Ian Corby
@18thcianc.bsky.social
Torontonian giving BlueSky a try. Table-top rpg lover, video-game enthusiast, beginner sailor, and someone who wants a kinder, more helpful world for everyone.
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Ian Corby
@18thcianc.bsky.social
· Dec 8
Yup, I am a radical.
Apparently that means wanting others to be able to be themselves without fear of persecution (particularly women, LGBTQ+, religious freedom), and to be able to survive and thrive in a sustainable world.
Yeah.
Radical.
Apparently that means wanting others to be able to be themselves without fear of persecution (particularly women, LGBTQ+, religious freedom), and to be able to survive and thrive in a sustainable world.
Yeah.
Radical.
Sometimes you are going through your day, minding your business, when BAM!
Someone plays Wish You Were Here.
Someone plays Wish You Were Here.
November 18, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Sometimes you are going through your day, minding your business, when BAM!
Someone plays Wish You Were Here.
Someone plays Wish You Were Here.
Why on earth am I reading yet another book on writing? To be inspired?
I've felt the world has told me I am not a writer nor ever will be one.
But I am also dumb, stubborn, and even sometimes, hopeful.
I've felt the world has told me I am not a writer nor ever will be one.
But I am also dumb, stubborn, and even sometimes, hopeful.
November 17, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Why on earth am I reading yet another book on writing? To be inspired?
I've felt the world has told me I am not a writer nor ever will be one.
But I am also dumb, stubborn, and even sometimes, hopeful.
I've felt the world has told me I am not a writer nor ever will be one.
But I am also dumb, stubborn, and even sometimes, hopeful.
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Best literary analysis ever
November 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Best literary analysis ever
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Part 37 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg dnd
enameled silver Swept-hilt Rapier, Germany, ca. 1606
enameled silver Swept-hilt Rapier, Germany, ca. 1606
November 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Part 37 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg dnd
enameled silver Swept-hilt Rapier, Germany, ca. 1606
enameled silver Swept-hilt Rapier, Germany, ca. 1606
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Part 75 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg
Marie Antoinette's watch, took 40 years to produce, it was only finished 30 years after her execution
Marie Antoinette's watch, took 40 years to produce, it was only finished 30 years after her execution
November 13, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Part 75 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg
Marie Antoinette's watch, took 40 years to produce, it was only finished 30 years after her execution
Marie Antoinette's watch, took 40 years to produce, it was only finished 30 years after her execution
Thank goodness they didn't recast Will Forte.
November 16, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Thank goodness they didn't recast Will Forte.
A tired Ian, who has an RPG session tonight, ate a big meal.
Will he fall asleep while GM'ing live?
Or will he double down with a few beers despite how bad an idea it is?
Will he fall asleep while GM'ing live?
Or will he double down with a few beers despite how bad an idea it is?
November 14, 2025 at 12:08 AM
A tired Ian, who has an RPG session tonight, ate a big meal.
Will he fall asleep while GM'ing live?
Or will he double down with a few beers despite how bad an idea it is?
Will he fall asleep while GM'ing live?
Or will he double down with a few beers despite how bad an idea it is?
"The gentle sounds of a cat harfing up a hairball in the dead of the night".
Welp dear readers, I've lived this expression of my wife's this morning.
Welp dear readers, I've lived this expression of my wife's this morning.
November 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
"The gentle sounds of a cat harfing up a hairball in the dead of the night".
Welp dear readers, I've lived this expression of my wife's this morning.
Welp dear readers, I've lived this expression of my wife's this morning.
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I’m a writer and I write about war and conflict; I spend 80% of my reading time on primary sources. The impact of violence and war on people—not just soldiers but civilians and families—is terrible and lasts generations. For Remembrance Day, honour the fallen, but remember war and its costs.
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I’m a writer and I write about war and conflict; I spend 80% of my reading time on primary sources. The impact of violence and war on people—not just soldiers but civilians and families—is terrible and lasts generations. For Remembrance Day, honour the fallen, but remember war and its costs.
I saw a few memorials in Paris earlier this year for the 2 World Wars; the 1st in La Gare du Nord, the 2nd outside the Musee d'Art Moderne. Both beautiful and haunting, leaving me to reflect then, as I do now, on the futility and tragedy of war.
May we never forget the sacrifices made by others.
May we never forget the sacrifices made by others.
