Pemry Janes
@pemryjanes.com
Author of the Living Sword series, an unpaid intern of History, He/Him.
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Pemry Janes
@pemryjanes.com
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With three books published, the Living Sword series is my only series so far.
It has action, humor, and a talking sword very particular about their appearance and with a love of storytelling.
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It has action, humor, and a talking sword very particular about their appearance and with a love of storytelling.
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El Deir fortress (El Munira monastery), Roman fortress in Kharga oasis, Egypt. It was built at the very end of the third century AD. It is surrounded by a Roman cemetery. #RomanFortThursday
November 27, 2025 at 3:44 AM
El Deir fortress (El Munira monastery), Roman fortress in Kharga oasis, Egypt. It was built at the very end of the third century AD. It is surrounded by a Roman cemetery. #RomanFortThursday
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This Friday is Creator Day on Itch, so we're celebrating with this amazing bundle!!
Grab 74 titles for only $50 (that's an 82% savings!) & feel good knowing every penny goes directly toward the 45 small creators who made it happen. 💙📚
Sale starts tomorrow! Find it here: itch.io/b/3410/creat...
Grab 74 titles for only $50 (that's an 82% savings!) & feel good knowing every penny goes directly toward the 45 small creators who made it happen. 💙📚
Sale starts tomorrow! Find it here: itch.io/b/3410/creat...
November 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
This Friday is Creator Day on Itch, so we're celebrating with this amazing bundle!!
Grab 74 titles for only $50 (that's an 82% savings!) & feel good knowing every penny goes directly toward the 45 small creators who made it happen. 💙📚
Sale starts tomorrow! Find it here: itch.io/b/3410/creat...
Grab 74 titles for only $50 (that's an 82% savings!) & feel good knowing every penny goes directly toward the 45 small creators who made it happen. 💙📚
Sale starts tomorrow! Find it here: itch.io/b/3410/creat...
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Thanksgiving is upon us! So...how best to show your distain to your terrible relatives? How about eel pie?
In his 15th C. cookbook, Bartolomeo Platina includes a recipe for eel pie w/ instructions to feed it to your foes when it's done, because eel pie has no redeeming features.
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In his 15th C. cookbook, Bartolomeo Platina includes a recipe for eel pie w/ instructions to feed it to your foes when it's done, because eel pie has no redeeming features.
🗃️🧪
November 26, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Thanksgiving is upon us! So...how best to show your distain to your terrible relatives? How about eel pie?
In his 15th C. cookbook, Bartolomeo Platina includes a recipe for eel pie w/ instructions to feed it to your foes when it's done, because eel pie has no redeeming features.
🗃️🧪
In his 15th C. cookbook, Bartolomeo Platina includes a recipe for eel pie w/ instructions to feed it to your foes when it's done, because eel pie has no redeeming features.
🗃️🧪
"So I'm in the Philharmonic."
"Really, an orchestra? Impressive, what instrument do you play?"
"The big mallet."
"Really, an orchestra? Impressive, what instrument do you play?"
"The big mallet."
November 27, 2025 at 7:12 AM
"So I'm in the Philharmonic."
"Really, an orchestra? Impressive, what instrument do you play?"
"The big mallet."
"Really, an orchestra? Impressive, what instrument do you play?"
"The big mallet."
When the box don't fit, you must quit
with the conspiracy theories.
with the conspiracy theories.
The sarcophagus in the Great Pyramid of Giza is TOO BIG!
See the full video here: youtu.be/umzE774v4Xs
See the full video here: youtu.be/umzE774v4Xs
November 26, 2025 at 9:57 PM
When the box don't fit, you must quit
with the conspiracy theories.
with the conspiracy theories.
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Writers love socialized books (libraries)
TAPS SCREEN
For like the zillionth time: Libraries are FREE for you, but WE still get compensated for our work!!
For like the zillionth time: Libraries are FREE for you, but WE still get compensated for our work!!
Just saw someone claim that authors who want to be paid for their work are "class traitors" because we "only let the wealthy" read our books, and I think I need to go into the woods to scream into the night for a bit.
