John Bull
@garius.bsky.social
He/Him. Author. Historian (inc of obscure Military Holy Orders). Strategy streamer. Tech/Transport Strategist. Editor of @lonrec. Orient fan. Business/Writing: [email protected]. Agent: @pastpreservers.bsky.social
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John Bull
@garius.bsky.social
· Mar 10
The latest in my history of home computers is live. Covers the era of Commodore, Atari and Jack Tramiel.
He was a brutal manager. But also an Auschwitz survivor, and that shaped him, and his legit drive to build a better world.
This warning from him hit home, right now.
every.to/the-crazy-on...
He was a brutal manager. But also an Auschwitz survivor, and that shaped him, and his legit drive to build a better world.
This warning from him hit home, right now.
every.to/the-crazy-on...
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Nice! Can't wait to see the results! Did this mlp dwarf cart a while ago
February 8, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Nice! Can't wait to see the results! Did this mlp dwarf cart a while ago
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In a touching tribute to his mentor, Morgan McSweeney has resigned in disgrace.
February 8, 2026 at 2:46 PM
In a touching tribute to his mentor, Morgan McSweeney has resigned in disgrace.
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The Super Bowl is basically the Super Bowl for people who feel the need to loudly and repeatedly announce how much they don't care about the Super Bowl
February 8, 2026 at 1:57 PM
The Super Bowl is basically the Super Bowl for people who feel the need to loudly and repeatedly announce how much they don't care about the Super Bowl
WARHAMMER SHOP GUY: Interesting set of colours! Whats the current project?
ME: Oh it's spectacularly cursed
WSG: Spectacularly?! Can't be that bad
ME: Anime Horse Girl Space Marine
WSG:
ME:
WSG: Okay yeah that's spectacularly cursed
ME: Warned you
WSG: Will annoy all the right people though
ME: Yup
ME: Oh it's spectacularly cursed
WSG: Spectacularly?! Can't be that bad
ME: Anime Horse Girl Space Marine
WSG:
ME:
WSG: Okay yeah that's spectacularly cursed
ME: Warned you
WSG: Will annoy all the right people though
ME: Yup
February 8, 2026 at 2:02 PM
WARHAMMER SHOP GUY: Interesting set of colours! Whats the current project?
ME: Oh it's spectacularly cursed
WSG: Spectacularly?! Can't be that bad
ME: Anime Horse Girl Space Marine
WSG:
ME:
WSG: Okay yeah that's spectacularly cursed
ME: Warned you
WSG: Will annoy all the right people though
ME: Yup
ME: Oh it's spectacularly cursed
WSG: Spectacularly?! Can't be that bad
ME: Anime Horse Girl Space Marine
WSG:
ME:
WSG: Okay yeah that's spectacularly cursed
ME: Warned you
WSG: Will annoy all the right people though
ME: Yup
And Ultramarines.
“There’s no such thing as unskilled labor” is problematic because it excludes bassists in punk bands
February 8, 2026 at 1:47 PM
And Ultramarines.
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Anyone want this baby? Printed for a craft fair but the audience were not my type of people!!
February 8, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Anyone want this baby? Printed for a craft fair but the audience were not my type of people!!
I consider Games Workshop having a shop near my favourite bar a personal attack.
February 8, 2026 at 1:41 PM
I consider Games Workshop having a shop near my favourite bar a personal attack.
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Looking to shift these as well, on the basis that I've gleaned all I can from them.
Will bung them on eBay in the next day or two.
Will bung them on eBay in the next day or two.
February 1, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Looking to shift these as well, on the basis that I've gleaned all I can from them.
Will bung them on eBay in the next day or two.
Will bung them on eBay in the next day or two.
The entire right wing relies on the British public not understanding:
1) Tax brackets
2) Inheritance tax
3) Inflation
And it works. Every time.
1) Tax brackets
2) Inheritance tax
3) Inflation
And it works. Every time.
February 8, 2026 at 1:37 PM
The entire right wing relies on the British public not understanding:
1) Tax brackets
2) Inheritance tax
3) Inflation
And it works. Every time.
1) Tax brackets
2) Inheritance tax
3) Inflation
And it works. Every time.
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Happy anniversary to all historians who observe.
Never forget the anniversary of King Taejong falling off his horse!
February 8, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Happy anniversary to all historians who observe.
Looking forward to the big rush of posters later replying to my Super Bowl shitposts to tell me they hate football.
Joke's on you: I've been a Giants fan for over twenty years. I hate football too.
Joke's on you: I've been a Giants fan for over twenty years. I hate football too.
February 8, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Looking forward to the big rush of posters later replying to my Super Bowl shitposts to tell me they hate football.
Joke's on you: I've been a Giants fan for over twenty years. I hate football too.
Joke's on you: I've been a Giants fan for over twenty years. I hate football too.
