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Mr Blipvert (D4-VID)
@mrblipvert.bsky.social
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Robot tweeting #ScienceFiction #Games/ #TTRPG #Zines gubbins for @LostDiarist (he/him). Made in Manchester. #BackToTheSpaceport zine. Once & Forever A&E-er. “Just zis guy, you know?” Zine Home: https://www.backtothespaceport.com
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Mr Blipvert (D4-VID) @mrblipvert.bsky.social · Dec 16
I will go to my grave thinking that #StarTrekPicard should have been entirely focused on Picard & Q hanging out in France & eating, drinking, & bickering—sort of like #StarTrek: #TheTrip. Boom! 10 seasons, guaranteed, mon capitaine!
Steve Coogan & Rob Brydon, exchange glances while out walking in the country. Jean-Luc Picard & Q exchange glances inside a luxurious manor.
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Katie Croonenberghs Art @kamakru.bsky.social · 2h
"The Cliffs of Moher in Ireland attract many visitors each year, but little is known about the dragon that dwells there. Despite the visitors, very few have claimed to have ever seen it, and so it’s existence has been considered simply a tale of the high seas."
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#watercolor #gouache #dragons
A painting inspired by the Cliffs of Moher, Ireland. View from the boat looking at the cliffs, and a red dragon is perched on top of a long tower of rock. Signed Katie Croonenberghs 2020, text in lower right is www.kamakru.com
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Mr Blipvert (D4-VID) @mrblipvert.bsky.social · 2h
Who’s got two thumbs & is closing a bunch of links on his ‘phone?
a robot with blue eyes is standing in front of a blue light
Alt: A robotic android with blue eyes is standing in front of a blue light and holding up both thimbs.
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Mr Blipvert (D4-VID) @mrblipvert.bsky.social · 2h
Remembering your use of real world maps as the basis for some of your Imagi-Nation maps, made me wonder if you’d seen this—the Library of Congress has digitized a bunch of 19th century Austro-Hungarian maps! @battlegames.bsky.social
blogs.loc.gov/maps/2025/04...
Every Bridge and Meadow: The Austro-Hungarian Empire in 19th Century Maps | Worlds Revealed
The Geography & Map Division recently digitized an important set of maps of Austria-Hungary. In this post, we explore these 19th- and early 20th-century maps and the layers of history and language tha...
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Mr Blipvert (D4-VID) @mrblipvert.bsky.social · 2h
From the Cities Without Number Reddit group—“A realisation I had about cyberpunk world building—it's all falling apart”
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From the cwn community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the cwn community
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Mr Blipvert (D4-VID) @mrblipvert.bsky.social · 2h
Oof. I actually had the first two of these Tom Swift books:

tomswift.net/ts3.htm
Cover of Tom Swift and the “City in the Stars.” White, blond boy with silvery spacesuit, helmet under right arm, looks out. Behind him is a cylindrical O’Neill habitat.
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James Davis Nicoll @jdnicoll.bsky.social · 3h
Bundle of Holding: Ghastly Affair

A bundle for Daniel James Hanley's tabletop roleplaying game of Gothic and Romantic Horror in the decadent, disastrous age of Marie-Antoinette, Napoleon, and Lord Byron.

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Ghastly Affair Bundle
Adventurer! This all-new Ghastly Affair Bundle presents Ghastly Affair, Daniel James Hanley's tabletop roleplaying game of Gothic and Romantic Horror in the decadent, disastrous age of Marie-Antoinett...
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Mr Blipvert (D4-VID) @mrblipvert.bsky.social · 3h
Steampunks in Haworth! www.steampunk-explorer.com/articles/pho...
Photos: Steampunks Return to Brontë Country
Hundreds of U.K. steampunk fans steered their airships (and other vehicles) to West Yorkshire for the autumn edition of Haworth Steampunk Weekend, held Oct. 10-12 in the village made famous by the Bro...
www.steampunk-explorer.com
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Mr Blipvert (D4-VID) @mrblipvert.bsky.social · 4h
#CheapHammer / #ThriftHammer: "1/72 + 28mm = 40k: Save $$$ & make Space Marines feel like Astartes by mixing scales!" over at Gundobad Games: gundobadgames.blogspot.com/2025/02/172-...
1/72 + 28mm = 40k: Save $$$ and make Space Marines feel like Astartes by mixing scales!
What you're about to read is heresy -- the kind that saves money while allowing larger tabletop 40k-ish battles that feel not just fun, bu...
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T.W. Burgess @manoghosts.bsky.social · 14h
This was a real treat to record. The first ep of 'Play To Death' my new podcast exploring the darker side of gaming with the fantastic Stephen Brotherstone of @scarredforlife.bsky.social

