Robert Rath
@robertrath.bsky.social
Head Writer of EXTRA HISTORY. Author of THE INFINITE AND THE DIVINE, THE FALL OF CADIA, and ASSASSINORUM: KINGMAKER for Black Library. Freelance word mercenary. Born Hawaii, live HK. All views my own. He/Him
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Robert Rath
@robertrath.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Hey Bluesky!
I’m Robert Rath, author of the Warhammer 40,000 novels THE INFINITE AND THE DIVINE, THE FALL OF CADIA, ASSASSINORUM: KINGMAKER, and Head Writer of the YouTube series EXTRA HISTORY.
Follow me for comfortably warm takes, writing news, and photos of Hong Kong.
I’m Robert Rath, author of the Warhammer 40,000 novels THE INFINITE AND THE DIVINE, THE FALL OF CADIA, ASSASSINORUM: KINGMAKER, and Head Writer of the YouTube series EXTRA HISTORY.
Follow me for comfortably warm takes, writing news, and photos of Hong Kong.
Okay I know people want to joke but like half of these are flat untrue.
Schools teach cursive, Roman numerals, and analog clocks.
Maps and compasses are popular children’s toys, kids LOVE them. Our son just got both in a NatGeo Pirate Adventure kit. My daughter loves drawing maps as art projects.
Schools teach cursive, Roman numerals, and analog clocks.
Maps and compasses are popular children’s toys, kids LOVE them. Our son just got both in a NatGeo Pirate Adventure kit. My daughter loves drawing maps as art projects.
It's 2026.
Things many American school kids probably don't know how to do:
* Dial a rotary telephone
* Tell time from an analog clock
* Read or write cursive
* Decipher Roman numerals
* Navigate with a paper map or use a compass
* Balance a checkbook
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Things many American school kids probably don't know how to do:
* Dial a rotary telephone
* Tell time from an analog clock
* Read or write cursive
* Decipher Roman numerals
* Navigate with a paper map or use a compass
* Balance a checkbook
(Please add more below)
January 2, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Okay I know people want to joke but like half of these are flat untrue.
Schools teach cursive, Roman numerals, and analog clocks.
Maps and compasses are popular children’s toys, kids LOVE them. Our son just got both in a NatGeo Pirate Adventure kit. My daughter loves drawing maps as art projects.
Schools teach cursive, Roman numerals, and analog clocks.
Maps and compasses are popular children’s toys, kids LOVE them. Our son just got both in a NatGeo Pirate Adventure kit. My daughter loves drawing maps as art projects.
I agree, with the added context that Hitler was an extremely talented liar.
He was able to talk to people in private and convince them that he was lying to *others* but being totally honest with *them.*
His lying was so constant it’s a known problem biographers and historians need to contend with.
He was able to talk to people in private and convince them that he was lying to *others* but being totally honest with *them.*
His lying was so constant it’s a known problem biographers and historians need to contend with.
Hitler is generally considered by most historians that I know anyway as a charismatic public speaker who knew how to fan bogus fear into popular support. And he was good at utilizing new media (radio). Not much else really.
"All serious historians agree."
January 1, 2026 at 9:07 PM
I agree, with the added context that Hitler was an extremely talented liar.
He was able to talk to people in private and convince them that he was lying to *others* but being totally honest with *them.*
His lying was so constant it’s a known problem biographers and historians need to contend with.
He was able to talk to people in private and convince them that he was lying to *others* but being totally honest with *them.*
His lying was so constant it’s a known problem biographers and historians need to contend with.
BEST DAYS IN HISTORY!
Start 2026 right with a look back on one of the best events in 20th century medicine—the discovery and first successful dose of insulin.
A feat that was a miracle for parents who, in hours, saw their children brought back from imminent death.
youtube.com/shorts/l8n0V...
Start 2026 right with a look back on one of the best events in 20th century medicine—the discovery and first successful dose of insulin.
A feat that was a miracle for parents who, in hours, saw their children brought back from imminent death.
youtube.com/shorts/l8n0V...
Insulin Initiated! | Best Days in History
YouTube video by Extra History
youtube.com
January 1, 2026 at 7:06 PM
BEST DAYS IN HISTORY!
Start 2026 right with a look back on one of the best events in 20th century medicine—the discovery and first successful dose of insulin.
