MTG
@mtglen.bsky.social
Not sure what I am yet, I mean it’s early days. Mainly SF&F, TTRPG etc 80s geekery on this. Grogsquad adjacent. Part time historian (MA ✅, PhD tbc). Dabbling writer. Scot by origin, Irish/Euro by choice & fortune. Possibly a cat-operated meat puppet.
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Gee whizz! My article on Twilight 2000 in the Journal of American studies is now the most read piece over the last 3 months, despite it only being available for a couple of weeks. That's kind of terrifying! Thanks so much to everyone who's taken the time to engage with it!
doi.org/10.1017/S002...
doi.org/10.1017/S002...
November 17, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Gee whizz! My article on Twilight 2000 in the Journal of American studies is now the most read piece over the last 3 months, despite it only being available for a couple of weeks. That's kind of terrifying! Thanks so much to everyone who's taken the time to engage with it!
doi.org/10.1017/S002...
doi.org/10.1017/S002...
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I enjoyed this. And what an infectious laugh. ❤️
"Reporter left speechless after witnessing Japan's new $70 million Maglev train in action at 310 mph"
"Reporter left speechless after witnessing Japan's new $70 million Maglev train in action at 310 mph"
September 2, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I enjoyed this. And what an infectious laugh. ❤️
"Reporter left speechless after witnessing Japan's new $70 million Maglev train in action at 310 mph"
"Reporter left speechless after witnessing Japan's new $70 million Maglev train in action at 310 mph"
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Dear Sir:
Thou eunuch of language; thou Englishman, who never was south the Tweed; thou servile echo of fashionable barbarisms; thou quack, vending the nostrums of empirical elocution…
—Robert Burns, Letter to a critic (1791)
#WorldLetterWritingDay #C18th
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Thou eunuch of language; thou Englishman, who never was south the Tweed; thou servile echo of fashionable barbarisms; thou quack, vending the nostrums of empirical elocution…
—Robert Burns, Letter to a critic (1791)
#WorldLetterWritingDay #C18th
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September 1, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Dear Sir:
Thou eunuch of language; thou Englishman, who never was south the Tweed; thou servile echo of fashionable barbarisms; thou quack, vending the nostrums of empirical elocution…
—Robert Burns, Letter to a critic (1791)
#WorldLetterWritingDay #C18th
news.lettersofnote.com/p/thou-pickl...
Thou eunuch of language; thou Englishman, who never was south the Tweed; thou servile echo of fashionable barbarisms; thou quack, vending the nostrums of empirical elocution…
—Robert Burns, Letter to a critic (1791)
#WorldLetterWritingDay #C18th
news.lettersofnote.com/p/thou-pickl...
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Re-upping this for the afternoon:
Humblebundle to support World Central Kitchen, and get a bunch of my books from @tordotcom.bsky.social including Murderbot and Witch King! #booksky
www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...
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Humble Book Bundle: Martha Wells' Murderbot and More by TOR
Fall in love with Martha Wells’ The Murderbot Diaries series—the engine behind the hit AppleTV adaptation—and help support World Central Kitchen.
www.humblebundle.com
August 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Re-upping this for the afternoon:
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An experience you’ll never forget. Gatsby and the Great Race was a standout event at this year’s GROGMEET. Get a copy now!
August 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
An experience you’ll never forget. Gatsby and the Great Race was a standout event at this year’s GROGMEET. Get a copy now!
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One of the less known aspects about the Easter Rising is that Indian students at UCD also took part & were then deported by the British authorities for it. Among those students was V.V. Giri who became president of India and said “when I am not an Indian, I am an Irishman”
August 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
One of the less known aspects about the Easter Rising is that Indian students at UCD also took part & were then deported by the British authorities for it. Among those students was V.V. Giri who became president of India and said “when I am not an Indian, I am an Irishman”
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(RPG PDF Spotlight)
Welcome to the Old West, where life is hard, life is short, and life don’t owe you a goddamn thing.
This comprehensive core book contains everything you need to create gritty and hard-hitting adventures in the American West .
angusabranson.com/2025/04/17/r...
