Aran
@aran.bsky.social
Excuse my sunny state of mind.
Co-creator of the @weirdmedieval.bsky.social podcast
Co-creator of the @weirdmedieval.bsky.social podcast
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Aran
@aran.bsky.social
· Nov 20
Starting an occasional thread of books/movies/podcasts/anything I really love on the offchance people are looking for recommendations!
(Attached Bonnie is purely for like farming)
(Attached Bonnie is purely for like farming)
Finally finished @aptshadow.bsky.social ‘s wonderful Children of Time last night. 18 hours later I’m still walking around muttering “they turned that woman into ants!” to myself. Absolutely masterful stuff to the very last page.
November 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Finally finished @aptshadow.bsky.social ‘s wonderful Children of Time last night. 18 hours later I’m still walking around muttering “they turned that woman into ants!” to myself. Absolutely masterful stuff to the very last page.
I know the discourse has moved on but every single person involved in this show should be knighted for Services to Proper Fucking Telly
The Celebrity Traitors isn’t just the best thing on tv right now, it’s the best thing that’s *been* on tv in at least three years. Multiple moments in the last episode had me exactly like this
November 8, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I know the discourse has moved on but every single person involved in this show should be knighted for Services to Proper Fucking Telly
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HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
November 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
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BBC really burying the lede there
November 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM
BBC really burying the lede there
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the assumptions made about the target audience by making the first two items "OnlyFans' and 'child support' are kind of incredible
This is Bad (source: network.fintechtakes.com/library/3d38...)
November 1, 2025 at 2:26 PM
the assumptions made about the target audience by making the first two items "OnlyFans' and 'child support' are kind of incredible
Easily my favourite thing about the podcast being back from hiatus is the number of people going “Wait, Joe Mason is a REAL person???” Buddy I’ve been asking myself the same thing for a decade
October 29, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Easily my favourite thing about the podcast being back from hiatus is the number of people going “Wait, Joe Mason is a REAL person???” Buddy I’ve been asking myself the same thing for a decade
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I’m really starting to suspect that most of the tech bros haven’t actually read Tolkien, as they certainly don’t understand it.
The gentle hobbits save the “hard men” of Gondor, largely through compassion and selflessness. Not the other way around. The Christian parable is barely hidden!
The gentle hobbits save the “hard men” of Gondor, largely through compassion and selflessness. Not the other way around. The Christian parable is barely hidden!
Elon Musk: "It is time for the English to ally with the hard men, like Tommy Robinson, and fight for their survival or they shall surely all die" 29th October 2025. 2 million views in its first hour.
October 29, 2025 at 9:31 AM
I’m really starting to suspect that most of the tech bros haven’t actually read Tolkien, as they certainly don’t understand it.
The gentle hobbits save the “hard men” of Gondor, largely through compassion and selflessness. Not the other way around. The Christian parable is barely hidden!
The gentle hobbits save the “hard men” of Gondor, largely through compassion and selflessness. Not the other way around. The Christian parable is barely hidden!
The Celebrity Traitors isn’t just the best thing on tv right now, it’s the best thing that’s *been* on tv in at least three years. Multiple moments in the last episode had me exactly like this
October 25, 2025 at 8:53 AM
The Celebrity Traitors isn’t just the best thing on tv right now, it’s the best thing that’s *been* on tv in at least three years. Multiple moments in the last episode had me exactly like this
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Glad to see Celebrity Traitors is no different than regular Traitors when it comes to reading intelligent analysis of what's going on as a cause for suspicion. David Olusoga: "Think logically. Don't get swept along by groupthink." The rest: "He's being too clever. Burn him!"
October 23, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Glad to see Celebrity Traitors is no different than regular Traitors when it comes to reading intelligent analysis of what's going on as a cause for suspicion. David Olusoga: "Think logically. Don't get swept along by groupthink." The rest: "He's being too clever. Burn him!"
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
I desperately want to pick the brains the 5% of East Midlanders who, when asked to name the single most distinctive thing about their region, spontaneously and confidently replied “we have an airport”
September 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I desperately want to pick the brains the 5% of East Midlanders who, when asked to name the single most distinctive thing about their region, spontaneously and confidently replied “we have an airport”
King and Conqueror is bad in pretty baffling ways. I’m going to make a thread of just random ??? moments from the first episode alone
September 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
King and Conqueror is bad in pretty baffling ways. I’m going to make a thread of just random ??? moments from the first episode alone
Hey meta just fyi prompting me to use AI to write a message to my family group chat is offensive and borderline demonic
July 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Hey meta just fyi prompting me to use AI to write a message to my family group chat is offensive and borderline demonic
Really enjoyed Superman, but I’m starting to worry that James Gunn has a cheat code to my emotions because he seems to have my EXACT music taste. ‘This is the Day’ and ‘Dog Days are Over’ in GotG Vol.3 was some absolutely *diabolical* work
July 25, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Really enjoyed Superman, but I’m starting to worry that James Gunn has a cheat code to my emotions because he seems to have my EXACT music taste. ‘This is the Day’ and ‘Dog Days are Over’ in GotG Vol.3 was some absolutely *diabolical* work
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I’m no expert but I would’ve got a person to do it.
