RoninMacbeth 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇻🇪
@roninmacbeth.bsky.social
he/him, History MA, History and Classics BA, Aspiring Byzantinist.
In Asgard, the Aesir. On Midgard, the Republic.
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"Can anyone be judged innocent, if it suffices to accuse him?"
-Julian II
In Asgard, the Aesir. On Midgard, the Republic.
Follows w/o mutuals, bio, and/or posts liable to be blocked.
"Can anyone be judged innocent, if it suffices to accuse him?"
-Julian II
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Remember kids, it's No Nostalgia Critic November! I TAKE THE PLEDGE
If you see this post an anime you love (I have only really seen part of one anime)
November 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
If you see this post an anime you love (I have only really seen part of one anime)
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If one listened to Rachel Reeves, one might suppose that the British state introduced the two child benefit cap solely for the satisfaction of abolishing it
November 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
If one listened to Rachel Reeves, one might suppose that the British state introduced the two child benefit cap solely for the satisfaction of abolishing it
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I'll make Robert Eggers churn out masterful yearly period pieces on pain of death for the next three decades.
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 26, 2025 at 2:51 AM
I'll make Robert Eggers churn out masterful yearly period pieces on pain of death for the next three decades.
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very funny that within like 20 minutes of these posts i already got a “he has this bad take because works for the new york times” quote post. no, i have this correct take because i’m not so blinded by fan service slop that i can’t evaluate a film on its own merits
November 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
very funny that within like 20 minutes of these posts i already got a “he has this bad take because works for the new york times” quote post. no, i have this correct take because i’m not so blinded by fan service slop that i can’t evaluate a film on its own merits
I am beginning to think Britain is ungovernable.
November 26, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I am beginning to think Britain is ungovernable.
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My body is a machine that turns ample free time to accomplish my goals into a disorganized frenzy to do one single task in 8 hours
I view posting as an ideological project and my ideology is to put off doing the work I need to do.
November 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
My body is a machine that turns ample free time to accomplish my goals into a disorganized frenzy to do one single task in 8 hours
"Ivan the Terrible Part III," as best as we can reconstruct it.
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
"Ivan the Terrible Part III," as best as we can reconstruct it.
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Guy who develops B2B SASS solutions to manage the Aryan Nations' network of weapons caches: "It's a living."
November 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Guy who develops B2B SASS solutions to manage the Aryan Nations' network of weapons caches: "It's a living."
I'm still pretty sure that since 1815, the French Army has seen its main purposes as, in ascending order:
Fighting a European war.
Killing brown people.
Killing other French people.
Fighting a European war.
Killing brown people.
Killing other French people.
November 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I'm still pretty sure that since 1815, the French Army has seen its main purposes as, in ascending order:
Fighting a European war.
Killing brown people.
Killing other French people.
Fighting a European war.
Killing brown people.
Killing other French people.
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oh look, Google is once again returning factually inaccurate data because it’s very important to them to use Daddy’s preferred terms
November 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
oh look, Google is once again returning factually inaccurate data because it’s very important to them to use Daddy’s preferred terms
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this is probably true but i also think it's not crazy to say "i dont really want to play this game but id like to listen to someone tell me what happens in it"
"you have not played the game unless you've played the game" is one of my more annoying but unshakable opinions
the whole "don't play the game, just watch a video on youtube that will explain its story to you" is so disheartening because the issue of accessibility is genuinely really important but it's always just people who want to be spoon-fed nicely quantifiable information
November 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
this is probably true but i also think it's not crazy to say "i dont really want to play this game but id like to listen to someone tell me what happens in it"
Lecture in class was about stories and fandoms in tech companies on the border (particularly Anduril and Palantir). So thank you to @mikesenters.bsky.social for preparing me for this.
November 25, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Lecture in class was about stories and fandoms in tech companies on the border (particularly Anduril and Palantir). So thank you to @mikesenters.bsky.social for preparing me for this.
Fixed for the present age.
November 25, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Fixed for the present age.
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I’m happy to have made @thelouvreof.bsky.social Hall of Fame
November 25, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I’m happy to have made @thelouvreof.bsky.social Hall of Fame
On some level I really have to question the wisdom of fields that are almost totally dependent on governmental largesse deciding that an opposition to the government or even the institution itself. Do you think you are going to be able to call for the system to fall within the system endlessly?
