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There is a line in Verlaine I shall not recall again
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All the Odyssey movie “inaccurate” versus “who cares” arguments are both fun and exhausting. But the trailer shows them rowing a clinker built Viking ship. That is like depicting Columbus crossing the Atlantic in a Chinese junk.
December 22, 2025 at 10:50 PM
All the Odyssey movie “inaccurate” versus “who cares” arguments are both fun and exhausting. But the trailer shows them rowing a clinker built Viking ship. That is like depicting Columbus crossing the Atlantic in a Chinese junk.
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ℑ𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔊𝔯𝔦𝔪 𝔇𝔞𝔯𝔨𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔉𝔞𝔯 𝔉𝔲𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢, 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔦𝔰 𝔒𝔫𝔩𝔶 𝔐𝔬𝔦
November 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
ℑ𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔊𝔯𝔦𝔪 𝔇𝔞𝔯𝔨𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔉𝔞𝔯 𝔉𝔲𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢, 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔦𝔰 𝔒𝔫𝔩𝔶 𝔐𝔬𝔦
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The Cook Islands allowed over a hundred shadow fleet tankers trafficking sanctioned Russian and Iranian oil. A Big Read from me looking at the curious case of Maritime Cook Islands with an investigation employing big data analysis and fieldwork in Raro. www.nzherald.co.nz/business/com...
The dark fleet hiding in our own backyard: How the Cook Islands sold its flag to Moscow and Tehran
SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: How shadow fleets made the Cook Islands flag inconvienent.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The Cook Islands allowed over a hundred shadow fleet tankers trafficking sanctioned Russian and Iranian oil. A Big Read from me looking at the curious case of Maritime Cook Islands with an investigation employing big data analysis and fieldwork in Raro. www.nzherald.co.nz/business/com...
Just ran the second session of a big stupid anime space opera campaign with the ashcan edition of Realis and this system absolutely fucks. It's incredible. Cannot wait for this edition.
Surprise, we're getting pretty close to the final version of REALIS!
ICYMI: I've been making a TTRPG about mystical moons and living spaceships and sentences that can kill you. A preview is available now (see my pinned post), but the full version draws near!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cru...
ICYMI: I've been making a TTRPG about mystical moons and living spaceships and sentences that can kill you. A preview is available now (see my pinned post), but the full version draws near!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cru...
Coming soon: Realis
A new tabletop roleplaying game by Austin Walker
www.kickstarter.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Just ran the second session of a big stupid anime space opera campaign with the ashcan edition of Realis and this system absolutely fucks. It's incredible. Cannot wait for this edition.
canon accurate gandalf v balrog
November 2, 2025 at 3:58 AM
canon accurate gandalf v balrog
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OK, regardless of source, credit where due: That's a great headline.
October 31, 2025 at 10:39 PM
OK, regardless of source, credit where due: That's a great headline.
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That smile says "people are going to be giving me, the Vicar of Christ, sports jerseys for the rest of my time on earth, and that is not a problem I thought I would have in my papacy."
This is a real: Pope Leo XIV was gifted a Buffalo Bills jersey.
The Diocese of Buffalo said Bishop Fisher met with the Pope on Monday to discuss the ongoing bankruptcy filing, among other issues.
Pope Leo was said to have "expressed his gratitude for this symbol of hometown pride." #billsmafia
The Diocese of Buffalo said Bishop Fisher met with the Pope on Monday to discuss the ongoing bankruptcy filing, among other issues.
Pope Leo was said to have "expressed his gratitude for this symbol of hometown pride." #billsmafia
October 29, 2025 at 9:54 PM
That smile says "people are going to be giving me, the Vicar of Christ, sports jerseys for the rest of my time on earth, and that is not a problem I thought I would have in my papacy."
this is sick as fuck. i watched this video ten times in a row. fuck yeah
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 24, 2025 at 9:59 PM
this is sick as fuck. i watched this video ten times in a row. fuck yeah
You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who's coming to save you?
yeah i'm gonna be fine
yeah i'm gonna be fine
August 22, 2025 at 3:17 AM
You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who's coming to save you?
