Robert Rath
@robertrath.bsky.social
Head Writer of EXTRA HISTORY. Author of THE INFINITE AND THE DIVINE, THE FALL OF CADIA, and ASSASSINORUM: KINGMAKER for Black Library. Freelance word mercenary. Born Hawaii, live HK. All views my own. He/Him
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Robert Rath
@robertrath.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Hey Bluesky!
I’m Robert Rath, author of the Warhammer 40,000 novels THE INFINITE AND THE DIVINE, THE FALL OF CADIA, ASSASSINORUM: KINGMAKER, and Head Writer of the YouTube series EXTRA HISTORY.
Follow me for comfortably warm takes, writing news, and photos of Hong Kong.
I’m Robert Rath, author of the Warhammer 40,000 novels THE INFINITE AND THE DIVINE, THE FALL OF CADIA, ASSASSINORUM: KINGMAKER, and Head Writer of the YouTube series EXTRA HISTORY.
Follow me for comfortably warm takes, writing news, and photos of Hong Kong.
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FSD still fighting spot fires throughout the Wang Fuk Court buildings at 5.30pm on Thursday.
Screenshot: TVB
Screenshot: TVB
November 27, 2025 at 9:31 AM
FSD still fighting spot fires throughout the Wang Fuk Court buildings at 5.30pm on Thursday.
Screenshot: TVB
Screenshot: TVB
And of course my hot apple cider (with optional Cuban rum spike) to cut through the chill.
November 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
And of course my hot apple cider (with optional Cuban rum spike) to cut through the chill.
NOBLE TURKEY HAS EMERGED FROM THE FURNACE, GLORIOUS AND REBORN.
November 27, 2025 at 8:38 AM
NOBLE TURKEY HAS EMERGED FROM THE FURNACE, GLORIOUS AND REBORN.
NOVLE TURKEY HAS EMERGED, GLORIOUS AND REBORN.
November 27, 2025 at 8:36 AM
NOVLE TURKEY HAS EMERGED, GLORIOUS AND REBORN.
WE HAVE LAIN THE NOBLE TURKEY ON ITS BIER, ENROBED IN ITS CITRUS-BUTTER SHROUD.
SOON WE WILL GIVE IT TO THE FLAMES AND SEND IT TO VALHALLA.
SOON WE WILL GIVE IT TO THE FLAMES AND SEND IT TO VALHALLA.
November 27, 2025 at 4:27 AM
WE HAVE LAIN THE NOBLE TURKEY ON ITS BIER, ENROBED IN ITS CITRUS-BUTTER SHROUD.
SOON WE WILL GIVE IT TO THE FLAMES AND SEND IT TO VALHALLA.
SOON WE WILL GIVE IT TO THE FLAMES AND SEND IT TO VALHALLA.
TBT to when I made this massive ham for Thanksgiving 2023.
Unfortunately the company we got it from no longer sells this size for such a good price.
RIP Hulk Ham, you were here for a good time not a long time. ❤️
Unfortunately the company we got it from no longer sells this size for such a good price.
RIP Hulk Ham, you were here for a good time not a long time. ❤️
November 27, 2025 at 3:54 AM
TBT to when I made this massive ham for Thanksgiving 2023.
Unfortunately the company we got it from no longer sells this size for such a good price.
RIP Hulk Ham, you were here for a good time not a long time. ❤️
Unfortunately the company we got it from no longer sells this size for such a good price.
RIP Hulk Ham, you were here for a good time not a long time. ❤️
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The Hong Kong police said they had arrested three construction officials on suspicion of manslaughter, a day after a fire engulfed several high-rise towers, killing at least 44 people and leaving more than 270 missing.
Follow live updates. nyti.ms/3XlkvdB
Follow live updates. nyti.ms/3XlkvdB
Hong Kong Fire Live Updates: 3 Arrested in Apartment Blaze That Killed at Least 44
The exact cause of the blaze at a high-rise complex was not known, but the authorities suspect that materials on the exterior of the towers did not meet fire-safety standards.
nyti.ms
November 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The Hong Kong police said they had arrested three construction officials on suspicion of manslaughter, a day after a fire engulfed several high-rise towers, killing at least 44 people and leaving more than 270 missing.
Follow live updates. nyti.ms/3XlkvdB
Follow live updates. nyti.ms/3XlkvdB
Every time I see Lizza and Nuzzi written, I think of that Jeeves story where Bertie refuses to marry a woman named Gertrude solely because he can’t stand the idea of them being called “Bertie and Gertie.”