November 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I saw a few memorials in Paris earlier this year for the 2 World Wars; the 1st in La Gare du Nord, the 2nd outside the Musee d'Art Moderne. Both beautiful and haunting, leaving me to reflect then, as I do now, on the futility and tragedy of war.
May we never forget the sacrifices made by others.
May we never forget the sacrifices made by others.
Sometimes the world is shite and you don't feel great, so you have a good chocolate chip cookie.
Yeah, the world is still shite.
But at least you had a good cookie, and sometimes that's the minor victory of existence you have.
Yeah, the world is still shite.
But at least you had a good cookie, and sometimes that's the minor victory of existence you have.
November 10, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Sometimes the world is shite and you don't feel great, so you have a good chocolate chip cookie.
Yeah, the world is still shite.
But at least you had a good cookie, and sometimes that's the minor victory of existence you have.
Yeah, the world is still shite.
But at least you had a good cookie, and sometimes that's the minor victory of existence you have.
... listening to the snow blowing outside...
...booking trip to Santiago, Chile, and the Atacama desert...
...booking trip to Santiago, Chile, and the Atacama desert...
November 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
... listening to the snow blowing outside...
...booking trip to Santiago, Chile, and the Atacama desert...
...booking trip to Santiago, Chile, and the Atacama desert...
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every generation loves Rumours. it’s fucking Rumours
November 9, 2025 at 2:55 AM
every generation loves Rumours. it’s fucking Rumours
I still want everyone to be able to be treated fairly, have a healthy and happy life, and have the default way of treating others to be with kindness and empathy.
That won't change, but the world is doing its damnedest to numb me out.
That won't change, but the world is doing its damnedest to numb me out.
November 9, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I still want everyone to be able to be treated fairly, have a healthy and happy life, and have the default way of treating others to be with kindness and empathy.
That won't change, but the world is doing its damnedest to numb me out.
That won't change, but the world is doing its damnedest to numb me out.
I am posting more video game or similar nonsense these days, as the constant stream of danger from our own governments, plus the facism in the US, has really done a number on my well-being (as has many of you too).
November 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I am posting more video game or similar nonsense these days, as the constant stream of danger from our own governments, plus the facism in the US, has really done a number on my well-being (as has many of you too).
Will today be the day I beat the basic version of the Hollow Knight, and finish my first playthrough of that game?
Enquiring minds, and spouses tired of hearing that initial scream in game, want to know.
Enquiring minds, and spouses tired of hearing that initial scream in game, want to know.
November 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Will today be the day I beat the basic version of the Hollow Knight, and finish my first playthrough of that game?
Enquiring minds, and spouses tired of hearing that initial scream in game, want to know.
Enquiring minds, and spouses tired of hearing that initial scream in game, want to know.
So my collection of Switch versions are complete. Super robot Wars V, T, and X.
Now to find some time to actually do some robot gaming.
Now to find some time to actually do some robot gaming.
November 7, 2025 at 2:04 AM
So my collection of Switch versions are complete. Super robot Wars V, T, and X.
Now to find some time to actually do some robot gaming.
Now to find some time to actually do some robot gaming.
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Behold this beautiful metal poppy hand crafted by my step brother, a veteran who was deployed in the former Yugoslavia in 1993
November 6, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Behold this beautiful metal poppy hand crafted by my step brother, a veteran who was deployed in the former Yugoslavia in 1993
Ralph Wiggum was right.
My cat's breath does smell like cat food.
My cat's breath does smell like cat food.
November 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Ralph Wiggum was right.
My cat's breath does smell like cat food.
My cat's breath does smell like cat food.
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Wonder why this scene looks so familiar...
#WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕
#WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕
November 5, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Wonder why this scene looks so familiar...
#WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕
#WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕
Today keeps veering between "do I take cough syrup, or straight whiskey?"
And the whiskey isn't medicinal.
And the whiskey isn't medicinal.
November 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Today keeps veering between "do I take cough syrup, or straight whiskey?"
And the whiskey isn't medicinal.
And the whiskey isn't medicinal.
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The only voting constituency that matters from Staten Island
a group of people are standing around a table dancing in a room .
Alt: The cast of What We Do In The Shadows dancing
media.tenor.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:17 AM
The only voting constituency that matters from Staten Island
My question is a 50 year old sloop rigged 25' sailboat a luxury yatch?
November 4, 2025 at 10:16 PM
My question is a 50 year old sloop rigged 25' sailboat a luxury yatch?
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Live your life so that people don't celebrate your death.
November 4, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Live your life so that people don't celebrate your death.