Richard deValmont
@devalmont.myatproto.social
Co-host of Horror Podcast Bela Lugosi's Shed with HJ Doom. Guitarist, Gamer, Lefty. I rant (and occasionally rave) about gaming and politics. He/Him, or They/Them is fine too.
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If Alan Moore hijacked the worlds nuclear missile supply and ended all life on earth it would be justified
'V for Vendetta' TV series is in the works at HBO and DC
James Gunn will exec produce
(via Variety)
James Gunn will exec produce
(via Variety)
November 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
If Alan Moore hijacked the worlds nuclear missile supply and ended all life on earth it would be justified
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Every hole is a glory hole if you don't mind ruining a cuckoo clock
November 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Every hole is a glory hole if you don't mind ruining a cuckoo clock
The typographic and design choices in this restaurant's logo HAVE to be deliberate, right?
November 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The typographic and design choices in this restaurant's logo HAVE to be deliberate, right?
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…in the land of Mordor where the shadows lie homes.luddy.indiana.edu/ccshan/for/f...
November 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
…in the land of Mordor where the shadows lie homes.luddy.indiana.edu/ccshan/for/f...
The most egregious example of this is the 'Yorkshire' accent as noted by My Abraham Stoker, with the Whitby fisherman:
"These bans an' wafts an' boh-ghosts an' barguests and bogles an' all anent them is only fit to set bairns an' dizzy women a-belderin'. They be nowt but airblebs!"
"These bans an' wafts an' boh-ghosts an' barguests and bogles an' all anent them is only fit to set bairns an' dizzy women a-belderin'. They be nowt but airblebs!"
Always eye-opening when someone with a southern English accent tries to write a northern English accent "phonetically" revealing what an alien perspective they have of the relationship between sounds and letters
November 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The most egregious example of this is the 'Yorkshire' accent as noted by My Abraham Stoker, with the Whitby fisherman:
"These bans an' wafts an' boh-ghosts an' barguests and bogles an' all anent them is only fit to set bairns an' dizzy women a-belderin'. They be nowt but airblebs!"
"These bans an' wafts an' boh-ghosts an' barguests and bogles an' all anent them is only fit to set bairns an' dizzy women a-belderin'. They be nowt but airblebs!"
What's more likely is everyone will have forgotten how SQL actually works because they've got so used to asking Chat GPT. And people like me who steadfastly refuse to 'vibe code' will be prized like people who still know COBOL are now.
By the time they leave primary school, every child should know how to create, query, and update a simple SQL database. They should build on this in secondary school. In 20 years time, spreadsheets will only be for shopping lists, which is as it should be.
November 7, 2025 at 11:19 PM
What's more likely is everyone will have forgotten how SQL actually works because they've got so used to asking Chat GPT. And people like me who steadfastly refuse to 'vibe code' will be prized like people who still know COBOL are now.
I'm so glad that Lidl's new self-service tills say 'Please take your bags and leave the store'.
Last time I used one in Tesco I stood there for eight hours crying and trying to work out what to do next. I'd soiled myself twice before Security came over to help me out the door.
Last time I used one in Tesco I stood there for eight hours crying and trying to work out what to do next. I'd soiled myself twice before Security came over to help me out the door.
November 7, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I'm so glad that Lidl's new self-service tills say 'Please take your bags and leave the store'.
Last time I used one in Tesco I stood there for eight hours crying and trying to work out what to do next. I'd soiled myself twice before Security came over to help me out the door.
Last time I used one in Tesco I stood there for eight hours crying and trying to work out what to do next. I'd soiled myself twice before Security came over to help me out the door.
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Dick Cheney: claims to be pro-life.
Also Dick Cheney: dies.
Also Dick Cheney: dies.
November 4, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Dick Cheney: claims to be pro-life.
Also Dick Cheney: dies.
Also Dick Cheney: dies.
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@ronanhession.bsky.social Hey Ronan, apropos of nothing in particular, loved “Ghost Mountain” and currently loving “Leonard and Hungry Paul”. Thanks for that!
November 4, 2025 at 1:14 PM
@ronanhession.bsky.social Hey Ronan, apropos of nothing in particular, loved “Ghost Mountain” and currently loving “Leonard and Hungry Paul”. Thanks for that!
Astonishing how headlines are just 'Samir Zitouni' for the name of the guy who saved people during the stabbing incident, and not 'X-Born Samir Zitouni' or 'X-British National Samir Zitouni' like they would if he was the suspect?
It's almost like the race is only important when they want it to be.
It's almost like the race is only important when they want it to be.
November 4, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Astonishing how headlines are just 'Samir Zitouni' for the name of the guy who saved people during the stabbing incident, and not 'X-Born Samir Zitouni' or 'X-British National Samir Zitouni' like they would if he was the suspect?
It's almost like the race is only important when they want it to be.
It's almost like the race is only important when they want it to be.
Not only can we not trust immigrants OR British Nationals on trains any more, now we can't even trust the TRAINS not to take out terrorist attacks on us.
MOAR FLAGS NEEDED.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cz...
MOAR FLAGS NEEDED.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cz...
Glasgow to London train derails in Cumbria - no injuries reported but 'days of disruption' expected
Avanti West Coast says:
www.bbc.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Not only can we not trust immigrants OR British Nationals on trains any more, now we can't even trust the TRAINS not to take out terrorist attacks on us.
MOAR FLAGS NEEDED.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cz...
MOAR FLAGS NEEDED.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cz...
