Inspector Sands
@achoron.bsky.social
A British alternative type in the Midlands. Cookery, RPGs, comics and strangeness. Not necessarily in that order.
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Inspector Sands
@achoron.bsky.social
· Jun 22
And always remember the Bluesky way: block the trolls and haters in the replies and move on.
Don't engage them; they aren't here in good faith and they don't deserve your time.
Don't engage them; they aren't here in good faith and they don't deserve your time.
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This is the most horrific trophy I’ve ever seen. It looks like a cursed object found in a desert crypt.
December 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
This is the most horrific trophy I’ve ever seen. It looks like a cursed object found in a desert crypt.
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I suspect this will not go well for them. Dredd's writers are generally British and a bit left-wing.
Prepare for a scathing 2000AD Trump satire...
Prepare for a scathing 2000AD Trump satire...
DOJ's newest recruitment ad features Judge Dredd, the comic satire about the dangers of lawless policing and authoritarian power
December 4, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I suspect this will not go well for them. Dredd's writers are generally British and a bit left-wing.
Prepare for a scathing 2000AD Trump satire...
Prepare for a scathing 2000AD Trump satire...
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Well this is a bit on the nose
Pantone’s 2026 color of the year is technically not a color at all — meet Cloud Dancer, the first-ever white shade to receive the designation from the world’s color authority.
Pantone makes a surprising choice for its 2026 color of the year
We did not see that coming.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Well this is a bit on the nose
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Personally I think private individuals shouldn't be able to sue historic national organisations into adopting their bigotry on threat of bankruptcy but that's just me and my old pal, the actual definition of freedom of speech
December 4, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Personally I think private individuals shouldn't be able to sue historic national organisations into adopting their bigotry on threat of bankruptcy but that's just me and my old pal, the actual definition of freedom of speech
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There are people in this world who will always hate you, no matter what you do. Give them something worth hating.
December 4, 2025 at 12:44 PM
There are people in this world who will always hate you, no matter what you do. Give them something worth hating.
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This.
It's true of Girlguiding, and it's true of the WI too.
These are not conservative organisations who've wanted an excuse to exclude trans folk, they are inclusive organisations who've fought to support them before, allies who are only doing this because the legal situation forces them to.
It's true of Girlguiding, and it's true of the WI too.
These are not conservative organisations who've wanted an excuse to exclude trans folk, they are inclusive organisations who've fought to support them before, allies who are only doing this because the legal situation forces them to.
It's all groups who explicitly support women. Have women in their charter. And do not, themselves, want to exclude trans women.
Those targeting these groups are not interested in protecting and supporting women.
Those targeting these groups are not interested in protecting and supporting women.
December 3, 2025 at 11:39 AM
This.
It's true of Girlguiding, and it's true of the WI too.
These are not conservative organisations who've wanted an excuse to exclude trans folk, they are inclusive organisations who've fought to support them before, allies who are only doing this because the legal situation forces them to.
It's true of Girlguiding, and it's true of the WI too.
These are not conservative organisations who've wanted an excuse to exclude trans folk, they are inclusive organisations who've fought to support them before, allies who are only doing this because the legal situation forces them to.
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I named my fists the Two Ronnies because it's goodnight from me and it's goodnight from them.
I named my fists DUNGEONS and DRAGONS because there are many other fists, most of which are more suitable for whatever you want them to do.
I named my fists Master and Commander, because together they’re gonna send you to the far side of the world.
December 1, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I named my fists the Two Ronnies because it's goodnight from me and it's goodnight from them.
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There is a gofundme to help with funeral and other support costs: www.gofundme.com/f/richard-py...
December 1, 2025 at 1:55 PM
There is a gofundme to help with funeral and other support costs: www.gofundme.com/f/richard-py...
Good stuff. Worth reading Jeremy's thread, too - it goes into a bit more detail about the individual books.
(The headline is that "The Cold Ever After" is darker, bleaker and *not* child-friendly - not for same audience as the others, but quite a ride...)
(The headline is that "The Cold Ever After" is darker, bleaker and *not* child-friendly - not for same audience as the others, but quite a ride...)
It's Christmas shopping time and people are looking for books for kids and teens, so let me do a little station ID and talk about what I do. Quotes and RS appreciated
I am Jeremy Whitley, a queer writer of comics and books from Durham, NC.
Here are books of mine you can support now!
I am Jeremy Whitley, a queer writer of comics and books from Durham, NC.
Here are books of mine you can support now!
December 1, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Good stuff. Worth reading Jeremy's thread, too - it goes into a bit more detail about the individual books.
(The headline is that "The Cold Ever After" is darker, bleaker and *not* child-friendly - not for same audience as the others, but quite a ride...)