I think we can all conclude that what needs to happen here with the Lizza/Nuzzi dispute is a blanket ban on people with two consecutive 'z's in their name from journalism or publishing.
November 27, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Every time I see Lizza and Nuzzi written, I think of that Jeeves story where Bertie refuses to marry a woman named Gertrude solely because he can’t stand the idea of them being called “Bertie and Gertie.”
This is just absolutely horrible, the worst disaster Hong Kong has experienced in our thirteen years of living here.
HK is going to need to pull together and help the survivors, a lot of whom will not be able to return to their homes.
www.scmp.com/news/hong-ko...
HK is going to need to pull together and help the survivors, a lot of whom will not be able to return to their homes.
www.scmp.com/news/hong-ko...
44 dead, 279 missing in huge Hong Kong fire; 3 arrested for alleged manslaughter
Among scores hospitalised, 45 are in serious condition; four of the 7 blocks now under control, with search for survivors starting on lower floors.
www.scmp.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
This is just absolutely horrible, the worst disaster Hong Kong has experienced in our thirteen years of living here.
HK is going to need to pull together and help the survivors, a lot of whom will not be able to return to their homes.
www.scmp.com/news/hong-ko...
HK is going to need to pull together and help the survivors, a lot of whom will not be able to return to their homes.
www.scmp.com/news/hong-ko...
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If this is true she should never work as a journalist again.
Hey, congratulations to all of Olivia Nuzzi’s horny media critic defenders. Heckuva job!
November 26, 2025 at 10:43 PM
If this is true she should never work as a journalist again.
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Let me read three pages of this thrilling Tintin book to my six-year-old and four-year-old, I’m sure it will be a rollicking good adventure that will hold their interest and not cause them to say anything weird in school.
November 26, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Let me read three pages of this thrilling Tintin book to my six-year-old and four-year-old, I’m sure it will be a rollicking good adventure that will hold their interest and not cause them to say anything weird in school.
FWIW in the end I refused to pay this much.
Also, it was not cubed.
Also, it was not cubed.
I know this is absolutely the smallest, most privileged complaint re: Trump’s tariffs, but it’s made Thanksgiving a LOT more expensive for American expats.
These two bags of Pepperidge Farm Stuffing Mix will set you back 138 HKD ($17.75 USD).
These two bags of Pepperidge Farm Stuffing Mix will set you back 138 HKD ($17.75 USD).
November 25, 2025 at 5:34 AM
FWIW in the end I refused to pay this much.
Also, it was not cubed.
Also, it was not cubed.
I know this is absolutely the smallest, most privileged complaint re: Trump’s tariffs, but it’s made Thanksgiving a LOT more expensive for American expats.
These two bags of Pepperidge Farm Stuffing Mix will set you back 138 HKD ($17.75 USD).
These two bags of Pepperidge Farm Stuffing Mix will set you back 138 HKD ($17.75 USD).
November 25, 2025 at 5:20 AM
I know this is absolutely the smallest, most privileged complaint re: Trump’s tariffs, but it’s made Thanksgiving a LOT more expensive for American expats.
These two bags of Pepperidge Farm Stuffing Mix will set you back 138 HKD ($17.75 USD).
These two bags of Pepperidge Farm Stuffing Mix will set you back 138 HKD ($17.75 USD).
Increasingly we’re of the opinion that our kids will just made do with flip phones until college.
Imagine knowing your platform was a playground for predators, fueling teen depression, eating disorders, and suicide and deciding the best course of action was… absolutely nothing. Meta didn’t just “miss” anything.
November 24, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Increasingly we’re of the opinion that our kids will just made do with flip phones until college.
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A bus driver and lunchroom workers were also detained.
ICE detains 5 Austin ISD employees, including 5th-grade teacher
A bus driver and lunchroom workers were also detained.
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 10:40 PM
A bus driver and lunchroom workers were also detained.
Getting a Thanksgiving turkey with my kids, and retelling the old family story about how when she was two, my daughter had a meltdown on Thanksgiving because the turkey didn’t have feet.
We’d told her she’d get a turkey leg and, a Hong Kong kid, she’d been imagining gnawing on giant turkey feet.
We’d told her she’d get a turkey leg and, a Hong Kong kid, she’d been imagining gnawing on giant turkey feet.
