, 2025 at 9:25 PM
He was very good in person with his trans fans too. Growing up going to SF cons, I met many trans people before I even knew what trans meant. I gave my parents very little they needed to accept in their child, so they had lots left over for everyone else. 😉 www.thepinknews.com/2021/08/06/t...
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Beyond delighted to share the cover for The Shipwright and the Shroudweaver. Kerby Rosanes is a wizard. If you think the cover is beautiful, just wait until you meet the wild, heartbreaking adventure inside. The good folk @gollancz.bsky.social await your preorders. Link in bio, as they say.
August 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Beyond delighted to share the cover for The Shipwright and the Shroudweaver. Kerby Rosanes is a wizard. If you think the cover is beautiful, just wait until you meet the wild, heartbreaking adventure inside. The good folk @gollancz.bsky.social await your preorders. Link in bio, as they say.
Ten writers by whom I've read more than five books
1. Terry Pratchett
2. J.R.R Tolkien
3. Adrian Tchaikovsky
4. Ben Aaronovitch
5. Robert Jordan
6. Bernard Cornwell
7. Brian McClellan
8. Kevin Hearne
9. Steve McHugh
10. David Eddings
Probably at least one BL author but I’m not doing the maths
1. Terry Pratchett
2. J.R.R Tolkien
3. Adrian Tchaikovsky
4. Ben Aaronovitch
5. Robert Jordan
6. Bernard Cornwell
7. Brian McClellan
8. Kevin Hearne
9. Steve McHugh
10. David Eddings
Probably at least one BL author but I’m not doing the maths
Ten writers by whom I’ve read more than five books
1. Terry Pratchett
2. Jim Butcher
3. RJ Barker
4. Jen Williams
5. Dan Abnett
6. Robert Jordan
7. Tad Williams
8. David Eddings
9. Sarah J Maas
10. …?
Tasha Suri, Douglas Adams, Tolkien, Martin, and Le Guin all come in at five exactly…
1. Terry Pratchett
2. Jim Butcher
3. RJ Barker
4. Jen Williams
5. Dan Abnett
6. Robert Jordan
7. Tad Williams
8. David Eddings
9. Sarah J Maas
10. …?
Tasha Suri, Douglas Adams, Tolkien, Martin, and Le Guin all come in at five exactly…
Ten writers by whom I've read more than five books
1. Sheila K. McCullagh
2. Warren Ellis
3. Stephen King
4. Cormac Mccarthy
5. Adrian Tchaikovsky
6. E.E. Doc Smith
7. Iain M Banks
8. Ursula K Le Guin
9. Catherine Cookson
10. Tade Thompson
1. Sheila K. McCullagh
2. Warren Ellis
3. Stephen King
4. Cormac Mccarthy
5. Adrian Tchaikovsky
6. E.E. Doc Smith
7. Iain M Banks
8. Ursula K Le Guin
9. Catherine Cookson
10. Tade Thompson
July 12, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Ten writers by whom I've read more than five books
1. Terry Pratchett
2. J.R.R Tolkien
3. Adrian Tchaikovsky
4. Ben Aaronovitch
5. Robert Jordan
6. Bernard Cornwell
7. Brian McClellan
8. Kevin Hearne
9. Steve McHugh
10. David Eddings
Probably at least one BL author but I’m not doing the maths
1. Terry Pratchett
2. J.R.R Tolkien
3. Adrian Tchaikovsky
4. Ben Aaronovitch
5. Robert Jordan
6. Bernard Cornwell
7. Brian McClellan
8. Kevin Hearne
9. Steve McHugh
10. David Eddings
Probably at least one BL author but I’m not doing the maths
If you see this, quote repost with a sword.
I really should finish this lad. It’s just his shield and base to do.
I really should finish this lad. It’s just his shield and base to do.
July 12, 2025 at 6:43 PM
If you see this, quote repost with a sword.
I really should finish this lad. It’s just his shield and base to do.
I really should finish this lad. It’s just his shield and base to do.
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re: generative AI
I have finally fully and accurately explained my problem with how it’s marketed and used.
And now, you can use it, too.
I have finally fully and accurately explained my problem with how it’s marketed and used.
And now, you can use it, too.
July 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
re: generative AI
I have finally fully and accurately explained my problem with how it’s marketed and used.
And now, you can use it, too.
I have finally fully and accurately explained my problem with how it’s marketed and used.
And now, you can use it, too.
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Ideally, the festival rights should be sold to the highest bidder who then cancel all the less profitable elements and deliver a vastly degraded experience for the same money.
It's what she would have wanted.
It's what she would have wanted.
May 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Ideally, the festival rights should be sold to the highest bidder who then cancel all the less profitable elements and deliver a vastly degraded experience for the same money.
It's what she would have wanted.
It's what she would have wanted.
QRT with something red?
I’ve got a few red things
I’ve got a few red things
May 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM
QRT with something red?
I’ve got a few red things
I’ve got a few red things
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There will be a lot of bluster and noise today, but the judge said this explicitly.
April 16, 2025 at 9:44 AM
There will be a lot of bluster and noise today, but the judge said this explicitly.
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Fuck the TERF bigot cunts with the sharpest object in hell, Trans Women (and Trans Men) don't deserve this hate just because they want to be happy with who they are meant to be.
April 16, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Fuck the TERF bigot cunts with the sharpest object in hell, Trans Women (and Trans Men) don't deserve this hate just because they want to be happy with who they are meant to be.