Joel
@storywonker.bsky.social
A serious person who does big things
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Complaints about Buddhist monks being just thugs and bandits are a pretty persistent theme in 16th century Japanese writing, to the point where you see a lot of admiration for the Jesuits specifically for being actually pious and ascetic.
November 25, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Complaints about Buddhist monks being just thugs and bandits are a pretty persistent theme in 16th century Japanese writing, to the point where you see a lot of admiration for the Jesuits specifically for being actually pious and ascetic.
Probably gonna have to do a whole load of job applications soon bc work is culling my team down to 10 people and I don't think I'll make the cut.
I HATE doing job applications and I'm not going back to customer service
I HATE doing job applications and I'm not going back to customer service
November 26, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Probably gonna have to do a whole load of job applications soon bc work is culling my team down to 10 people and I don't think I'll make the cut.
I HATE doing job applications and I'm not going back to customer service
I HATE doing job applications and I'm not going back to customer service
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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.
Okay, I had no idea vaginoplasties are older than Penicillin
Next time transphobes call trans healthcare "experimental" you can show them this
November 25, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Okay, I had no idea vaginoplasties are older than Penicillin
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The Aubrey-Maturin Saga (18 movies)
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 6:47 PM
The Aubrey-Maturin Saga (18 movies)
Very funny that "Grok" has become a derogatory descriptor. Masterful branding.
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 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Very funny that "Grok" has become a derogatory descriptor. Masterful branding.
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Why have you done me like this
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Why have you done me like this
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I think we are long past the point of noting the judiciary is ideologically captured by bigots and extremists
It is genuinely insane to see a judge describe Graham Linehan as a “generally credible witness” in a trial where he claimed Sophia Brooks has been engaged in “trans activism” since 2013 (when she would’ve been 6 years old), then, when challenged, claimed her drivers license lied about her age.
November 25, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I think we are long past the point of noting the judiciary is ideologically captured by bigots and extremists
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I actually think it's bad that the law thinks that calling a 17 year old a "sissy porn-watching scumbag", a "groomer" and a "disgusting incel" in public is not a crime, and indeed I do not think criticising this would constitute "[picking] sides in the debate about sex and gender identity".
November 25, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I actually think it's bad that the law thinks that calling a 17 year old a "sissy porn-watching scumbag", a "groomer" and a "disgusting incel" in public is not a crime, and indeed I do not think criticising this would constitute "[picking] sides in the debate about sex and gender identity".
They do know the Lesbian sheep thing is a metaphor, right?
unfortunately I have lost my mind at the Instagram posting from the gay sheep wool brand
November 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
They do know the Lesbian sheep thing is a metaphor, right?
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unfortunately I have lost my mind at the Instagram posting from the gay sheep wool brand
November 24, 2025 at 11:22 PM
unfortunately I have lost my mind at the Instagram posting from the gay sheep wool brand
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Going to be honest, if Turkeys grew to human size, could walk upright, talk, dressed in clothes, became carnivorous AND targeted humans for cooking, I feel that they might put Paxo up our deceased bums pretty low down my list of concerns
November 25, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Going to be honest, if Turkeys grew to human size, could walk upright, talk, dressed in clothes, became carnivorous AND targeted humans for cooking, I feel that they might put Paxo up our deceased bums pretty low down my list of concerns
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Also, - and I know this isn't whay Adam is saying- it's not a progressive v socially conservative issue, this. You don't have to class yourself as a 'progressive' to find Farage's language racist. Most people find the use of that kind of language racist.
All the supposedly progressive people saying 'Nigel Farage's racism doesn't matter. His fans love it'.
It matters whether the leader of the party leading all the opinion polls is an outright racist. It matters if he called black people 'wogs' and said 'gas them' to Jews. Not everything is a game
It matters whether the leader of the party leading all the opinion polls is an outright racist. It matters if he called black people 'wogs' and said 'gas them' to Jews. Not everything is a game
November 25, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Also, - and I know this isn't whay Adam is saying- it's not a progressive v socially conservative issue, this. You don't have to class yourself as a 'progressive' to find Farage's language racist. Most people find the use of that kind of language racist.
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the bbc coining the phrase "teenage trans woman" in their coverage of the linehan case is driving me insane. it's so subtly revealing
November 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
the bbc coining the phrase "teenage trans woman" in their coverage of the linehan case is driving me insane. it's so subtly revealing
I love this element because it a) makes Vader's murderous rage make even more sense and b) it's very funny
the end of Rogue One means that at the start of Star Wars, Leia's going "oh wow can't believe you're raiding my innocent ship" to a guy who saw & she knows saw her fly away from the battle, like she's trying to lie so blatantly he'll question himself because SURELY nobody would
November 25, 2025 at 11:14 AM
I love this element because it a) makes Vader's murderous rage make even more sense and b) it's very funny
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The existence of an orthodontist implies the existence of catholintists and protestantists.
why is it called “orthodontist”,,,, imagine telling someone you’ve got a dontist appointment
November 24, 2025 at 7:04 AM
The existence of an orthodontist implies the existence of catholintists and protestantists.
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Stay with me for a second here, but is it possible that part of it is that Gliwice has almost twice the population of Darlington, is part of the biggest conurbation in Poland, and hosts one of the country's top universities?
Over at the Daily Telegraph, they're scratching their heads as to why the former mining and steel producinv city of Gliwice in Poland is now 45% more prosperous than Darlington... and why it has new shiny infrastructure... without mentioning EU funds for urban and regional development...
November 24, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Stay with me for a second here, but is it possible that part of it is that Gliwice has almost twice the population of Darlington, is part of the biggest conurbation in Poland, and hosts one of the country's top universities?
Mf said Fremch
Sometimes I think about the Fremch recon pilot who overflew the big panzer traffic jam and promptly reported it back to a general headquarters which assumed he was lying
November 24, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Mf said Fremch
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one thing i don't think people appreciate about military technology of the WW2 era is that there was a vastly lower expectation of what counted as "reliable"
November 24, 2025 at 4:36 AM
one thing i don't think people appreciate about military technology of the WW2 era is that there was a vastly lower expectation of what counted as "reliable"
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Standing athwart the Silk Road yelling stop.
November 24, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Standing athwart the Silk Road yelling stop.
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they had goth baddies in the 17th century as evidenced by the fact that a woman named Caterine Morte had a skull coat of arms
November 23, 2025 at 8:54 PM
they had goth baddies in the 17th century as evidenced by the fact that a woman named Caterine Morte had a skull coat of arms
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sunday afternoon chores don't stand a chance when lying on the couch is the vibe
November 23, 2025 at 6:45 PM
sunday afternoon chores don't stand a chance when lying on the couch is the vibe
This too is Gender
November 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This too is Gender