Welcome to the Old West, where life is hard, life is short, and life don’t owe you a goddamn thing.
This comprehensive core book contains everything you need to create gritty and hard-hitting adventures in the American West .
angusabranson.com/2025/04/17/r...
(RPG PDF Spotlight) Tales of the Old West
Tales of the Old West A Year Zero Engine RPG by Effekt “I love it. It is wild with adventure.” Henry Starr* Welcome to the Old West, where life is hard, life is short, and life don’t o…
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April 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
(RPG PDF Spotlight)
Welcome to the Old West, where life is hard, life is short, and life don’t owe you a goddamn thing.
This comprehensive core book contains everything you need to create gritty and hard-hitting adventures in the American West .
angusabranson.com/2025/04/17/r...
Welcome to the Old West, where life is hard, life is short, and life don’t owe you a goddamn thing.
This comprehensive core book contains everything you need to create gritty and hard-hitting adventures in the American West .
angusabranson.com/2025/04/17/r...
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Discworld QOTD, from Night Watch
April 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Night Watch
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On Monday our instagram account was hacked and then deleted. We received a ransom note to recover it; obviously we couldn't and wouldn't pay, and therefore lost thousands of followers. Meta support was useless. But we're BACK with a new account: @littletollerbooks. Can you follow us there and share?
March 28, 2025 at 1:46 PM
On Monday our instagram account was hacked and then deleted. We received a ransom note to recover it; obviously we couldn't and wouldn't pay, and therefore lost thousands of followers. Meta support was useless. But we're BACK with a new account: @littletollerbooks. Can you follow us there and share?
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🔮 Uncover dark secrets in Elizabethan England! 🏰 The Dee Sanction: Monad Edition includes enhanced content and SIX new adventures. ⚔️ Simple system, exciting challenges📜 Back it now on Kickstarter! 👉 kck.st/4iSpco6
All the emoji, all the time! 😱
All the emoji, all the time! 😱
March 26, 2025 at 6:17 PM
🔮 Uncover dark secrets in Elizabethan England! 🏰 The Dee Sanction: Monad Edition includes enhanced content and SIX new adventures. ⚔️ Simple system, exciting challenges📜 Back it now on Kickstarter! 👉 kck.st/4iSpco6
All the emoji, all the time! 😱
All the emoji, all the time! 😱
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March 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Very struck to read this. The Few become The None, as the last of a generation passes.
Rest in peace, John Hemingway, and thank you.
Rest in peace, John Hemingway, and thank you.
The last surviving Battle of Britain Pilot, John 'Paddy' Hemingway DFC, passes away
John "Paddy" Hemingway, the last surviving pilot of the iconic Battle of Britain, passed away peacefully on 17 March 2025 at the age of 105.
Paddy Hemingway, one of a number known as ‘...
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March 17, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Very struck to read this. The Few become The None, as the last of a generation passes.
Rest in peace, John Hemingway, and thank you.
Rest in peace, John Hemingway, and thank you.
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“If she wants to know something specific, but doesn’t want people to notice her asking questions, she should simply make incorrect statements while in the company of experts. Her companions will correct her, especially if they're men.”
- Advice for female agents in WW2, provided during SOE training
- Advice for female agents in WW2, provided during SOE training
March 17, 2025 at 11:52 AM
“If she wants to know something specific, but doesn’t want people to notice her asking questions, she should simply make incorrect statements while in the company of experts. Her companions will correct her, especially if they're men.”
- Advice for female agents in WW2, provided during SOE training
- Advice for female agents in WW2, provided during SOE training
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![Cartoon by Stephen Collins for The Guardian. Script as follows:
[scene is Winston Churchill in a bbc studio, giving his 'finest hour' speech]
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CHURCHILL:
The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us.
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CHURCHILL:
Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this Island or lose the war.
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CHURCHILL:
If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free
and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sun-
BBC PRESENTER:
Thank you prime minister
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BBC PRESENTER:
Mr hitler, your response?
