Gareth Hanrahan
@mytholder.bsky.social
He/Him. Novel THE SWORD TRIUMPHANT out May '25. Currently writing: Black Iron 4, Unannounced Novel, Merryshire Detective Club, Terraforming Mars rpg, Across the Abyss other stuff.
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Gareth Hanrahan
@mytholder.bsky.social
· Jan 23
Gar's novels - a thread.
First, we've got the Black Iron Legacy series, starting with THE GUTTER PRAYER.
Three thieves - runaway Carillon Thay, slowly petrifying Spar, and corpse-eating ghoul-monster Rat - get embroiled in a web of intrigue and sorcery. Crazed gods, alchemy-punk, high weirdness.
First, we've got the Black Iron Legacy series, starting with THE GUTTER PRAYER.
Three thieves - runaway Carillon Thay, slowly petrifying Spar, and corpse-eating ghoul-monster Rat - get embroiled in a web of intrigue and sorcery. Crazed gods, alchemy-punk, high weirdness.
Verwirrung, Zweitracht, Unordnung, Beamtenherrschaft, Grummet
Brain has five ‘eras’, scientists say – with adult mode not starting until early 30s
Brain has five ‘eras’, scientists say – with adult mode not starting until early 30s
Study suggests human brain development has four pivotal ‘turning points’ at around the ages of nine, 32, 66 and 83
Scientists have identified five major “epochs” of human brain development in one of the most comprehensive studies to date of how neural wiring changes from infancy to old age.
The study, based on the brain scans of nearly 4,000 people aged under one to 90, mapped neural connections and how they evolve during our lives. This revealed five broad phases, split up by four pivotal “turning points” in which brain organisation moves on to a different trajectory, at around the ages of nine, 32, 66 and 83 years. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Verwirrung, Zweitracht, Unordnung, Beamtenherrschaft, Grummet
Pre-Dragonmeet flu shot ✅
November 25, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Pre-Dragonmeet flu shot ✅
save jester
if elon just hired an Inverse Jester (guy hired to listen to his jokes and pretend they're funny) we could solve every problem except how to keep the inverse jester from killing himself
November 25, 2025 at 9:35 AM
save jester
The Oh God What Now interview with Cory Doctorow is really good.
www.podmasters.co.uk/oh-god-what-...
www.podmasters.co.uk/oh-god-what-...
Oh God, What Now? Podcast | Podmasters
Oh God, What Now? combines top-quality guests, expert analysis and poor-quality jokes to make the unbearable bearable. Launched from the anti-Brexit movement in 2017, Oh God, What Now? is on a mission...
www.podmasters.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 9:35 AM
The Oh God What Now interview with Cory Doctorow is really good.
www.podmasters.co.uk/oh-god-what-...
www.podmasters.co.uk/oh-god-what-...
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Thanks to a print buying wonderworking from @catthm.bsky.social, the @pelgranepress.bsky.social booth at Dragonmeet this weekend will have a surprise advance edition of a game very near to my heart. Be sure to leave extra room in your backpack.
November 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Thanks to a print buying wonderworking from @catthm.bsky.social, the @pelgranepress.bsky.social booth at Dragonmeet this weekend will have a surprise advance edition of a game very near to my heart. Be sure to leave extra room in your backpack.
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the cow's tools will never be used to dismantle the cow's barn
October 28, 2025 at 2:42 PM
the cow's tools will never be used to dismantle the cow's barn
Thinking of making a horror movie about a man who keeps discovering 12-inch rulers in his home. It's a found footage film.
November 24, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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13th Age 1e was already in my top 3 all-time favorite TTRPGs, solidly in the D&D family tree and supporting the kind of play experience I always wanted from that game. I expected 2e to improve on 1e, but I did NOT expect it to blow me away by how much better it is. I’m so excited to play it.
Starting a reaction thread on 13th Age 2E.
First, this is gorgeous edition, and it seems like a great upgrade and refinement of what already a really fun, smooth running game. /1
First, this is gorgeous edition, and it seems like a great upgrade and refinement of what already a really fun, smooth running game. /1
November 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
13th Age 1e was already in my top 3 all-time favorite TTRPGs, solidly in the D&D family tree and supporting the kind of play experience I always wanted from that game. I expected 2e to improve on 1e, but I did NOT expect it to blow me away by how much better it is. I’m so excited to play it.
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I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
AirBnB CEO calling it “vibe revenue” just 👨🍳 😘
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
Exquisite
I made this clip to illustrate my 10 year love-hate experience on Twitter and what made me finally walk away. 🤣😂
November 23, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Exquisite
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swallowed rank pip
November 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
swallowed rank pip
Interesting comparison here of A.I. to the textile industry. Maybe we need “slow information”.