A feat that was a miracle for parents who, in hours, saw their children brought back from imminent death.
youtube.com/shorts/l8n0V...
Start 2026 right with a look back on one of the best events in 20th century medicine—the discovery and first successful dose of insulin.
A feat that was a miracle for parents who, in hours, saw their children brought back from imminent death.
youtube.com/shorts/l8n0V...
James Woods hurt, but doofy rubber Michelangelo is betrayal on another level.
Vanilla Ice performing with a dancing Ninja Turtle at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago New Year’s Eve party
January 1, 2026 at 5:08 PM
James Woods hurt, but doofy rubber Michelangelo is betrayal on another level.
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Media outrage would blot out the sun if Joe Biden was MC'ing an auction at his private golf club on NYE and blithely dismissing a $2 million bid for a painting as "peanuts" while Americans struggle to pay the bills and ACA health insurance premiums go up - today - by 100% or more
after bidding $100,000 for a painting during an auction at Mar-a-Lago, Trump describes $2 million as "peanuts" for another bidder and the painting eventually goes for over $2.5 million
January 1, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Media outrage would blot out the sun if Joe Biden was MC'ing an auction at his private golf club on NYE and blithely dismissing a $2 million bid for a painting as "peanuts" while Americans struggle to pay the bills and ACA health insurance premiums go up - today - by 100% or more
Took them sledding for the first time and was confused at my daughter’s risky behavior, until I realized that Calvin and Hobbes has convinced her that point of sledding is to crash spectacularly.
My Hong Kong children are discovering that snow is, in fact, cold.
New Years’ snow!
2026 looking better already!
2026 looking better already!
January 1, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Took them sledding for the first time and was confused at my daughter’s risky behavior, until I realized that Calvin and Hobbes has convinced her that point of sledding is to crash spectacularly.
My 6 y/o, coming in from the snowy cold and, finding ginger snaps baking, reaching out to warm her hands:
“Mmmmmmm I wish *I* was baking in the oven.”
I love this goofy girl.
“Mmmmmmm I wish *I* was baking in the oven.”
I love this goofy girl.
January 1, 2026 at 2:21 PM
My 6 y/o, coming in from the snowy cold and, finding ginger snaps baking, reaching out to warm her hands:
“Mmmmmmm I wish *I* was baking in the oven.”
I love this goofy girl.
“Mmmmmmm I wish *I* was baking in the oven.”
I love this goofy girl.
There is a strangely meaty Warhammer 40,000 digression in the latest episode of Uncanny… which includes a haunted miniature.
Cannot tell you how weird this was to find myself listening to in the grocery store a couple days back.
Cannot tell you how weird this was to find myself listening to in the grocery store a couple days back.
In this week’s spine-tingling FINAL EPISODE🥲 of this #Uncanny series, a family stumble upon a priest hole while renovating their house - and seem to unleash something seriously sinister…😱
We are joined by historian Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social in this episode!
Uncanny | Listen on BBC Sounds
We are joined by historian Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social in this episode!
Uncanny | Listen on BBC Sounds
January 1, 2026 at 2:01 PM
There is a strangely meaty Warhammer 40,000 digression in the latest episode of Uncanny… which includes a haunted miniature.
Cannot tell you how weird this was to find myself listening to in the grocery store a couple days back.
Cannot tell you how weird this was to find myself listening to in the grocery store a couple days back.
My Hong Kong children are discovering that snow is, in fact, cold.
January 1, 2026 at 1:56 PM
My Hong Kong children are discovering that snow is, in fact, cold.
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Exciting news!!!
YOU’RE DEAD TO ME returns tomorrow for series 11
We launch with an episode about Emperor Nero, with the stellar cast of @wmarybeard.bsky.social & @pattonoswalt.bsky.social
It’ll only be available in the UK on BBC SOUNDS for the first month, then globally on other apps after
YOU’RE DEAD TO ME returns tomorrow for series 11
We launch with an episode about Emperor Nero, with the stellar cast of @wmarybeard.bsky.social & @pattonoswalt.bsky.social
It’ll only be available in the UK on BBC SOUNDS for the first month, then globally on other apps after
January 1, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Exciting news!!!
