Ricky Broome
@karanthir.bsky.social
Recovering academic who just can't seem to quit
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Ricky Broome
@karanthir.bsky.social
· Aug 11
I'm nothing if not self-deprecating.
And I'm not even that good at being self-deprecating.
And I'm not even that good at being self-deprecating.
Earning some "cool dad" points tonight by helping the eldest realise that the kids in her class are "6 7"
November 11, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Earning some "cool dad" points tonight by helping the eldest realise that the kids in her class are "6 7"
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Hwat a deal! 4 issues of Wyrd Science covering everything from Ravenloft to Vaesen, Pendragon to Paranoia, WFRP to Barkeep on the Borderlands, Rivers of London to Mausritter, Blade Runner to DIE, Liminal to The Troubleshooters, Errant to Fantastic Medieval Campaigns, HeroQuest to Spire, etc etc etc
Issue 3-6 Mega Bundle!
Get up to speed with our super mega value bundle. Issues 3-6, that's around 450 pages of high quality in depth writing on every aspect of tabletop games and the world around them.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Hwat a deal! 4 issues of Wyrd Science covering everything from Ravenloft to Vaesen, Pendragon to Paranoia, WFRP to Barkeep on the Borderlands, Rivers of London to Mausritter, Blade Runner to DIE, Liminal to The Troubleshooters, Errant to Fantastic Medieval Campaigns, HeroQuest to Spire, etc etc etc
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Then she leans in and whispers the two words all men want to hear:
"Epistolary novel"
"Epistolary novel"
November 10, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Then she leans in and whispers the two words all men want to hear:
"Epistolary novel"
"Epistolary novel"
Then she leans in and whispers the two words all men want to hear:
"Epistolary novel"
"Epistolary novel"
November 10, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Then she leans in and whispers the two words all men want to hear:
"Epistolary novel"
"Epistolary novel"
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This third particularly great for Dariel on his family and personal history in a colonized country.
The third and final part of my interview with @brynhammond.bsky.social and @draq.bsky.social is live! We discuss some of the nuances of writing historical(ly flavored) fiction about people who've been sidelined in mainstream histories, plus writing influences and more.
Writing power struggles on the steppe, part three: Writing about marginalized histories
This is the third and final part of an interview with authors Bryn Hammond and Dariel R.A. Quiogue on their recent and upcoming Central Asia-centric novellas, works walking the line between the swo…
sadbutbuildingworlds.blog
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
This third particularly great for Dariel on his family and personal history in a colonized country.
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This week's North Sea Nexus post on the invisible boundaries in the sea most of us rarely think about, and how they came to be.
Drawing the lines
Shifting boundaries and legal ambiguities in the North Sea
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November 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
This week's North Sea Nexus post on the invisible boundaries in the sea most of us rarely think about, and how they came to be.
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Different pen name, but this was absolutely a favorite vanity project that also felt like it meant something:
November 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Different pen name, but this was absolutely a favorite vanity project that also felt like it meant something:
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The third and final part of my interview with @brynhammond.bsky.social and @draq.bsky.social is live! We discuss some of the nuances of writing historical(ly flavored) fiction about people who've been sidelined in mainstream histories, plus writing influences and more.
Writing power struggles on the steppe, part three: Writing about marginalized histories
This is the third and final part of an interview with authors Bryn Hammond and Dariel R.A. Quiogue on their recent and upcoming Central Asia-centric novellas, works walking the line between the swo…
sadbutbuildingworlds.blog
November 9, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The third and final part of my interview with @brynhammond.bsky.social and @draq.bsky.social is live! We discuss some of the nuances of writing historical(ly flavored) fiction about people who've been sidelined in mainstream histories, plus writing influences and more.
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I know it’s not a hot take or anything, but I get so upset by how “AI” constantly just seeks to supplant human creativity. I don’t want AI to write something for me - I love writing! I don’t want AI to summarise a book for me - I want to read the damn thing!
November 8, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I know it’s not a hot take or anything, but I get so upset by how “AI” constantly just seeks to supplant human creativity. I don’t want AI to write something for me - I love writing! I don’t want AI to summarise a book for me - I want to read the damn thing!
I will never understand the hate RotJ - aka the best Star Wars film - gets.
