Robert Rath
@robertrath.bsky.social
Head Writer of EXTRA HISTORY. Author of THE INFINITE AND THE DIVINE, THE FALL OF CADIA, and ASSASSINORUM: KINGMAKER for Black Library. Freelance word mercenary. Born Hawaii, live HK. All views my own. He/Him
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Robert Rath
@robertrath.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Hey Bluesky!
I’m Robert Rath, author of the Warhammer 40,000 novels THE INFINITE AND THE DIVINE, THE FALL OF CADIA, ASSASSINORUM: KINGMAKER, and Head Writer of the YouTube series EXTRA HISTORY.
Follow me for comfortably warm takes, writing news, and photos of Hong Kong.
I’m Robert Rath, author of the Warhammer 40,000 novels THE INFINITE AND THE DIVINE, THE FALL OF CADIA, ASSASSINORUM: KINGMAKER, and Head Writer of the YouTube series EXTRA HISTORY.
Follow me for comfortably warm takes, writing news, and photos of Hong Kong.
Hawai’i folks tried to warn our liberal friends who were cheerleading Tulsi when she was as palling around with Bernie in 2015, but nooooo…
WSJ Exclusive: A U.S. intelligence official has alleged wrongdoing by Tulsi Gabbard in a whistleblower complaint that is so highly classified it has sparked months of wrangling over how to share it with Congress, according to U.S. officials and others familiar with the matter.
Exclusive | Classified Whistleblower Complaint About Tulsi Gabbard Stalls Within Her Agency
Congress hasn’t seen the complaint, which was filed eight months ago with the U.S. intelligence community watchdog’s office.
www.wsj.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:36 AM
Hawai’i folks tried to warn our liberal friends who were cheerleading Tulsi when she was as palling around with Bernie in 2015, but nooooo…
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Aaand scene! Just finished my listen of this today, The Fall of Cadia by @robertrath.bsky.social .
It was an absolute masterpiece of an audiobook. Funny that it actually makes me want to grab the paper one off my shelf and do it all over again. Extraordinary.
#Warhammer #BookSky #BlackLibrary
It was an absolute masterpiece of an audiobook. Funny that it actually makes me want to grab the paper one off my shelf and do it all over again. Extraordinary.
#Warhammer #BookSky #BlackLibrary
February 4, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Aaand scene! Just finished my listen of this today, The Fall of Cadia by @robertrath.bsky.social .
It was an absolute masterpiece of an audiobook. Funny that it actually makes me want to grab the paper one off my shelf and do it all over again. Extraordinary.
#Warhammer #BookSky #BlackLibrary
It was an absolute masterpiece of an audiobook. Funny that it actually makes me want to grab the paper one off my shelf and do it all over again. Extraordinary.
#Warhammer #BookSky #BlackLibrary
The fire extinguisher and corkboard notices might be my favorite details from the whole set.
I actually leapfrogged another bit of terrain that was further along because I was so excited to paint them.
I actually leapfrogged another bit of terrain that was further along because I was so excited to paint them.
A small part of me likes to imagine the fire extinguisher was added after the wall got damaged to meet revised departmento regulations.
February 4, 2026 at 1:37 AM
The fire extinguisher and corkboard notices might be my favorite details from the whole set.
I actually leapfrogged another bit of terrain that was further along because I was so excited to paint them.
I actually leapfrogged another bit of terrain that was further along because I was so excited to paint them.
Did another bit of wall.
One thing I love about painting terrain is you can work on it for 15-20 minutes and really feel like you *did* something.
I am officially now ensconced in my Big Fun With Waterslide Transfers! era.
Used some Witch Hunters ones I’ve been holding onto for over 20 years.
One thing I love about painting terrain is you can work on it for 15-20 minutes and really feel like you *did* something.
I am officially now ensconced in my Big Fun With Waterslide Transfers! era.
Used some Witch Hunters ones I’ve been holding onto for over 20 years.
February 4, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Did another bit of wall.
One thing I love about painting terrain is you can work on it for 15-20 minutes and really feel like you *did* something.
I am officially now ensconced in my Big Fun With Waterslide Transfers! era.
Used some Witch Hunters ones I’ve been holding onto for over 20 years.
One thing I love about painting terrain is you can work on it for 15-20 minutes and really feel like you *did* something.
I am officially now ensconced in my Big Fun With Waterslide Transfers! era.
Used some Witch Hunters ones I’ve been holding onto for over 20 years.
Fellow Texas voters, today is a good day to check your voter registration status.
Actually, good idea to check it monthly going forward.
www.texas.gov/living-in-te...
Actually, good idea to check it monthly going forward.
www.texas.gov/living-in-te...
February 4, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Fellow Texas voters, today is a good day to check your voter registration status.
Actually, good idea to check it monthly going forward.
www.texas.gov/living-in-te...
Actually, good idea to check it monthly going forward.
www.texas.gov/living-in-te...
This is democracy manifest.
February 4, 2026 at 12:34 AM
This is democracy manifest.
The United States, like pretty much every other nation, did not have passports until WWI.
Q: Pope Leo cited Matthew 25:35 to critique Donald Trump's mass deportation agenda. How would you respond to Pope Leo in scripture?
MIKE JOHNSON: Sovereign borders are biblical and right and just. It's not because we hate the people on the outside. It's because we love the people on the inside.
MIKE JOHNSON: Sovereign borders are biblical and right and just. It's not because we hate the people on the outside. It's because we love the people on the inside.
February 3, 2026 at 11:54 PM
The United States, like pretty much every other nation, did not have passports until WWI.
I mean they mostly kicked out the real press and what’s left are people just as hostile to CNN as Trump is.
I’m convinced Trump only let her stay because she was previously White House Correspondent for Tucker Carlson’s Daily Caller.
I’m convinced Trump only let her stay because she was previously White House Correspondent for Tucker Carlson’s Daily Caller.
Not one reporter in the room willing to ask to be treated with respect. Not one.
KAITLAN COLLINS: What would say to Epstein survivo---
TRUMP: You are so bad. You are the worst report. No wonder CNN has no ratings. She's a young woman. I don't think I've ever seen you smile. They should be ashamed of you.
TRUMP: You are so bad. You are the worst report. No wonder CNN has no ratings. She's a young woman. I don't think I've ever seen you smile. They should be ashamed of you.
February 3, 2026 at 11:51 PM
I mean they mostly kicked out the real press and what’s left are people just as hostile to CNN as Trump is.
I’m convinced Trump only let her stay because she was previously White House Correspondent for Tucker Carlson’s Daily Caller.
I’m convinced Trump only let her stay because she was previously White House Correspondent for Tucker Carlson’s Daily Caller.
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happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
February 3, 2026 at 4:19 PM
happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
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The most high profile donor to the Republican Party created a machine that intentionally creates and distributes nonconsensual sexual content, including of minors.
Imagine if a top Dem donor did this and how this would be the only story the mainstream media spoke about for months.
Imagine if a top Dem donor did this and how this would be the only story the mainstream media spoke about for months.
February 3, 2026 at 11:53 AM
The most high profile donor to the Republican Party created a machine that intentionally creates and distributes nonconsensual sexual content, including of minors.
Imagine if a top Dem donor did this and how this would be the only story the mainstream media spoke about for months.
Imagine if a top Dem donor did this and how this would be the only story the mainstream media spoke about for months.
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I was a White House ethics lawyer.
I used to advise people not to even accept a free cup of coffee from someone who had interests before them. And staff followed those rules.
I can’t even find the words to describe the scale of Trump’s corruption here.
I used to advise people not to even accept a free cup of coffee from someone who had interests before them. And staff followed those rules.
I can’t even find the words to describe the scale of Trump’s corruption here.
Foreign countries are bribing our president to sell out the American people.
Trump family businesses made $187 MILLION from this deal, and just months later he gave the UAE some of our most top-secret AI tech.
They are selling our national security to the highest bidder.
Trump family businesses made $187 MILLION from this deal, and just months later he gave the UAE some of our most top-secret AI tech.
They are selling our national security to the highest bidder.
February 2, 2026 at 7:28 AM
I was a White House ethics lawyer.
I used to advise people not to even accept a free cup of coffee from someone who had interests before them. And staff followed those rules.
I can’t even find the words to describe the scale of Trump’s corruption here.
I used to advise people not to even accept a free cup of coffee from someone who had interests before them. And staff followed those rules.
I can’t even find the words to describe the scale of Trump’s corruption here.
As a public history person, my thought on the Helen of Troy thing is that the richest man in the world should spend more time managing his massive number of companies and spend less time obsessing about upcoming movies.
February 3, 2026 at 3:04 AM
As a public history person, my thought on the Helen of Troy thing is that the richest man in the world should spend more time managing his massive number of companies and spend less time obsessing about upcoming movies.
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So excited for this to be getting an audio re-release. My favourite Space Marine chapter the Blood Drinkers in action! If you’re wanting and old school Terminators vs Genestealers in the corridors of a Space Hulk story then Death of Integrity by @guyhaley.bsky.social is the one!
February 1, 2026 at 2:12 PM
So excited for this to be getting an audio re-release. My favourite Space Marine chapter the Blood Drinkers in action! If you’re wanting and old school Terminators vs Genestealers in the corridors of a Space Hulk story then Death of Integrity by @guyhaley.bsky.social is the one!
Newsletter from my Doctor’s Clinic Arrives, February 2020:
“Everything MUST STOP as I read this CRUCIAL medical advice and discuss it with my household for the NEXT HOUR.”
Newsletter from my Doctor’s Clinic Arrives, February 2026:
“Delete unread.”
“Everything MUST STOP as I read this CRUCIAL medical advice and discuss it with my household for the NEXT HOUR.”
Newsletter from my Doctor’s Clinic Arrives, February 2026:
“Delete unread.”
February 2, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Newsletter from my Doctor’s Clinic Arrives, February 2020:
“Everything MUST STOP as I read this CRUCIAL medical advice and discuss it with my household for the NEXT HOUR.”