YOU’RE DEAD TO ME returns tomorrow for series 11
We launch with an episode about Emperor Nero, with the stellar cast of @wmarybeard.bsky.social & @pattonoswalt.bsky.social
It’ll only be available in the UK on BBC SOUNDS for the first month, then globally on other apps after
YOU’RE DEAD TO ME returns tomorrow for series 11
We launch with an episode about Emperor Nero, with the stellar cast of @wmarybeard.bsky.social & @pattonoswalt.bsky.social
It’ll only be available in the UK on BBC SOUNDS for the first month, then globally on other apps after
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Happy to have made two contributions to the Black Library in the last year. Thanks to everybody who read Abraxia or Grombrindal - the community response to both was really fun to watch. Unlikely to be much new fiction from me in 2026, as I'm currently working on novel number four. 2027, though...
January 1, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Happy to have made two contributions to the Black Library in the last year. Thanks to everybody who read Abraxia or Grombrindal - the community response to both was really fun to watch. Unlikely to be much new fiction from me in 2026, as I'm currently working on novel number four. 2027, though...
New Years’ snow!
2026 looking better already!
2026 looking better already!
January 1, 2026 at 1:01 PM
New Years’ snow!
2026 looking better already!
2026 looking better already!
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Happy New Year. In 2026, I hope everyone gets what they deserve.
January 1, 2026 at 5:46 AM
Happy New Year. In 2026, I hope everyone gets what they deserve.
Felt like the proper way to ring out 2025 was with Rob Reiner’s When Harry Met Sally.
January 1, 2026 at 5:57 AM
Felt like the proper way to ring out 2025 was with Rob Reiner’s When Harry Met Sally.
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Look this absolutely isn’t the point but ftr I’m pretty sure that’s a tidal wave and that car is definitely gonna get wrecked
An official account of the United States government is dreamposting about deporting 80+ million citizens
December 31, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Look this absolutely isn’t the point but ftr I’m pretty sure that’s a tidal wave and that car is definitely gonna get wrecked
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My New Year's resolution is the same as it was in 2018. Time to go back to being much more positive on main & spending less time doom saying. More time in my hobby garage, less time online. More fulfilling side projects, less thoughts about what will sell. More movies, less videos on politics.
December 31, 2025 at 11:24 PM
My New Year's resolution is the same as it was in 2018. Time to go back to being much more positive on main & spending less time doom saying. More time in my hobby garage, less time online. More fulfilling side projects, less thoughts about what will sell. More movies, less videos on politics.
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This should not be shrugged aside. They have stopped with the fake 22 million illegal immigrants things and are flat out saying we want to deport 10's of millions of citizens and legal residents from "third world countries" Basically they are advocating removing 1/3 of the population on a gov site.
December 31, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This should not be shrugged aside. They have stopped with the fake 22 million illegal immigrants things and are flat out saying we want to deport 10's of millions of citizens and legal residents from "third world countries" Basically they are advocating removing 1/3 of the population on a gov site.
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Many of you are sore at yourself today because you didn't make the self-imposed deadline to finish your manuscript by the end of the year.
I'm here to tell you it's okay. Take tomorrow off. Get your head back in it. And hit 2026 ready to get to THE END. You've got this.
I'm here to tell you it's okay. Take tomorrow off. Get your head back in it. And hit 2026 ready to get to THE END. You've got this.
December 31, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Many of you are sore at yourself today because you didn't make the self-imposed deadline to finish your manuscript by the end of the year.
I'm here to tell you it's okay. Take tomorrow off. Get your head back in it. And hit 2026 ready to get to THE END. You've got this.
I'm here to tell you it's okay. Take tomorrow off. Get your head back in it. And hit 2026 ready to get to THE END. You've got this.
Honestly I wasn’t even that mad about the broken models because I’ve been telling the kids for years not to step, sit, or jump on bags and suitcases.
And actually having a permanent I-Told-You-So example I can dine out on for years is worth some mostly-fixable Grimghast Reapers.
And actually having a permanent I-Told-You-So example I can dine out on for years is worth some mostly-fixable Grimghast Reapers.
“Daddy we got you some new models for a present because we broke all your old ones.”
Aw, that is sweet my children.
(Though daddy got these models for you to give to daddy before you sat on the foam zip case containing my Nighthaunt Spearhead. Still, this historical revisionism is touching.)
Aw, that is sweet my children.
(Though daddy got these models for you to give to daddy before you sat on the foam zip case containing my Nighthaunt Spearhead. Still, this historical revisionism is touching.)