I know that my opinion means almost nothing as a non-PoC, but I don't really understand the logic of 'We shouldn't use the word 'Spooky', which has meant 'creepy' for hundreds of years, because a few decades back the racists stole it fair and square'.
I am trying not to use it, however.
I am trying not to use it, however.
October 31, 2025 at 11:22 AM
I know that my opinion means almost nothing as a non-PoC, but I don't really understand the logic of 'We shouldn't use the word 'Spooky', which has meant 'creepy' for hundreds of years, because a few decades back the racists stole it fair and square'.
I am trying not to use it, however.
I am trying not to use it, however.
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Jump cut to Keir Starmer spending the entirety of November in a giant foam poppy costume, smashing over press conference podiums like Mister Blobby, and getting called a communist for wearing red.
Given everything going on in Britain at the moment, this year’s Poppy Wars are going to be bloody _epic_
Heaven help us all.
Heaven help us all.
September 13, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Jump cut to Keir Starmer spending the entirety of November in a giant foam poppy costume, smashing over press conference podiums like Mister Blobby, and getting called a communist for wearing red.
Symbol, or 'The Paedophile Formerly Known as Prince'.
October 30, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Symbol, or 'The Paedophile Formerly Known as Prince'.
Anyone who absolutely adored Dying Light have an opinion on Dying Light 2? Feels like a bit of a deal on Steam at the moment for £16 but I've heard it's a bit of a let down for fans of the original.
October 30, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Anyone who absolutely adored Dying Light have an opinion on Dying Light 2? Feels like a bit of a deal on Steam at the moment for £16 but I've heard it's a bit of a let down for fans of the original.
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Moving to the country
I'm gone see a lot of rhesus...
RHESUS COME... FROM A VAN
THEY WERE PUT THERE BY A MAN
IN A LABORATORY... 🎶
I'm gone see a lot of rhesus...
RHESUS COME... FROM A VAN
THEY WERE PUT THERE BY A MAN
IN A LABORATORY... 🎶
October 28, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Moving to the country
I'm gone see a lot of rhesus...
RHESUS COME... FROM A VAN
THEY WERE PUT THERE BY A MAN
IN A LABORATORY... 🎶
I'm gone see a lot of rhesus...
RHESUS COME... FROM A VAN
THEY WERE PUT THERE BY A MAN
IN A LABORATORY... 🎶
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Whenever I see someone try to rehab Sadako's reputation, I think to myself, I'll be surprised if she comes out of this well
THE RING asks, did we never question if the tragically murdered ghost child had bad vibes, or was just unpleasant to be around?
October 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Whenever I see someone try to rehab Sadako's reputation, I think to myself, I'll be surprised if she comes out of this well
If these figures are correct then this is the size of the Epstein Ballroom:
October 26, 2025 at 12:59 PM
If these figures are correct then this is the size of the Epstein Ballroom:
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One of my least rational beliefs is that if you pull off a heist without hurting anyone or getting caught within a day, that's your stuff fair and square.
October 19, 2025 at 10:47 PM
One of my least rational beliefs is that if you pull off a heist without hurting anyone or getting caught within a day, that's your stuff fair and square.
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, Whales and Dolphins, Whales and Dolphins...
*Deep Breath*
COOORRR, WHAT I LIIIKKKKE...
*Deep Breath*
COOORRR, WHAT I LIIIKKKKE...
Tinker, Tailer, Soldier, Spy, Beheaded, Survived
October 23, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, Whales and Dolphins, Whales and Dolphins...
*Deep Breath*
COOORRR, WHAT I LIIIKKKKE...
*Deep Breath*
COOORRR, WHAT I LIIIKKKKE...
'Crew Expendable' is actually a pretty sick name for a band.
Don't tell me you like 70s music if you can't name this band.
October 22, 2025 at 10:35 PM
'Crew Expendable' is actually a pretty sick name for a band.
Can you imagine how gutted you'd be if you suddenly realised that you had accidentally got not just one, but TWO Nazi tattoos?
Poor guy must be livid.
Poor guy must be livid.
October 22, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Can you imagine how gutted you'd be if you suddenly realised that you had accidentally got not just one, but TWO Nazi tattoos?
Poor guy must be livid.
Poor guy must be livid.
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You don't believe in evolution? You mean you're a primate change denier?
January 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM
You don't believe in evolution? You mean you're a primate change denier?
I certainly didn't have 'The Republicans being totally cool with Trump KNOCKING DOWN THE FUCKING WHITE HOUSE' on my 2025 bingo card, but there you go.
Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
wapo.st
October 21, 2025 at 9:36 AM
I certainly didn't have 'The Republicans being totally cool with Trump KNOCKING DOWN THE FUCKING WHITE HOUSE' on my 2025 bingo card, but there you go.
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NEW YORK TIMES
OPINION
Who's To Say What Abraham Lincoln Wouldn't Have Generated Deepfake Videos Of Himself Shitting All Over?
Bret Stephens
OPINION
Who's To Say What Abraham Lincoln Wouldn't Have Generated Deepfake Videos Of Himself Shitting All Over?
Bret Stephens
October 20, 2025 at 5:10 PM
NEW YORK TIMES
OPINION
Who's To Say What Abraham Lincoln Wouldn't Have Generated Deepfake Videos Of Himself Shitting All Over?
Bret Stephens
OPINION
Who's To Say What Abraham Lincoln Wouldn't Have Generated Deepfake Videos Of Himself Shitting All Over?
Bret Stephens