Oh blimey! @adapalmer.bsky.social just unlocked more Shakespeare for me… “What, will the aspiring blood of Lancaster sink into the ground? I thought it would have mounted” Henry VI part 3, A5 S6 I had read that as simple sarcasm, but there’s more (there’s always more!) 1/some

Still thinking about that time that Edward Pellew was sent to "observe" the French fleet, caught it sneaking out of Brest in the dark, careered merrily through the middle of them making random signals, wrecked a battleship in the chaos, and then, fleet duly "observed", fucked off back to England.

But that is exactly how the suffragettes operated. With a nationwide organisation of sleeper cells of arsonists and bombers. I’m gratefully people have reached out and referenced my work today. I remain (I believe) the only academic expert on the terrorism of the suffragettes. Links below:

New Review - I started to look at the Clarke Award finalists and started with Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman it’s probably the most unpleasant reading experience I’ve had in years www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2026/6/...

As a Bristol fan.. hahahahahahahaha #therugby

These remain my favourite mix of sculpt and paint job. And now they’re firmly in the nostalgia bucket too!

Everyone on X and elsewhere who called for a violent response should be charged with incitement. Everyone involved in the pogrom should be locked up with exemplary sentences. Govt should make it clear that will be the response in future anywhere else. Enough.

TEACHER: Games Workshop have a number of words they use repeatedly, can you name one? ALANIS: Isn’t it cthonic?

Let us have a rapid global campaign to have the Somalian referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan referee at least one match in Canada or Mexico. FIFA should facilitate, not impede, that. The Canadian/Mexican government should pursue it too

There’s a direct line from Stade Français jerseys of the early 2000s to this and I think it’s brilliant

Scythes of the Emperor! The first chapter I painted (I did a squad of scouts from Advanced Space Crusade) 199th Pharos Company, 13th Legion Ultramarines is a future project…

He made so much art that defined Warhammer - and it was always as anarchic and fun as it was grim and dark. What a legacy of joy for one person. Thank you and rest well John Blanche.

If you're over a certain age John Blanche is utterly inseparable from Warhammer. The images he produced went a long long way to inspiring many in this decidedly silly hobby. Weird, wild, but also somewhat tongue in cheek, there's never been anyone quite like him. RIP

Next episode of our fun podcast is up! This time we talk about his swordiness, Sigismund of the Imperial Fists open.spotify.com/episode/6S9f...

Mini of the month - Mayday Entry 9 by @owolf.bsky.social Run like hell, Johann! It’s the Turkeyman! #Nerdlings #MiniOfTheMonth #JHBackdrops (turkeyman by @badsquiddogames.bsky.social backdrop by @handiworkgames.bsky.social)

Mini of the month - Mayday Entry 5 by @dampscot.bsky.social Sauron menacing Isildur Elendil's son #Nerdlings #MiniOfTheMonth

Mini of the month - Mayday Entry 4 by @rat-bag.bsky.social Alone in the dark and low on ammo #Nerdlings #MiniOfTheMonth

Mini of the month - Mayday Entry 1 by @tammi.bsky.social “Pineapple.” #Nerdlings #MiniOfTheMonth

It is done!! Inspired by the 2003 codex cover art "Eye of Terror" by Karl Kopinski Made for a local painting challenge with Abaddon assigned per dice roll and the theme "treasure". (crushing Cadia is a "treasured moment" for him 😇) #minipainting #warhammer40k #abaddon #eyeofterror #osl #cadia

Why do I support the most unserious of teams? This time, it’s Briz, fresh from getting embarrassingly tonked by Saints, beating Baff by a couple points in the local derby. Vibes rollercoaster is not limited to THFC

Nighthawks, our vampire RPG, is coming in FALL OF 2026!! Seize the night as a modern monster, stepping out of the shadows to build a thriving nightclub empire through fear, seduction, and forbidden supernatural gifts. See our new trailer below, and wishlist here: bit.ly/4o36HRx

STATEMENT FROM SUZANNE STAFFORD AND CHAOSIUM REGARDING A RECENT AI-GENERATED ARTICLE ABOUT CHAOSIUM FOUNDER GREG STAFFORD 🧵 Chaosium and the Stafford Estate are disappointed in 4 Pillar Games’ recent decision to post an AI-generated “historical archive article”... 1/7

Cleared out the barn nests today after the week long observation period to make sure they were fully derelict. This is in prep for the barn coming down. Nests are all Robin and used by Wrens as well. Made with wargames supplies and terrain. Ingenious little things! Nest boxes going up on new barn!

