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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 55m

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Hannah Rutherford (she/her) @lomadiah.bsky.social · 57m

Please signal boost, it's for a good cause! 🙏

Hey folks - I'm working with an MS (multiple sclerosis) charity to find streamers to support fundraising in November. It's retro gaming themed, so if you're interested in more info - or you know someone who would be amazing - please chuck me a reply 💚

a young boy covering his face with his hands while a man says please say yes behind him .

Alt: a young boy crossing his fingers and screwing up his eyes, saying please say yes

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Glynn Stewart @glynnstewart.com · 2h

Updating from Japan!

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Glynn Stewart @glynnstewart.com · 6h

It's not a remotely practical counter historical.

But the image of Admiral Yamamoto on the radio to the BEF doing "On your left" with his elite pilots and an 18" gun super-battleship has a definite charm.

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Glynn Stewart @glynnstewart.com · 6h

Instead of December 7, 1941, being the day the IJN and Kido Butai make history, it's the end of May 1940.

Of course, pulling this off would not only be a logistical miracle but would need to be negotiated months in advance.

The only way the IJN gets to Dunkirk, is using RN bases and the Suez

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Glynn Stewart @glynnstewart.com · 6h

The idea was that Japan got out of WW2 in better shape by deciding they owed England for guarding their flank in the Russo Japanese war.

I described it as them "pulling the elves at Helms Deep" (yes, I know this wasn't in the books)

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Glynn Stewart @glynnstewart.com · 6h

There is an unexpected call on the radio, requesting permission to enter the channel to provide air and fire support to the evacuation.

"An alliance once existed between our nations. We come to honor that allegiance."

It's the IJN carrier fleet, with enough extra planes to turn the tide.

a man with long hair is hugging a woman

Alt: Aragon and Heldir embrace at Helms Deep

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Glynn Stewart @glynnstewart.com · 6h

Sigh.
There was a bar conversation the other night that has created an annoying story scrap in my head.

May 27, 1940. The British Expeditionary Force is being evacuated under fire. The little ships are only just beginning to move.
The British command is still expecting to save 5% or less of the BEF

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Glynn Stewart @glynnstewart.com · 14h

Once I get back home I will have to reset up Freedom on everything, I think

The deadline pressure for Broken Prince is going to be real.

Glynn Stewart @glynnstewart.com · 15h

I was really planning to wear slacks today and look somewhat professional for the train and our arrival in Kobe.

And then I saw Kobe's weather

At 31C, anything but shorts and a t-shirt requires both payment in advance and on duty medical staff.

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Glynn Stewart @glynnstewart.com · 15h

I am sufficiently out of the office that I'm not even worried that I hadn't seen this yet.

But I'm not sure if I even need to keep an eye on Kickstarter while following Canadian Snark Lady and Potato Lover.

She seems to keep posting the things I'd like...

Canadian Snark Lady and Potato Lover @kristadb1.bsky.social · 17h

This game funded in 80 minutes, so it'll be interesting to see how far it goes.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/epi...

Starfinder: Afterlight 💫

Gather your crew and save the galaxy in this party-based RPG featuring Starfinder 2e ruleset where magic meets technology.

www.kickstarter.com

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Glynn Stewart @glynnstewart.com · 16h

I'm afraid I attempt to be a morally consistent person, Canadian Snark Lady and Potato Lover, and therefore I will respect and support your life and name choices.

But, uh, is there a short form you like?

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Glynn Stewart @glynnstewart.com · 16h

This thought is also part of why I am dreading moving.

Want to come help us pack in a couple of weeks for a break?

XD.

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Glynn Stewart @glynnstewart.com · 16h

Sale continues until Friday!

Glynn Stewart @glynnstewart.com · 2d

This weeks' sale is the Castle Federation series
Ex-flagship Avalon is off for one last tour - but her last tour may yet define her new crew!
Space Carrier Avalon is free until Friday mybook.to/scavalon
Stellar Fox is 0.99 in the US and UK until Friday mybook.to/stellarfox

Check it out and enjoy!

