Bailey Poletti
@baileypoletti.bsky.social
PhD in medieval apocalyptic history, esp. 900-1100, but I try to read broadly. Trying my hand at fiction. All prophecies my own (and most likely wrong). He/him.
Gonna tell my daughter the one is a sequel to the other.
October 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Gonna tell my daughter the one is a sequel to the other.
Stop scrolling a d post two characters who bring you happiness
October 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Stop scrolling a d post two characters who bring you happiness
Omaha, Nebraska
Nowhere close to the full crowd.
Nowhere close to the full crowd.
October 19, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Omaha, Nebraska
Nowhere close to the full crowd.
Nowhere close to the full crowd.
The kids these days are alright.
October 19, 2025 at 12:35 AM
The kids these days are alright.
G. K. Chesterton, "Orthodoxy" (1908)
October 10, 2025 at 12:14 AM
G. K. Chesterton, "Orthodoxy" (1908)
"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"
October 9, 2025 at 2:10 AM
"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"
Age yourself with a movie you saw in a theater as a kid.
September 28, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Age yourself with a movie you saw in a theater as a kid.
Post a female character you like.
Samantha Carter was the embodiment of STEM before the term was popular.
Samantha Carter was the embodiment of STEM before the term was popular.
September 18, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Post a female character you like.
Samantha Carter was the embodiment of STEM before the term was popular.
Samantha Carter was the embodiment of STEM before the term was popular.
Since no one else has posted it yet:
September 13, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Since no one else has posted it yet:
Ok, hear me out. A Lord of the Rings remake, but with these two taking the One Ring to Mordor:
September 12, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Ok, hear me out. A Lord of the Rings remake, but with these two taking the One Ring to Mordor:
Sometime last century, toddler me heard a line from the OG Transformers *one time*, yet it has lived rent-free in my brain ever since.
I don't want to say an 80s cartoon for children made to sell toys was politically prescient, but, as George Lucas might say, it does rhyme.
I don't want to say an 80s cartoon for children made to sell toys was politically prescient, but, as George Lucas might say, it does rhyme.
September 7, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Sometime last century, toddler me heard a line from the OG Transformers *one time*, yet it has lived rent-free in my brain ever since.
I don't want to say an 80s cartoon for children made to sell toys was politically prescient, but, as George Lucas might say, it does rhyme.
I don't want to say an 80s cartoon for children made to sell toys was politically prescient, but, as George Lucas might say, it does rhyme.
I agree with this, and with what Chesterton wrote on the matter regarding "reasonable disagreement" with certain people, such as anti-democratic white supremacist christofascists:
September 6, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I agree with this, and with what Chesterton wrote on the matter regarding "reasonable disagreement" with certain people, such as anti-democratic white supremacist christofascists:
2/3 of the time it says "You're in danger" it is actually wrong, and 70% of offices stopped using it, but it's "unclear" if doctors find them useful?
September 2, 2025 at 10:28 AM
2/3 of the time it says "You're in danger" it is actually wrong, and 70% of offices stopped using it, but it's "unclear" if doctors find them useful?
Did you know false imprisonment is among the crimes mentioned in some of the earliest extant legal codes?
"If a man keeps someone captive, this man will go to jail (and) pay fifteen shekels of silver."
-Code of Ur-Namma (c. 21st century BC)
This, in fact, predates Hammurabi.
TMYK
See p. 187 of:
"If a man keeps someone captive, this man will go to jail (and) pay fifteen shekels of silver."
-Code of Ur-Namma (c. 21st century BC)
This, in fact, predates Hammurabi.
TMYK
See p. 187 of:
August 19, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Did you know false imprisonment is among the crimes mentioned in some of the earliest extant legal codes?
"If a man keeps someone captive, this man will go to jail (and) pay fifteen shekels of silver."
-Code of Ur-Namma (c. 21st century BC)
This, in fact, predates Hammurabi.
TMYK
See p. 187 of:
"If a man keeps someone captive, this man will go to jail (and) pay fifteen shekels of silver."
-Code of Ur-Namma (c. 21st century BC)
This, in fact, predates Hammurabi.
TMYK
See p. 187 of:
My favorite Doctor and companion.
August 8, 2025 at 11:59 PM
My favorite Doctor and companion.
Share on me of your favorite movie (or book/play) characters (if you feel like it)
August 7, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Share on me of your favorite movie (or book/play) characters (if you feel like it)
If you see this, quote this post with a title screen that's iconic to you
August 6, 2025 at 1:36 AM
If you see this, quote this post with a title screen that's iconic to you
Humble suggestion regarding inspiration for dirty medieval jokes:
Get a copy of this, turn to almost any page, and go from there. Might help. Might make you yeet it as far as you can throw. It is very...French.
Get a copy of this, turn to almost any page, and go from there. Might help. Might make you yeet it as far as you can throw. It is very...French.
August 1, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Humble suggestion regarding inspiration for dirty medieval jokes:
Get a copy of this, turn to almost any page, and go from there. Might help. Might make you yeet it as far as you can throw. It is very...French.
Get a copy of this, turn to almost any page, and go from there. Might help. Might make you yeet it as far as you can throw. It is very...French.
It's very hard to do research-reading for creative writing. Ideas start clicking so fast that it interrupts the reading to think/jot notes and / or is frustrating because I'm nowhere close to ready to write *that* part yet.
Still: I *love* the feeling of research and creativity meshing together.
Still: I *love* the feeling of research and creativity meshing together.
July 25, 2025 at 6:03 AM
It's very hard to do research-reading for creative writing. Ideas start clicking so fast that it interrupts the reading to think/jot notes and / or is frustrating because I'm nowhere close to ready to write *that* part yet.
Still: I *love* the feeling of research and creativity meshing together.
Still: I *love* the feeling of research and creativity meshing together.
I can now turn my full reading attention to this. Been on my to-read list for months. Very happy to dive in.
July 25, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I can now turn my full reading attention to this. Been on my to-read list for months. Very happy to dive in.