December 31, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Honestly I wasn’t even that mad about the broken models because I’ve been telling the kids for years not to step, sit, or jump on bags and suitcases.
And actually having a permanent I-Told-You-So example I can dine out on for years is worth some mostly-fixable Grimghast Reapers.
And actually having a permanent I-Told-You-So example I can dine out on for years is worth some mostly-fixable Grimghast Reapers.
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It is almost quaint how our political press has largely decided to pretend Trump wasn’t intimately involved in Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation. As if Trump wasn’t throwing parties for and with the guy, sending him young girls, and—allegedly—even raping the same girls.
ladies and gentlemen the president of the United States www.wsj.com/us-news/trum...
December 31, 2025 at 5:39 PM
It is almost quaint how our political press has largely decided to pretend Trump wasn’t intimately involved in Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation. As if Trump wasn’t throwing parties for and with the guy, sending him young girls, and—allegedly—even raping the same girls.
“Daddy we got you some new models for a present because we broke all your old ones.”
Aw, that is sweet my children.
(Though daddy got these models for you to give to daddy before you sat on the foam zip case containing my Nighthaunt Spearhead. Still, this historical revisionism is touching.)
Aw, that is sweet my children.
(Though daddy got these models for you to give to daddy before you sat on the foam zip case containing my Nighthaunt Spearhead. Still, this historical revisionism is touching.)
December 31, 2025 at 5:38 PM
“Daddy we got you some new models for a present because we broke all your old ones.”
Aw, that is sweet my children.
(Though daddy got these models for you to give to daddy before you sat on the foam zip case containing my Nighthaunt Spearhead. Still, this historical revisionism is touching.)
Aw, that is sweet my children.
(Though daddy got these models for you to give to daddy before you sat on the foam zip case containing my Nighthaunt Spearhead. Still, this historical revisionism is touching.)
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Standing by this analysis heading into 2026: Mamdani is gonna have a tall order, because he will carry the weight — fairly or otherwise — of an entire political movement while doing a job where it is famously hard for *anyone* to retain positive public support over time.
Political note: Mamdani as mayor will be an interesting *perception* test for the modern* DSA (which, religion note: has a Religion and Socialism Working Group).
NYC mayors, irrespective of ideology, are famous for being loved by voters until they aren't — arguably just bc of the nature of the job.
NYC mayors, irrespective of ideology, are famous for being loved by voters until they aren't — arguably just bc of the nature of the job.
Dadgum — expectations were obviously for a Mamdani victory, but he full-on ran away with it.
December 31, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Standing by this analysis heading into 2026: Mamdani is gonna have a tall order, because he will carry the weight — fairly or otherwise — of an entire political movement while doing a job where it is famously hard for *anyone* to retain positive public support over time.
This isn’t new.
During the 1960s you didn’t have hardcore anti-war hippie folks dating hawkish DoD staffers either.
During the 1960s you didn’t have hardcore anti-war hippie folks dating hawkish DoD staffers either.
Everyone has a list of so-called "red flags" when they're dating. And for some, especially younger Americans, different political views is a relationship deal breaker.
Majority of Gen Z swipe left on dating people with opposite political views
Everyone has a list of so-called "red flags" when they're dating. And for some, especially younger Americans, different political views is a relationship deal breaker.
n.pr
December 31, 2025 at 3:41 PM
This isn’t new.
During the 1960s you didn’t have hardcore anti-war hippie folks dating hawkish DoD staffers either.
During the 1960s you didn’t have hardcore anti-war hippie folks dating hawkish DoD staffers either.
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Me, pointing out all of the reasons this skeet is correct and that we really should have had at least two more D&D movies off the back of Honour Among Thieves
December 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Me, pointing out all of the reasons this skeet is correct and that we really should have had at least two more D&D movies off the back of Honour Among Thieves
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Some good news:
“This year, 422 newly opened stores joined the American Booksellers Association — nearly a hundred more than joined last year.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/b...
“This year, 422 newly opened stores joined the American Booksellers Association — nearly a hundred more than joined last year.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/b...
Dragons, Sex and the Bible: What Drove the Book Business This Year
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Some good news:
“This year, 422 newly opened stores joined the American Booksellers Association — nearly a hundred more than joined last year.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/b...
“This year, 422 newly opened stores joined the American Booksellers Association — nearly a hundred more than joined last year.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/b...