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
November 26, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Writers love socialized books (libraries)
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Remember your favorite creator possibly might be struggling with imposter syndrome and doubt and this timeline sucks.. so if you find yourself thinking “wow I really relate to this persons work” or that persons work gives you joy, you should probably tell them. It’s a hard time to be a creative.
November 26, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Remember your favorite creator possibly might be struggling with imposter syndrome and doubt and this timeline sucks.. so if you find yourself thinking “wow I really relate to this persons work” or that persons work gives you joy, you should probably tell them. It’s a hard time to be a creative.
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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It's axiomatic! You have to hold them by the head!
In pre-modern England, the expression, "Holding an eel by the tail" meant that you were doing something the wrong way. Like...did you just buy a cyber truck so that you could look cool and pick up women? You, sir, are holding an eel by the tail.
In pre-modern England, the expression, "Holding an eel by the tail" meant that you were doing something the wrong way. Like...did you just buy a cyber truck so that you could look cool and pick up women? You, sir, are holding an eel by the tail.
If you ever wonder why people say "slippery as an eel" I can confirm that one time we had to hold an eel for a vet to do a blood draw and that eel ended up on the floor 47 times out of 48 attempts
November 26, 2025 at 12:12 AM
It's axiomatic! You have to hold them by the head!
In pre-modern England, the expression, "Holding an eel by the tail" meant that you were doing something the wrong way. Like...did you just buy a cyber truck so that you could look cool and pick up women? You, sir, are holding an eel by the tail.
In pre-modern England, the expression, "Holding an eel by the tail" meant that you were doing something the wrong way. Like...did you just buy a cyber truck so that you could look cool and pick up women? You, sir, are holding an eel by the tail.
Very good video addressing the conspiracy theories that have been invented about the pyramids since medieval times.
Hadn't realized how old some of those ideas were.
Hadn't realized how old some of those ideas were.
[NEW VIDEO] In my latest, I apply the first principles of archaeology to the GREAT PYRAMID OF GIZA. It’s a real banger.
It’s got evidence you’ve never seen before, some fun debunks on fake archaeologists, and it features an interview with Dr Zahi Hawass. 🏺🏺🏺
youtu.be/umzE774v4Xs
It’s got evidence you’ve never seen before, some fun debunks on fake archaeologists, and it features an interview with Dr Zahi Hawass. 🏺🏺🏺
youtu.be/umzE774v4Xs
Dear Joe Rogan, the Great Pyramid is a Tomb (feat. Dr Zahi Hawass)
YouTube video by Archaeology with Flint Dibble
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Very good video addressing the conspiracy theories that have been invented about the pyramids since medieval times.
Hadn't realized how old some of those ideas were.
Hadn't realized how old some of those ideas were.
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Medieval peasants would get the equivalent of an office pizza party when their lord required them to do extra work (a boonwork day). They’d get good bread, ale, beef and fish like this 15th century recipe for Barbel Boylled. youtu.be/CFXuZAGEO5c?...
How to Eat Like a Medieval Peasant
YouTube video by Tasting History with Max Miller
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Medieval peasants would get the equivalent of an office pizza party when their lord required them to do extra work (a boonwork day). They’d get good bread, ale, beef and fish like this 15th century recipe for Barbel Boylled. youtu.be/CFXuZAGEO5c?...
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
All the headless bodies brought property values down which led to a housing crash.
On a more serious note, the way this behavior spread reminds me of something like the flagellants who spread rapidly in the 14th century. Extreme behavior as a response to societal stresses.
On a more serious note, the way this behavior spread reminds me of something like the flagellants who spread rapidly in the 14th century. Extreme behavior as a response to societal stresses.
In addition to being a fascinating (if horrific) insight into a mostly-unknown period of European prehistory, this includes a BANGER of a quote: "I can see why all these people without heads wouldn’t be good for a community, and might be a cause for abandonment."
