Therocon
@therocon.bsky.social
Professional in Local Government (UK), Governance, and elections. Coach, mentor, and school governor
Interests range across all forms of geekery - politics to tech to gaming, Warhammer & D&D
Creativity is to be embraced, and truth to be treasured
Interests range across all forms of geekery - politics to tech to gaming, Warhammer & D&D
Creativity is to be embraced, and truth to be treasured
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'AI' (it's not intelligent in any way) - would be much better if it first gave judgement on what it was being asked. Like a human to expert interaction would.
Most of these stupid interactions could be dealt with via a simple 'seriously dude? Come on.' reply.
Most of these stupid interactions could be dealt with via a simple 'seriously dude? Come on.' reply.
November 1, 2025 at 10:30 AM
'AI' (it's not intelligent in any way) - would be much better if it first gave judgement on what it was being asked. Like a human to expert interaction would.
Most of these stupid interactions could be dealt with via a simple 'seriously dude? Come on.' reply.
Most of these stupid interactions could be dealt with via a simple 'seriously dude? Come on.' reply.
This year I'll go as trapped nerve during mundane middle-age task.
3AM forty something year olds bedtime cramp in your calf whilst you’re asleep.
What terrifying thing are you dressing as this Halloween I'm dressing up as acid reflux
October 30, 2025 at 12:09 PM
This year I'll go as trapped nerve during mundane middle-age task.
Chelsea vs Liverpool thought:
Amazing what keeping 11 men on the pitch until the end can do.
Amazing what keeping 11 men on the pitch until the end can do.
October 4, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Chelsea vs Liverpool thought:
Amazing what keeping 11 men on the pitch until the end can do.
Amazing what keeping 11 men on the pitch until the end can do.
Got a whole bunch of Necron stuff to base which I'll do together, so the base isn't done on the Silent King... But the rest is 😁
#warhammer40k #warhammercommunity
#warhammer40k #warhammercommunity
July 30, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Got a whole bunch of Necron stuff to base which I'll do together, so the base isn't done on the Silent King... But the rest is 😁
#warhammer40k #warhammercommunity
#warhammer40k #warhammercommunity
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GW just doesn’t know what to do with an effective flying unit
July 30, 2025 at 10:35 AM
GW just doesn’t know what to do with an effective flying unit
My son has decided he would like to start a Thousand Sons army.
Ordered the Combat Patrol today. In the meantime, I've dug out some very old Tzeentch marines I badly painted yonks ago to start restoring them for him.
A fun little project!
#warhammer40k #warhammercommunity
Ordered the Combat Patrol today. In the meantime, I've dug out some very old Tzeentch marines I badly painted yonks ago to start restoring them for him.
A fun little project!
#warhammer40k #warhammercommunity
July 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
My son has decided he would like to start a Thousand Sons army.
Ordered the Combat Patrol today. In the meantime, I've dug out some very old Tzeentch marines I badly painted yonks ago to start restoring them for him.
A fun little project!
#warhammer40k #warhammercommunity
Ordered the Combat Patrol today. In the meantime, I've dug out some very old Tzeentch marines I badly painted yonks ago to start restoring them for him.
A fun little project!
#warhammer40k #warhammercommunity
I mean this is simultaneously meaningless, because the Club World Cup remains a daft FIFA-ism and brilliant because of the lengths opposition fans will go to to say that its meaningless.
Chelsea will now have an exclusive FIFA World Champions Badge on their kit until 2029.
July 13, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I mean this is simultaneously meaningless, because the Club World Cup remains a daft FIFA-ism and brilliant because of the lengths opposition fans will go to to say that its meaningless.
I'm sorry but
'We won two world wars, and EVEN won a world cup'
will never not be hilarious.
'We won two world wars, and EVEN won a world cup'
will never not be hilarious.
July 11, 2025 at 6:24 AM
I'm sorry but
'We won two world wars, and EVEN won a world cup'
will never not be hilarious.
'We won two world wars, and EVEN won a world cup'
will never not be hilarious.
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I’m petrified about today’s science news. Genetically modifying crabs to have cheetah genes? This could go sideways fast.
