Sir Thinksalot
@sirthinksalot.bsky.social
Historian, ⚔️⚓️ veteran, bibliovore, cat valet, & part-time political proctologist. NAFO 🇨🇦🇩🇪🇺🇦 (they/them).
My typos are as praise unto Tytyvyllus, patron demon of scribes.
My typos are as praise unto Tytyvyllus, patron demon of scribes.
Pinned
Jesus: Let the children come unto me and hinder them not, for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs.
Pastor: But not the children of single parents and sex workers... nor the children of colour... and definitely not those queer kids yuck.
Jesus: Did I fucking stutter.
Pastor: But not the children of single parents and sex workers... nor the children of colour... and definitely not those queer kids yuck.
Jesus: Did I fucking stutter.
✨️ Denmark begins scattering Legos along Greenland's coasts to prevent an American invasion ✨️
Zum Schutz vor US-Invasion: Dänemark verstreut Legosteine an Grönlands Küsten www.der-postillon.com/2026/01/lego...
Zum Schutz vor US-Invasion: Dänemark verstreut Legosteine an Grönlands Küsten
Nuuk, Kopenhagen (dpo) - Nach wiederholten Drohungen der US-Regierung gegen Grönland geht Dänemark nun auf Nummer sicher: Das dänische Militär hat heu
www.der-postillon.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:53 PM
✨️ Denmark begins scattering Legos along Greenland's coasts to prevent an American invasion ✨️
Just me, ordering too many books for my German cousins to lug over here because... oooo 12th century, so pritteeeeeee ⚓️💕
a woman stands in front of a microphone with the word gorgeous in yellow
ALT: a woman stands in front of a microphone with the word gorgeous in yellow
media.tenor.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Just me, ordering too many books for my German cousins to lug over here because... oooo 12th century, so pritteeeeeee ⚓️💕
Happy 2nd Gotcha Day to our beloved cat, The Bruce.
He's named for a splendid medieval poem - www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44292/
He's named for a splendid medieval poem - www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44292/
January 6, 2026 at 6:08 AM
Happy 2nd Gotcha Day to our beloved cat, The Bruce.
He's named for a splendid medieval poem - www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44292/
He's named for a splendid medieval poem - www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44292/
Take an intelligent history break! Australia's Garage Girls, the Forgotten Female Codebreakers of WWII
Episode webpage: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Media file: mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/g2/...
#women #history #herstory #intelligence #espionage #Japan #Australia #Pacific
Episode webpage: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Media file: mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/g2/...
#women #history #herstory #intelligence #espionage #Japan #Australia #Pacific
The Forgotten Female Codebreakers of WWII - ABC listen
As the Second World War raged in the Pacific, there was a team of codebreakers in Australia working around the clock intercepting and deciphering Japanese messages.
It was Australia’s own Bletchley ...
www.abc.net.au
January 5, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Take an intelligent history break! Australia's Garage Girls, the Forgotten Female Codebreakers of WWII
Episode webpage: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Media file: mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/g2/...
#women #history #herstory #intelligence #espionage #Japan #Australia #Pacific
Episode webpage: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Media file: mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/g2/...
#women #history #herstory #intelligence #espionage #Japan #Australia #Pacific
An anarchist journalist scraped the user data from a neo-Nazi dating site with shitty infosec & the results are posted here for free:
okstupid.lol
The writeup has some hilarious quotes, as well as the consistently depressing mixture of idiot‐creep that you'd expect:
cybernews.com/security/inv...
okstupid.lol
The writeup has some hilarious quotes, as well as the consistently depressing mixture of idiot‐creep that you'd expect:
cybernews.com/security/inv...
okstupid.lol
A satirical, investigative look at the digital infrastructure and tragic romance of Europe’s most confused far-right dating site. Data, pics, and laughs inside.
okstupid.lol
January 5, 2026 at 3:54 AM
An anarchist journalist scraped the user data from a neo-Nazi dating site with shitty infosec & the results are posted here for free:
okstupid.lol
The writeup has some hilarious quotes, as well as the consistently depressing mixture of idiot‐creep that you'd expect:
cybernews.com/security/inv...
okstupid.lol
The writeup has some hilarious quotes, as well as the consistently depressing mixture of idiot‐creep that you'd expect:
cybernews.com/security/inv...
