Jonathan Dean
@hergrim.bsky.social
Delivery driver and r/AskHistorians mod. Dabbler in medieval history, fantasy nerd, Australian.
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Jonathan Dean
@hergrim.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Hello to all my new followers. I'm u/Hergrim over on AskHistorians, and here I'm mostly intermittently active and post about medieval warfare, various random thoughts about medieval warfare, occasionally the intersection of history and fantasy and whatever else takes my fancy.
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Ugh hate to post this but bringing this back to just get us out of a “small” hole. We have money coming in but it is a struggle to get caught up
Keeping the same gfm for transparency sake
gofund.me/d63b5b894
Keeping the same gfm for transparency sake
gofund.me/d63b5b894
Donate to Support Danny and Nathalie's Housing Stability, organized by Danielle Lorick
EDIT: i should be receiving end of month payments, but trying to deal … Danielle Lorick needs your support for Support Danny and Nathalie's Housing Stability
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November 13, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Ugh hate to post this but bringing this back to just get us out of a “small” hole. We have money coming in but it is a struggle to get caught up
Keeping the same gfm for transparency sake
gofund.me/d63b5b894
Keeping the same gfm for transparency sake
gofund.me/d63b5b894
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It was such a fun conversation!!
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November 13, 2025 at 10:35 PM
It was such a fun conversation!!
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I’m sorry I just found out that in 1379, as in, 650 years ago, a baby girl was born in Yorkshire and named Diot Coke
history is a fucking joke lmao
history is a fucking joke lmao
November 13, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I’m sorry I just found out that in 1379, as in, 650 years ago, a baby girl was born in Yorkshire and named Diot Coke
history is a fucking joke lmao
history is a fucking joke lmao
I actually found someone who had attempted to port TBCS over from 3.5 to 5E. In their words, everything except for the backgrounds "would necessitate redesigns from the ground up".
There's a hyper ambitious, not particularly well informed part of me that's all "do it do it do it" right now.
There's a hyper ambitious, not particularly well informed part of me that's all "do it do it do it" right now.
I've been thinking more on this, and after learning a lot more about 3.5e and managing to parse some of the crunchiness, I think it would be much easier to port it to Pathfinder 2e.
While I've never played Pathfinder, it seems much closer to 3.5 than 5E in design.
While I've never played Pathfinder, it seems much closer to 3.5 than 5E in design.
My brain isn't crunchy enough to fully comprehend the design and game balance of either version of 5E, let alone D&D 3.5 (which I've never played), but I can't help but think that the Green Ronin Black Company campaign setting could be fairly easily ported to 5E.
November 13, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I actually found someone who had attempted to port TBCS over from 3.5 to 5E. In their words, everything except for the backgrounds "would necessitate redesigns from the ground up".
There's a hyper ambitious, not particularly well informed part of me that's all "do it do it do it" right now.
There's a hyper ambitious, not particularly well informed part of me that's all "do it do it do it" right now.
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Toronto people: Saw the Too Good to Go food app shared the other day (discounted end of day clearout food). Turns out we have it here. Tried it for produce from a store local to me. This bag they filled (pictured) was $8.
www.toogoodtogo.com/en-ca
www.toogoodtogo.com/en-ca
November 13, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Toronto people: Saw the Too Good to Go food app shared the other day (discounted end of day clearout food). Turns out we have it here. Tried it for produce from a store local to me. This bag they filled (pictured) was $8.
www.toogoodtogo.com/en-ca
www.toogoodtogo.com/en-ca
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This is Rudy. He carried out the perfect heist by remembering the four S's: sleep, sneak, steal, skedaddle. 14/10 (TT: rudyrudyroo)
November 13, 2025 at 5:53 PM
This is Rudy. He carried out the perfect heist by remembering the four S's: sleep, sneak, steal, skedaddle. 14/10 (TT: rudyrudyroo)
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my mac doing its best to telephone a seventeenth century ecclesiastical record 🗃️
November 12, 2025 at 11:29 AM
my mac doing its best to telephone a seventeenth century ecclesiastical record 🗃️
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November 13, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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81% to the goal--thank you so much to everyone for your generosity in sharing & giving so far. Archita would be very grateful for your continued support so she can make her goal and find some semblance of security in this terrible time.