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HITLER [in the studio]:
Vell zis is hysterical woke nonsense as usual from mr Churchill
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HITLER:
What we are proposing -
CHURCHILL:
Hang on
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HITLER:
Let me finish - what we are proposing eez a simple power-sharing arrangement -
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CHURCHILL:
What's he doing here
BBC PRESENTER:
It's important we hear both sides of the debate
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CHURCHILL:
This isn't a debate
You don't debate fascists
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HITLER:
Oh here we go with ze Godwins law!
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HITLER:
Why must you people always compare ze things you don't like to 'fascists, Nazis, Hitler'...
CHURCHILL:
Because you are a fascist Nazi Hit-
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HITLER [standing up, saluting]:
RAUSS!
BBC PRESENTER:
*Please* Mr Churchill let him speak
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So Teslas are fossil-fueled after all.
March 11, 2025 at 9:29 PM
So Teslas are fossil-fueled after all.
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I wrote about how Trump is destroying American democracy, along with eight crucial lessons about how to counteract it, drawing on my 14 years of studying brave pro-democracy opposition movements in authoritarian regimes across the globe. We’re in serious trouble, but there’s still hope.
Is American democracy doomed?
How to understand the concept of "competitive authoritarianism" and why it's crucial to push back now to avoid it.
www.forkingpaths.co
March 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I wrote about how Trump is destroying American democracy, along with eight crucial lessons about how to counteract it, drawing on my 14 years of studying brave pro-democracy opposition movements in authoritarian regimes across the globe. We’re in serious trouble, but there’s still hope.
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The other bit is Gimli’s description of the Glittering Caves, which I always trot out in interviews when asked about what it’s like working on the One Ring roleplaying game.
March 3, 2025 at 9:04 AM
The other bit is Gimli’s description of the Glittering Caves, which I always trot out in interviews when asked about what it’s like working on the One Ring roleplaying game.
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Major Security Breach Sees Two Russian Agents Gain Access To White House
February 28, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Major Security Breach Sees Two Russian Agents Gain Access To White House
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🔵 This week’s Tom the Dancing Bug comic!
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1940: FDR DENOUNCES POLAND IN ITS WAR WITH GERMANY
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Brought to you by the mighty Inner Hive, including longtime members Airplane Moe and new member Michael J.
( bit.ly/theInnerHive )
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READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
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1940: FDR DENOUNCES POLAND IN ITS WAR WITH GERMANY
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Brought to you by the mighty Inner Hive, including longtime members Airplane Moe and new member Michael J.
( bit.ly/theInnerHive )
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READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
February 28, 2025 at 6:51 PM
🔵 This week’s Tom the Dancing Bug comic!
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1940: FDR DENOUNCES POLAND IN ITS WAR WITH GERMANY
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Brought to you by the mighty Inner Hive, including longtime members Airplane Moe and new member Michael J.
( bit.ly/theInnerHive )
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READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
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1940: FDR DENOUNCES POLAND IN ITS WAR WITH GERMANY
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Brought to you by the mighty Inner Hive, including longtime members Airplane Moe and new member Michael J.
( bit.ly/theInnerHive )
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READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
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One game that never gets anywhere enough love is Liminal (by @thetweedmeister.bsky.social). A while back I wrote a couple of Liminal scenarios for a Con that never happened, and while I've shared these elsewhere, I thought it was time they start going up on UBB!
unboundbook.org/for-whom-the...
unboundbook.org/for-whom-the...
February 21, 2025 at 10:55 AM
One game that never gets anywhere enough love is Liminal (by @thetweedmeister.bsky.social). A while back I wrote a couple of Liminal scenarios for a Con that never happened, and while I've shared these elsewhere, I thought it was time they start going up on UBB!
unboundbook.org/for-whom-the...
unboundbook.org/for-whom-the...
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GM submissions are now open for virtual GROGMEET - follow this link: thegrognardfiles.com/grogmeet-2025/
February 14, 2025 at 7:54 AM
GM submissions are now open for virtual GROGMEET - follow this link: thegrognardfiles.com/grogmeet-2025/