It's fun to see many people claiming to remember the Iraq war simultaneously forgetting the reasons:
1st time, Saddam invaded a neighbour
2nd time, Saddam violated the air-enforced ceasefire more than 18 times and refused to return a prisoner of war (believed alive at the time)
1/2
1st time, Saddam invaded a neighbour
2nd time, Saddam violated the air-enforced ceasefire more than 18 times and refused to return a prisoner of war (believed alive at the time)
1/2
January 4, 2026 at 1:40 PM
It's fun to see many people claiming to remember the Iraq war simultaneously forgetting the reasons:
1st time, Saddam invaded a neighbour
2nd time, Saddam violated the air-enforced ceasefire more than 18 times and refused to return a prisoner of war (believed alive at the time)
1/2
1st time, Saddam invaded a neighbour
2nd time, Saddam violated the air-enforced ceasefire more than 18 times and refused to return a prisoner of war (believed alive at the time)
1/2
I doubt anyone in the current regime had actually read Manwaring, but clearly an advisor has found it convenient for #Venezuela.
Manwaring argued in his 2010 work that an opponent can wage total war in indirect ways by using criminal networks to engineer political changes in their target country - a sort of post-Leninist "phased struggle" that amounts to total war.
Helpful summary here: smallwarsjournal.com/2025/12/05/m...
Helpful summary here: smallwarsjournal.com/2025/12/05/m...
From Lenin to the Narcos: Manwaring’s Lessons on Political War in the Age of Paramilitaries
A review of Max G. Manwaring’s "Gangs, Pseudo-Militaries, and Other Modern Mercenaries," exploring how gangs, cartels, and proxy forces use information, coercion, and hybrid warfare to reshape modern ...
smallwarsjournal.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:05 PM
I doubt anyone in the current regime had actually read Manwaring, but clearly an advisor has found it convenient for #Venezuela.
Well that was quick.
January 3, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Well that was quick.
Full credit to @isaaccorbrey.com for highlighting this helpful spam-block list creator.
(When someone likes my comments then I check if they're an actual human, like the unabashed 20th-century relic that I am.)
(When someone likes my comments then I check if they're an actual human, like the unabashed 20th-century relic that I am.)
added a "general spam" label to @labeler.hailey.at which for now is set up to just flag the julie spam...
January 3, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Full credit to @isaaccorbrey.com for highlighting this helpful spam-block list creator.
(When someone likes my comments then I check if they're an actual human, like the unabashed 20th-century relic that I am.)
(When someone likes my comments then I check if they're an actual human, like the unabashed 20th-century relic that I am.)
First we had the Delaware Pumpkin Trebuchet and then the Canadian Chicken Cannon, ans now is come the hour of the German Fir Flinger.
Es ist wieder soweit! It's time to take down and responsibly dispose of your xmas tree. Please consider the Christmas tree cannon
January 2, 2026 at 9:29 PM
First we had the Delaware Pumpkin Trebuchet and then the Canadian Chicken Cannon, ans now is come the hour of the German Fir Flinger.
May your 2026 be good stuff, eels possibly optional.
A little eel history to welcome the year!
In 1535, Richard Graynfeld wrote Arthur Plantagenet about the fishing in the castle moat, saying: "I pray God send us good stuff of eels."
And may it be so with you, too, friends. I wish you all good stuff of eels in this coming year.
🗃️🧪
In 1535, Richard Graynfeld wrote Arthur Plantagenet about the fishing in the castle moat, saying: "I pray God send us good stuff of eels."
And may it be so with you, too, friends. I wish you all good stuff of eels in this coming year.
🗃️🧪
January 1, 2026 at 6:05 PM
May your 2026 be good stuff, eels possibly optional.
⚓️Absolute Unit of a Kogge⚓️
(My faves are the 12th-century Koggen, but the Hansa enthusiasts will want to read this one) #medieval #maritime #sailing #history @medievalists.bsky.social
(My faves are the 12th-century Koggen, but the Hansa enthusiasts will want to read this one) #medieval #maritime #sailing #history @medievalists.bsky.social
Danish Archaeologists Uncover Largest Medieval Sailing Cog Ever Found
maritime-executive.com/article/dani...
maritime-executive.com/article/dani...
Danish Archaeologists Uncover Largest Medieval Sailing Cog Ever Found
A team of archaeologists in Denmark have discovered the largest medieval European cargo ship ever found, according to the Viking Ship Museum. The tea...
maritime-executive.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:56 PM
⚓️Absolute Unit of a Kogge⚓️
(My faves are the 12th-century Koggen, but the Hansa enthusiasts will want to read this one) #medieval #maritime #sailing #history @medievalists.bsky.social
(My faves are the 12th-century Koggen, but the Hansa enthusiasts will want to read this one) #medieval #maritime #sailing #history @medievalists.bsky.social
Fellas, for the love of #NAFO, please encourage/facilitate your 🇺🇦 friends to provide donation options that are neither 🇺🇲 nor Monobank.
Kofi & Wise are both 🇬🇧, that help 🇨🇦🇩🇰 with our boycott of 🇺🇲 platforms. Wise doesn't charge fees to 🇺🇦 charities (I have invites!)
Monobank still hates not-🇪🇺 cards.
