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Writer and Social Manager. Adopted Geordie. Obsessed with old #ttrpgs, #horror, #history, and #rugbyleague. Editor of ๐‘บ๐’†๐’„๐’“๐’†๐’• ๐‘ท๐’‚๐’”๐’”๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’†๐’” zine: https://ko-fi.com/secretpassages/

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Latest posts by jdhoare.bsky.social on Bluesky

On white poppies, it's worth remembering that they were associated with the Peace Pledge Union, by the late 1930s an objectively pro-Hitler organisation. Some people choose to wear them. They are fools, I'm afraid.

09.11.2025 13:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 39    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

My stress has reached the chest pain stage. Does anyone have any tips for managing it?

09.11.2025 09:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
"WEBSITE FOR 38 YEAR OLDS" in the style of Zohran Mamdani's campaign logo

"WEBSITE FOR 38 YEAR OLDS" in the style of Zohran Mamdani's campaign logo

bluesky branding refresh unveiled

08.11.2025 21:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7704    ๐Ÿ” 888    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 178    ๐Ÿ“Œ 95
The Beginnings of Blood Bowl
YouTube video by Jordan Sorcery The Beginnings of Blood Bowl

The making of Blood Bowl!

My latest video is live a little later than planned, but thereโ€™s always extra time for the great fantasy sports game ever!

#WarhammerCommunity

youtu.be/PFzvFV1zyvQ

07.11.2025 21:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 46    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
An actual goatโ€ฌ
 โ€ช@kokorozek.satan.socialโ€ฌ
Amazed that in the year of our lord 2025 people are still pulling the โ€œeyyyy cโ€˜mon you canโ€™t hit me, itโ€™s my birthday! Iโ€™m the birthday boy!โ€

โ€ชAva Rose-Shirleyโ€ฌ
 โ€ช@cinderelladesade.bsky.socialโ€ฌ
What lord?

โ€ชUltraviolent Lightsโ€ฌ
 โ€ช@ultraviolentlights.bsky.socialโ€ฌ
"Year of Our Lord" is the English translation of Anno Domini, which refers to the Christian God and is not an implicit statement of faith, in common usage it's simply the designation we give to any year following 1 B.C. You can use C.E for "common era" if you prefer. Hope that clears things up.


โ€ชAva Rose-Shirleyโ€ฌ
 โ€ช@cinderelladesade.bsky.socialโ€ฌ
Do you always get off on over explaining the bleeding obvious, or is today your birthday?

Iโ€™m sick of people barging in and making bad faith arguments without taking half a fuckinโ€™ second to consider the possibility that I intended to challenge all theological notionsโ€” from a humanist POV.. 

JFC!


โ€ชUltraviolent Lightsโ€ฌ
 โ€ช@ultraviolentlights.bsky.socialโ€ฌ
Sorry, what does JFC stand for?

An actual goatโ€ฌ โ€ช@kokorozek.satan.socialโ€ฌ Amazed that in the year of our lord 2025 people are still pulling the โ€œeyyyy cโ€˜mon you canโ€™t hit me, itโ€™s my birthday! Iโ€™m the birthday boy!โ€ โ€ชAva Rose-Shirleyโ€ฌ โ€ช@cinderelladesade.bsky.socialโ€ฌ What lord? โ€ชUltraviolent Lightsโ€ฌ โ€ช@ultraviolentlights.bsky.socialโ€ฌ "Year of Our Lord" is the English translation of Anno Domini, which refers to the Christian God and is not an implicit statement of faith, in common usage it's simply the designation we give to any year following 1 B.C. You can use C.E for "common era" if you prefer. Hope that clears things up. โ€ชAva Rose-Shirleyโ€ฌ โ€ช@cinderelladesade.bsky.socialโ€ฌ Do you always get off on over explaining the bleeding obvious, or is today your birthday? Iโ€™m sick of people barging in and making bad faith arguments without taking half a fuckinโ€™ second to consider the possibility that I intended to challenge all theological notionsโ€” from a humanist POV.. JFC! โ€ชUltraviolent Lightsโ€ฌ โ€ช@ultraviolentlights.bsky.socialโ€ฌ Sorry, what does JFC stand for?