Safe from a drop we should have been nowhere near. The relief is the only emotion. Need root and branch reform of the club.

What if you made a magic school larp that teaches tens about the dangers and allure of fascism – by making them play fascists? That's the idea behind Epos Daimon, a larp set in the His Dark Materials universe, where students become high-ranking members of a theocratic, fascist regime.

EHRC Code: 1. The point of the Equality Act was to prevent discrimination. So if you were discriminated against, you had (in most cases) a route to make a complaint, the law to back you up and a route to make inequality expensive enough that most companies complied (to some extent).

The important point to remember is NO SHE DOESN'T. What was published yesterday were guidelines for service providers. They impose NO obligations on individuals and are NOT the law. People want you to believe otherwise, to intimidate trans people. But they haven't yet criminalised their existence.

Me right now Trans rights are human rights. This is an attempt to ban trans people from normal life using the “urinary leash” and it’s horrific. The EHRC must go, all of it, and be replaced by people who actually care about the first three letters more than being on the fourth.

What the government is doing to trans people is a society-wide version of Section 28. It is a level of bureaucratic cruelty that utterly decimates a whole group of people’s rights and puts anyone who doesn’t ‘look’ right in the eyes of others under constant surveillance. It’s a horrific thing.

🏳️‍⚧️🇬🇧 Our existence is not shameful. Our lives are real. We deserve to exist. You can't legislate us out of society. Stand by your trans and non gender conforming friends and family because the institutions in this county have made it clear they will not.

I regret that leaving Monkey Cage was necessary, but I will never regret leaving people who considered siding with hatred was more important than siding with our many non binary and trans listeners - each day I see the further empowerment of hate , the more I realise there was no other option

Bad : that this rubbish is going around again Good: I get to share this excellent history by @bretdevereaux.bsky.social acoup.blog/2025/07/11/c... It’s long but in depth and shows really well the amount of work it took to survive for the vast vast majority of people in the past.

Have you read Beowulf? No you haven't. And especially not like this. Well, you fucking should. Or anyway the fight between Beowulf and Grendel, which is short enough that you'd get through it. @sesquiotic.bsky.social brings it to you. stronglang.wordpress.com/2026/05/19/w...

Since this escaped containment, here are some more shots of the mural

The theme of the new street art on the block surprised me. Did not expect to see massive Warhammer 40K murals!

Monkey Man was great fun and had Bloodywood on the soundtrack so looking forward to this!

I thought France had a really great chance to win today. I was preparing the “it’s probably good in the long run” stuff. But no. This England team is just magnificent- a privilege to watch them do their thing

Funny things still happen over at the bad place This guy put a prompt in his LinkedIn and now AI recruiters are writing him in Old English and calling him "my lord"

Now, this would be woeful for a rugby club, but for a marketing agency it’s not bad at all! #NeverLettingThatGo

Dark Angels, REDACTED BY THE WORD OF THE EMPEROR, Emperors Children, Iron Warriors, White Scars, Space Wolves

the new Dominos ad for katsu curry dip pot features a cat samurai slicing the pot open with his sword leaving aside for a moment the grim orientalism, my 13yo asked "why is it a cat samurai?" and the answer, of course, is a) kastu curry is a japanese sauce and b) "katsu" starts with "cat"

This is legit brilliant work.

This summary of different early medieval literature is still one of my favourite things on the internet. #medievalsky

What is capitalism, then, you ask. Well, I shall tell you. It is the systematic, operative preference of a social system for the future value of assets over the current happiness of people.

This week in 1812 Spencer Perceval became the only British Prime Minister to be assassinated. Its the least interesting thing about him. Working with hedonistic lawyer James Stephen, the devout Christian engineered one of the first slavery bans in British territory WITHOUT Parliament's approval. /1

An unforeseen future nestled somewhere in time Unsuspecting victims no warnings no crimes Judgement day the second coming arrived Before you see the light you must die

I have finished the build on my Baneblade! I’ve wanted this stupidly giant tank since the White Dwarf with the “build your own” instructions… This kit didn’t have instructions much better than that, so it was a real pain. But, now on to painting the thing!

Would really be something if World Rugby took on players opinions for the Women's game occasionally