Adso of Menk
@adsomenk.bsky.social
"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
TTRPGs, miniature painting and wargaming, sprog-wrangler, reader and scoundrel
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Adso of Menk
@adsomenk.bsky.social
· Oct 17
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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If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world." - J. R. R. Tolkien
And just like that, we're living in a world that makes Soylent Green look reasonable.
“Rather than relying on an implant or a patient's own body fat to add volume to hips or augment breasts, alloClae — which can cost as much as $100,000 per procedure — uses donor fat from a cadaver as a first-of-its-kind body filler.”
Corporate types are clamoring for a new kind of plastic surgery — using dead people's fat
Corporate types are waiting weeks for — and spending big on — alloClae, which cuts out the recovery time typically associated with body enhancements.
www.businessinsider.com
December 20, 2025 at 9:52 PM
And just like that, we're living in a world that makes Soylent Green look reasonable.
The BBC rigged it so I'm not tall.
Thomas Skinner claims BBC rigged Strictly vote removing him
Thomas Skinner claims BBC rigged Strictly vote removing him
The former contestant alleges he received an "anonymous" email from a BBC executive with stats showing he received "far more" votes.
www.bbc.com
December 20, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The BBC rigged it so I'm not tall.
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Rain denies it is wet
David Walliams denies inappropriate behaviour after HarperCollins drops him
David Walliams denies inappropriate behaviour after HarperCollins drops him
Walliams is one of the UK's most successful children's authors, having sold more than 60 million books.
www.bbc.com
December 20, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Rain denies it is wet
Right people, I need advice. My gaming group bought me a Deathleaper as a present. Do I built it as is or redo the base with #LegionsImperialis buildings to turn him into a Nidzilla? #40k #Warhammer
December 20, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Right people, I need advice. My gaming group bought me a Deathleaper as a present. Do I built it as is or redo the base with #LegionsImperialis buildings to turn him into a Nidzilla? #40k #Warhammer
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The complete Bayeux Tapestry has finally been released and proves that Bishop Odo had absolutely nothing to do with the illegal Norman invasion of England.
December 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The complete Bayeux Tapestry has finally been released and proves that Bishop Odo had absolutely nothing to do with the illegal Norman invasion of England.
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The most brutal way of telling someone they’re a few sandwiches short of a picnic that I’ve heard in French is t’es pas la truite la plus oxygénée de la rivière. It means “you’re not the most oxygenated trout in the river.”
* read on for similar insults from around the world (a thread)…
* read on for similar insults from around the world (a thread)…
December 19, 2025 at 12:28 PM
The most brutal way of telling someone they’re a few sandwiches short of a picnic that I’ve heard in French is t’es pas la truite la plus oxygénée de la rivière. It means “you’re not the most oxygenated trout in the river.”
* read on for similar insults from around the world (a thread)…
* read on for similar insults from around the world (a thread)…
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Five seconds’ reflection reveals that what this really means is “every student should have access to an education that is about nothing and changes every five seconds at the whim of rich airheads”
December 20, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Five seconds’ reflection reveals that what this really means is “every student should have access to an education that is about nothing and changes every five seconds at the whim of rich airheads”
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"We don't want to be Luddites --" brother, Luddites were opposed to bosses concentrating wealth by using technology to make inferior product with warehouses fulls of starving exploited child labor. You don't have to wear the team jersey but respect the game.
December 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"We don't want to be Luddites --" brother, Luddites were opposed to bosses concentrating wealth by using technology to make inferior product with warehouses fulls of starving exploited child labor. You don't have to wear the team jersey but respect the game.
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I really love Session 9, but David Caruso and Peter Mullan are a really funny pait of actors to cast as your leads. Mr. CSI and a man who looks like he was factory built to appear in bleak, working class scottish drama films.
December 19, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I really love Session 9, but David Caruso and Peter Mullan are a really funny pait of actors to cast as your leads. Mr. CSI and a man who looks like he was factory built to appear in bleak, working class scottish drama films.
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As a former editor of Popbitch – and the proud owner of a legal letter sent by HarperCollins, accusing me of being "highly likely to cause serious harm to [their former star client]’s reputation both as an individual and author” – may I just say: GET IT RIGHT UP YE
December 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
As a former editor of Popbitch – and the proud owner of a legal letter sent by HarperCollins, accusing me of being "highly likely to cause serious harm to [their former star client]’s reputation both as an individual and author” – may I just say: GET IT RIGHT UP YE
Yeah sure, Pitfall is fine. But you haven't experienced it until you've experienced it in the original Welsh.