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Headless bodies hint at why Europe’s first farmers vanished
Wave of mass brutality accompanied the collapse of the first pan-European culture
www.science.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM
All the headless bodies brought property values down which led to a housing crash.
On a more serious note, the way this behavior spread reminds me of something like the flagellants who spread rapidly in the 14th century. Extreme behavior as a response to societal stresses.
On a more serious note, the way this behavior spread reminds me of something like the flagellants who spread rapidly in the 14th century. Extreme behavior as a response to societal stresses.
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we love to see it 🥰
Indie game developers have a new sales pitch: being ‘AI free’
Indie game developers have a new sales pitch: being ‘AI free’
“We can produce results that meet our quality standards without its assistance.”
buff.ly
November 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
we love to see it 🥰
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Archaeologists are gonna find that room someday and say, “Pharaoh Naishankhamun collected thousands of animal effigies in his (presumed burial) chamber. It is believed these ushabtis would aid the renowned researcher in the different geological layers of the Underworld.”
November 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Archaeologists are gonna find that room someday and say, “Pharaoh Naishankhamun collected thousands of animal effigies in his (presumed burial) chamber. It is believed these ushabtis would aid the renowned researcher in the different geological layers of the Underworld.”
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"I was embarrassed. I had been naively operating with a pre-ChatGPT mindset, still assuming a pitch’s ideas and prose were actually connected to the person who sent it"
Stunning investigation of how slop merchants are getting work into established media outlets
thelocal.to/investigatin...
Stunning investigation of how slop merchants are getting work into established media outlets
thelocal.to/investigatin...
November 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
"I was embarrassed. I had been naively operating with a pre-ChatGPT mindset, still assuming a pitch’s ideas and prose were actually connected to the person who sent it"
Stunning investigation of how slop merchants are getting work into established media outlets
thelocal.to/investigatin...
Stunning investigation of how slop merchants are getting work into established media outlets
thelocal.to/investigatin...
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And here the results from the Solnhofen #paleostream! This image depicts large parts of the terrestrial fauna of the Altmühltal Formation, the best understood part of the litographic limestone formations of Germany. There were several reasons for gong onto land despite...
November 24, 2025 at 5:33 AM
And here the results from the Solnhofen #paleostream! This image depicts large parts of the terrestrial fauna of the Altmühltal Formation, the best understood part of the litographic limestone formations of Germany. There were several reasons for gong onto land despite...
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As an aside on this thread on adjuncts, ever notice how a non-trivial fraction - not all, but a noticeable chunk - of the tenured colleagues On Here happy to talk shop about Homer or AI in the classroom suddenly get really scarce when you are talking about academic precarity?
Because I sure do.
Because I sure do.
Admittedly, some of that is department faculty (inc. department head) forced into situations where they can't provide an ethical environment, but also c. 75% of tenured faculty quite frankly do not care to a soul-rottingly shameful degree.
Having adjuncts means they get to be superior to someone.
Having adjuncts means they get to be superior to someone.
November 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
As an aside on this thread on adjuncts, ever notice how a non-trivial fraction - not all, but a noticeable chunk - of the tenured colleagues On Here happy to talk shop about Homer or AI in the classroom suddenly get really scarce when you are talking about academic precarity?
Because I sure do.
Because I sure do.
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Something I talked about quite a while ago now fully come to pass: the ease of generating AI visuals makes "AI" synonymous with "cheap/shoddy".
From a CODBLOPS review:
From a CODBLOPS review:
November 23, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Something I talked about quite a while ago now fully come to pass: the ease of generating AI visuals makes "AI" synonymous with "cheap/shoddy".
From a CODBLOPS review:
From a CODBLOPS review:
I fell for this, too.
And since I helped spread the rumor, here's my part in spreading the antidote.
And since I helped spread the rumor, here's my part in spreading the antidote.
The malwarebytes Google opting-your-emails-into-ai-training thing is not true. The post is based on one bad tweet.
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
Google denies ‘misleading’ reports of Gmail using your emails to train AI
Google says “we do not use your Gmail content for training our Gemini AI model.”
www.theverge.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:14 AM
I fell for this, too.
