James Hoare

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.

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

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

bluesky branding refresh unveiled

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 there’s always extra time for the great fantasy sports game ever!

#WarhammerCommunity

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An actual goat‬ ‪@kokorozek.satan.social‬ Amazed that in the year of our lord 2025 people are still pulling the “eyyyy c‘mon you can’t hit me, it’s my birthday! I’m the birthday boy!” ‪Ava Rose-Shirley‬ ‪@cinderelladesade.bsky.social‬ What lord? ‪Ultraviolent Lights‬ ‪@ultraviolentlights.bsky.social‬ "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. ‪Ava Rose-Shirley‬ ‪@cinderelladesade.bsky.social‬ Do you always get off on over explaining the bleeding obvious, or is today your birthday? I’m sick of people barging in and making bad faith arguments without taking half a fuckin’ second to consider the possibility that I intended to challenge all theological notions— from a humanist POV.. JFC! ‪Ultraviolent Lights‬ ‪@ultraviolentlights.bsky.social‬ Sorry, what does JFC stand for?

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

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.

Had not known that Hustler put out paperbacks. What a bizarre world.

I need to read something dense on this, immediately.

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?

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...

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

The refurbished Lincoln Bathroom in the White House

Ooof I’m loving the graphic design

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)

Yes please!

Happy “Halloween is actually pagan” low effort social post day to all who celebrate.

Thanks bud!

#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)

It’s paid work. That should go without saying, but there’s a lot of dickheads out there, so here I am saying it.

#ttrpg #zine #design #indesign #graphicdesign

I’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 – if we both have a lovely time – beyond.

If that sounds like you, DM me!

#ttrpg #zine #design #indesign #graphicdesign

Geordie heritage

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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 people’s fight for existence."

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

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

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).

Done!

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 ‘under the radar’ across the UK. [Show on screen logos for Greens, Lib Dems, Conservatives  3 PRESENTER: In the studio to discuss this, Nigel Farage [We see the guest on the sofa is indeed Nigel Farage] 4 PRESENTER: Nigel, what’s your view?  FARAGE: Well I think this very worrying. 5 FARAGE: And just another reason why we should ban all immigration. 6 PRESENTER: I won’t push back on that FARAGE: Absolutely! 7 PRESENTER: Funnily enough, this is what your new show’s about, isn’t it? FARAGE: Oop - plug time! PRESENTER: Ha ha 8 FARAGE: Yes it’s a 12-part BBC documentary called ‘In Search Of The Political Parties That Aren’t My One’. 9 [Show on the TV screen Farage presenting a documentary series titled In Search Of The Political Parties That Aren’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: It’s a really emotional journey  10 FARAGE: with lots of dreamy footage of me looking relatable...  11 FARAGE: as I answer the question: *Am I the only option for Britain?* 12 [Cut back to studio] PRESENTER: I won’t push back on that FARAGE: Absolutely! [ends]

Have any UK kofi creators registered as a sole-trader recently? Is there a nice easy guide to what I should be doing? I wasn’t anticipating even mild success.

You definitely don’t need any help from my small corner of the Nostalgia Industrial Complex, but I’ll give this a newsletter blast this week! I can’t wait to read it!

“Tactical voting“ chat is like the progressive alliance chat: it dances around the central problem of “the Labour party needs to appeal to more people”.