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I’m so grateful that Starfleet Academy is deeply queer so that I don’t have to pretend to love* DISCO just for its queerness
* I don’t hate DISCO, it had its moments, but the queerness was definitely inflating the grade
* I don’t hate DISCO, it had its moments, but the queerness was definitely inflating the grade
February 8, 2026 at 1:09 PM
I’m so grateful that Starfleet Academy is deeply queer so that I don’t have to pretend to love* DISCO just for its queerness
* I don’t hate DISCO, it had its moments, but the queerness was definitely inflating the grade
* I don’t hate DISCO, it had its moments, but the queerness was definitely inflating the grade
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Gentlemen, open your senses.
Go to Synaesthesia!
Late #Randomgamesaturday but got this recently. Sasha’s post inspired me
Never played but planning to once I make a Dreamcast overlay on twitch.
Was on the fence ps2 vs DC but it feels more unique on DC.
A lot of DC to play this year…
Go to Synaesthesia!
Late #Randomgamesaturday but got this recently. Sasha’s post inspired me
Never played but planning to once I make a Dreamcast overlay on twitch.
Was on the fence ps2 vs DC but it feels more unique on DC.
A lot of DC to play this year…
February 8, 2026 at 7:58 AM
Gentlemen, open your senses.
Go to Synaesthesia!
Late #Randomgamesaturday but got this recently. Sasha’s post inspired me
Never played but planning to once I make a Dreamcast overlay on twitch.
Was on the fence ps2 vs DC but it feels more unique on DC.
A lot of DC to play this year…
Go to Synaesthesia!
Late #Randomgamesaturday but got this recently. Sasha’s post inspired me
Never played but planning to once I make a Dreamcast overlay on twitch.
Was on the fence ps2 vs DC but it feels more unique on DC.
A lot of DC to play this year…
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Gates McFadden told a great story at a Star Trek convention I went to as a kid about Kermit goofing around with her props on a break between takes during her scene in “Muppets Take Manhattan” and finally she goes “KERMIT, STOP THAT!”, like straight to the frog, and the whole crew lost their shit
This is entirely correct / back in the day I was picked to ask Kermit a question at a Thing (all the questions were scripted but askers were allowed to embellish a little) and in the moment I was absolutely talking to Kermit, who is real.
the magic of the Muppets is that there are two fourth walls. they constantly break the one that reminds the audience they are performers. they NEVER break the one that reminds the audience they are puppets. this dynamic is the key to their entire comedy style
February 8, 2026 at 7:06 AM
Gates McFadden told a great story at a Star Trek convention I went to as a kid about Kermit goofing around with her props on a break between takes during her scene in “Muppets Take Manhattan” and finally she goes “KERMIT, STOP THAT!”, like straight to the frog, and the whole crew lost their shit
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40 MINUTES TO KICKOFF!*
*mixed relay biathlon
*mixed relay biathlon
I invite you all to get into the weirdest, hardest and most wonderful sport: Biathlon.
(I love it so much I went to Norway last March to see my favs biathletes retire.)
Here’s an intro I wrote in December 2024.
gillianbrockell.ghost.io/you-should-g...
(I love it so much I went to Norway last March to see my favs biathletes retire.)
Here’s an intro I wrote in December 2024.
gillianbrockell.ghost.io/you-should-g...
February 8, 2026 at 12:23 PM
40 MINUTES TO KICKOFF!*
*mixed relay biathlon
*mixed relay biathlon
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Mina Shirakawa with a casadora into a Figure 4 Leglock for the submission win over Viva Van.
#AEWCollision #WeWantMina #MinaNow
#AEWCollision #WeWantMina #MinaNow
February 8, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Mina Shirakawa with a casadora into a Figure 4 Leglock for the submission win over Viva Van.
#AEWCollision #WeWantMina #MinaNow
#AEWCollision #WeWantMina #MinaNow
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Clownfish might be my favorite LMP2 livery ever
February 7, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Clownfish might be my favorite LMP2 livery ever
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📷 I swear, I’m almost done posting all of my photos I recently got developed! But here’s some more from my trip last October to Edinburgh.
📸: Pentax 17
🎞️: Same Same But Different
#lomography #photography #edinburgh
📸: Pentax 17
🎞️: Same Same But Different
#lomography #photography #edinburgh
February 8, 2026 at 9:33 AM
📷 I swear, I’m almost done posting all of my photos I recently got developed! But here’s some more from my trip last October to Edinburgh.
📸: Pentax 17
🎞️: Same Same But Different
#lomography #photography #edinburgh
📸: Pentax 17
🎞️: Same Same But Different
#lomography #photography #edinburgh
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Disappointing to see artists with `🚫 NO AI` in their bio, openly against Generated AI imagery, suddenly excusing AI-generated code now. Using similar rhetoric that tech-bros would use to excuse their GenAI "Art".