04.11.2025 22:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4048    ๐Ÿ” 567    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 129    ๐Ÿ“Œ 59

I have a project that might be up your street. Will email at the weekend - no pressure though!

05.11.2025 22:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I was going to give ZineQuest a miss this year. Instead I'll launch a game and put the profits into the strike fund. Probs the least I can do.

05.11.2025 12:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Had not known that Hustler put out paperbacks. What a bizarre world.

04.11.2025 23:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 62    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

I need to read something dense on this, immediately.

04.11.2025 22:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ohh I was also headbutted by a random group of dickheads on the way home from college. Is there a lovely enamel badge we can apply for?

04.11.2025 22:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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If you want to understand the emotional end intellectual malaise of British politics, this piece by @mjrobbins.com is a pretty good place to start. It effectively describes a country that has gone mad. open.substack.com/pub/martinro...

03.11.2025 07:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 686    ๐Ÿ” 210    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 51    ๐Ÿ“Œ 28

I was at a CLP meeting and the topic of an open cast coal mine came up, this old bloke stood and went โ€œI was a miner for 30 yearsโ€ - I braced myself for some romanticised guff - โ€œand I never want my grandkids anywhere near that.โ€ Shut me right up (figuratively, I was already shut up).

03.11.2025 22:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The refurbished Lincoln Bathroom in the White House

01.11.2025 23:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ooof Iโ€™m loving the graphic design

01.11.2025 23:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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If you're in need of positive and rather wholesome news, there's a high school teacher named Bryan who took a ton of freely licensed celebrity headshots at the New York Film Festival last month for Wikipedia, and I truly can't believe how drastic the upgrade is for some articles (thread)

01.11.2025 13:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6798    ๐Ÿ” 1095    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 41    ๐Ÿ“Œ 62

Yes please!

01.11.2025 16:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Happy โ€œHalloween is actually paganโ€ low effort social post day to all who celebrate.

31.10.2025 13:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks bud!

30.10.2025 17:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#TTRPG crew, do any of you have the original #Spelljammer boxed set to hand and can take some lovely photos of it and its contents for a future issue of Secret Passages?

I'll credit you in the mag and send you a copy!

(No rush btw)

30.10.2025 17:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s paid work. That should go without saying, but thereโ€™s a lot of dickheads out there, so here I am saying it.

#ttrpg #zine #design #indesign #graphicdesign

30.10.2025 17:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Iโ€™m looking for someone who knows their way around InDesign, has a passion for the hobby, and would be up for taking some layouts off me for Secret Passages issue 3 and โ€“ if we both have a lovely time โ€“ beyond.

If that sounds like you, DM me!

#ttrpg #zine #design #indesign #graphicdesign

30.10.2025 17:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Geordie heritage

29.10.2025 19:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Editor & Staff Writer IFLScience (a LabX Media Group Company) is an internationally recognised online science brand, dedicated to making science exciting and presenting it in a creative and inspiring way that leaves reader...

๐Ÿ“ข๐ŸŽ‰ Weโ€™re hiring! ๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿ“ข
@iflscience.com is looking for an Editor & Staff writer with a meticulous eye, a flair for writing and a passion for science communication - good sense of humour and a love of the weird and wonderful a bonus! Find out more here ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป

26.10.2025 14:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Coventry South needs a by-election soon Zarah Sultana has no mandate for disarming the people of Britain and betraying Ukraine

"To say 'Zelenskyy is no friend of the working class' is an insulting, facile distraction from the fact that Sultana refuses to support the Ukrainian peopleโ€™s fight for existence."

Proper cold fury and moral clarity from @paulmason.bsky.social on Sultana.

open.substack.com/pub/htsf/p/c...

28.10.2025 15:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 734    ๐Ÿ” 237    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 76    ๐Ÿ“Œ 14

My conversation with @doublecritfail.bsky.social was terrific because it was nicely far-ranging.

One tidbit that he highlights here: we don't know the artist of the Blackmoor cover. This lack of credits was common early at TSR (though many we've been able to more confidently identify).

