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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Partial #ProofOfCat - two paws and the tip of her tail, poking out from under the duvet. These two paws must have been too hot
January 13, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Partial #ProofOfCat - two paws and the tip of her tail, poking out from under the duvet. These two paws must have been too hot
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Today's my birthday! And I'm launching a new thing, which is a bit scary and I need your help to spread the word.
So! Today THE THIRTEENTH GOD, my new military progression fantasy magitech Mad Max x Final Fantasy x Gurren Lagann serial starts over at Royal Road!
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1472...
So! Today THE THIRTEENTH GOD, my new military progression fantasy magitech Mad Max x Final Fantasy x Gurren Lagann serial starts over at Royal Road!
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1472...
The Thirteenth God
Taking down a god isn’t easy…
In order to escape a prison at the edge of the world, con artist Kalsis Chiroptera agrees to do the impossible: overthrow the Princeps, the immortal ruler of all mankind...
www.royalroad.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Today's my birthday! And I'm launching a new thing, which is a bit scary and I need your help to spread the word.
So! Today THE THIRTEENTH GOD, my new military progression fantasy magitech Mad Max x Final Fantasy x Gurren Lagann serial starts over at Royal Road!
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1472...
So! Today THE THIRTEENTH GOD, my new military progression fantasy magitech Mad Max x Final Fantasy x Gurren Lagann serial starts over at Royal Road!
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1472...
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Here we go, this brush is almost 40 years old and is now used for poking basing mud around bases. It’s served me very well over the years!
January 13, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Here we go, this brush is almost 40 years old and is now used for poking basing mud around bases. It’s served me very well over the years!
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Funny how “most divorced woman ever” and “most divorced man ever” have such diametrically opposed energies
The Trevor Project, known for its hotline for LGBTQ+ youth, received $45 million from billionaire and author MacKenzie Scott at the end of 2025. https://bit.ly/4sEbdYv
Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donates $45 million to LGBTQ+ youth hotline organization, The Trevor Project | Fortune
“I literally could not believe it and it took some time. I actually gasped,” said Jaymes Black, CEO of The Trevor Project.
bit.ly
January 13, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Funny how “most divorced woman ever” and “most divorced man ever” have such diametrically opposed energies
sometimes you just need a brush that bends at a certain angle
January 13, 2026 at 7:46 PM
sometimes you just need a brush that bends at a certain angle
perfectly serviceable.
January 13, 2026 at 7:35 PM
perfectly serviceable.
Artists/Mini painters: Reply with the worst brush you still regularly use.
January 13, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Artists/Mini painters: Reply with the worst brush you still regularly use.
not very, one you're past the server setup.
depends on how comfortable you are logging in to a server, via command line, and running an update command every now and again.
depends on how comfortable you are logging in to a server, via command line, and running an update command every now and again.
January 13, 2026 at 10:54 AM
not very, one you're past the server setup.
depends on how comfortable you are logging in to a server, via command line, and running an update command every now and again.
depends on how comfortable you are logging in to a server, via command line, and running an update command every now and again.
🌷REMINDER TO MY DUTCH FOLLOWERS 🌷
You need to update the rota and say which day you can be assistant manager at Manchester United this month. This only works if everyone does their fair share.
You need to update the rota and say which day you can be assistant manager at Manchester United this month. This only works if everyone does their fair share.
January 13, 2026 at 10:53 AM
🌷REMINDER TO MY DUTCH FOLLOWERS 🌷
You need to update the rota and say which day you can be assistant manager at Manchester United this month. This only works if everyone does their fair share.
You need to update the rota and say which day you can be assistant manager at Manchester United this month. This only works if everyone does their fair share.
Yeah, then sounds like it would be a relatively simple move to shift it to one of these:
1) a site hosted by ghost themselves
2) a full self host (you control everything)
3) a semi-self host (you control stripe/mailgun/domains, ghost sits on a VPS i bill you for)
1) a site hosted by ghost themselves
2) a full self host (you control everything)
3) a semi-self host (you control stripe/mailgun/domains, ghost sits on a VPS i bill you for)
January 13, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Yeah, then sounds like it would be a relatively simple move to shift it to one of these:
1) a site hosted by ghost themselves
2) a full self host (you control everything)
3) a semi-self host (you control stripe/mailgun/domains, ghost sits on a VPS i bill you for)
1) a site hosted by ghost themselves
2) a full self host (you control everything)
3) a semi-self host (you control stripe/mailgun/domains, ghost sits on a VPS i bill you for)
if your goal is to move from a magazine/blog wordpress setup with minimal custom plugins to a more "substack-esque" solution (so blogging/posting with that going direct to readers as well as being available as a site) then yeah, it's perfect for it.
Old posts import/redirected links are easy too.
Old posts import/redirected links are easy too.