I feel as if you’re forgetting about how ROTJ fucking rules in the back half
there are two good movies, Star Wars and Empire. Everything else except for Andor is 100% unnecessary.
November 8, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I will never understand the hate RotJ - aka the best Star Wars film - gets.
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smdh when did
THIS become sexier than THIS
THIS become sexier than THIS
November 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM
smdh when did
THIS become sexier than THIS
THIS become sexier than THIS
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This week on Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein we review "Chosen" by Lyndsey Holder, from the collection SHE WALKS IN SHADOWS (2015).
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“Chosen” by Lyndsey Holder
Brown Jenkin was agitated, running circles around me, climbing up my back and crawling down into my lap, staring at me with his beady black eyes. I reached out to him tentatively and he nuzzled my …
deepcuts.blog
November 8, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This week on Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein we review "Chosen" by Lyndsey Holder, from the collection SHE WALKS IN SHADOWS (2015).
deepcuts.blog/2025/11/08/c...
deepcuts.blog/2025/11/08/c...
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Exciting news! NWMS member @eddiemeehan99.bsky.social’s latest article Identity, exemplarity and the ideal king in early medieval Ireland has now been published in the Journal of Historical Research, academic.oup.com/histres/adva...
November 7, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Exciting news! NWMS member @eddiemeehan99.bsky.social’s latest article Identity, exemplarity and the ideal king in early medieval Ireland has now been published in the Journal of Historical Research, academic.oup.com/histres/adva...
A great example of metal as a force for good
www.hcn.org/issues/57-11...
www.hcn.org/issues/57-11...
Heavy metal is healing teens on the Blackfeet Nation - High Country News
In response to youth suicides, teachers show students the power of headbanging at Fire in the Mountains festival.
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November 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
A great example of metal as a force for good
www.hcn.org/issues/57-11...
www.hcn.org/issues/57-11...
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📚 📺 To celebrate the upcoming launch of @alexharvv.bsky.social's Little Kingdoms: An A-Z of Early Medieval Britain, why not watch the chat we had about Alex's research on the Govan Early Medieval Podcast!
Published on the 30th of Nov, 2025, by Pen and Sword Books.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=KfUm...
Published on the 30th of Nov, 2025, by Pen and Sword Books.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=KfUm...
Alex Harvey: Sensational Early Medievalist
YouTube video by Dr Tom Horne
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November 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
📚 📺 To celebrate the upcoming launch of @alexharvv.bsky.social's Little Kingdoms: An A-Z of Early Medieval Britain, why not watch the chat we had about Alex's research on the Govan Early Medieval Podcast!
Published on the 30th of Nov, 2025, by Pen and Sword Books.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=KfUm...
Published on the 30th of Nov, 2025, by Pen and Sword Books.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=KfUm...
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Hwæt, #BookSky! Free stories! A tip jar! Potential Christmas gifts! It's a cornucopia of links!
A Little Business scottoden.wordpress.com/2025/11/07/a...
A Little Business scottoden.wordpress.com/2025/11/07/a...
A Little Business
Hwæt! My collection of historical and S&S short stories, OLD GODS AND OTHER TALES, is FREE on Kindle until Saturday night, 11:59 PM PT. Grab a copy whilst you still can! It’s understandab…
scottoden.wordpress.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Hwæt, #BookSky! Free stories! A tip jar! Potential Christmas gifts! It's a cornucopia of links!
A Little Business scottoden.wordpress.com/2025/11/07/a...
A Little Business scottoden.wordpress.com/2025/11/07/a...
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Once you start thinking of AI as a war on humanity, on human thought, on human inquiry, on human labor, on nuance and critical thinking, it slots in pretty seamlessly with the right wing ideological project, oligarchical political projects, big tech's political projects, etc
November 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Once you start thinking of AI as a war on humanity, on human thought, on human inquiry, on human labor, on nuance and critical thinking, it slots in pretty seamlessly with the right wing ideological project, oligarchical political projects, big tech's political projects, etc
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Just wrote a review of @brynhammond.bsky.social and @draq.bsky.social's recent novellas. Rambling in places, perhaps? But I think these two are genuinely on to something when it comes to writing about steppe nomads and others who've been demeaned and dismissed in mainstream histories.