Fellow Calcuttan writer/editor Archita Mittra is in desperate need of financial help. She recently lost her father, her home was damaged in the recent rains, & her mother's in hospital. They don't have insurance, & she's a freelancer. I can vouch for her. Please share widely & donate:
Donate to Help Archita and Her Mom Rebuild Their Lives, organized by tehseen baweja
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November 11, 2025 at 8:38 AM
81% to the goal--thank you so much to everyone for your generosity in sharing & giving so far. Archita would be very grateful for your continued support so she can make her goal and find some semblance of security in this terrible time.
Steam is apparently going to drop new hardware in a few minutes, and I do find it interesting how some people are freaking out (positive).
November 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Steam is apparently going to drop new hardware in a few minutes, and I do find it interesting how some people are freaking out (positive).
I've been thinking more on this, and after learning a lot more about 3.5e and managing to parse some of the crunchiness, I think it would be much easier to port it to Pathfinder 2e.
While I've never played Pathfinder, it seems much closer to 3.5 than 5E in design.
While I've never played Pathfinder, it seems much closer to 3.5 than 5E in design.
My brain isn't crunchy enough to fully comprehend the design and game balance of either version of 5E, let alone D&D 3.5 (which I've never played), but I can't help but think that the Green Ronin Black Company campaign setting could be fairly easily ported to 5E.
November 12, 2025 at 6:04 AM
I've been thinking more on this, and after learning a lot more about 3.5e and managing to parse some of the crunchiness, I think it would be much easier to port it to Pathfinder 2e.
While I've never played Pathfinder, it seems much closer to 3.5 than 5E in design.
While I've never played Pathfinder, it seems much closer to 3.5 than 5E in design.
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I've known Merc a long time (like, before I was published a long time), and therefore have known Siah online over the years.
Please help if you can.
Please help if you can.
Hi my peeps, a friend set this up—his SO is my roommate, full disclosure—for our mutual person who is really going through a rough patch, and now her grandmother is in hospice. 💔
Shares would be deeply appreciated, thank you in advance. 🖤🖤🖤
gofund.me/a1056c05d
Shares would be deeply appreciated, thank you in advance. 🖤🖤🖤
gofund.me/a1056c05d
Donate to Support for Siah's Monthly Bills, organized by Dakkota Moreno
My significant other's grandma has recently been hospitalized and may be put into hosp… Dakkota Moreno needs your support for Support for Siah's Monthly Bills
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November 11, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I've known Merc a long time (like, before I was published a long time), and therefore have known Siah online over the years.
Please help if you can.
Please help if you can.
I have some really good news for Andrew Hastie: he won't ever have to worry about repealing Labor's 2030 emissions target, and probably won't have to worry about their 2050 one either.
#auspolitics
#auspolitics
November 12, 2025 at 4:53 AM
I have some really good news for Andrew Hastie: he won't ever have to worry about repealing Labor's 2030 emissions target, and probably won't have to worry about their 2050 one either.
#auspolitics
#auspolitics
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Journalist friends, you know what to do.
Sarah Kendzior was suspended, she doesn’t know why, and the head of T&S said he won’t confirm whether or not the suspension was intentional unless media requests hit a threshold
Sarah Kendzior was suspended, she doesn’t know why, and the head of T&S said he won’t confirm whether or not the suspension was intentional unless media requests hit a threshold
We usually do that in response to media requests once they hit that threshold. I’ll try not to weigh in here, since that’s still details of an individual case. An interesting topic for a separate write up though, without discussing case specifics.
November 11, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Journalist friends, you know what to do.
