George Doji
@georgeopteryx.bsky.social
GLAM Digital bod | Tibetan Fenlander | genderfluid | they/he | Views mine
Also I've been silent on here mostly because I forgot my password and couldn't be bothered to reset it. I am excellent at networking and social media usage.
August 20, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Also I've been silent on here mostly because I forgot my password and couldn't be bothered to reset it. I am excellent at networking and social media usage.
I've been saying this a while. Fraser definitely deserves a memorial - and I don't think there's one anywhere yet? Please let me know if I'm wrong on that!
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SAS Rogue Heroes soldier lived in Leamington and historian wants a tribute to him in the town
An elite soldier who features as a character in the hit BBC historical war drama show SAS Rogue Heroes lived in Leamington in his later years - and the historian who has researched his story wants a t...
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August 20, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I've been saying this a while. Fraser definitely deserves a memorial - and I don't think there's one anywhere yet? Please let me know if I'm wrong on that!
www.warwickshireworld.com/news/people/...
www.warwickshireworld.com/news/people/...
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Fen Diagram
A cartoon for the mathematically-minded lovers of flatlands, a particular Venn diagram in itself.
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A cartoon for the mathematically-minded lovers of flatlands, a particular Venn diagram in itself.
www.worldofmoose.com/products/fen...
July 10, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Fen Diagram
A cartoon for the mathematically-minded lovers of flatlands, a particular Venn diagram in itself.
www.worldofmoose.com/products/fen...
A cartoon for the mathematically-minded lovers of flatlands, a particular Venn diagram in itself.
www.worldofmoose.com/products/fen...
Formulating a way to express my discomfort with historical figures/stories being referred to as "previously written off", "hidden" or "untold" when there isn't the equal weight placed on who these stories are being written off by or in favour of.
March 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Formulating a way to express my discomfort with historical figures/stories being referred to as "previously written off", "hidden" or "untold" when there isn't the equal weight placed on who these stories are being written off by or in favour of.
The best!
Got tickets to Cabaret in London, with @georgeopteryx.bsky.social. Cannot wait!! 🤩
a man with a mask on his face is saying willkommen , bienvenue , welcome in a dark room .
ALT: a man with a mask on his face is saying willkommen , bienvenue , welcome in a dark room .
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March 7, 2025 at 10:25 PM
The best!
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When people comment 'woke, over-representative' on #AThousandBlows vids etc and I tell them about the dozen (known!) Black boxers just in the 1880s, just in London, incl. two women, their response is to not reply, or to simply repeat themselves.
Anyway 🥊❤️ >>
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Anyway 🥊❤️ >>
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From racist bans to lion-tamer fighters: the wild history of Britain’s unsung Black boxing superstars
A Thousand Blows, the knockout new drama from Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, puts Victorian-era boxer Hezekiah Moscow in the spotlight. But it doesn’t even begin to do justice to the astonishin...
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February 28, 2025 at 9:54 AM
When people comment 'woke, over-representative' on #AThousandBlows vids etc and I tell them about the dozen (known!) Black boxers just in the 1880s, just in London, incl. two women, their response is to not reply, or to simply repeat themselves.
Anyway 🥊❤️ >>
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Anyway 🥊❤️ >>
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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Wrote a blog about how racists who only like white men telly keep saying 'over-representative'. My argument: ATB only has a few Black characters and they were all real people, really there, so how can it be?
A man commented: "grossly over-representative" 🤷🏻♀️
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A man commented: "grossly over-representative" 🤷🏻♀️
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A quick note on A Thousand Blows, Black boxers in 1880s London, and ‘woke history’
Ching Hook (Hezekiah Moscow), Alec Munroe, Jem Haines, Jack Davenport, Albert Pearce, ‘Meat Market Charlie’ Bartlett, Violet and Rosaline Mills, Jack Watson, J. Oliver, Tom Tully, Felix Scott, Char…
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February 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Wrote a blog about how racists who only like white men telly keep saying 'over-representative'. My argument: ATB only has a few Black characters and they were all real people, really there, so how can it be?
A man commented: "grossly over-representative" 🤷🏻♀️
grapplingwithhistory.com/2025/01/20/a...
A man commented: "grossly over-representative" 🤷🏻♀️
grapplingwithhistory.com/2025/01/20/a...
Losar Tashi Delek! 🐍 Happy Tibetan New Year to you all! Sending you warmest wishes for peace, happiness and new opportunity for this new year. I leave you with last year's message from His Holiness the Dalai Lama:
February 28, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Losar Tashi Delek! 🐍 Happy Tibetan New Year to you all! Sending you warmest wishes for peace, happiness and new opportunity for this new year. I leave you with last year's message from His Holiness the Dalai Lama:
Nothing makes me feel the sting of my own mortality more than seeing pictures of boybands from my teenage years reuniting.
February 27, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Nothing makes me feel the sting of my own mortality more than seeing pictures of boybands from my teenage years reuniting.
A few people are saying All You Need is Death, and they're right. I also think Sea Fever is an overlooked gem and enjoyed Double Blind recently. Plus, You Are Not My Mother is an amazing movie.
St. Patrick's Day is coming up! 🍀 Name a must-watch Irish horror to watch for St. Patrick's Day!
@bloodyfm.bsky.social x @bloody-disgusting.com
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February 26, 2025 at 1:59 PM
A few people are saying All You Need is Death, and they're right. I also think Sea Fever is an overlooked gem and enjoyed Double Blind recently. Plus, You Are Not My Mother is an amazing movie.
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New series of History's Secret Heroes starts next week! Featuring me and @claremulley.bsky.social, among many others... www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
History's Heroes - History's Secret Heroes: Series 3 - Trailer - BBC Sounds
Helena Bonham Carter shines a light on extraordinary stories from World War Two.
