Veles
@menkvi.bsky.social
History enjoyer (MA), friend to frogs and toads (all), Marx's 5th cousin (6x removed), weird
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Veles
@menkvi.bsky.social
· Nov 23
Alright I used Sky Follower Bridge so I guess I'll be following a lot more people.
Now we come to the furthest back I'll go, the year of my birth
Quote this with your favourite game from 1996 NOW, and what your favourite was THEN (if you had one)
Localisations/expansions count, remasters/ports don't. Remakes depend.
Two-way ties count.
backloggd.com/games/lib/po...
Quote this with your favourite game from 1996 NOW, and what your favourite was THEN (if you had one)
Localisations/expansions count, remasters/ports don't. Remakes depend.
Two-way ties count.
backloggd.com/games/lib/po...
January 7, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Me: *picture of a swan*
Bot-Tan: Wow! That's a beautiful duck!
Me: thanks bot.
Bot-Tan: Living at 51.742863,-0.781958 must give you wonderful insights into the daily Darwinian struggle of nature!
Me: what the-
Bot-Tan: Let's all do our best this week! ✨
Bot-Tan: Wow! That's a beautiful duck!
Me: thanks bot.
Bot-Tan: Living at 51.742863,-0.781958 must give you wonderful insights into the daily Darwinian struggle of nature!
Me: what the-
Bot-Tan: Let's all do our best this week! ✨
January 7, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Me: *picture of a swan*
Bot-Tan: Wow! That's a beautiful duck!
Me: thanks bot.
Bot-Tan: Living at 51.742863,-0.781958 must give you wonderful insights into the daily Darwinian struggle of nature!
Me: what the-
Bot-Tan: Let's all do our best this week! ✨
Bot-Tan: Wow! That's a beautiful duck!
Me: thanks bot.
Bot-Tan: Living at 51.742863,-0.781958 must give you wonderful insights into the daily Darwinian struggle of nature!
Me: what the-
Bot-Tan: Let's all do our best this week! ✨
The sore throat is not getting better
January 7, 2026 at 9:37 AM
The sore throat is not getting better
This is probably faulty logic but it's not like anyone is checking people's levels unless they actually get in a crash, and thus if the level is set too low it could normalise breaking the limit
Minister rejects claim tougher drink-driving rules will kill off rural pubs – UK politics live
Minister rejects claim tougher drink-driving rules will kill off rural pubs – UK politics live
Minister says evidence from Scotland suggests cutting drink-drive limit does not have a ‘significant impact’ on pub trade
Good morning. Keir Starmer is taking his first PMQs of 2026 today, and it is hard to imagine that he will get through that without being able to comment on Donald Trump escalating his threats about annexing Greenland – a prospect that would tear apart Nato.
But, even with the world in crisis, domestic policy making has to continue and this morning the government is focusing on something closer to home – its road safety strategy. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:25 AM
This is probably faulty logic but it's not like anyone is checking people's levels unless they actually get in a crash, and thus if the level is set too low it could normalise breaking the limit
Not saying people take this too seriously, but last time this topic trended I made a single comment that I didn't think it was right to imply fish & chips weren't British because Jews made them and someone got so angry they added me to a blocklist called "People Who Don't Like Black American Food"
British Teen Returning From Semester In U.S. Regales Friends With Tale Of Food That Tastes Good https://theonion.com/british-teen-returning-from-semester-in-u-s-regales-friends-with-tale-of-food-that-tastes-good/
January 6, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Not saying people take this too seriously, but last time this topic trended I made a single comment that I didn't think it was right to imply fish & chips weren't British because Jews made them and someone got so angry they added me to a blocklist called "People Who Don't Like Black American Food"
The #BBCPM argument that "elderly people with free bus passes prop up bus routes" has little connection to reality - just read a newspaper from 2010-2019!
January 6, 2026 at 5:33 PM
The #BBCPM argument that "elderly people with free bus passes prop up bus routes" has little connection to reality - just read a newspaper from 2010-2019!