November 23, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Getting a Thanksgiving turkey with my kids, and retelling the old family story about how when she was two, my daughter had a meltdown on Thanksgiving because the turkey didn’t have feet.
We’d told her she’d get a turkey leg and, a Hong Kong kid, she’d been imagining gnawing on giant turkey feet.
We’d told her she’d get a turkey leg and, a Hong Kong kid, she’d been imagining gnawing on giant turkey feet.
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no one has even bothered trying to convince us there’s a threat from Venezuela. no weapons of mass destruction. nothing. just a war of choice because why not.
US operations against Venezuela to begin within days.
Covert ops the first move.
Covert ops the first move.
www.reuters.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:48 PM
no one has even bothered trying to convince us there’s a threat from Venezuela. no weapons of mass destruction. nothing. just a war of choice because why not.
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Brandy you're a fine girl
What a good wife you would be
But my life my love and my lady
Is the See
What a good wife you would be
But my life my love and my lady
Is the See
November 23, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Brandy you're a fine girl
What a good wife you would be
But my life my love and my lady
Is the See
What a good wife you would be
But my life my love and my lady
Is the See
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I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
AirBnB CEO calling it “vibe revenue” just 👨🍳 😘
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
Reviews of WICKED: FOR GOOD are really reinforcing my long-held belief that every great song you remember from a musical is from the first half, and what you get after intermissions are generally okay songs, one banger, and a lot of stirring reprises from the first half.
November 23, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Reviews of WICKED: FOR GOOD are really reinforcing my long-held belief that every great song you remember from a musical is from the first half, and what you get after intermissions are generally okay songs, one banger, and a lot of stirring reprises from the first half.
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Hell's Last paperback, on sale today.
Cadia has fallen. Last to escape the hell that was the Thirteenth Black Crusade's destruction of their home world, the Cadian 101st are bloodied...
www.warhammer.com/en-GB/shop/m...
#MinkaLesk #CadiaStands #warhammer40k
Cadia has fallen. Last to escape the hell that was the Thirteenth Black Crusade's destruction of their home world, the Cadian 101st are bloodied...
www.warhammer.com/en-GB/shop/m...
#MinkaLesk #CadiaStands #warhammer40k
www.warhammer.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Hell's Last paperback, on sale today.
Cadia has fallen. Last to escape the hell that was the Thirteenth Black Crusade's destruction of their home world, the Cadian 101st are bloodied...
www.warhammer.com/en-GB/shop/m...
#MinkaLesk #CadiaStands #warhammer40k
Cadia has fallen. Last to escape the hell that was the Thirteenth Black Crusade's destruction of their home world, the Cadian 101st are bloodied...
www.warhammer.com/en-GB/shop/m...
#MinkaLesk #CadiaStands #warhammer40k
WEIRD DAYS IN HISTORY!
You might have heard about Bonaparte’s Bunny Battle, but there’s some interesting context to this tale of Napoleon being rushed by ravenous rabbits.
youtube.com/shorts/3UF4e...
You might have heard about Bonaparte’s Bunny Battle, but there’s some interesting context to this tale of Napoleon being rushed by ravenous rabbits.
youtube.com/shorts/3UF4e...
Napoleon Attacked by Rabbits! | Weird Days in History
YouTube video by Extra History
youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:35 AM
WEIRD DAYS IN HISTORY!
You might have heard about Bonaparte’s Bunny Battle, but there’s some interesting context to this tale of Napoleon being rushed by ravenous rabbits.
youtube.com/shorts/3UF4e...
You might have heard about Bonaparte’s Bunny Battle, but there’s some interesting context to this tale of Napoleon being rushed by ravenous rabbits.
youtube.com/shorts/3UF4e...
At the height of my daughter’s FROZEN obsession when she was three, she’d throw herself onto the floor when she was upset and wail:
“I can’t live like this anymore!”
“I can’t live like this anymore!”
November 22, 2025 at 5:03 AM
At the height of my daughter’s FROZEN obsession when she was three, she’d throw herself onto the floor when she was upset and wail:
“I can’t live like this anymore!”
“I can’t live like this anymore!”
K-Pop Demon Hunters getting my six-year-old to ask me real easy questions like:
“Daddy what does ‘napalm’ mean?”
“Daddy what does ‘napalm’ mean?”
November 22, 2025 at 2:40 AM
K-Pop Demon Hunters getting my six-year-old to ask me real easy questions like:
“Daddy what does ‘napalm’ mean?”
“Daddy what does ‘napalm’ mean?”