yeah i'm gonna be fine
yeah i'm gonna be fine
I have my group doing worldbuilding game (w/ Ben Robbins' Microscope Chronicle) in preparation for doin some God Damn Space Opera with Realis and I am looking forward to running this game more than you could possibly believe
#realis the game is your favorite #ttrpg player’s favorite ttrpg player’s ttrpg
Get this game if u can. It gives you and ur friends a sublime narrative playground according to all the whims and desires of its players. It’s got 1000 moons! You can make your own! 🌕
thecalcutec.itch.io/realis
Get this game if u can. It gives you and ur friends a sublime narrative playground according to all the whims and desires of its players. It’s got 1000 moons! You can make your own! 🌕
thecalcutec.itch.io/realis
August 13, 2025 at 4:29 AM
I have my group doing worldbuilding game (w/ Ben Robbins' Microscope Chronicle) in preparation for doin some God Damn Space Opera with Realis and I am looking forward to running this game more than you could possibly believe
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You have probably seen this but if you haven’t…
August 12, 2025 at 8:59 PM
You have probably seen this but if you haven’t…
dave is right. i don't even like the type of thing dune! the musical is... but even I thought it was one of the best things I've ever seen in my life
If you are in Edinburgh for Fringe this year, go check out Dune! The Musical — I have been a huge fan of it for one whole year and I will never shut up about it.
August 7, 2025 at 9:25 PM
dave is right. i don't even like the type of thing dune! the musical is... but even I thought it was one of the best things I've ever seen in my life
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It’s not simply doing this, or doing it without congressional approval, or doing it without explanation of risks, or doing it without declaration of war, or doing it on behalf of an ally mid-genocide. It’s the fickleness that suggests what’s to come.
Rule, war, death by his whim.
Rule, war, death by his whim.
June 22, 2025 at 12:09 AM
It’s not simply doing this, or doing it without congressional approval, or doing it without explanation of risks, or doing it without declaration of war, or doing it on behalf of an ally mid-genocide. It’s the fickleness that suggests what’s to come.
Rule, war, death by his whim.
Rule, war, death by his whim.
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How playing Blue Prince feels
April 28, 2025 at 7:18 AM
How playing Blue Prince feels
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Alexandria
5x7" ink on claybord, 2021
5x7" ink on claybord, 2021
May 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Alexandria
5x7" ink on claybord, 2021
5x7" ink on claybord, 2021
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During a debate titled "One Christian vs. Twenty Atheists," Jordan Peterson loses by forgetting what side he’s on
May 25, 2025 at 10:38 PM
During a debate titled "One Christian vs. Twenty Atheists," Jordan Peterson loses by forgetting what side he’s on
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Good morning Happy Earth Day
April 22, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Good morning Happy Earth Day
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This is it, the "final" version of one of the most important sexual technologies of the 21st century
It has the ability to unlock powerful secret knowledge previously hidden to society
Please direct people to this version
It has the ability to unlock powerful secret knowledge previously hidden to society
Please direct people to this version
November 11, 2023 at 9:20 PM
This is it, the "final" version of one of the most important sexual technologies of the 21st century
It has the ability to unlock powerful secret knowledge previously hidden to society
Please direct people to this version
It has the ability to unlock powerful secret knowledge previously hidden to society
Please direct people to this version
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one thing I respect about medieval beekeepers is their total commitment to looking like Doctor Who villains
![[image of real-life beekeeper costume and a detail from a painting by Peter Brueghel the Elder]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hppum4l25hcczzffastsicpq/bafkreicsetfmafwdbpftwqgu3rxsahpch2sjuejin7rfabtkfxqnh47kom@jpeg)
May 17, 2025 at 6:25 PM
one thing I respect about medieval beekeepers is their total commitment to looking like Doctor Who villains
psa this is now a vic michaelis fan blog
April 8, 2025 at 9:15 AM
psa this is now a vic michaelis fan blog
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Trying to decide…does this count as a map without New Zealand?
April 6, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Trying to decide…does this count as a map without New Zealand?
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Everything is a conspiracy when you're a fucking dipshit
March 28, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Everything is a conspiracy when you're a fucking dipshit
this story is incredible. this is one of the most insane things I've ever read in my life and anyone who knows me knows that means something
In 25 years of covering national security, I’ve never seen a story like this: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on Yemen in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 7:28 PM
this story is incredible. this is one of the most insane things I've ever read in my life and anyone who knows me knows that means something
holy. shit.
"All You Need Is Kill", the new japanese animated feature by Studio 4°C.
Directed by Kenichiro Akimoto (Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko).
Based on the light novel by Hiroshi Sakurazaka, which already inspired "Edge of Tomorrow" movie.
aynk-anime.com
Directed by Kenichiro Akimoto (Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko).
Based on the light novel by Hiroshi Sakurazaka, which already inspired "Edge of Tomorrow" movie.
aynk-anime.com
March 13, 2025 at 6:49 PM
holy. shit.