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Adso of Menk
@adsomenk.bsky.social
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"If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world." TTRPGs, miniature painting and wargaming, sprog-wrangler, reader and scoundrel
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Adso of Menk @adsomenk.bsky.social · Oct 17
If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world." - J. R. R. Tolkien
a close up of a man 's face with the words " i miss my books and my armchair and my garden "
ALT: a close up of a man 's face with the words " i miss my books and my armchair and my garden "
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fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 7h
As children, me and my brother found mum's sex aids that were hidden above the wardrobe. We thought they were toys and had a battle with them versus our He-Man and Zoids figures. I think they won. Mum quietly hide them somewhere else after that.
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Adso of Menk @adsomenk.bsky.social · 7h
It's either that or
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Adso of Menk @adsomenk.bsky.social · 7h
Drop an old person you're going to turn into in the future
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Adso of Menk @adsomenk.bsky.social · 22h
It's a constant disappointment to me that the rest of the Necron range doesn't live up to the simple elegance of the basic Warrior kit. Lovely brushwork on this one

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Westerns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · Nov 25
Charles Portis' novel True Grit is full of 19th century slang. Like the phrase "busted a cap" which is said by Ned Pepper in the book & the 1969 adaptation. By the time of the 2010 version, the phrase was mostly associated with "Gangsta Rap" & likely felt anachronistic & was cut 🧵
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Westerns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · Nov 26
While writing True Grit, Charles Portis did extensive research on the Old West (particularly its vernacular) & I believe that John Wesley Hardin's 1896 autobiography was one of his inspirations. Here's a short 🧵 with a few examples of period slang they share:
Illustration from John Wesley Hardin's 1896 autobiography
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Adso of Menk @adsomenk.bsky.social · 23h
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness
Londo and G'Kar from Babylon 5
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Zekiel @illmetbymorrslieb.bsky.social · 1d
Can’t believe that the #WarhammerCommunity piece missed the best bit of Chaos Space Marine art ever though!

This one came very close to convincing me to collect CSMs.
Scary looking power-armoured man with symbol of Khorne on his forehead and an oversized gun.
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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 1d
Instant win for a Young Ones reference #universitychallenge
Bzzz Toxteth O'Grady
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Adso of Menk @adsomenk.bsky.social · 1d
Yeah I can see that

Stroking his moustache

"It puts the lotion on its skin in a display of primate submission or else it gets the hose again."
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Adso of Menk @adsomenk.bsky.social · 1d
Hahahhahahhah
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Adso of Menk @adsomenk.bsky.social · 1d
Imagine the 9 o'clock news comes on and the headline is "British Celebrity revealed to be a serial killer." Who would be the first person you'd think it might be?
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Adso of Menk @adsomenk.bsky.social · 1d
Shit.

I'm 50.

Is that not how it works?
fesshole.bsky.social fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 1d
I've just turned 51. For the first 50 years of my life I genuinely believed that a pony would grow to become a horse as it got older. Only a quite heated with my 10 year old son saw me consult Google to be proven wrong.
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Adso of Menk @adsomenk.bsky.social · 1d
My careers officer never told me this was an option.
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Adso of Menk @adsomenk.bsky.social · 1d
Hope you managed this morgoth's ringpiece of a day ok.
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Adso of Menk @adsomenk.bsky.social · 1d
Say it ain't so!
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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 1d
Some dude who has never once commented on the channel before asked me to record myself GMing. I said no. No big deal. Happens all the time.
Then the dude tries to pull the "You'd get more respect if you did" card, like some sleazeball coercing girls into sending them nudes.
Fuck that dude.
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Spelling Mistakes Cost Lives @darrencullen.bsky.social · Aug 7
Did a new one
Government style ad in watercolour. Image of a burglar stealing a painting from the wall of a home. Tagline: "It's not theft... if you say you're using it to train your AI algorithm". Body text: "Theft is now legal, so we can boost the economy by eliminating jobs. If that doesn't make any sense, ask a chatbot to explain it to you." HM government logo in the corner.
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Jordan Sorcery @jordansorcery.bsky.social · 1d
If we make it illegal to steal paintings from the Louvre then the entire industry will be unsustainable
jeremykaplowitz.com jeremy kaplowitz @jeremykaplowitz.com · Aug 3
you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am
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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 1d
Remembering Timothy West, born this day in 1934.
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Alice Dryden @huskyteer.co.uk · 1d
good morning
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Adso of Menk @adsomenk.bsky.social · 1d
I appreciate the Fassbender performance wouldn't have been much different.

This is not a criticism.
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Adso of Menk @adsomenk.bsky.social · 1d
Imagine Prometheus but, instead of o'Toole in Lawrence of Arabia, David became obsessed with Kenneth Williams in Carry on Doctor.
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Adso of Menk @adsomenk.bsky.social · 1d
Monday and I've been awake since 3am
Martin Scorcese proclaiming that Mondays are ABSOLUTE DOGSHIT
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Angelle of Death @cityofangelle.bsky.social · 2d
"But when the team looked at the employees’ actual work output, they found that the developers had completed tasks 20% slower when using AI than when working without it. Researchers were stunned. “No one expected that outcome. We didn’t even really consider a slowdown as a possibility.”

🎁link
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