Sarah Kendzior was suspended, she doesn’t know why, and the head of T&S said he won’t confirm whether or not the suspension was intentional unless media requests hit a threshold
Sarah Kendzior was suspended, she doesn’t know why, and the head of T&S said he won’t confirm whether or not the suspension was intentional unless media requests hit a threshold
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My last word on the matter
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
My last word on the matter
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You're never gonna believe this, but we're out of archaeologists again.
We have matched ~650 groups with archaeologists this semester! I am so grateful to the 196 Archaeologist volunteers!
We have 60 unmatched groups rn
Know archaeologists who could do a session? Send them to SkypeAScientist.com
We have matched ~650 groups with archaeologists this semester! I am so grateful to the 196 Archaeologist volunteers!
We have 60 unmatched groups rn
Know archaeologists who could do a session? Send them to SkypeAScientist.com
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November 11, 2025 at 4:26 PM
You're never gonna believe this, but we're out of archaeologists again.
We have matched ~650 groups with archaeologists this semester! I am so grateful to the 196 Archaeologist volunteers!
We have 60 unmatched groups rn
Know archaeologists who could do a session? Send them to SkypeAScientist.com
We have matched ~650 groups with archaeologists this semester! I am so grateful to the 196 Archaeologist volunteers!
We have 60 unmatched groups rn
Know archaeologists who could do a session? Send them to SkypeAScientist.com
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A lot of people called me a baby killer & a corporate stooge, but let me tell you what I did in Afghanistan.
By 2010 I had dual-classed MP and Transportation Coordinator. My duties were split between 2 worlds: coordinating & observing convoys, & riding in them as armed security.
By 2010 I had dual-classed MP and Transportation Coordinator. My duties were split between 2 worlds: coordinating & observing convoys, & riding in them as armed security.
November 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
A lot of people called me a baby killer & a corporate stooge, but let me tell you what I did in Afghanistan.
By 2010 I had dual-classed MP and Transportation Coordinator. My duties were split between 2 worlds: coordinating & observing convoys, & riding in them as armed security.
By 2010 I had dual-classed MP and Transportation Coordinator. My duties were split between 2 worlds: coordinating & observing convoys, & riding in them as armed security.
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By the way, someone was generous enough to offer five one-month gift subscriptions for readers! There's a redeem link at this comment:
Chapter 24 Update – Thistil Mistil Kistil
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November 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
By the way, someone was generous enough to offer five one-month gift subscriptions for readers! There's a redeem link at this comment:
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Now to put an explanation of the map into its own thread, Special Order no. 191 is found around noon on September 13th, 1862, and within a few hours is in McClellan's hands. It's something of a truism that this "Lost Order" represented a tremendous opportunity for the Army of the Potomac.
So here is a marked-up section of the map of Northern Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania from the Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, which is available on Wikipedia. This attempts to translate Special Order 191 into space and time.
November 10, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Now to put an explanation of the map into its own thread, Special Order no. 191 is found around noon on September 13th, 1862, and within a few hours is in McClellan's hands. It's something of a truism that this "Lost Order" represented a tremendous opportunity for the Army of the Potomac.
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I got this useful bon mot from a middle school teacher recently.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
November 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I got this useful bon mot from a middle school teacher recently.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
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I would of course be remiss if I didn't mention that I wrote a book that I expect many who enjoyed this video would also enjoy. It even includes several of the crossbows covered in the video! Available from the publisher and most booksellers.
www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Medieval...
www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Medieval...
November 9, 2025 at 11:34 AM
I would of course be remiss if I didn't mention that I wrote a book that I expect many who enjoyed this video would also enjoy. It even includes several of the crossbows covered in the video! Available from the publisher and most booksellers.
www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Medieval...
www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Medieval...
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he was, however, very lonely, having lost his two siblings. but we couldn't adopt other cats and risk him infecting them. so we did something that seemed bananas at the time - we adopted two kittens who already had FeLV
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November 10, 2025 at 2:17 AM
he was, however, very lonely, having lost his two siblings. but we couldn't adopt other cats and risk him infecting them. so we did something that seemed bananas at the time - we adopted two kittens who already had FeLV
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