Trying to sleep with a cold
January 6, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Trying to sleep with a cold
Invading Greenland would in a sane world be the end of Atlanticism but at this point, with this crop of politicians, I'm not even sure if it would be
January 6, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Invading Greenland would in a sane world be the end of Atlanticism but at this point, with this crop of politicians, I'm not even sure if it would be
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if they did January 6 today, it'd be called "January 6-7." Thank you for reading. RIP Ashley Babbert
January 6, 2026 at 3:00 PM
if they did January 6 today, it'd be called "January 6-7." Thank you for reading. RIP Ashley Babbert
This is good and we shouldn't have drivers on the road who can't see - but I worry about elderly people being essentially confined to their house
The Government is consulting on banning over 70s from driving if they fail mandatory eyesight tests
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Drivers over 70 set to face ban for failing compulsory eye tests
Cognitive assessments for older drivers will also be considered under Government's new road safety plans
inews.co.uk
January 6, 2026 at 2:14 PM
This is good and we shouldn't have drivers on the road who can't see - but I worry about elderly people being essentially confined to their house
Now: Theme Hospital
I have to make an honourable mention for The Jolly Post Office which was a favourite of mine when I first went to school!
I have to make an honourable mention for The Jolly Post Office which was a favourite of mine when I first went to school!
Quote this with your favourite game from 1997 NOW, and what your favourite was THEN (if you had one)
(Please make clear which is which)
Localisations/expansions count, remasters/ports don't. Remakes depend.
Two-way ties count.
For a fuller refresher: backloggd.com/games/lib/po...
(Please make clear which is which)
Localisations/expansions count, remasters/ports don't. Remakes depend.
Two-way ties count.
For a fuller refresher: backloggd.com/games/lib/po...
January 6, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Now: Theme Hospital
I have to make an honourable mention for The Jolly Post Office which was a favourite of mine when I first went to school!
I have to make an honourable mention for The Jolly Post Office which was a favourite of mine when I first went to school!
You can kind of tell how wassailing as a door-to-door practice was superseded by caroling since pretty much every wassailing song is, whilst fun, pretty much the same
open.spotify.com/track/5y1AbI...
open.spotify.com/track/5y1AbI...
Apple Tree Wassail
open.spotify.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:52 AM
You can kind of tell how wassailing as a door-to-door practice was superseded by caroling since pretty much every wassailing song is, whilst fun, pretty much the same
open.spotify.com/track/5y1AbI...
open.spotify.com/track/5y1AbI...
Currently in bed with a cold and spent an inordinate amount of time wondering how someone could sincerely claim Paul McCartney and the Beatles were bigger than Jesus
Here’s a fun top five: things that are consensus among historians but are essentially unknown by the public. Richard I, a bad king of England. Roman Empire, fell in 1453. Paul, more important than Jesus. Witch burning, a modern phenomenon not a medieval one. Britain last invaded in 1688. Yours?
As someone who wrote a dissertation on that damnable Frenchman; one can only hope.
January 6, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Currently in bed with a cold and spent an inordinate amount of time wondering how someone could sincerely claim Paul McCartney and the Beatles were bigger than Jesus
Whilst posting can unfortunately shape public conversation to an extent it hasn't in the past, it is also one theatre of many and seems to drive a lot of people mad (me included!)
we also really need to prevent the mindset that posting is a form of political action, short of actually going outside, because so many people think aggro'ing enemies online is the same as building a public, imo
tbc i’m not endorsing this model but it’s as Sharon says: the natural cost of short-form communication in a forum with immense reach.
the fact that this reach spans conflicting ideologies and different languages makes the problem worse, even without the pressure cooker of current events.
the fact that this reach spans conflicting ideologies and different languages makes the problem worse, even without the pressure cooker of current events.
January 5, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Whilst posting can unfortunately shape public conversation to an extent it hasn't in the past, it is also one theatre of many and seems to drive a lot of people mad (me included!)