Kofi & Wise are both 🇬🇧, that help 🇨🇦🇩🇰 with our boycott of 🇺🇲 platforms. Wise doesn't charge fees to 🇺🇦 charities (I have invites!)
Monobank still hates not-🇪🇺 cards.
December 31, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Fellas, for the love of #NAFO, please encourage/facilitate your 🇺🇦 friends to provide donation options that are neither 🇺🇲 nor Monobank.
Kofi & Wise are both 🇬🇧, that help 🇨🇦🇩🇰 with our boycott of 🇺🇲 platforms. Wise doesn't charge fees to 🇺🇦 charities (I have invites!)
Monobank still hates not-🇪🇺 cards.
Kofi & Wise are both 🇬🇧, that help 🇨🇦🇩🇰 with our boycott of 🇺🇲 platforms. Wise doesn't charge fees to 🇺🇦 charities (I have invites!)
Monobank still hates not-🇪🇺 cards.
Heute arbeiten @toonietuesday.bsky.social & Kriegsbeobachterteam @alexbondodua.bsky.social zusammen, um Notkälteschutz mehrfachen Truppen in direktem Feindkontakt zu verschaffen.
Spende €£$2 & das Screenshot auf Toonie posten.
🅿️🅿️ umc4429917@gmail.com ("Toonie")
🏦 send.monobank.ua/jar/29zkE2VCvR
Spende €£$2 & das Screenshot auf Toonie posten.
🅿️🅿️ umc4429917@gmail.com ("Toonie")
🏦 send.monobank.ua/jar/29zkE2VCvR
⚡️ #ToonieTuesday 𝗘𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆⚡️
We’re teaming up with the War Monitor Team @alexbondodua.bsky.social to deliver urgent winter support to multiple units on the front.
Donate €£$2 📬 Reply with a screenshot & repost.
🅿️🅿️ umc4429917@gmail.com (put Toonie in comment)
🏦 send.monobank.ua/jar/29zkE2VCvR
⤵️1/3
We’re teaming up with the War Monitor Team @alexbondodua.bsky.social to deliver urgent winter support to multiple units on the front.
Donate €£$2 📬 Reply with a screenshot & repost.
🅿️🅿️ umc4429917@gmail.com (put Toonie in comment)
🏦 send.monobank.ua/jar/29zkE2VCvR
⤵️1/3
December 30, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Heute arbeiten @toonietuesday.bsky.social & Kriegsbeobachterteam @alexbondodua.bsky.social zusammen, um Notkälteschutz mehrfachen Truppen in direktem Feindkontakt zu verschaffen.
Spende €£$2 & das Screenshot auf Toonie posten.
🅿️🅿️ umc4429917@gmail.com ("Toonie")
🏦 send.monobank.ua/jar/29zkE2VCvR
Spende €£$2 & das Screenshot auf Toonie posten.
🅿️🅿️ umc4429917@gmail.com ("Toonie")
🏦 send.monobank.ua/jar/29zkE2VCvR
Europe underreacting to Russia's undeclared maritime warfare endangering everybody, part 1428. cc @mercoglianos.bsky.social
united24media.com/latest-news/...
united24media.com/latest-news/...
Russian “Ghost Ship” Sank While Smuggling Nuclear Reactor Parts Likely Bound for North Korea
The Ursa Major, a Russian cargo ship that sank off Cartagena, was found to carry unlisted nuclear reactor components bound for North Korea.
united24media.com
December 30, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Europe underreacting to Russia's undeclared maritime warfare endangering everybody, part 1428. cc @mercoglianos.bsky.social
united24media.com/latest-news/...
united24media.com/latest-news/...
Canadian Winters are best spent with Fritillaries! Took a break beside the water feature together with this gorgeous creature at the Niagara Butterfly Conservatory. #Canada #science #insects #CharismaticMegafauna
December 29, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Canadian Winters are best spent with Fritillaries! Took a break beside the water feature together with this gorgeous creature at the Niagara Butterfly Conservatory. #Canada #science #insects #CharismaticMegafauna
✨️ Medieval gorgeousness to start your week ✨️
January is the time for eating and drinking.