The site is vibecoded btw i just wanted to make that clear. I am no means in any way a traditional programmer, i had just wanted to make animation more accessible n intuitive
i made a website you can animate on!
a bit buggy.. but it works.. lmk what yall think!
ginyo.space/celstomp
a bit buggy.. but it works.. lmk what yall think!
ginyo.space/celstomp
February 8, 2026 at 4:39 AM
Disappointing to see artists with `🚫 NO AI` in their bio, openly against Generated AI imagery, suddenly excusing AI-generated code now. Using similar rhetoric that tech-bros would use to excuse their GenAI "Art".
No stream today!
Super Bowl party later, so need to not blow through my brain's socialness budget too early.
Back tomorrow with Umamasume!
Super Bowl party later, so need to not blow through my brain's socialness budget too early.
Back tomorrow with Umamasume!
February 8, 2026 at 9:27 AM
No stream today!
Super Bowl party later, so need to not blow through my brain's socialness budget too early.
Back tomorrow with Umamasume!
Super Bowl party later, so need to not blow through my brain's socialness budget too early.
Back tomorrow with Umamasume!
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Cover reveal for Richard Frohock's fab new 🏴☠️ book!
Piracy Mythmaking in the Eighteenth Century
Criminality, Human Nature, & Civil Government from @routledgehistory.bsky.social will be published 21/5/26!
www.routledge.com/Piracy-Mythm...
Piracy Mythmaking in the Eighteenth Century
Criminality, Human Nature, & Civil Government from @routledgehistory.bsky.social will be published 21/5/26!
www.routledge.com/Piracy-Mythm...
February 8, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Cover reveal for Richard Frohock's fab new 🏴☠️ book!
Piracy Mythmaking in the Eighteenth Century
Criminality, Human Nature, & Civil Government from @routledgehistory.bsky.social will be published 21/5/26!
www.routledge.com/Piracy-Mythm...
Piracy Mythmaking in the Eighteenth Century
Criminality, Human Nature, & Civil Government from @routledgehistory.bsky.social will be published 21/5/26!
www.routledge.com/Piracy-Mythm...
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NEW EPISODE - Chasing Rogue #Nukes
Listen here 🎧 coldwarconversations.com/episode442/
#coldwar #spies #Espionage #intelligence #undercover @pinstripedline @SecretsAndSpies @spyhistorian @CIA
Listen here 🎧 coldwarconversations.com/episode442/
#coldwar #spies #Espionage #intelligence #undercover @pinstripedline @SecretsAndSpies @spyhistorian @CIA
February 8, 2026 at 9:05 AM
NEW EPISODE - Chasing Rogue #Nukes
Listen here 🎧 coldwarconversations.com/episode442/
#coldwar #spies #Espionage #intelligence #undercover @pinstripedline @SecretsAndSpies @spyhistorian @CIA
Listen here 🎧 coldwarconversations.com/episode442/
#coldwar #spies #Espionage #intelligence #undercover @pinstripedline @SecretsAndSpies @spyhistorian @CIA
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Bravo Fiona!
Gwen John: Strange Beauties is now open at National Museum Cardiff 🎨
We spoke to Fiona McLees, Senior Art on Paper Conservator who has been preparing John's works 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/being-fiona-mclees-senior-art-on-paper-conservator-at-amgueddfa-cymru-museum-wales
📷 Museum Wales
We spoke to Fiona McLees, Senior Art on Paper Conservator who has been preparing John's works 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/being-fiona-mclees-senior-art-on-paper-conservator-at-amgueddfa-cymru-museum-wales
📷 Museum Wales
February 8, 2026 at 9:06 AM
Bravo Fiona!
Me: why does that name seem famili-
Ohhhhhh wait the guty who kept stealing my threads across multiple platforms. Then got angry when he got publicly called out for it and claimed he was "doing me a favour". Yeah fuck that guy. 😆
Ohhhhhh wait the guty who kept stealing my threads across multiple platforms. Then got angry when he got publicly called out for it and claimed he was "doing me a favour". Yeah fuck that guy. 😆
If you have a LARGE follower count, pls know that Scott Horton is a chronic thief of posts. He also gets things very wrong and won't take posts down. No matter how nicely you ask.
Please unfollow him and do not repost.
Although he steals everything, Horton was recently verified by Bluesky.
Please unfollow him and do not repost.
Although he steals everything, Horton was recently verified by Bluesky.
Check the words. Check the time stamps.
Fucking clown shit.
Fucking clown shit.
February 8, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Me: why does that name seem famili-
Ohhhhhh wait the guty who kept stealing my threads across multiple platforms. Then got angry when he got publicly called out for it and claimed he was "doing me a favour". Yeah fuck that guy. 😆
Ohhhhhh wait the guty who kept stealing my threads across multiple platforms. Then got angry when he got publicly called out for it and claimed he was "doing me a favour". Yeah fuck that guy. 😆
"Transformation"
Breaking — Will Lewis out at the Washington Post. He just sent this email to staff (shared with me by staffer):
February 8, 2026 at 1:43 AM
"Transformation"