Eric de Roulet's review of Double-Edged Sword & Sorcery
5/5: Any friends and readers who are familiar with my tastes probably aren't surprised I gave five stars to this dual novella of two stories set in (or inspired by) the Mongolian steppe during Chinggi...
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November 6, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Just wrote a review of @brynhammond.bsky.social and @draq.bsky.social's recent novellas. Rambling in places, perhaps? But I think these two are genuinely on to something when it comes to writing about steppe nomads and others who've been demeaned and dismissed in mainstream histories.
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New volume of Classica Cracoviensia Vol. 28 (2025) journals.akademicka.pl/cc/issue/vie... #openaccess @mikeaztec.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
New volume of Classica Cracoviensia Vol. 28 (2025) journals.akademicka.pl/cc/issue/vie... #openaccess @mikeaztec.bsky.social
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Folks this is NOT a drill, the big official long-awaited Charles Saunders biography finally has a locked-in title and release date and is open for pre-orders. www.amazon.ca/Leave-Warrio...
To Leave a Warrior Behind: The Life and Stories of Charles R. Saunders, the Man Who Rewrote Fantasy
To Leave a Warrior Behind: The Life and Stories of Charles R. Saunders, the Man Who Rewrote Fantasy : Tattrie, Jon: Amazon.ca: Books
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November 6, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Folks this is NOT a drill, the big official long-awaited Charles Saunders biography finally has a locked-in title and release date and is open for pre-orders. www.amazon.ca/Leave-Warrio...
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The early career retrospective of C. L. Moore continues with "Fruit of Knowledge," a new take on the Biblical story of the garden of Eden, and one of the few stories published under Moore's own name after her marriage.
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“Fruit of Knowledge” (1940) by C. L. Moore
By the way, I suppose they warned you about the Tree?—C. L. Moore, “Fruit of Knowledge” in Unknown Oct 1940 After her marriage to Henry Kuttner on 7 June 1940 in New York City, C. L. Mo…
deepcuts.blog
November 5, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The early career retrospective of C. L. Moore continues with "Fruit of Knowledge," a new take on the Biblical story of the garden of Eden, and one of the few stories published under Moore's own name after her marriage.
deepcuts.blog/2025/11/05/f...
deepcuts.blog/2025/11/05/f...
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New at Tetrapod Zoology, a brief look at what's surely the world's best known extinct proboscidean: that Ice Age superstar the Woolly mammoth .... tetzoo.com/blog/2025/11... #mammoths #IceAge #Pleistocene #fossilmammals #elephants
A Woolly Mammoth Primer — Tetrapod Zoology
I’ve said before that proboscideans – the familiar group of placental mammals that includes living elephants and their many fossil relatives – have never been well served here at Tet Zoo…
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November 5, 2025 at 9:08 PM
New at Tetrapod Zoology, a brief look at what's surely the world's best known extinct proboscidean: that Ice Age superstar the Woolly mammoth .... tetzoo.com/blog/2025/11... #mammoths #IceAge #Pleistocene #fossilmammals #elephants
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A new interview blogpost from me! This time talking to @alexharvv.bsky.social about his book "Forgotten Vikings". We also touch on the importance of promoting academic history outside academia.
Forgotten Vikings: An Interview with Alex Harvey
This interview is part of an ongoing series in which I talk to fellow researchers about topics more or less related to the themes of this blog and my own research. If you’re a postgraduate, early career, or independent researcher with a recent publication to discuss and you’d like to feature here, please get in touch. Today I’m talking to Alex Harvey about his thorough but accessible study of the Viking Age, …
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November 1, 2025 at 10:31 AM
A new interview blogpost from me! This time talking to @alexharvv.bsky.social about his book "Forgotten Vikings". We also touch on the importance of promoting academic history outside academia.
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Got the editors' blessing to share this news. My chapter "National Socialist Black Metal & the Usurpation of Greece and Rome" will appear in the forthcoming volume "Abusing Antiquity? Classics and the Contemporary Far Right," edited by Helen Roche and @denisemccoskey.bsky.social!
November 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Got the editors' blessing to share this news. My chapter "National Socialist Black Metal & the Usurpation of Greece and Rome" will appear in the forthcoming volume "Abusing Antiquity? Classics and the Contemporary Far Right," edited by Helen Roche and @denisemccoskey.bsky.social!