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Werthead
@werthead.bsky.social
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Science fiction and fantasy blogger (Wertzone, Atlas of Ice & Fire), one-time Hugo Award nominee.
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July 13, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Calling in UNIT (or G-UNIT, apparently) in the 1970s meant getting fabulous reinforcements.

"Am I pulling this off, Sergeant?"

"No sir, you look like a right twat."

"I am your superior, remember."

"Not in the fashion army, sir."

#DoctorWho
Richard Franklin as Captain Yates and John Levene as Sergeant Benton in the 1971 Doctor Who story "The Dæmons". Captain Yates has a bright orange jacket on and they've just flown in a helicopter apparently called "G-UNIT."
July 8, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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"The Master destroyed Gallifrey again, and obliterated all the Time Lords without issue."

#DoctorWho #Murderbot
Noma Dumezweni and Alexander Skarsgard as Mensah and Murderbot in the Apple+ TV show "Murderbot." Dr. Mensah is saying "That's sad." Noma Dumezweni and Alexander Skarsgard as Mensah and Murderbot in the Apple+ TV show "Murderbot." Dr. Mensah is saying "And somewhat implausible." Noma Dumezweni and Alexander Skarsgard as Mensah and Murderbot in the Apple+ TV show "Murderbot." Murderbot is saying "it's canon."
June 17, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Mongoose products bought from their website include the PDF automatically.
June 17, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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A Valkyrie VF-1A from the anime Macross (1982), better known in the west as a Veritech fighter from Robotech (1985). My friend Andrew painted it up for me (I cannot paint for toffee).

#Macross #Robotech
A model kit of a VF-1A Valkyrie fighter from the 1982 anime Macross in Fighter Mode. Better-known in the west as a Veritech fighter from the redubbed version, Robotech (1985). A model kit of a VF-1A Valkyrie fighter from the 1982 anime Macross in Fighter Mode. Better-known in the west as a Veritech fighter from the redubbed version, Robotech (1985). A model kit of a VF-1A Valkyrie fighter from the 1982 anime Macross in Fighter Mode. Better-known in the west as a Veritech fighter from the redubbed version, Robotech (1985). A model kit of a VF-1A Valkyrie fighter from the 1982 anime Macross in Fighter Mode. Better-known in the west as a Veritech fighter from the redubbed version, Robotech (1985).
May 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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For some reason my screenshot choice here made me laugh, especially as the sheep is literally right outside the same building.

#OblivionRemastered
Two guys in Weynon Priory in Oblivion Remastered. One of them is saying, "Lots of dogs in this town. Lots of sheep too. Of course. I prefer the taste of sheep." A sheep in Weynon Priory, in Oblivion Remastered. It is prime, 4K mutton.
April 22, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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Inspired by a Reddit thread, what happens if you overlay the Song of Ice and Fire/.Game of Thrones timeline on our own?

#GameOfThrones #ASongofIceandFire
What happens if you overlay the Song of Ice and Fire timeline on our own, taking the present as the start of the book A Game of Thrones.
February 17, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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My current Steam list by hours played. Some pretty strong games here.
My list of games on Steam by hours played, with the Top 10 in order being Age of Empires 2 Definitive Edition (381 hours), Cyberpunk 2077 (230 hours), BattleTech (224 hours), Fallout 4 (209 hours), Skyrim (139 hours), XCOM Enemy Unknown (136 hours), Battlestar Galactica Deadlock (135 hours), Baldur's Gate III (102 hours), Grand Theft Auto V (98 hours) and Death Stranding (96 hours). Note that Skyrim and Skyrim Special Edition are listed separately, their combined playtime would be 186 hours.
February 16, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Mr. Pointy is being sharpened again.
February 6, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Counter-argument: the nanosecond I found out this existed, I wanted to play it. Thankfully I could not find a copy.
December 21, 2024 at 12:09 AM
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Back in 2020, Lance Reddicks's superlative sitcom CORPORATE sent us a warning about the future.
Lance Reddick in Season 3, Episode 1 of CORPORATE, giving his horrifying speech on the future of television: "There will be sequels, prequels, reboots, remakes and ill-advised spin-offs with side characters that cannot possibly carry their own series. We'll give the fans everything they want, and much, much more. We'll use an algorithm to churn out hundreds of scripts a day at virtually no cost. And sure, you'll complain about how it used to be better, but that anger will unite you. And you'll keep watching, hoping it will end, begging for it to end, and then you'll all die. And your children will watch it too, and so on. We're going to milk that creative IP until the UDDER RUNS DRY! "This is the future of content, and CONTENT WILL NEVER DIE!"
December 12, 2024 at 11:04 PM
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@scottlynch78.bsky.social