July 8, 2025 at 9:45 AM
I’m petrified about today’s science news. Genetically modifying crabs to have cheetah genes? This could go sideways fast.
Upgraded my chaos knights with a third big knight (Cerastus lancer) ready for the first game with the new codex tomorrow.
The shield, made with spirit hosts, is really cool even if I do say so myself.
#warhammer40k #warhammercommunity
#chaosknights
The shield, made with spirit hosts, is really cool even if I do say so myself.
#warhammer40k #warhammercommunity
#chaosknights
June 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Upgraded my chaos knights with a third big knight (Cerastus lancer) ready for the first game with the new codex tomorrow.
The shield, made with spirit hosts, is really cool even if I do say so myself.
#warhammer40k #warhammercommunity
#chaosknights
The shield, made with spirit hosts, is really cool even if I do say so myself.
#warhammer40k #warhammercommunity
#chaosknights
On my hobby table currently...
Just finished a hellbrute for a friend to use in their World Eaters army.
Primed for painting:
1. Silent King (lovely model)
2. Loads of Imperial Guard catachan infantry, a hellhound, kasrkin and rough riders
Mid-build - Cerastus knight lancer.
#Warhammer40k
Just finished a hellbrute for a friend to use in their World Eaters army.
Primed for painting:
1. Silent King (lovely model)
2. Loads of Imperial Guard catachan infantry, a hellhound, kasrkin and rough riders
Mid-build - Cerastus knight lancer.
#Warhammer40k
June 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
On my hobby table currently...
Just finished a hellbrute for a friend to use in their World Eaters army.
Primed for painting:
1. Silent King (lovely model)
2. Loads of Imperial Guard catachan infantry, a hellhound, kasrkin and rough riders
Mid-build - Cerastus knight lancer.
#Warhammer40k
Just finished a hellbrute for a friend to use in their World Eaters army.
Primed for painting:
1. Silent King (lovely model)
2. Loads of Imperial Guard catachan infantry, a hellhound, kasrkin and rough riders
Mid-build - Cerastus knight lancer.
#Warhammer40k
I can't be the only one.
June 17, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I can't be the only one.
Tell me about a fictional character death you still haven't gotten over using only a picture.
June 13, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Tell me about a fictional character death you still haven't gotten over using only a picture.
A lot of the (often very good) UK political debate, discussion and analysis innately assumes a level of political understanding the electorate, as a whole, simply does not have.
May 26, 2025 at 8:34 AM
A lot of the (often very good) UK political debate, discussion and analysis innately assumes a level of political understanding the electorate, as a whole, simply does not have.
Yo Bluesky hobby peeps. I finished my new year, new army over a month earlier than self imposed deadline.
Say hello to the kyn 😁
#warhammercommunity #wh40k
Say hello to the kyn 😁
#warhammercommunity #wh40k
May 11, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Yo Bluesky hobby peeps. I finished my new year, new army over a month earlier than self imposed deadline.
Say hello to the kyn 😁
#warhammercommunity #wh40k
Say hello to the kyn 😁
#warhammercommunity #wh40k
40k new year new army progress slowed a bit in March, but got my Hearthguard and Champion done today.
(Bases are drying)
(Bases are drying)
March 15, 2025 at 10:11 PM
40k new year new army progress slowed a bit in March, but got my Hearthguard and Champion done today.
(Bases are drying)
(Bases are drying)
A pet peeve of mine is the term AI, both because it is not AI (which is already defined through decades of sci-fi), and that the term is a blanket laid over lots of different systems
Generative 'AI' and automative 'AI' are very different. Bin the former, but use the latter (only) where appropriate
Generative 'AI' and automative 'AI' are very different. Bin the former, but use the latter (only) where appropriate
Less than one week after a study shows that AI searches are incorrect more than half the time, the human embodiment of an overcast Tuesday in Slough says we’ve got to start using AI instead of civil servants for some tasks. This will surely not be a waste of time, money and energy.