And since I helped spread the rumor, here's my part in spreading the antidote.
And since I helped spread the rumor, here's my part in spreading the antidote.
One speculation I've heard is that these helmets were so big and elaborate in part to hide the fact that the gladiators were actually talking to each other from the audience.
Basically, the thought is that gladiators were much more like modern day pro wrestlers.
Most fights didn't end in death.
Basically, the thought is that gladiators were much more like modern day pro wrestlers.
Most fights didn't end in death.
A helmet of a Thraex (Thracian) #gladiator found in the gladiatorial barracks in #Pompeii.
The different classes of gladiators can be distinguished by their armor and weapons. A Thraex was equipped with a small shield and a short, curved blade. The helmet, with...🧵1/3
📷 me
🏺 #archaeology
The different classes of gladiators can be distinguished by their armor and weapons. A Thraex was equipped with a small shield and a short, curved blade. The helmet, with...🧵1/3
📷 me
🏺 #archaeology
November 23, 2025 at 7:59 AM
One speculation I've heard is that these helmets were so big and elaborate in part to hide the fact that the gladiators were actually talking to each other from the audience.
Basically, the thought is that gladiators were much more like modern day pro wrestlers.
Most fights didn't end in death.
Basically, the thought is that gladiators were much more like modern day pro wrestlers.
Most fights didn't end in death.
So, Xena might actually be a little more accurate than 300. Who knew?
Watching videos of hoplite reenactors, I am struck by how many of them use the 'a-hoo' grunt from 300 or a 'huh huh huh' marching cadence, but none of them do the *actually attested* things of the "alale!" (ἀλαλή) battle-cry or singing a song (a παιᾶν).
Gotta do cool fake movie stuff, I guess.
Gotta do cool fake movie stuff, I guess.
November 21, 2025 at 11:08 PM
So, Xena might actually be a little more accurate than 300. Who knew?
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Did Neandertals choose their prey when practicing cannibalism?🍖
Check out our new study, just published in Scientific Reports - @natureportfolio.nature.com!
We provide the strongest evidence to date for a highly selective cannibalism at the end of Neandertal lineage, 41-45.000 years ago.
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Check out our new study, just published in Scientific Reports - @natureportfolio.nature.com!
We provide the strongest evidence to date for a highly selective cannibalism at the end of Neandertal lineage, 41-45.000 years ago.
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Highly selective cannibalism in the Late Pleistocene of Northern Europe reveals Neandertals were targeted prey - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Highly selective cannibalism in the Late Pleistocene of Northern Europe reveals Neandertals were targeted prey
doi.org
November 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Did Neandertals choose their prey when practicing cannibalism?🍖
Check out our new study, just published in Scientific Reports - @natureportfolio.nature.com!
We provide the strongest evidence to date for a highly selective cannibalism at the end of Neandertal lineage, 41-45.000 years ago.
1/7
Check out our new study, just published in Scientific Reports - @natureportfolio.nature.com!
We provide the strongest evidence to date for a highly selective cannibalism at the end of Neandertal lineage, 41-45.000 years ago.
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For generations the Univ of Leicester has been a global leader in geology, Earth science & climate research
Now *the entire program* is on the chopping block
Some of the world's best paleontologists are facing layoffs
Sign this to stop this madness:
www.change.org/p/save-geolo...
Now *the entire program* is on the chopping block
Some of the world's best paleontologists are facing layoffs
Sign this to stop this madness:
www.change.org/p/save-geolo...
Sign the Petition
Save Geology at the University of Leicester
www.change.org
November 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM
For generations the Univ of Leicester has been a global leader in geology, Earth science & climate research
Now *the entire program* is on the chopping block
Some of the world's best paleontologists are facing layoffs
Sign this to stop this madness:
www.change.org/p/save-geolo...
Now *the entire program* is on the chopping block
Some of the world's best paleontologists are facing layoffs
Sign this to stop this madness:
www.change.org/p/save-geolo...