Cuthbert In The Jungle on the Dragon 32
Cuthbert In The Jungle on the Dragon 32
December 19, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Yeah sure, Pitfall is fine. But you haven't experienced it until you've experienced it in the original Welsh.
Cuthbert In The Jungle on the Dragon 32
Cuthbert In The Jungle on the Dragon 32
Not even a secret.
I live in the middle of fucking nowhere and I knew.
It's always the same with people like him and Savile. Everyone knows. And we all know the next couple as well.
Aha.
I live in the middle of fucking nowhere and I knew.
It's always the same with people like him and Savile. Everyone knows. And we all know the next couple as well.
Aha.
David Walliams' reputation was an open secret, junior staff were told to meet him in pairs & never visit his home, yet HarperCollins only dropped him when a Telegraph investigation came out. The problem is not just him. HarperCollins knowingly promoted & funded a guy sexually harassing junior staff.
December 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Not even a secret.
I live in the middle of fucking nowhere and I knew.
It's always the same with people like him and Savile. Everyone knows. And we all know the next couple as well.
Aha.
I live in the middle of fucking nowhere and I knew.
It's always the same with people like him and Savile. Everyone knows. And we all know the next couple as well.
Aha.
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"I don't like movies that *rely* on 'CGI'" is a ridiculous thing to say.
"Nouvelle Vague" (2025), directed by Richard Linklater, visual effects by CGEV.
youtu.be/1p0G-lGZkL4?...
"Nouvelle Vague" (2025), directed by Richard Linklater, visual effects by CGEV.
youtu.be/1p0G-lGZkL4?...
December 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
"I don't like movies that *rely* on 'CGI'" is a ridiculous thing to say.
"Nouvelle Vague" (2025), directed by Richard Linklater, visual effects by CGEV.
youtu.be/1p0G-lGZkL4?...
"Nouvelle Vague" (2025), directed by Richard Linklater, visual effects by CGEV.
youtu.be/1p0G-lGZkL4?...
I still miss it
Engage the core!
OTD 2024, Star Trek's first animated comedy series, Star Trek: Lower Decks, came to an end after five glorious seasons with "The New Next Generation."
#StarTrekLowerDecks
OTD 2024, Star Trek's first animated comedy series, Star Trek: Lower Decks, came to an end after five glorious seasons with "The New Next Generation."
#StarTrekLowerDecks
December 19, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I still miss it
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Engage the core!
OTD 2024, Star Trek's first animated comedy series, Star Trek: Lower Decks, came to an end after five glorious seasons with "The New Next Generation."
#StarTrekLowerDecks
OTD 2024, Star Trek's first animated comedy series, Star Trek: Lower Decks, came to an end after five glorious seasons with "The New Next Generation."
#StarTrekLowerDecks
December 19, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Engage the core!
OTD 2024, Star Trek's first animated comedy series, Star Trek: Lower Decks, came to an end after five glorious seasons with "The New Next Generation."
#StarTrekLowerDecks
OTD 2024, Star Trek's first animated comedy series, Star Trek: Lower Decks, came to an end after five glorious seasons with "The New Next Generation."
#StarTrekLowerDecks
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🎵Hwre ar gyfer Mari Lwyd!🎵
December 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
🎵Hwre ar gyfer Mari Lwyd!🎵
I think it's telling that of all the films I teach for Film, the only two I still watch and enjoy are Jaws and Whiplash.
a bald man says not quite my tempo in a dark room
Alt: J K Simmons as Fletcher from Whiplash
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December 19, 2025 at 9:12 AM
I think it's telling that of all the films I teach for Film, the only two I still watch and enjoy are Jaws and Whiplash.
First day of the holidays
a man in a suit is dancing with a clown in a green dress
ALT: a man in a suit is dancing with a clown in a green dress
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December 19, 2025 at 9:03 AM
First day of the holidays
One of my Film Studies students baked me a couple of cookies -
One in the shape of the shark and one in the shape of the Orca
One in the shape of the shark and one in the shape of the Orca
December 18, 2025 at 9:56 PM
One of my Film Studies students baked me a couple of cookies -
One in the shape of the shark and one in the shape of the Orca
One in the shape of the shark and one in the shape of the Orca
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Imagine writing a joke so perfect that years later all someone has to do is post your picture in quote-reply and everyone (of a certain age and TV audience) nods knowingly and smiles
December 18, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Imagine writing a joke so perfect that years later all someone has to do is post your picture in quote-reply and everyone (of a certain age and TV audience) nods knowingly and smiles