January 13, 2026 at 10:30 AM
if your goal is to move from a magazine/blog wordpress setup with minimal custom plugins to a more "substack-esque" solution (so blogging/posting with that going direct to readers as well as being available as a site) then yeah, it's perfect for it.
Old posts import/redirected links are easy too.
Old posts import/redirected links are easy too.
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Got him his favourite food for dinner to celebrate four years since he came inside.
Hard to make out, but what you're seeing here is a black kitty sprawled out on a duvet against my arm. Belly up, legs out and snoring happily in a lamb kebab induced coma.
Hard to make out, but what you're seeing here is a black kitty sprawled out on a duvet against my arm. Belly up, legs out and snoring happily in a lamb kebab induced coma.
January 12, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Got him his favourite food for dinner to celebrate four years since he came inside.
Hard to make out, but what you're seeing here is a black kitty sprawled out on a duvet against my arm. Belly up, legs out and snoring happily in a lamb kebab induced coma.
Hard to make out, but what you're seeing here is a black kitty sprawled out on a duvet against my arm. Belly up, legs out and snoring happily in a lamb kebab induced coma.
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The Games Workshop results are interesting (and very honest) on AI and tariffs.
AI: not that exciting. Tariffs: much more manageable than expected.
images.ctfassets.net/ost7hseic9hc...
AI: not that exciting. Tariffs: much more manageable than expected.
images.ctfassets.net/ost7hseic9hc...
January 13, 2026 at 9:54 AM
The Games Workshop results are interesting (and very honest) on AI and tariffs.
AI: not that exciting. Tariffs: much more manageable than expected.
images.ctfassets.net/ost7hseic9hc...
AI: not that exciting. Tariffs: much more manageable than expected.
images.ctfassets.net/ost7hseic9hc...
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Quick favour. This YouTube channel is using AI to impersonate me. I'd be really grateful if people could report it.
Thank you!
Thank you!
Tax Information
Welcome to Tax Information, your trusted source for tax-related knowledge and updates. On this channel, we share useful and easy-to-understand information about USA, UK, and Canada tax systems. We…
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January 13, 2026 at 9:34 AM
Quick favour. This YouTube channel is using AI to impersonate me. I'd be really grateful if people could report it.
Thank you!
Thank you!
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I will reiterate that if you are an independent journo/hobbyist I will happily set up your ghost install and host it for a few quid above cost price.
You set up your own stripe and mailgun accounts, and you get to keep ALL your revenue.
And post migration from wordpress/substack is pretty easy.
You set up your own stripe and mailgun accounts, and you get to keep ALL your revenue.
And post migration from wordpress/substack is pretty easy.
If there is one resolution I want for journalists this year: it is to get off S*bstack and use Ghost or any other indy publishing platform that does not fund literal nazis instead.
January 5, 2026 at 11:43 AM
I will reiterate that if you are an independent journo/hobbyist I will happily set up your ghost install and host it for a few quid above cost price.
You set up your own stripe and mailgun accounts, and you get to keep ALL your revenue.
And post migration from wordpress/substack is pretty easy.
You set up your own stripe and mailgun accounts, and you get to keep ALL your revenue.
And post migration from wordpress/substack is pretty easy.
Also means i can show them a functioning setup as an example.
January 13, 2026 at 9:19 AM
Also means i can show them a functioning setup as an example.
Feel free to drop me an email at the business address in my profile.
My normal approach is a quick zoom call to help understand what people have already, and what they're trying to achieve. Then offer some (free) advice on what to think about and possible next steps.
My normal approach is a quick zoom call to help understand what people have already, and what they're trying to achieve. Then offer some (free) advice on what to think about and possible next steps.
January 13, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Feel free to drop me an email at the business address in my profile.
My normal approach is a quick zoom call to help understand what people have already, and what they're trying to achieve. Then offer some (free) advice on what to think about and possible next steps.
My normal approach is a quick zoom call to help understand what people have already, and what they're trying to achieve. Then offer some (free) advice on what to think about and possible next steps.
Depends on how much you want to do/own yourself really.
I tend to try and encourage/help people to do as much of that as possible. I feel it's important you have control of your own assets and accounts, rather than me.
But where people really aren't confident, i host and then charge back.
I tend to try and encourage/help people to do as much of that as possible. I feel it's important you have control of your own assets and accounts, rather than me.
But where people really aren't confident, i host and then charge back.
January 13, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Depends on how much you want to do/own yourself really.
I tend to try and encourage/help people to do as much of that as possible. I feel it's important you have control of your own assets and accounts, rather than me.
But where people really aren't confident, i host and then charge back.
I tend to try and encourage/help people to do as much of that as possible. I feel it's important you have control of your own assets and accounts, rather than me.
But where people really aren't confident, i host and then charge back.
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The Hiveworks Artist Guild has released a public statement alleging years of labor abuses, financial mismanagement, and misconduct at Hiveworks at the hands of Xellette “Xel” Velamist and Isabelle “Isa” Melançon. Read their full statement at:
cartoonist.coop/hiveworks-gu...
cartoonist.coop/hiveworks-gu...
January 12, 2026 at 3:19 PM
The Hiveworks Artist Guild has released a public statement alleging years of labor abuses, financial mismanagement, and misconduct at Hiveworks at the hands of Xellette “Xel” Velamist and Isabelle “Isa” Melançon. Read their full statement at:
cartoonist.coop/hiveworks-gu...
cartoonist.coop/hiveworks-gu...
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‘There is little question that the mule is considerably more intelligent than the horse once he realises that he is being treated as friend and can trust those who use him’
- an unnamed RA Officer regarding his experience of mules in Mesopotamia during SWW #MuleMonday
📸 IWM NA18292
- an unnamed RA Officer regarding his experience of mules in Mesopotamia during SWW #MuleMonday
📸 IWM NA18292
January 12, 2026 at 9:27 AM
‘There is little question that the mule is considerably more intelligent than the horse once he realises that he is being treated as friend and can trust those who use him’
- an unnamed RA Officer regarding his experience of mules in Mesopotamia during SWW #MuleMonday
📸 IWM NA18292
- an unnamed RA Officer regarding his experience of mules in Mesopotamia during SWW #MuleMonday
📸 IWM NA18292
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One out of 12 rams is uninterested in females. Deemed “non-procreative" by farmers, they're typically sent to slaughter. German farmer Michael Stücke rescues the gay rams. His company Rainbow Wool, sells fabulous wool products from his flock of gay sheep. rainbow-wool.com
January 12, 2026 at 8:26 PM
One out of 12 rams is uninterested in females. Deemed “non-procreative" by farmers, they're typically sent to slaughter. German farmer Michael Stücke rescues the gay rams. His company Rainbow Wool, sells fabulous wool products from his flock of gay sheep. rainbow-wool.com
I love Ferris Bueller as a film, because who you see as the hero and the villain in it changes as you get older.
The scene where Ferris, a smug entitled young white guy, mimes a well known song on a parade float, that he had no involvement with, and gets inexplicably cheered for his 'brilliance' by small handful of people, is an ideal metaphor for modern AI
In summary, I loathe this film
In summary, I loathe this film
January 13, 2026 at 8:33 AM
I love Ferris Bueller as a film, because who you see as the hero and the villain in it changes as you get older.
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Latest from the Mariner's Mirror Podcast:
For Glory, Not Gold: Expeditions Through Arctic Lands 1818-1876 by Hubert Sagnières (a talk with Sam Willis)
For more information and the podcast👇👇
snr.org.uk/the-mariners...
#MaritimeHistory
For Glory, Not Gold: Expeditions Through Arctic Lands 1818-1876 by Hubert Sagnières (a talk with Sam Willis)
For more information and the podcast👇👇
snr.org.uk/the-mariners...
#MaritimeHistory
For Glory, Not Gold: Expeditions Through Arctic Lands 1818-1876 - SNR
Hubert Sagnières studies, collects, and publishes works on early explorers and has himself completed numerous explorations: In 2024, he piloted a single-engine plane on a circumnavigation of the globe...
snr.org.uk
January 12, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Latest from the Mariner's Mirror Podcast:
For Glory, Not Gold: Expeditions Through Arctic Lands 1818-1876 by Hubert Sagnières (a talk with Sam Willis)
For more information and the podcast👇👇
snr.org.uk/the-mariners...
#MaritimeHistory
For Glory, Not Gold: Expeditions Through Arctic Lands 1818-1876 by Hubert Sagnières (a talk with Sam Willis)
For more information and the podcast👇👇
snr.org.uk/the-mariners...
#MaritimeHistory
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Hey Bluesky peeps, could you help spread the word?
My Shirley Jackson Award-nominated gothic fiction book THE ATROCITIES is on sale today for $1.99 on Kindle. I have no idea how long this sale will last.
www.amazon.com/Atrocities-J...
My Shirley Jackson Award-nominated gothic fiction book THE ATROCITIES is on sale today for $1.99 on Kindle. I have no idea how long this sale will last.
www.amazon.com/Atrocities-J...
January 12, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Hey Bluesky peeps, could you help spread the word?
My Shirley Jackson Award-nominated gothic fiction book THE ATROCITIES is on sale today for $1.99 on Kindle. I have no idea how long this sale will last.
www.amazon.com/Atrocities-J...
My Shirley Jackson Award-nominated gothic fiction book THE ATROCITIES is on sale today for $1.99 on Kindle. I have no idea how long this sale will last.
www.amazon.com/Atrocities-J...