Newsletter from my Doctor’s Clinic Arrives, February 2026:
“Delete unread.”
“Everything MUST STOP as I read this CRUCIAL medical advice and discuss it with my household for the NEXT HOUR.”
Newsletter from my Doctor’s Clinic Arrives, February 2026:
“Delete unread.”
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A UAE royal sent $187 million to the trump crypto business the night before he took office
They’ve raked in $5 billion from it
Nothing to see here, folks
They’ve raked in $5 billion from it
Nothing to see here, folks
February 2, 2026 at 5:08 AM
A UAE royal sent $187 million to the trump crypto business the night before he took office
They’ve raked in $5 billion from it
Nothing to see here, folks
They’ve raked in $5 billion from it
Nothing to see here, folks
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👇🎯 Not once has the national media asked a GOP politician about affording ICE the way Biden/the Dems were asked about the cost of
student loan debt relief & literally everything else for the last 50 years.
student loan debt relief & literally everything else for the last 50 years.
Folks are dying from winter storms and the power has been out for a week but the government can spend big money on detention camps. bsky.app/profile/cost...
How many times in your life have you heard a member of Congress or someone on TV say “we can’t afford it” when talking about something small but very important? It’s been happening my entire life. We can’t afford it? They’re putting seven times the annual budget of the EPA into immigrant detention.
February 2, 2026 at 3:34 AM
👇🎯 Not once has the national media asked a GOP politician about affording ICE the way Biden/the Dems were asked about the cost of
student loan debt relief & literally everything else for the last 50 years.
student loan debt relief & literally everything else for the last 50 years.
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jesus christ
February 2, 2026 at 2:37 AM
jesus christ
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ICE now confirming that there is a measles outbreak at the Texas concentration camp where young Liam was held.
February 2, 2026 at 12:08 AM
ICE now confirming that there is a measles outbreak at the Texas concentration camp where young Liam was held.
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multiple trump-created crises converging with deadly results.
BREAKING: ICE has halted "all movement" at a Texas detention facility due to measles infections, DHS confirms.
ICE halts "all movement" at Texas detention facility due to measles infections
The measles cases at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center were detected Friday, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to CBS News.
cbsn.ws
February 2, 2026 at 1:27 AM
multiple trump-created crises converging with deadly results.
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A reminder that the Kennedy Center is the literal and legal and congressional designated presidential memorial to JFK. This would be like Trump tearing down the Lincoln Memorial to build something “better.”
February 2, 2026 at 1:28 AM
A reminder that the Kennedy Center is the literal and legal and congressional designated presidential memorial to JFK. This would be like Trump tearing down the Lincoln Memorial to build something “better.”
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The days we don’t hear about you? WHAT days we don’t hear about you? You travel with a movie crew and a makeup semi-trailer!
February 2, 2026 at 1:27 AM
The days we don’t hear about you? WHAT days we don’t hear about you? You travel with a movie crew and a makeup semi-trailer!
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I think a lot about Parmy Olson's observation that AI companies actively push everyone to talk about existential risk, because it distracts from more prosaic current day concerns like copyright theft, conditions for data workers, energy & water use, and their financial situation
‘Humanity needs to wake up’ to dangers of AI, says Anthropic chief www.ft.com/content/c309...
‘Humanity needs to wake up’ to dangers of AI, says Anthropic chief
Dario Amodei posts 20,000-word essay detailing potentially catastrophic risks from powerful technology in years to come
www.ft.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:26 PM
I think a lot about Parmy Olson's observation that AI companies actively push everyone to talk about existential risk, because it distracts from more prosaic current day concerns like copyright theft, conditions for data workers, energy & water use, and their financial situation
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what impressed me most today was that a huge crowd of people who mostly had never been tear gassed managed to retreat without running or trampling each other. under a cloud of gas that was not moving (zero wind), people held onto each other and walked blind down a street packed tight as sardines
Just got gassed pretty good at the labor union anti-ICE protest in Portland. Massive march, 5-10k strong. Vibes were very much liberal rather than radical. Lots of kids and older folks.
They gassed the whole crowd as soon as it marched on ICE, in broad daylight.
They gassed the whole crowd as soon as it marched on ICE, in broad daylight.
February 1, 2026 at 8:56 AM
what impressed me most today was that a huge crowd of people who mostly had never been tear gassed managed to retreat without running or trampling each other. under a cloud of gas that was not moving (zero wind), people held onto each other and walked blind down a street packed tight as sardines
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I hope Republicans never win another election in my lifetime.
February 1, 2026 at 7:36 AM
I hope Republicans never win another election in my lifetime.
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Looking at the precinct results in TX's 9th Senate district election and the shift is a consistent ~40 points on margin vs 2022 in the outlying areas, matching the pattern of persuasion and Republican dropoff we've seen in special elections for the 2025-26 election cycle.
February 1, 2026 at 4:07 AM
Looking at the precinct results in TX's 9th Senate district election and the shift is a consistent ~40 points on margin vs 2022 in the outlying areas, matching the pattern of persuasion and Republican dropoff we've seen in special elections for the 2025-26 election cycle.