Two more? A mistake or A HARBINGER OF NEWS TO COME? (dramatic stare into the middle distance)
December 8, 2024 at 9:01 PM
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When you're watching a TNG episode and Ron Moore's name appears in the credits.

#startrek #lowerdecks
A still from the latest episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks, with Boimler and Mariner meeting some Klingons, with Boimler proclaiming "Ah, this is gonna be Klingon as hell!" As indeed it is.
November 19, 2024 at 10:55 PM
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George was giving us some juicy info for the upcoming DANCE WITH DRAGONS but Ron Donachie (Ser Roderick Cassel to you) interrupted so they could talk about American football instead. This was known as "a GRRM blog post come to life."

#GameOfThrones #GoT15
Ron Donachie and George R.R. Martin in McHughes, Belfast, during the filming of the GAME OF THRONES pilot, 3 November 2009.
November 4, 2024 at 9:22 PM
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This was the filming of the pilot, not the show itself. The pilot had to be retooled, partially reshot and recast after the pilot was made, so the show itself did not debut until 17 April 2011, almost eighteen months later.

#GameOfThrones #GoT15
Maisie Williams and Sophie Turner in Easons Bookstore, Belfast, during the filming of the GAME OF THRONES pilot, 3 November 2009. Photo by me. Ron Donachie, Alfie Allen, Kit Harrington, Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams, Richard Madden and George R.R. Martin in Easons Bookstore, Belfast, during the filming of the GAME OF THRONES pilot, 3 November 2009. Photo by me. Sophie Turner, Esmé Bianco and Maisie Williams in McHughes, Belfast, during the filming of the GAME OF THRONES pilot, 3 November 2009. Photo by me. Esmé Bianco, Richard Madden and George R.R. Martin in McHughes, Belfast, during the filming of the GAME OF THRONES pilot, 3 November 2009. Photo by me.
November 4, 2024 at 9:20 PM
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The Internet informs me that FIFTEEN YEARS AGO this week I was hanging with these guys in Belfast.
Which means GAME OF THRONES started production just over fifteen years ago (they were in Malta and Scotland for ~3 weeks before going to Belfast).

#GameOfThrones #GoT15
George R.R. Martin and fellow SONGS OF THE DYING EARTH author Matthew Hughes in Easons Bookstore, Belfast, 3 November 2009, during the filming of the GAME OF THRONES pilot. Photo by me. Sophie Turner and Alfie Allen in Easons Bookstore, Belfast, 3 November 2009, during the filming of the GAME OF THRONES pilot. Photo by me. Kit Harington in Easons Bookstore, Belfast, 3 November 2009, during the filming of the GAME OF THRONES pilot. Photo by me. Ron Donachie and Richard Madden in Easons Bookstore, Belfast, 3 November 2009, during the filming of the GAME OF THRONES pilot. Photo by me.
November 4, 2024 at 9:13 PM
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Anyone who's familiar with BattleTech lore: "Erm..."

#MechWarrior5Clans #Battletech
A screenshot from MechWarrior 5: Clans, with a member of Clan Smoke Jaguar claiming, "If ComStar ever crosses us, we will crush them just as easily as any other freeborn."
October 21, 2024 at 11:25 PM