July 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I’m no expert but I would’ve got a person to do it.
I’ll say it: I want the guy who made Better Man to make the Beatles movies. Don’t let Danny Boyle near them.
The story of the Beatles is a technicolour tragicomedy about the four most charismatic twentysomethings to ever live. The last thing they need is a dark, reverent reboot
The story of the Beatles is a technicolour tragicomedy about the four most charismatic twentysomethings to ever live. The last thing they need is a dark, reverent reboot
February 2, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I’ll say it: I want the guy who made Better Man to make the Beatles movies. Don’t let Danny Boyle near them.
The story of the Beatles is a technicolour tragicomedy about the four most charismatic twentysomethings to ever live. The last thing they need is a dark, reverent reboot
The story of the Beatles is a technicolour tragicomedy about the four most charismatic twentysomethings to ever live. The last thing they need is a dark, reverent reboot
Sidebar from my thread: the *only* part of Uprising that completely works for me is the reveal that he’s “dating” a piece of kaiju brain. It’s so viscerally upsetting that it has to be a Del Toro idea
Newt Geizler was then and is now the most accurate depiction of me in any media (including my own podcast). I should be suing WB for infringement
February 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Sidebar from my thread: the *only* part of Uprising that completely works for me is the reveal that he’s “dating” a piece of kaiju brain. It’s so viscerally upsetting that it has to be a Del Toro idea
It’s been some kinda weekend so throwing on Pacific Rim. Let’s see if the movie that fundamentally rewired my brain in 2013 and I’ve seen a dozen times holds up!
a man wearing glasses and headphones is smiling while wearing a helmet on his head .
ALT: a man wearing glasses and headphones is smiling while wearing a helmet on his head .
media.tenor.com
February 2, 2025 at 7:31 PM
It’s been some kinda weekend so throwing on Pacific Rim. Let’s see if the movie that fundamentally rewired my brain in 2013 and I’ve seen a dozen times holds up!
For about 500 people alive, this is HUGE news
February 2, 2025 at 10:57 AM
For about 500 people alive, this is HUGE news
I didn’t want to believe it but yes the Robbie Williams movie is as good as they say. Multiple scenes had me exactly like this
February 2, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I didn’t want to believe it but yes the Robbie Williams movie is as good as they say. Multiple scenes had me exactly like this
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#InternationalZebraDay 🦓: #Zebras in a Byzantine Greek illuminated manuscript of the Book of Job, c. 1362.
BnF Grec 135, f. 100r and 224r. gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b...
BnF Grec 135, f. 100r and 224r. gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b...
January 31, 2025 at 4:54 PM
#InternationalZebraDay 🦓: #Zebras in a Byzantine Greek illuminated manuscript of the Book of Job, c. 1362.
BnF Grec 135, f. 100r and 224r. gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b...
BnF Grec 135, f. 100r and 224r. gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b...
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I feel like if Chaucer was writing the Canterbury Tales now, he'd include a whole section about "fart selfies"
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Gwynedd: Fart selfies used to harass woman's partner's ex
Woman gets a 12-month community order for sending a series of videos of herself on passing wind.
www.bbc.com
January 30, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I feel like if Chaucer was writing the Canterbury Tales now, he'd include a whole section about "fart selfies"
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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A thing I keep thinking about is @petefrasermusic.bsky.social’s observation that people now view social media as something that is done to them rather than something they might actually actively curate. It’s very sad and embodies all the things I was optimistic and wrong about as a teen.
They need to get rid of the “follow all” button on starter packs. A guy has chosen to follow an opinion columnist whose bio says he is interested in “nerd stuff” shouldn’t be getting this angry about me posting about “Werewolf: The Game”.
January 25, 2025 at 12:41 AM
A thing I keep thinking about is @petefrasermusic.bsky.social’s observation that people now view social media as something that is done to them rather than something they might actually actively curate. It’s very sad and embodies all the things I was optimistic and wrong about as a teen.
A Complete Unknown was so good I don’t know if i can stop doing the Bob Dylan voice
January 24, 2025 at 11:59 PM
A Complete Unknown was so good I don’t know if i can stop doing the Bob Dylan voice