John Bull
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He/Him. Writer. Historian. Host of "The Untitled History Podcast." Strategy streamer. Tech Strategist. Founding Editor of @lonrec. Orient fan. Business/Writing: business@longformist.co.uk. Agent: @pastpreservers.bsky.social
STREAM TIME! Join me down on the anime horse girl paddock for some #Umamusume. Time to pick up the second half of our Bamboo Memory run. And chat the usual history natter of course twitch.tv/gariusthebrit
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Historian, writer and digital strategist. Editor of London Reconnections. Player of CK3, Strategy games and all things transporty. — GariusTheBrit streams live on Twitch! Check out their videos, sign…
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Sometimes you need to give people who've done something fucking idiotic an excuse to change their mind. ESPECIALLY if you warned them it was fucking idiotic. And if it was an emotive choice. you have to decide whether you value them walking it back over catharsis. Applies in work, love or Brexit.
living with a cat is mostly just having random cardboard boxes everywhere that you can’t throw out
I’ve just started a 40k fanfic with a difference - my supporters get to choose what happens next! Everyone can read part 1 of the Fools of Five Worlds right now: www.patreon.com/JordanSorcer... #WarhammerCommunity
Fool's Briefing / Fools of Five Worlds | Jordan Sorcery
This is a brand new fan-fiction story set in the 41st millennium, one with a unique difference - you get to choose what happens! This is the
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Happy 25th to Ace Attorney, which has been great the whole time but was never better than when it centered around Phoenix Wright.
Retro Spotlight: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
On the eve of the release of a long-awaited, new Ace Attorney, let's look back at where the franchise all began.
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"By the mid-2000s, the Web 2.0 economy had begun to roll back the web’s openness, shepherding people into using platforms such as Blogger, YouTube, & Facebook. The priesthood was back, & the wealthy tech giants served as its bishops. AI programming does not challenge that power. It entrenches it."
Ian Bogost@ibogost.com · 4h agoI wrote about what I learned from a year or more of “vibecoding” small, personal projects: Fifty years after personal computers supposedly made computing yours, the activity keeps receding back into the computing priesthood.
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Liverpool University Press@livunipress.bsky.social · 9h agoWhat connected Stuart England and the Republic of Venice? 🌍 'Stuart Serenissima' brings together new research on the political, cultural and religious exchanges that shaped the early modern Mediterranean and beyond. 🔗 bit.ly/StuartSereni... @eloisedavies.bsky.social @alanamailes.bsky.social
Okay, time to ask y'all. I need your opinions on the following. For the Mesopotamian game, I'm writing a Gazetteer of all the significant places which will eventually be online. For each entry in the Gazetteer, I list longitude/latitude and where it is in the game world. Should I include--
seems unfair on the other Canadian ice hockey teams that one gets to call themselves the Canadiens. they should have to change more than just one vowel. They should have to be the Kanadienz or something.
Lads, he’s not someone from a council estate who’s won Britain’s Got Talent
Oh man my game launches in just 5 days into Early Access 😳 #ScreenshotSaturday
Matt Hackett@richtaur.bsky.social · 6d agoYoooo my little pixel game Pixel Washer launches into Steam Early Access THIS MONTH! 🐷 Here's a podcast, YouTube video, and links to all the things: www.valadria.com/pixel-washer... #IndieGameDev
This was really interesting. Especially the amount of 'modern' complaints from the 1700s. This is what keeps me company while I'm stripping wallpaper...
John Bull@garius.bsky.social · last mo.On Untitled History Podcast this week, @gregjenner.bsky.social joins me. We talk about the history and definition of "celebrity". From 18th Century theatre to micro-celebrity and being "Pony Famous" Find on your pod app, YouTube, or on Spotify below: open.spotify.com/episode/2GlV... #history
If I were Farage, I probably wouldn't remind everyone how much of a Russian asset I am.
An eventful weekend for oldest wrestler updates, as something I hadn't anticipated at all just happened. Baron Von Raschke competed at Dreamwave Wrestling on Saturday, one week before his 86th birthday. That makes him the oldest man to ever wrestle, just shy of Mae Young's record of 87.
Patrick W. Reed@patrickwreed.bsky.social · last mo.with the recent sad losses of Dory Funk Jr at 85 (aged and Bill Dundee at 82 (76 in his final match, just short of being in the top 25 oldest wrestlers ever), let's check in for another round of updates, and a summary of where the oldest wrestler list is at these days. 🧵
For those who found the thread I wrote on the Norman invasion fleet of interest, I am on the new episode of The English Heritage Podcast talking about the maritime aspects of the Norman invasion in more detail. #MedievalSky podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
1066: Build up to the Battle | Episode 2
Podcast Episode · The English Heritage Podcast · 12 October · 35min
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Dr Rebecca Tyson@tyguson.bsky.social · 2w ago1. #MedievalSky, grab a lifejacket and a seasickness bag, we’re casting off on a thread about the Norman invasion fleet in 1066! 960 years ago, the Normans landed at Pevensey and established a base at the Roman shore fort which was already succumbing to erosion from the sea on its south side. 1/20
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#ArtDD2026 Pigeon portrait The colours on pigeons are exquisite. This one's from a lovely 📷 by @pedestrianbird.bsky.social with thanks.🦉🪶 @saocousins.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @indikon.eurosky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social
NFC East this week is like: "what if you had an entire LEAGUE of Tottenham Hotspurs?"
#OTD 11/10/1963 #RememberRCN -HMCS HAIDA paid-off, to become floating Memorial in Toronto, ON. The last remaining Tribal Class Destroyer was moved to Hamilton, ON in 2004. Parks Canada
this is gonna be the first November where the poppyshaggers have full, unrestricted access to Gen AI. It's going to be horrific.
if you believe "safety is going to make the call" and not "AerCap, the lessor that owns Delta's A350 fleet, is going to make the call", i have a bridge in The Line that i think you would be SUPER interested in purchasing
Delta CEO: 'Safety is going to make the call' on launching Saudi Arabia flight
Delta is weighing whether to continue with its Riyadh, Saudi Arabia flight debut as planned.
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Again very intresting episode. 1920s art world deserves its own drama series.
John Bull@garius.bsky.social · 3d agoArt! Crime! This week @artcrimeprof.bsky.social joins me on the pod. We discuss forgery in the 1920s, including an Italian anti-fascist, womanizing art forger who fooled American museums. A man whose unwillingness to carve imperfect noses and breasts, put a pair gay art experts onto his trail...
STREAM TIME! Europa Universalis 5 is a flawed diamond of a game rn. The patch in open beta though makes it well worth playing, or picking up. Join me for a "beginners guide" stream as Sweden, and general natter about #history twitch.tv/gariusthebrit
i got so many people calling this tweet fakeposting back when i made it but since this is bluesky and things have less reach on here im just going to post the photo
robdog 👾@robdogdraws.bsky.social · 2d agoProbably the coolest thing he's done next to being a potential Bomberman fan