#Medievalcalendar
BnF MS Latin 1156B; Horae ad usum romanum; 15th century; f.1r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
#Medievalcalendar
BnF MS Latin 1156B; Horae ad usum romanum; 15th century; f.1r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
December 29, 2025 at 2:40 AM
✨️ Medieval gorgeousness to start your week ✨️
Reposted by Sir Thinksalot
make a Bond movie academic
"Quantum of Solace: Approaches to Pain Management in Hildegard of Bingen's Medical Works"
"Quantum of Solace: Approaches to Pain Management in Hildegard of Bingen's Medical Works"
make a Bond movie academic
"For Your Eyes Only: Okay, But Niche Topics Can Still Be Important Even If They Don't Get Wide Readership"
"For Your Eyes Only: Okay, But Niche Topics Can Still Be Important Even If They Don't Get Wide Readership"
make a Bond movie academic
The Spy Who Loved Me: Birthright Citizenship and the Law of Alien Enemies
The Spy Who Loved Me: Birthright Citizenship and the Law of Alien Enemies
December 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
make a Bond movie academic
"Quantum of Solace: Approaches to Pain Management in Hildegard of Bingen's Medical Works"
"Quantum of Solace: Approaches to Pain Management in Hildegard of Bingen's Medical Works"
Reposted by Sir Thinksalot
Please help Zura @mode23976 getting a car for artillery team in 1st International Legion (Kharkiv direction). Without safe vehicles, boys stay longer on positions 😔
🚙 3049$ needed
✅ 1646 (+305 ☕) = 1951/5000$ 🎯
🅿️ zura.modebadze.94@gmail.com
☕ buymeacoffee.com/mariemuller
🚙 3049$ needed
✅ 1646 (+305 ☕) = 1951/5000$ 🎯
🅿️ zura.modebadze.94@gmail.com
☕ buymeacoffee.com/mariemuller
December 26, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Please help Zura @mode23976 getting a car for artillery team in 1st International Legion (Kharkiv direction). Without safe vehicles, boys stay longer on positions 😔
🚙 3049$ needed
✅ 1646 (+305 ☕) = 1951/5000$ 🎯
🅿️ zura.modebadze.94@gmail.com
☕ buymeacoffee.com/mariemuller
🚙 3049$ needed
✅ 1646 (+305 ☕) = 1951/5000$ 🎯
🅿️ zura.modebadze.94@gmail.com
☕ buymeacoffee.com/mariemuller
My spirit animal as I eat all the holiday cheese
Terracotta rattle in the form of a pig or wild boar Cyprus, c. 500-350 BCE (British Museum)
December 24, 2025 at 2:45 AM
My spirit animal as I eat all the holiday cheese
One thing that 20 years of dealing with the Veterans' bureaucracy has taught me is that the vast majority of people feel zero burden of responsibility (or basic ethics) just as long as their pay continues to appear in their bank.
It's a Pareto distribution of 80% asshats : 20% looking to quit.
It's a Pareto distribution of 80% asshats : 20% looking to quit.
The Olivia Nuzzi story and the Bari Weiss at CBS story are the same story, which is that the upper echelons of legacy media are absolutely rife with people who worship power and don't feel burdened by any sense of responsibility to their profession or the public.
December 22, 2025 at 10:26 PM
One thing that 20 years of dealing with the Veterans' bureaucracy has taught me is that the vast majority of people feel zero burden of responsibility (or basic ethics) just as long as their pay continues to appear in their bank.
It's a Pareto distribution of 80% asshats : 20% looking to quit.
It's a Pareto distribution of 80% asshats : 20% looking to quit.
Reposted by Sir Thinksalot
1/2 #PSA: Take a moment now to check that your pets' microchips are up to date!
Indoor pets who stay home too - even if they ignore the outdoors, they can slip outside when petsitters, guests, or their usual humans aren't paying attention.
Here are some sites to check your pet's microchip info:
Indoor pets who stay home too - even if they ignore the outdoors, they can slip outside when petsitters, guests, or their usual humans aren't paying attention.
Here are some sites to check your pet's microchip info:
December 22, 2025 at 12:37 AM
1/2 #PSA: Take a moment now to check that your pets' microchips are up to date!
Indoor pets who stay home too - even if they ignore the outdoors, they can slip outside when petsitters, guests, or their usual humans aren't paying attention.
Here are some sites to check your pet's microchip info:
Indoor pets who stay home too - even if they ignore the outdoors, they can slip outside when petsitters, guests, or their usual humans aren't paying attention.
Here are some sites to check your pet's microchip info:
1/2 #PSA: Take a moment now to check that your pets' microchips are up to date!
Indoor pets who stay home too - even if they ignore the outdoors, they can slip outside when petsitters, guests, or their usual humans aren't paying attention.
Here are some sites to check your pet's microchip info:
Indoor pets who stay home too - even if they ignore the outdoors, they can slip outside when petsitters, guests, or their usual humans aren't paying attention.
Here are some sites to check your pet's microchip info:
December 22, 2025 at 12:37 AM
1/2 #PSA: Take a moment now to check that your pets' microchips are up to date!
Indoor pets who stay home too - even if they ignore the outdoors, they can slip outside when petsitters, guests, or their usual humans aren't paying attention.
Here are some sites to check your pet's microchip info:
Indoor pets who stay home too - even if they ignore the outdoors, they can slip outside when petsitters, guests, or their usual humans aren't paying attention.
Here are some sites to check your pet's microchip info: