Himbo Blacksmith🇿🇦🇮🇹
@himboblacksmith.bsky.social
i have approximate knowledge of many things (except blacksmithing, i know quite a bit about that. hmu if you want pointers) | he/him
Pinned
Reposted by Himbo Blacksmith🇿🇦🇮🇹
If you want an example of an alien organism infecting the body politic with a deadly corrupting virus, then it is IMO absolutely farcical, comical, to have chosen Old Jezza when vicious, spirit-crushing, billionaire chasing crooks like Peter and his psycho mates are available.
February 10, 2026 at 9:33 AM
If you want an example of an alien organism infecting the body politic with a deadly corrupting virus, then it is IMO absolutely farcical, comical, to have chosen Old Jezza when vicious, spirit-crushing, billionaire chasing crooks like Peter and his psycho mates are available.
Reposted by Himbo Blacksmith🇿🇦🇮🇹
Lewis does make some good points here, but look: Mandelson is not just some guy here. He has been at the core of the Labour right for decades; he was clearly right in the middle of McSweeney’s project all along, both the secret wrecking campaign and after; he was *literally picking candidates*.
February 10, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Lewis does make some good points here, but look: Mandelson is not just some guy here. He has been at the core of the Labour right for decades; he was clearly right in the middle of McSweeney’s project all along, both the secret wrecking campaign and after; he was *literally picking candidates*.
Reposted by Himbo Blacksmith🇿🇦🇮🇹
That’s what’s up.
February 10, 2026 at 5:11 AM
That’s what’s up.
Reposted by Himbo Blacksmith🇿🇦🇮🇹
‘I saw the writing on the wall’: Austria offers safe haven for US academics as Trump wages war on universities
‘I saw the writing on the wall’: Austria offers safe haven for US academics as Trump wages war on universities
Other countries benefit from the Trump brain drain as administration wages war on academia and research
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:59 AM
‘I saw the writing on the wall’: Austria offers safe haven for US academics as Trump wages war on universities
every headline from rainy terf island for the last decade
![edited screencap from The Guardian "Misery for many [] in [] UK"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:peqde4z7axf43m53lzgpifep/bafkreiaftqhp25ejvecga6smwtsubfddra4u5ogm2ch3qcmwtnzbxdk34a@jpeg)
February 10, 2026 at 9:25 AM
every headline from rainy terf island for the last decade
Reposted by Himbo Blacksmith🇿🇦🇮🇹
Active time action game .45 Parabellum Bloodhound from VA-11 Hall-A developer Sukeban Games is now content complete. A release date announcement in the coming months is possible if all goes well:
www.rpgsite.net/news/19573-4...
www.rpgsite.net/news/19573-4...
February 10, 2026 at 7:40 AM
Active time action game .45 Parabellum Bloodhound from VA-11 Hall-A developer Sukeban Games is now content complete. A release date announcement in the coming months is possible if all goes well:
www.rpgsite.net/news/19573-4...
www.rpgsite.net/news/19573-4...
Reposted by Himbo Blacksmith🇿🇦🇮🇹
Never understood the appeal of Firewatch. I spent literally *days* in real time sitting in that tower and didn‘t see a single fire. Also there was this lady who kept trying to distract me with conversation about stuff no matter how hard I tried to ignore her and focus on my very important job.
Ten years ago today we shipped Firewatch. I say this every anniversary but it feels both like a lifetime ago and like it was yesterday. Thank you everyone who played it back then or played it today for the first time. Thank you to everyone on the team, I’m still so proud of what we made.
February 10, 2026 at 8:12 AM
Never understood the appeal of Firewatch. I spent literally *days* in real time sitting in that tower and didn‘t see a single fire. Also there was this lady who kept trying to distract me with conversation about stuff no matter how hard I tried to ignore her and focus on my very important job.
Reposted by Himbo Blacksmith🇿🇦🇮🇹
Reposted by Himbo Blacksmith🇿🇦🇮🇹
This is what the #ClimateCrisis looks like
"I would have loved them to fix [the river] but there's nothing else they can do. You'd be a fool to think there isn't climate change ... The weather has changed, it's as simple as that," he said.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
"I would have loved them to fix [the river] but there's nothing else they can do. You'd be a fool to think there isn't climate change ... The weather has changed, it's as simple as that," he said.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
‘To live a normal life again, it’s a dream come true’: UK’s first climate evacuees can cast off their homes and trauma
Forty-odd residents of Clydach Terrace in Ynysybwl, south Wales, relieved by council buyout after years in fear of fast flooding
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:04 AM
This is what the #ClimateCrisis looks like
"I would have loved them to fix [the river] but there's nothing else they can do. You'd be a fool to think there isn't climate change ... The weather has changed, it's as simple as that," he said.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
"I would have loved them to fix [the river] but there's nothing else they can do. You'd be a fool to think there isn't climate change ... The weather has changed, it's as simple as that," he said.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Reposted by Himbo Blacksmith🇿🇦🇮🇹
One way I thought of to sum up the current conservative movement was that they thought they could say it's okay to use slurs again and everyone was going to be on board
February 10, 2026 at 6:47 AM
One way I thought of to sum up the current conservative movement was that they thought they could say it's okay to use slurs again and everyone was going to be on board
Reposted by Himbo Blacksmith🇿🇦🇮🇹
As the piece also describes, the polar vortex is also to unusual local extremes.
For example, January has been *warmer* in Nuuk, Greenland, than in Copenhagen 😵💫 - and it is continuing so far.
Copenhagen: -0.6°C vs average of +1.6
Nuuk: +0.2°C vs average of -7.7 🤯
For example, January has been *warmer* in Nuuk, Greenland, than in Copenhagen 😵💫 - and it is continuing so far.
Copenhagen: -0.6°C vs average of +1.6
Nuuk: +0.2°C vs average of -7.7 🤯
Wild fact from @billmckibben.bsky.social's latest newsletter:
"The last colder-than-average month on planet earth was in February of 1985, which means that no one under the age of forty has ever known one."
"The last colder-than-average month on planet earth was in February of 1985, which means that no one under the age of forty has ever known one."
Notes on winter
When the world turns whimsical
billmckibben.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:59 PM
As the piece also describes, the polar vortex is also to unusual local extremes.
For example, January has been *warmer* in Nuuk, Greenland, than in Copenhagen 😵💫 - and it is continuing so far.
Copenhagen: -0.6°C vs average of +1.6
Nuuk: +0.2°C vs average of -7.7 🤯
For example, January has been *warmer* in Nuuk, Greenland, than in Copenhagen 😵💫 - and it is continuing so far.
Copenhagen: -0.6°C vs average of +1.6
Nuuk: +0.2°C vs average of -7.7 🤯
Reposted by Himbo Blacksmith🇿🇦🇮🇹
Philippines: Same-sex couples can co-own property, top court rules
Philippines: Same-sex couples can co-own property, top court rules
The landmark decision said "legitimate intimate relationships" must not be "legally invisible".
www.bbc.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:54 AM
Philippines: Same-sex couples can co-own property, top court rules
Reposted by Himbo Blacksmith🇿🇦🇮🇹
Whale evolution makes me uncomfortable
February 9, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Whale evolution makes me uncomfortable
Reposted by Himbo Blacksmith🇿🇦🇮🇹
It is very funny that Elon talks about building a city on Mars or a city on the Moon when we all know him building a city in Indiana would be an unmitigated disaster
February 10, 2026 at 2:01 AM
It is very funny that Elon talks about building a city on Mars or a city on the Moon when we all know him building a city in Indiana would be an unmitigated disaster
Reposted by Himbo Blacksmith🇿🇦🇮🇹
Most of the problems with the game stem from high-level decision-making. The people who should be laid off are the people writing the layoff emails. No offense to those people (I've met some personally, they're nice guys!) but they made some fundamentally misguided decisions.
Riot Games lays off roughly 80 employees from 2XKO team
Riot Games lays off roughly 80 employees from 2XKO team
'Overall momentum hasn’t reached the level needed to support a team of this size long term.'
www.gamedeveloper.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Most of the problems with the game stem from high-level decision-making. The people who should be laid off are the people writing the layoff emails. No offense to those people (I've met some personally, they're nice guys!) but they made some fundamentally misguided decisions.
Reposted by Himbo Blacksmith🇿🇦🇮🇹
I think a big issue with modern game development is the disconnect between responsibility and accountability. The people in charge are theoretically responsible for the overall state of the game, but when a game does poorly a texture artist who did a great job is laid off.
February 10, 2026 at 1:34 AM
I think a big issue with modern game development is the disconnect between responsibility and accountability. The people in charge are theoretically responsible for the overall state of the game, but when a game does poorly a texture artist who did a great job is laid off.
Reposted by Himbo Blacksmith🇿🇦🇮🇹
This is the funniest headline I seen in a long time. And bravo to whoever underlined the desperation with the juxtaposed link.
February 10, 2026 at 7:47 AM
This is the funniest headline I seen in a long time. And bravo to whoever underlined the desperation with the juxtaposed link.
Reposted by Himbo Blacksmith🇿🇦🇮🇹
One of the most miserable things about living in this era is having to watch the stupidest & most arrogant people in the world have to relearn The Why of literally everything good that we collectively do the hard way.
The answer is always ‘Because a bunch of people died, fuckwit.’
The answer is always ‘Because a bunch of people died, fuckwit.’
Dr. Mehmet Oz is calling on Americans to get the measles vaccine as cases spread across the U.S.
Dr. Oz urges 'take the vaccine, please' amid measles outbreaks
Dr. Mehmet Oz is calling on Americans to get the measles vaccine as cases spread across the U.S.
bit.ly
February 10, 2026 at 1:30 AM
One of the most miserable things about living in this era is having to watch the stupidest & most arrogant people in the world have to relearn The Why of literally everything good that we collectively do the hard way.
The answer is always ‘Because a bunch of people died, fuckwit.’
The answer is always ‘Because a bunch of people died, fuckwit.’
Reposted by Himbo Blacksmith🇿🇦🇮🇹
at one point during the campaign jd vance was indignantly talking about haitian asylees in ohio and said "illegal aliens don't become legal just because the government says so" and i've been mad about it ever since, and this is the key to what he actually meant
The way to understand this, I think, is that everybody knows that when Trump or Vance says "illegals" he's not talking about legal status, but about social desirability, and so people think that that distinction goes both ways.
These people are just crazy. Trump gets up and says "MASS DEPORTATIONS MASS DEPORTATIONS MASS DEPORTATIONS" and they're like "he probably means a path to legal status for deserving immigrants"
February 10, 2026 at 4:41 AM
at one point during the campaign jd vance was indignantly talking about haitian asylees in ohio and said "illegal aliens don't become legal just because the government says so" and i've been mad about it ever since, and this is the key to what he actually meant
Reposted by Himbo Blacksmith🇿🇦🇮🇹
Look at the things you can just say out loud on national television now
![10m ago09.41 GMT
Labour MP Andy McDonald says it will be 'end' for Starmer if he does not 'own the error he's made'
The Labour MP Andy McDonald told the Today programme this morning that it would be “the end” for Keir Starmer’s leadership if he failed to persuade backbenchers that he will change the way he operates for the better.
McDonald said:
If [Starmer] doesn’t own the error he’s made, and recognise the problem in front of it and articulate it and tell us how he’s going to deal with it, then I’m afraid it is coming to an end – if not today, but certainly in the weeks and months ahead.
He’s got to convince the PLP tonight that he’s got it and a change is necessary.
And the change that he promoted was no other than to purge the left, and it’s got us in this terrible mess that we’re in now.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xusvyqwadkmbbd67hz7eyeqj/bafkreihz5xtkfu264glvgnbfqx4ge5thubmlpmlsn6sg3hi6zt7uvayuhi@jpeg)
February 9, 2026 at 9:53 AM
Look at the things you can just say out loud on national television now
Reposted by Himbo Blacksmith🇿🇦🇮🇹
so many of the small indignities of daily life come from us being denied the ability to tell a rich man in a tech company to fuck off. minesweeper has microtransactions. paid services have ads. the opt out says maybe later. the drive thru is a broken chatbot. your car is an ipad. fuck off! fuck off!
August 31, 2025 at 7:01 AM
so many of the small indignities of daily life come from us being denied the ability to tell a rich man in a tech company to fuck off. minesweeper has microtransactions. paid services have ads. the opt out says maybe later. the drive thru is a broken chatbot. your car is an ipad. fuck off! fuck off!
adding drafts broke the site. this is the Poster's Spirit striking back. post bravely, or not at all
February 9, 2026 at 10:45 PM
adding drafts broke the site. this is the Poster's Spirit striking back. post bravely, or not at all
Reposted by Himbo Blacksmith🇿🇦🇮🇹
“Another one of my more reactionary positions is the ultimate reactionary position. The kernel of reactionary thought through which all other reactionary positions emerge.
I guess you could say I’m absolutely a reactionary”
I guess you could say I’m absolutely a reactionary”
February 9, 2026 at 10:15 PM
“Another one of my more reactionary positions is the ultimate reactionary position. The kernel of reactionary thought through which all other reactionary positions emerge.
I guess you could say I’m absolutely a reactionary”
I guess you could say I’m absolutely a reactionary”
Reposted by Himbo Blacksmith🇿🇦🇮🇹
The largest investor in the Trump's BribeCoin was also pardoned by Trump. What are the odds?
New: Binance holds 87% of the Trump family's stablecoin—$4.7 billion—a higher concentration than any other major stablecoin has at any single exchange.
Its U.S. affiliate holds $1,119.
me, for @forbes.com
Its U.S. affiliate holds $1,119.
me, for @forbes.com
Trump's Stablecoin USD1: Binance Holds 87% After Founder's Pardon
World Liberty Financial's founding document describes the company as "pioneering a new era of Decentralized Finance." Its flagship stablecoin is anything but.
www.forbes.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:08 PM
The largest investor in the Trump's BribeCoin was also pardoned by Trump. What are the odds?
Reposted by Himbo Blacksmith🇿🇦🇮🇹