Cover of the book Space Carrier Avalon by Glynn Stewart.
A large triangular spaceship moves through space above a blue-green planet, with a squadron of smaller starfighters in close company.

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CE (Catie) Murphy @cemurphy.bsky.social · 1d

oh hey i have a BOOK out today! The re-release of RAVEN CALLS is available now! How exciting!

After a year of adjusting to having shamanic powers, Joanne Walker has leveled up—and now she’s got to start all over again...

www.amazon.com/dp/B0DXQ9GPH...

The cover to CE Murphy's RAVEN CALLS, book eight of the Walker Papers urban fantasy series, features heroine Joanne Walker in a dramatic Irish setting, with a castle and a golden glowing sky in the distance. She holds her rapier horizontally in both hands, as if offering it to someone. A glowing blue magical raven fills the sky above her shoulder. Cover art and design by G&S Cover Design Studio.

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Glynn Stewart @glynnstewart.com · 1d

The best I've seen so far on this was: "The only thing binary about Brother Kate is their flamer"

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Glynn Stewart @glynnstewart.com · 1d

As retirement plans go, sitting in a lovely seaside park providing shelter for pigeons sounds rather nice.

It took IJN Mutsu's 16" gun a long hard slog to get there, though.

Picture of a very, very, very large battleship gun. There are some tourists at the far end for scale.

Closer, clustered in the shade of the barrel, are about a dozen pigeons, a couple of them beautifully iridescent black-purple fancies.

This was one of the 16" guns from IJN Mutsu. Built just post WWI, she was sunk in 1943.
The cannon was retrieved in the 70s, spending a few decades in a Tokyo Museum before being brought to Yokusaka (where the gun was built, I believe) to become a shoreside exhibit.

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Glynn Stewart @glynnstewart.com · 2d

This weeks' sale is the Castle Federation series
Ex-flagship Avalon is off for one last tour - but her last tour may yet define her new crew!
Space Carrier Avalon is free until Friday mybook.to/scavalon
Stellar Fox is 0.99 in the US and UK until Friday mybook.to/stellarfox

Check it out and enjoy!

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🦈 Liz, shark queen 👑 @thesharkqueen.com · 1d

By the way? We stand in solidarity with Kickstarter employees and the union, and we look forward to Kickstarter addressing the needs of its workers.

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Glynn Stewart @glynnstewart.com · 2d

This weeks' sale is the Castle Federation series
Ex-flagship Avalon is off for one last tour - but her last tour may yet define her new crew!
Space Carrier Avalon is free until Friday mybook.to/scavalon
Stellar Fox is 0.99 in the US and UK until Friday mybook.to/stellarfox

Check it out and enjoy!

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Glynn Stewart @glynnstewart.com · 2d

Sadly, it did not taste as good as it smelled. Shame.

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Glynn Stewart @glynnstewart.com · 2d

Anything that comes out of the microwave smelling this good is probably going to make me sick.

But if it tastes as good as it smells, it will be worth it.

A row of microwaved dumplings from 7-11 in Japan.

They look okay. You have to trust me that they smell delightful.

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Glynn Stewart @glynnstewart.com · 2d

Such sweet babies. Thank you for helping them out

Glynn Stewart @glynnstewart.com · 2d

Mikasa from the water.

#warships

The museum ship Mikasa, a 1900era Japanese battleship.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 2d

K-Pop Demon Hunters is legitimately the global cultural phenomenon of 2025 and honestly there are far worse things to be a cultural touchstone this year than a trio of young women fighting literal soul-sucking hegemony through the power of their art

E. Perkins 🎃 @hauntedpumpkin.bsky.social · 2d

Oh crap, it's back at #1 in movies again today on Netflix too. That's awesome!

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Glynn Stewart @glynnstewart.com · 3d

That seems like an event of major, world critical, importance.

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