November 25, 2025 at 1:26 AM
On some level I really have to question the wisdom of fields that are almost totally dependent on governmental largesse deciding that an opposition to the government or even the institution itself. Do you think you are going to be able to call for the system to fall within the system endlessly?
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The Trump administration after looking at the November 4 election results
November 25, 2025 at 12:03 AM
The Trump administration after looking at the November 4 election results
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Day of the Jerkass
November 24, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Day of the Jerkass
My list (have not seen Skeleton Crew or Acolyte):
Andor Season 1
Andor Season 2
Mando Season 1 (very close w/above)
Ahsoka
TBoBF
Mando Season 2
Obi-Wan
<the pit of Hell>
Mando Season 3
Andor Season 1
Andor Season 2
Mando Season 1 (very close w/above)
Ahsoka
TBoBF
Mando Season 2
Obi-Wan
<the pit of Hell>
Mando Season 3
Live Action Star Wars TV ranked (Thanksgiving is great for pulling pins on grenades)
Andor S1
Mandalorian S1
Andor S2
Mando S2
Skeleton Crew
Boba Fett
The Acolyte
Mando S3
Ahsoka S1
Obi Wan Kenobi
Andor S1
Mandalorian S1
Andor S2
Mando S2
Skeleton Crew
Boba Fett
The Acolyte
Mando S3
Ahsoka S1
Obi Wan Kenobi
November 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
My list (have not seen Skeleton Crew or Acolyte):
Andor Season 1
Andor Season 2
Mando Season 1 (very close w/above)
Ahsoka
TBoBF
Mando Season 2
Obi-Wan
<the pit of Hell>
Mando Season 3
Andor Season 1
Andor Season 2
Mando Season 1 (very close w/above)
Ahsoka
TBoBF
Mando Season 2
Obi-Wan
<the pit of Hell>
Mando Season 3
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rogue one is bad folks. i have believed this since i saw it in theaters and no subsequent rewatch has changed my mind. basically a chop job until the final sequence, which is good (for star wars)
November 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
rogue one is bad folks. i have believed this since i saw it in theaters and no subsequent rewatch has changed my mind. basically a chop job until the final sequence, which is good (for star wars)
Does anyone remember the old Lyle Rath video on "The Force Awakens?" How one of the recurring bits in that video was "Hey, remember Star Wars?" Well Rogue One was also full of that and doesn't get nearly enough shit for it.
I agree. I've said before I do not really like Rogue One, genuinely do not understand why people say it's the best of the lot after watching it three times by now, but Andor shows that Gilroy probably would have delivered a film that good.
November 24, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Does anyone remember the old Lyle Rath video on "The Force Awakens?" How one of the recurring bits in that video was "Hey, remember Star Wars?" Well Rogue One was also full of that and doesn't get nearly enough shit for it.
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i would push rogue one down and bring solo and the last jedi up. i’d also place attack of the clones at the bottom.
haven’t seen ROS or Solo but this seems like a pretty ball-knowing list from Pritzker, particularly if he volunteered the name “Star Wars” rather than “A New Hope”
November 24, 2025 at 7:37 PM
i would push rogue one down and bring solo and the last jedi up. i’d also place attack of the clones at the bottom.
This could be very funny.
November 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
This could be very funny.
The one area where I would like to offer some pushback on the episode is the idea that a hypothetical Trump regime could combine New Deal policies with vicious nativism. I'm not sure that's really possible, because we already had a welfarist president with nativist immigration policies: Biden.
John Ganz accidentally referring to the National Conservative conference as the "anti-Semitism conference" is a great bit NGL.
November 24, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The one area where I would like to offer some pushback on the episode is the idea that a hypothetical Trump regime could combine New Deal policies with vicious nativism. I'm not sure that's really possible, because we already had a welfarist president with nativist immigration policies: Biden.
"Alright, men, leesten up: we must cover up ze fact zat ze First Lady is a transgender and silence Candace Owens. As such, we shall assassinate Charlie Kirk with the help of ze Mossad. Comprenez vous?"
November 24, 2025 at 8:16 PM
"Alright, men, leesten up: we must cover up ze fact zat ze First Lady is a transgender and silence Candace Owens. As such, we shall assassinate Charlie Kirk with the help of ze Mossad. Comprenez vous?"