28.10.2025 07:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Done!

27.10.2025 21:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Cartoon by Stephen Collins for the Guardian. 

[Scene is BBC BREAKFAST with two presenters and a guest on the sofa].

1
PRESENTER:
Now - some disturbing new research has shown

2
PRESENTER:
that as many as 10 non-Reform political parties may currently operating โ€˜under the radarโ€™ across the UK.

[Show on screen logos for Greens, Lib Dems, Conservativesย 

3
PRESENTER:
In the studio to discuss this, Nigel Farage

[We see the guest on the sofa is indeed Nigel Farage]

4
PRESENTER:
Nigel, whatโ€™s your view?ย 

FARAGE:
Well I think this very worrying.

5
FARAGE:
And just another reason why we should ban all immigration.

6
PRESENTER:
I wonโ€™t push back on that

FARAGE:
Absolutely!

7
PRESENTER:
Funnily enough, this is what your new showโ€™s about, isnโ€™t it?

FARAGE:
Oop - plug time!

PRESENTER:
Ha ha

8
FARAGE:
Yes itโ€™s a 12-part BBC documentary called โ€˜In Search Of The Political Parties That Arenโ€™t My Oneโ€™.

9
[Show on the TV screen Farage presenting a documentary series titled In Search Of The Political Parties That Arenโ€™t My One. He is wearing his farmer's getup and looking dreamily at the UK from hillsides, visiting pubs and chatting with the locals, etc]

FARAGE:
Itโ€™s a really emotional journeyย 

10
FARAGE:
with lots of dreamy footage of me looking relatable...ย 

11
FARAGE:
as I answer the question:

*Am I the only option for Britain?*

12
[Cut back to studio]

PRESENTER:
I wonโ€™t push back on that

FARAGE:
Absolutely!

[ends]

Cartoon by Stephen Collins for the Guardian. [Scene is BBC BREAKFAST with two presenters and a guest on the sofa]. 1 PRESENTER: Now - some disturbing new research has shown 2 PRESENTER: that as many as 10 non-Reform political parties may currently operating โ€˜under the radarโ€™ across the UK. [Show on screen logos for Greens, Lib Dems, Conservativesย  3 PRESENTER: In the studio to discuss this, Nigel Farage [We see the guest on the sofa is indeed Nigel Farage] 4 PRESENTER: Nigel, whatโ€™s your view?ย  FARAGE: Well I think this very worrying. 5 FARAGE: And just another reason why we should ban all immigration. 6 PRESENTER: I wonโ€™t push back on that FARAGE: Absolutely! 7 PRESENTER: Funnily enough, this is what your new showโ€™s about, isnโ€™t it? FARAGE: Oop - plug time! PRESENTER: Ha ha 8 FARAGE: Yes itโ€™s a 12-part BBC documentary called โ€˜In Search Of The Political Parties That Arenโ€™t My Oneโ€™. 9 [Show on the TV screen Farage presenting a documentary series titled In Search Of The Political Parties That Arenโ€™t My One. He is wearing his farmer's getup and looking dreamily at the UK from hillsides, visiting pubs and chatting with the locals, etc] FARAGE: Itโ€™s a really emotional journeyย  10 FARAGE: with lots of dreamy footage of me looking relatable...ย  11 FARAGE: as I answer the question: *Am I the only option for Britain?* 12 [Cut back to studio] PRESENTER: I wonโ€™t push back on that FARAGE: Absolutely! [ends]

26.10.2025 12:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1120    ๐Ÿ” 445    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 25

Have any UK kofi creators registered as a sole-trader recently? Is there a nice easy guide to what I should be doing? I wasnโ€™t anticipating even mild success.

25.10.2025 17:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You definitely donโ€™t need any help from my small corner of the Nostalgia Industrial Complex, but Iโ€™ll give this a newsletter blast this week! I canโ€™t wait to read it!

24.10.2025 21:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œTactical votingโ€œ chat is like the progressive alliance chat: it dances around the central problem of โ€œthe Labour party needs to appeal to more peopleโ€.

24.10.2025 15:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 194    ๐Ÿ” 22    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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