March 13, 2025 at 7:25 AM
A pet peeve of mine is the term AI, both because it is not AI (which is already defined through decades of sci-fi), and that the term is a blanket laid over lots of different systems
Generative 'AI' and automative 'AI' are very different. Bin the former, but use the latter (only) where appropriate
Generative 'AI' and automative 'AI' are very different. Bin the former, but use the latter (only) where appropriate
In governance, culture is more important than structure.
You can have effective governance with good culture, and poor structure.
You cannot have effective governance with poor culture and good structure.
You can have effective governance with good culture, and poor structure.
You cannot have effective governance with poor culture and good structure.
congress right now has all the power it needs to put an end to MAGA despotism. they just don’t want to. and there is no set of rules you could devise that could overcome that obstacle.
March 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
In governance, culture is more important than structure.
You can have effective governance with good culture, and poor structure.
You cannot have effective governance with poor culture and good structure.
You can have effective governance with good culture, and poor structure.
You cannot have effective governance with poor culture and good structure.
Can we wait until Air force One is in the air, and then withdraw the second Royal visit somewhere over the Atlantic?
February 28, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Can we wait until Air force One is in the air, and then withdraw the second Royal visit somewhere over the Atlantic?
As a public sector employee in UK who knows how hard and dedicated public sector workers really are.
Amongst the 'excitement' I think it is important we recognise that these are dedicated public serving Federal employees being impacted by the behaviours and actions of people like Elon Musk.
Amongst the 'excitement' I think it is important we recognise that these are dedicated public serving Federal employees being impacted by the behaviours and actions of people like Elon Musk.
February 23, 2025 at 8:43 AM
As a public sector employee in UK who knows how hard and dedicated public sector workers really are.
Amongst the 'excitement' I think it is important we recognise that these are dedicated public serving Federal employees being impacted by the behaviours and actions of people like Elon Musk.
Amongst the 'excitement' I think it is important we recognise that these are dedicated public serving Federal employees being impacted by the behaviours and actions of people like Elon Musk.
Minor reflection this morning.
Many leaders see their stock rise higher during times of crisis.
Gordon Brown for example did moderately well during several.
More so the Falklands arguably saved Thatcher.
Could the US be affording EU leaders (particularly Starmer) a moment to grasp?
Many leaders see their stock rise higher during times of crisis.
Gordon Brown for example did moderately well during several.
More so the Falklands arguably saved Thatcher.
Could the US be affording EU leaders (particularly Starmer) a moment to grasp?
February 17, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Minor reflection this morning.
Many leaders see their stock rise higher during times of crisis.
Gordon Brown for example did moderately well during several.
More so the Falklands arguably saved Thatcher.
Could the US be affording EU leaders (particularly Starmer) a moment to grasp?
Many leaders see their stock rise higher during times of crisis.
Gordon Brown for example did moderately well during several.
More so the Falklands arguably saved Thatcher.
Could the US be affording EU leaders (particularly Starmer) a moment to grasp?
When I speak on governance I say that governance has 2 main components:
Structure (constitutions, codes of conduct etc.)
Culture (behaviour, attitude etc.)
You can have poor structure with good culture and be fine.
You cannot have a good structure with poor culture.
Culture 'trumps' structure.
Structure (constitutions, codes of conduct etc.)
Culture (behaviour, attitude etc.)
You can have poor structure with good culture and be fine.
You cannot have a good structure with poor culture.
Culture 'trumps' structure.
February 1, 2025 at 9:01 AM
When I speak on governance I say that governance has 2 main components:
Structure (constitutions, codes of conduct etc.)
Culture (behaviour, attitude etc.)
You can have poor structure with good culture and be fine.
You cannot have a good structure with poor culture.
Culture 'trumps' structure.
Structure (constitutions, codes of conduct etc.)
Culture (behaviour, attitude etc.)
You can have poor structure with good culture and be fine.
You cannot have a good structure with poor culture.
Culture 'trumps' structure.
For January I have painted a Void Dragon, an Avatar of Khaine and this lot for new year, new army.
Quite productive!
#warhammer40k
Quite productive!
#warhammer40k
January 31, 2025 at 9:18 PM
For January I have painted a Void Dragon, an Avatar of Khaine and this lot for new year, new army.
Quite productive!
#warhammer40k
Quite productive!
#warhammer40k