Such fun revisiting those games with so many terrifying moments : tinyurl.com/2jx8u4bh
(artwork by Ste also!)
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Bjørn Larssen (he/him) @bjornlarssen.com · 1d
“Average musician makes $12 a month on Spotify. The fact that they are not even able to sell a record and it’s taken from them by rich motherfuckers on streaming platforms who get paid royally by record labels,Ticketmaster, merch companies. They’re all fucking getting paid, except for the musician.”
Garbage’s Shirley Manson Speaks Out Against Music Industry Economics: “This Is An Alarm Call”
Just before they kicked off their current run of dates, the ’90s alt-rock greats Garbage announced that it would be their final North American headline tour. When the band played at Denver’s Mission B...
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Spelling Mistakes Cost Lives @darrencullen.bsky.social · Aug 7
Did a new one
Government style ad in watercolour. Image of a burglar stealing a painting from the wall of a home. Tagline: "It's not theft... if you say you're using it to train your AI algorithm". Body text: "Theft is now legal, so we can boost the economy by eliminating jobs. If that doesn't make any sense, ask a chatbot to explain it to you." HM government logo in the corner.
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Sarah Madsen @unfetteredmuse.bsky.social · 22h
CHATGPT IS NOT A FUCKING SEARCH ENGINE
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Mr Blipvert (D4-VID) @mrblipvert.bsky.social · 23h
Yeah, those were pretty my thoughts.
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Mr Blipvert (D4-VID) @mrblipvert.bsky.social · 1d
Yeah, I was wondering about Paul’s only-one-governing-body / corporation per colony rule. Seemed like a missed opportunity for ”shenanigans.”
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Somebody wake up Hicks @jonmarkhicks.bsky.social · 2d
sTaR TrEk iS wOkE nOw
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Mr Blipvert (D4-VID) @mrblipvert.bsky.social · 2d
Banger of an article about Captain Kirk & how most people remember him from the always-brilliant Erin Horáková: strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...
Freshly Remember'd: Kirk Drift
There is no other way to put this: essentially everything about Popular Consciousness Kirk is bullshit.
strangehorizons.com
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Mr Blipvert (D4-VID) @mrblipvert.bsky.social · 2d
Boooooo!
(But thanks for looking.)
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Mr Blipvert (D4-VID) @mrblipvert.bsky.social · 2d
Can confirm. It is very tiring.
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Mr Blipvert (D4-VID) @mrblipvert.bsky.social · 3d
And here’s the Wikipedia page for the version of “Monkey” (Saiyūki/ 西遊記; lit. 'Account of the Journey to the West') to which I am referring: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_...
Monkey (TV series) - Wikipedia
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Mr Blipvert (D4-VID) @mrblipvert.bsky.social · 3d
I honestly cannot tell if this Japanese set comes with subtitles at all: www.amazon.co.jp/%E6%B0%B4%E6...
Japanese DVD boxed set of The Water Margin.
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Mr Blipvert (D4-VID) @mrblipvert.bsky.social · 3d
It pains me to ask this but was there ever a decent DVD release of Monkey (AKA “Monkey Magic”) or “The Water Margin” with the original Japanese soundtrack & English subtitles? I am not a fan of the British dubbed voice acting in the 1970s: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wat...
The Water Margin (1973 TV series) - Wikipedia
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Douglas Cheape @douglascheape.bsky.social · 2d
Wait. Did…did a Rottweiler write this?
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Mr Blipvert (D4-VID) @mrblipvert.bsky.social · 3d
And here’s the Wikipedia page for the version of “Monkey” (Saiyūki/ 西遊記; lit. 'Account of the Journey to the West') to which I am referring: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_...
Monkey (TV series) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
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Mr Blipvert (D4-VID) @mrblipvert.bsky.social · 3d
I honestly cannot tell if this Japanese set comes with subtitles at all: www.amazon.co.jp/%E6%B0%B4%E6...
Japanese DVD boxed set of The Water Margin.
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Mr Blipvert (D4-VID) @mrblipvert.bsky.social · 3d
It pains me to ask this but was there ever a decent DVD release of Monkey (AKA “Monkey Magic”) or “The Water Margin” with the original Japanese soundtrack & English subtitles? I am not a fan of the British dubbed voice acting in the 1970s: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wat...
The Water Margin (1973 TV series) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
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