What edition of the Bible is my little cousin reading? Should I call Thomas More?
January 5, 2026 at 8:33 PM
What edition of the Bible is my little cousin reading? Should I call Thomas More?
Every time it snows, local news stations interview people who seem incandescently angry at the concept of weather. How do these people function in daily life? And why should I care about their opinion?
January 5, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Every time it snows, local news stations interview people who seem incandescently angry at the concept of weather. How do these people function in daily life? And why should I care about their opinion?
Someone on an online forum analysed videos of the Crans-Montana fire incident and was able to piece together a timeline from how far along in the song they were.
That's a singular 'song': the time from ignition of the ceiling foam, to flashover explosion, was 75 seconds.
That's a singular 'song': the time from ignition of the ceiling foam, to flashover explosion, was 75 seconds.
It's astonishing this can still happen in a wealthy country with modern fire regulations.
Swiss police believe around 40 died at Swiss bar explosion, Italy says reut.rs/4pfirzh
January 5, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Someone on an online forum analysed videos of the Crans-Montana fire incident and was able to piece together a timeline from how far along in the song they were.
That's a singular 'song': the time from ignition of the ceiling foam, to flashover explosion, was 75 seconds.
That's a singular 'song': the time from ignition of the ceiling foam, to flashover explosion, was 75 seconds.
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in the old Twitter days people used to brag about how they made Twitter unprofitable and impossible to sell to respectable media companies
I see a lot of people being like "what's the deal with the deranged bluesky elders" and basically it's that in the before times there were a lot of people who made it their mission to drive people they didn't like off the platform & that's how they got their following
January 5, 2026 at 12:49 PM
in the old Twitter days people used to brag about how they made Twitter unprofitable and impossible to sell to respectable media companies
These people always talk as though they are leading a grand societal mobilisation against someone and obfuscate the fact that in reality, them and 50 other people are going to be constantly annoying to you and collectively hope someone is deranged enough to do something horrible
January 5, 2026 at 1:58 PM
These people always talk as though they are leading a grand societal mobilisation against someone and obfuscate the fact that in reality, them and 50 other people are going to be constantly annoying to you and collectively hope someone is deranged enough to do something horrible
I saw a fox cub on my run today🦊
January 5, 2026 at 12:48 PM
I saw a fox cub on my run today🦊
App developers will program a bot to respond to my one-star play store review with "Sorry about the [theft of money via uncancellable subscription]! You can fix that issue by [going to settings and tapping on brightness and contrast]!" and think it'll make me redownload the app
January 5, 2026 at 11:46 AM
App developers will program a bot to respond to my one-star play store review with "Sorry about the [theft of money via uncancellable subscription]! You can fix that issue by [going to settings and tapping on brightness and contrast]!" and think it'll make me redownload the app
None then. Now, Age of Empires II.
Very enjoyable - although I've cooled a bit on it recently, it's still a very fun game.
Very enjoyable - although I've cooled a bit on it recently, it's still a very fun game.
Quote this with your favourite game from 1999 NOW, and what your favourite was THEN (if you had one)
Localisations/expansions count, remasters/ports don't. Remakes depend.
Two-way ties count.
For a fuller refresher: backloggd.com/games/lib/po...
- PSA: Metal Gear Solid and Half-Life were 1998 -
Localisations/expansions count, remasters/ports don't. Remakes depend.
Two-way ties count.
For a fuller refresher: backloggd.com/games/lib/po...
- PSA: Metal Gear Solid and Half-Life were 1998 -
January 5, 2026 at 11:42 AM
None then. Now, Age of Empires II.
Very enjoyable - although I've cooled a bit on it recently, it's still a very fun game.
Very enjoyable - although I've cooled a bit on it recently, it's still a very fun game.
How it feels working with the sort of person who is excited to see you when you walk in
January 4, 2026 at 10:43 PM
How it feels working with the sort of person who is excited to see you when you walk in