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Charles Snart
@thehistocrat.bsky.social
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Gnawing at the walls. 35. They/he. Was a mediocre scientist now a mediocre history youtuber.

No. of people Pathologic-pilled: 5

Discord (mutual's only): histocrat

https://www.youtube.com/@TheHistocrat
https://www.patreon.com/thehistocrat
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Rolling into the club like
A photo of a crowd showing two kids dressed up as Perchta on a bike and a pedal car.
December 2, 2025 at 10:09 PM
thehistocrat.bsky.social
Still seeing outcry about the Horses game being banned from steam so here's a reminder that they were told they were banned 2 years ago by steam for trying to put something child porn adjacent in an early build of their game.
How old are the characters in HORSES? “All characters in the game are clearly older than 20 years old, as communicated by their appearance and through dialogue and documents that you will encounter in the game.” This is where the key part is: “We think the ban may have been triggered during the initial Steam submission by an incomplete scene on day six, in which a man and his young daughter visit the farm. The daughter wants to ride one of the horses (in the game the "horses" are humans wearing a horse mask and gets to pick which one. What followed was an interactive dialogue sequence where the player is leading, by a lead as if they were a horse, a naked adult woman with a young girl on her shoulders. The scene not sexual in any way, but it is possible that the juxtaposition is what triggered the flag. We have since changed the character in the scene to be a twenty-something woman, both to avoid the juxtaposition and more importantly because the dialogue delivered in that scene, which deals with the societal structure in the world of HORSES, works much better when delivered by an older character.”
December 1, 2025 at 10:21 AM
thehistocrat.bsky.social
Spending my Sunday making a mess 🙂
A photo of my hobby table showing a bunch of classic Lord of the Rings, Warhammer 40k Space wolves and Warhammer Fantasy Lizardmen miniatures.
November 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Greetings from the Arctic wastes of the UK in November.
A mirror selfie of me (white male with a short moustache and beard) wearing a very fleecy navy blue coat. In the background is a radiator and a painting of a forest.
November 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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The video version of part 2 of our Werewolves podcast is now live over on youtube! Given it a watch if you want to find out how the modern 'hollywood' werewolf first emerged, along with plenty of werewolf and wolf related folklore from around the world!

youtu.be/39ggjKN9hZw
The video version of part 2 of our Werewolves podcast is now live over on youtube! Given it a watch if you want to find out how the modern 'hollywood' werewolf first emerged, along with plenty of werewolf and wolf related folklore from around the world!
November 23, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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A photo of the giant from Twin Peaks stood in front of a red curtain with the text 'It is happening again'.
November 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
thehistocrat.bsky.social
I'm currently about 70% of the way through writing my next gaming video essay (on the weird legacy of the game Myst) and the word count is already reaching 'uh oh' territory.
A screenshot of google word document showing that the script is already 20 pages long and over 10,000 words.
November 22, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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We didn't get any of the snow we were promised the last few days so here's an old pic of Jasper enjoying a winter wonderland.
A photo of a winter forest path covered in snow. In the foreground is a tiny little white Westie wearing a green coat.
November 21, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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Boy I sure do love youtube's new algorithm, where a video that seemed to be getting really good engagement in all the ways they tell you they want can see its views just suddenly slashed by 80% for no reason.
A graph of my new youtube video showing its views crashing down to less than 20% of its previous hourly views for no obvious reason.
November 19, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Flipping rapidly between SICKOS_YES.jpg and realising we're all probably completely fucked too when this bubble bursts.
A list of different finance websites talking about how the stock market is crashing and the AI bubble might be about to burst.
November 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Non-function
The yamcha death scene from Dragonball z after he gets blown up by a cyberman.
November 18, 2025 at 1:55 PM
thehistocrat.bsky.social
Important update: after four years Jasper is getting close to figuring out how this whole basket thing works.
A photo of my dog Jasper (small white Westie) laid in his basket with one foot randomly sticking out.
November 17, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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Proof
A photo of me cooking some poached eggs in my horrible messy kitchen.
November 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Submitted it to my writing group so now I'm in full blown
A picture of Wirt from Over the Garden Wall (anxious looking cartoon teenager wearing a gnome hat and a cloak) looking like he's about to have a panic attack.
November 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Just sent a piece of fiction to a friend to beta read and now I'm sat here like
A picture of Wirt from Over the Garden Wall (anxious looking teenager wearing a gnome hat and a cloak) looking anxious.
November 15, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Make sure you hand this photo to your surgeon before to achieve the intended result
A photo of a table full of square watermelons.
November 13, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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The Xbox Series X came close but a. is too tall and b. no one has ever seen one and I'm pretty certain it doesn't exist.
A photo of a black xbox series x console with a controller, a big rectangular cube shaped thing that is sadly too tall to fix global economic trends.
November 13, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Clearly all the problems with modern society are due to the absense of perfect cube based video game consoles since the Gamecube was discontinued and I for one would like to thank Valve for reversing this depressing trend.
A photo of the new, black and very cube shaped steam machine console thing sat on a wooden table. A controller, a screen and a players hand can be seen to the left of it. Also there are little mario looking mushroom models next to it for some reason so I think Nintendo might sue.
November 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Hey folks! My latest video, examining if the Roman's attempt to conquer Ireland, is now live over on youtube! We had a lot of fun making this one on location over in Anglesey and Ireland so I hope you all enjoy it!

youtu.be/qgU0Y4vnIpY
The thumbnail for my latest youtube video 'Did the Romans Invade Ireland?' featuring artwork by Ettore Mazza of the Roman general Agricola stood on a cliff in Anglesey and staring across the sea towards Ireland. The general is a man with short brown hair wearing roman military gear and a red cloak.
November 11, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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A modified pop up from the game 'King's Quest V' that reads 'Warning: This Post contains material that may be necessary for information or clues to complete this game. Please be sure to check your inventory if you decide to skip.' The two options you can select are 'Watch it' and 'Skip it'.
November 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Just randomly went to my youtube front page and err WTF IS THIS RECOMMENDATION???
A screenshot of a youtube thumbnail for a video titled '2 Hours of German WW2 Officer to Help you Study/Work/Focus' from the channel Radical Living. The guy in the thumbnail is very obviously a nazi wearing a full nazi uniform and decked out in nazi regalia.
November 9, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Finished a project.
The old Pablo Escobar meme of him looking forlorn whilst sat on a swing chair, at a kitchen table and stood in an empty pool.
November 7, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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For anyone interested I'm going to on a livestream with History Time's Pete Kelly later today (5pm UK time), we're going to be discussing our top ten enigmatic archaeological cultures. It'll be hosted on the channel linked below so come join us and have some fun!

www.youtube.com/@PeteKellyHi...
A thumbnail for an upcoming livestream I'm going to be on later today titled 'Ten Enigmatic Ancient Cultures'. In the foreground are two white men with beards, one wearing a brown hat and a grey t-shirt with the text 'Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks' written on it, whilst the other is hatless and wearing an anorak. In the background is a depiction of a Japanese Jomon neolithic village.
November 4, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Shout out to my dog for looking like a living emote rn
A photo of my dog Jasper (small white westie) curled up asleep in the entrance to his den (an open travel cage with a blanket and a dog bed inside it.
October 30, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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As annoying as I find CK3's habit of regularly bricking your active saves when a major update hits, it did lead to this hilarious situation where the game randomly gave almost the entirely of east Asia to the King of England (who was my tributary at the time).
A screenshot of the game CK3 showing that the newest update that added East Asia to the game randomly gave most of its territory to England.
October 29, 2025 at 11:21 AM