Andy Shamel
@andyshamel.bsky.social
Episcopal priest • theologian • inveterate nerd: Tolkien, TTRPGs, M:tG • father of two • Oxford, UK
Author of Theology and the Mythic Sensibility available now from Cambridge University Press
Author of Theology and the Mythic Sensibility available now from Cambridge University Press
It appears to be a needlessly misogynistic translation of “Gestant puellæ viscera”, which has nothing about abhorring anything..
December 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
It appears to be a needlessly misogynistic translation of “Gestant puellæ viscera”, which has nothing about abhorring anything..
Mmpb was the format of my youth, spent reading now-disintegrating fantasy novels. Much though I love the higher production value of trade paper backs, there’s something about being able to shove a novel in you jeans pocket and take it with you. Ebooks are great for some, but I’ll take paper.
December 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Mmpb was the format of my youth, spent reading now-disintegrating fantasy novels. Much though I love the higher production value of trade paper backs, there’s something about being able to shove a novel in you jeans pocket and take it with you. Ebooks are great for some, but I’ll take paper.
Putting the “end” back in Advendt.
Hmm… may need to keep working on that one…
Hmm… may need to keep working on that one…
December 3, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Putting the “end” back in Advendt.
Hmm… may need to keep working on that one…
Hmm… may need to keep working on that one…
Probably the most beautiful piece of Magic: the Gathering art in a decade or more.
November 18, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Probably the most beautiful piece of Magic: the Gathering art in a decade or more.
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2024: hahaha suck it troglodytes, this thing's gonna be replacing your job and dating your girlfriend
2026: we continue to see modest gains at the edges of our applications. we believe 14% of consumers may be ready to spend up to three dollars a month on this by end of Q4
2026: we continue to see modest gains at the edges of our applications. we believe 14% of consumers may be ready to spend up to three dollars a month on this by end of Q4
November 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
2024: hahaha suck it troglodytes, this thing's gonna be replacing your job and dating your girlfriend
2026: we continue to see modest gains at the edges of our applications. we believe 14% of consumers may be ready to spend up to three dollars a month on this by end of Q4
2026: we continue to see modest gains at the edges of our applications. we believe 14% of consumers may be ready to spend up to three dollars a month on this by end of Q4
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'"There is no good way to say this" but to say this: AI is the antithesis of education. It is the antithesis of the future. As such, it is a kind of epistemological death, and I recognize... we have long been surrounded by such efforts; we are grieving already. And yet, we go on.'
November 13, 2025 at 2:11 AM
'"There is no good way to say this" but to say this: AI is the antithesis of education. It is the antithesis of the future. As such, it is a kind of epistemological death, and I recognize... we have long been surrounded by such efforts; we are grieving already. And yet, we go on.'
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He just got a trillion dollar package, and sure it's bullshit and imaginary but still, imagine inking a deal where you get a trillion dollars, more than anyone has ever had, and then going to your little computer and asking it to make a fake woman who pretends to like you. Weapons-grade cringe.
November 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
He just got a trillion dollar package, and sure it's bullshit and imaginary but still, imagine inking a deal where you get a trillion dollars, more than anyone has ever had, and then going to your little computer and asking it to make a fake woman who pretends to like you. Weapons-grade cringe.
I first heard of agas watching Bake Off when that poor girl forgot to turn her oven on because they had an aga at home. I feel like I learned something about British culture in that moment.
November 2, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I first heard of agas watching Bake Off when that poor girl forgot to turn her oven on because they had an aga at home. I feel like I learned something about British culture in that moment.
My 3-year-old is getting *really* good at drawing maps. (They are nonsense, but increasingly purposeful nonsense). As a parent and as a lifelong DM, this makes me proud.
October 29, 2025 at 6:51 PM
My 3-year-old is getting *really* good at drawing maps. (They are nonsense, but increasingly purposeful nonsense). As a parent and as a lifelong DM, this makes me proud.
Who knew Magic players were such dedicated baseball fans. I did not know this.
October 28, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Who knew Magic players were such dedicated baseball fans. I did not know this.
Hey! Congrats!! That’s super exciting!
October 26, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Hey! Congrats!! That’s super exciting!
I will be fast-tracking my applications for ILR and citizenship so I can get under any future Conservative or Reform government policies that would send me back where I came from, with or without my wife and children. What are we even doing?
October 23, 2025 at 9:10 AM
I will be fast-tracking my applications for ILR and citizenship so I can get under any future Conservative or Reform government policies that would send me back where I came from, with or without my wife and children. What are we even doing?