(The headline is that "The Cold Ever After" is darker, bleaker and *not* child-friendly - not for same audience as the others, but quite a ride...)
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I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.
November 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.
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Shared Fantasy, the first sociological monograph about roleplaying games, is about a period when established players are dealing with a new wave of younger players with different priorities. The period is 1978.
A game where you can do anything and they’re mad that people are doing anything.
November 30, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Shared Fantasy, the first sociological monograph about roleplaying games, is about a period when established players are dealing with a new wave of younger players with different priorities. The period is 1978.
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Stoppard was brilliant and clever and funny. His jokes were as good as his profundities. But as well as all that, he made being a superb writer, being the smartest person in the room, seem improbably glamorous. He was a rock star.
November 30, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Stoppard was brilliant and clever and funny. His jokes were as good as his profundities. But as well as all that, he made being a superb writer, being the smartest person in the room, seem improbably glamorous. He was a rock star.
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A game where you can do anything and they’re mad that people are doing anything.
November 30, 2025 at 8:32 AM
A game where you can do anything and they’re mad that people are doing anything.
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I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape
October 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape
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Damn.
Tom was, all round, a scholar and a gent. My dad envied his quietly perfect artist’s wardrobe and treasured his friendship. As did I.
Travel well. I hope the wine’s okay.
Tom was, all round, a scholar and a gent. My dad envied his quietly perfect artist’s wardrobe and treasured his friendship. As did I.
Travel well. I hope the wine’s okay.
Tom Stoppard, playwright of dazzling wit and playful erudition, dies aged 88
A theatrical sensation since the 1960s, whose dramas included Arcadia, The Real Thing and Leopoldstadt, Stoppard also had huge success as a screenwriter
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Damn.
Tom was, all round, a scholar and a gent. My dad envied his quietly perfect artist’s wardrobe and treasured his friendship. As did I.
Travel well. I hope the wine’s okay.
Tom was, all round, a scholar and a gent. My dad envied his quietly perfect artist’s wardrobe and treasured his friendship. As did I.
Travel well. I hope the wine’s okay.
Eurasian otter
Black tiger snake
Echidna
Malayan water monitor
Muntjac
Black tiger snake
Echidna
Malayan water monitor
Muntjac
Red fox
Great horned owl
Black bear
Copperhead
Merlin
Great horned owl
Black bear
Copperhead
Merlin
Introduce yourself with five animals you've seen in the wild
Buffalo
Moose
Coyote
Grey fox
Pika
Buffalo
Moose
Coyote
Grey fox
Pika
November 29, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Eurasian otter
Black tiger snake
Echidna
Malayan water monitor
Muntjac
Black tiger snake
Echidna
Malayan water monitor
Muntjac
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“I was just following otters.”
November 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
“I was just following otters.”
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
* Bauhaus
* Carter USM
* Chvrches
* Garbage
* The Sisters of Mercy
* Bauhaus
* Carter USM
* Chvrches
* Garbage
* The Sisters of Mercy
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
* Paradise Lost
* The Sisters of Mercy
* Iron Maiden
* Alien Sex Fiend
* A-Ha
🤘😉
* Paradise Lost
* The Sisters of Mercy
* Iron Maiden
* Alien Sex Fiend
* A-Ha
🤘😉
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Bon Jovi
Jim Byrnes
Joan Jett
The Who
Imelda May
Bon Jovi
Jim Byrnes
Joan Jett
The Who
Imelda May
November 27, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
* Bauhaus
* Carter USM
* Chvrches
* Garbage
* The Sisters of Mercy
* Bauhaus
* Carter USM
* Chvrches
* Garbage
* The Sisters of Mercy
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If you want some good news this morning, I showed my three boys the PM doing the six/seven thing and now they have all stopped doing it.
November 27, 2025 at 7:03 AM
If you want some good news this morning, I showed my three boys the PM doing the six/seven thing and now they have all stopped doing it.
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I contain multitudes
Oh
Oh shit
My multitudes containment system is failing, everyone retreat to a safe distance
Oh
Oh shit
My multitudes containment system is failing, everyone retreat to a safe distance
November 26, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I contain multitudes
Oh
Oh shit
My multitudes containment system is failing, everyone retreat to a safe distance
Oh
Oh shit
My multitudes containment system is failing, everyone retreat to a safe distance
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Every single person in Britain: "the chippy" or, if we're being fancy, "the chip shop"
The New York Times: "the french fry restaurant"
The New York Times: "the french fry restaurant"
new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped
November 26, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Every single person in Britain: "the chippy" or, if we're being fancy, "the chip shop"
The New York Times: "the french fry restaurant"
The New York Times: "the french fry restaurant"
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Juries are not perfect.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
November 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Juries are not perfect.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.