“AI workers said they distrust the models they work on because of a consistent emphasis on rapid turnaround time at the expense of quality.”
Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI
When the people making AI seem trustworthy are the ones who trust it the least, it shows that incentives for speed are overtaking safety, experts say
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Interesting comparison here of A.I. to the textile industry. Maybe we need “slow information”.
This morning’s AI spam included the leader of a “crew of 2000 ex-schoolmate” readers shouting about how one of my books only had 29 reviews - when he was referring only to the Spanish version - and another spam offering to promote an obscure RPG supplement that I didn’t actually write.
November 22, 2025 at 9:01 AM
This morning’s AI spam included the leader of a “crew of 2000 ex-schoolmate” readers shouting about how one of my books only had 29 reviews - when he was referring only to the Spanish version - and another spam offering to promote an obscure RPG supplement that I didn’t actually write.
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go ahead and tell me charisma is a dump stat now, shithead
November 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
go ahead and tell me charisma is a dump stat now, shithead
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I think one of the hardest things about being a career writer in traditional publishing is that writing attracts the neurodivergent brain while the variable reinforcement schedule punishes it. We are all the rat at the water bottle, waiting for the hit of cocaine. You get one win, and you need MORE.
November 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I think one of the hardest things about being a career writer in traditional publishing is that writing attracts the neurodivergent brain while the variable reinforcement schedule punishes it. We are all the rat at the water bottle, waiting for the hit of cocaine. You get one win, and you need MORE.
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I’m now even more terrified by the concept of very grumpy fae chafing at the indignity of having been bound as Intellectual Property and are kept by a fourth generation of the person who enslaved them.
Yeah, Walt Disney as one who bound fae to his control is an idea that sorta resonates ugly, hm?
Yeah, Walt Disney as one who bound fae to his control is an idea that sorta resonates ugly, hm?
November 20, 2025 at 10:54 AM
I’m now even more terrified by the concept of very grumpy fae chafing at the indignity of having been bound as Intellectual Property and are kept by a fourth generation of the person who enslaved them.
Yeah, Walt Disney as one who bound fae to his control is an idea that sorta resonates ugly, hm?
Yeah, Walt Disney as one who bound fae to his control is an idea that sorta resonates ugly, hm?
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It hits different reading this whole thread.
November 20, 2025 at 10:24 AM
It hits different reading this whole thread.
“Are the fae open source?” is such a terrifying question in so many ways.
Turning into my father one "the problem is no one reads enough books these days" grumble at a time
November 20, 2025 at 9:26 AM
“Are the fae open source?” is such a terrifying question in so many ways.
Gah, the worst thing about having a good idea at 9.05AM is that you feel you’ve already achieved something and can take it easy for the rest of the day.
November 20, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Gah, the worst thing about having a good idea at 9.05AM is that you feel you’ve already achieved something and can take it easy for the rest of the day.
"The characters all receive the following email (or a hard copy, in the case of characters with no internet access)."
Updating some old scenarios from the early 2000s, and it's disconcerting how they've become period pieces. VCRs! Answerphones!
November 19, 2025 at 3:09 PM
"The characters all receive the following email (or a hard copy, in the case of characters with no internet access)."
Updating some old scenarios from the early 2000s, and it's disconcerting how they've become period pieces. VCRs! Answerphones!
November 19, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Updating some old scenarios from the early 2000s, and it's disconcerting how they've become period pieces. VCRs! Answerphones!
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That wasn’t the part I was worried about, bro
November 19, 2025 at 2:53 AM
That wasn’t the part I was worried about, bro
If you want to grab THE DRACULA DOSSIER campaign at a discount, Pelgrane have just launched a promotion over at Backerkit.
The Dossier remains the Most Fun Thing I've ever written.
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/p...
The Dossier remains the Most Fun Thing I've ever written.
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/p...
Operation: CRIMSON GIFT
The Bourne trilogy meets Dracula in The Dracula Dossier, an expansive, fast-paced, modern horror campaign for the Night's Black Agents RPG. Cut loose by your agency, you must take down the vampiric co...
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November 18, 2025 at 6:47 PM
If you want to grab THE DRACULA DOSSIER campaign at a discount, Pelgrane have just launched a promotion over at Backerkit.
The Dossier remains the Most Fun Thing I've ever written.
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/p...
The Dossier remains the Most Fun Thing I've ever written.
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/p...
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All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all who wander are lost.
Server refused the connection:
Port 22 no route to host.
Not all who wander are lost.
Server refused the connection:
Port 22 no route to host.
June 20, 2025 at 9:03 AM
All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all who wander are lost.
Server refused the connection:
Port 22 no route to host.
Not all who wander are lost.
Server refused the connection:
Port 22 no route to host.