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February 26, 2025 at 1:10 PM
New series of History's Secret Heroes starts next week! Featuring me and @claremulley.bsky.social, among many others... www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Out for my mental health walk in the rain. There better be books at the end of this.
February 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Out for my mental health walk in the rain. There better be books at the end of this.
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I think we can all agree this is a Whole Mood right now
January 25, 2025 at 5:54 AM
I think we can all agree this is a Whole Mood right now
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heads up for fans of the "ship is stuck" genre, the Manitoulin is currently stuck in icy Lake Erie just outside Buffalo
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Manitoulin Stuck in Ice Offshore in Buffalo, NY.
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January 25, 2025 at 2:45 AM
heads up for fans of the "ship is stuck" genre, the Manitoulin is currently stuck in icy Lake Erie just outside Buffalo
www.reddit.com/r/GreatLakes...
www.reddit.com/r/GreatLakes...
Finally actually deactivated my X account. Genuinely I feel sad - I set that up when I went to Canada directly out of undergrad. I'm turning 40 this year. That's how long I had that account, that's how old some of my networks there were. Woof.
January 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Finally actually deactivated my X account. Genuinely I feel sad - I set that up when I went to Canada directly out of undergrad. I'm turning 40 this year. That's how long I had that account, that's how old some of my networks there were. Woof.
Wrote about visiting Blair Mayne's grave over on instagram. I think sometimes even the well-meaning debates forget that he was a person, not an archetype. www.instagram.com/p/DFDyDH8ovnA/
January 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Wrote about visiting Blair Mayne's grave over on instagram. I think sometimes even the well-meaning debates forget that he was a person, not an archetype. www.instagram.com/p/DFDyDH8ovnA/
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in one of my favorite books of all time - JUNO & JULIET, an Irish romcom by Julian Gough - one character explains to another that constantly pretending to be an asshole as a joke is meaningfully indistinguishable from actually being an asshole, and I've thought about that every day for 24 years
January 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
in one of my favorite books of all time - JUNO & JULIET, an Irish romcom by Julian Gough - one character explains to another that constantly pretending to be an asshole as a joke is meaningfully indistinguishable from actually being an asshole, and I've thought about that every day for 24 years
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The millennial experience is growing up with the internet, and watching it go from a free, open, democratic, and eclectic ecosystem to a wasteland of five websites controlled by billionaires, and now seeing it quickly fill up with AI-generated slop.
I want our World Wide Web back.
I want our World Wide Web back.
i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?
January 15, 2025 at 11:06 PM
The millennial experience is growing up with the internet, and watching it go from a free, open, democratic, and eclectic ecosystem to a wasteland of five websites controlled by billionaires, and now seeing it quickly fill up with AI-generated slop.
I want our World Wide Web back.
I want our World Wide Web back.
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Neil Gaiman shouldn’t be treated like an extreme outlier. It’s not fame or following that enables men like Gaiman to act the way they do. It’s power. And power can be A-list celebrity status or it can be the head of any ordinary household or a leader in any local community.
January 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Neil Gaiman shouldn’t be treated like an extreme outlier. It’s not fame or following that enables men like Gaiman to act the way they do. It’s power. And power can be A-list celebrity status or it can be the head of any ordinary household or a leader in any local community.
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The full cache of declassified MI5 files, released by the National Archives today, can be found here www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/l... Among other things, they cover the Cambridge Spy ring, including Kim Philby, Anthony Blunt, and John Cairncross.
Latest release of files from MI5 - The National Archives
Today we have made available a selection of previously top secret files from MI5. Including new details on the Cambridge Spies Kim Philby, Anthony Blunt, and John Cairncross.
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
January 14, 2025 at 8:35 AM
The full cache of declassified MI5 files, released by the National Archives today, can be found here www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/l... Among other things, they cover the Cambridge Spy ring, including Kim Philby, Anthony Blunt, and John Cairncross.
The article is important, but seconding this. It is not required to (re)traumatise yourself as an act of support.
if you're not sure if you can cope with that article about Gaiman, if you already believe the accusers and have removed him from your mental roster of Okay Men, my advice is don't read it. you don't have to. the content warnings are not an exaggeration.
January 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The article is important, but seconding this. It is not required to (re)traumatise yourself as an act of support.
In hindsight, planning a third walking tour on the same weekend in January was always going to be a display of hubris for which the weather gods would punish me. Coffee shop and book it is.
January 13, 2025 at 10:50 AM
In hindsight, planning a third walking tour on the same weekend in January was always going to be a display of hubris for which the weather gods would punish me. Coffee shop and book it is.
I adore this book and recommend it regularly - so now I'm recommending it again on BlueSky.
One of my favorite parts of one of my favorite books is in “To War With Whitaker” where the countess apologizes for using a hotel pen rather than a fountain pen. If you are into stodgy British irony and a wild true life woman’s WWII story, I highly recommend it. www.amazon.com/War-Whitaker...
January 12, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I adore this book and recommend it regularly - so now I'm recommending it again on BlueSky.
Trying to scratch my The Last Kingdom itch with Vikings Valhalla and it's like when you get an advent calendar and you forget that what's inside them is almost but not quite entirely unlike chocolate.
January 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Trying to scratch my The Last Kingdom itch with Vikings Valhalla and it's like when you get an advent calendar and you forget that what's inside them is almost but not quite entirely unlike chocolate.
Had a good cry at the Titanic experience today, had a good cry at the cemetery in Newtownards yesterday, had a good cry on a walk the day before. One more day in Belfast. How do we think history is going to make me cry tomorrow?
January 12, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Had a good cry at the Titanic experience today, had a good cry at the cemetery in Newtownards yesterday, had a good cry on a walk the day before. One more day in Belfast. How do we think history is going to make me cry tomorrow?