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Seyed P. Razavi (aka Syd) @monkeyx.bsky.social · 5d

That sounds like an amazing campaign! 🤩

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Seyed P. Razavi (aka Syd) @monkeyx.bsky.social · 5d

20/19/20 suggest NO 😅

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Seyed P. Razavi (aka Syd) @monkeyx.bsky.social · 6d

The winners of the War in the Old World VII

Overall - Malik Amin Rubio
Best General of Good - Malik Amin Rubio
Best General of Evil - Tom Mann
Best Sport - Danny Paines
Coolest Army - Andy O'Reilly
New dice - Mathew Lang

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Seyed P. Razavi (aka Syd) @monkeyx.bsky.social · 6d

Round 3 - Encirclement

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Seyed P. Razavi (aka Syd) @monkeyx.bsky.social · 6d

Round 2 - A Chance Encounter

Seyed P. Razavi (aka Syd) @monkeyx.bsky.social · 6d

Round 1 - King of the Hill (modified)

Seyed P. Razavi (aka Syd) @monkeyx.bsky.social · 6d

It's another War in the Old World Saturday! Once again blown away by the hobby and good vibes.

#Warhammer #OldWorlr #WiTOW

Seyed P. Razavi (aka Syd) @monkeyx.bsky.social · 9d

The story of resisting the Far Right in the UK is not new.

A short story reflecting on this.

blog.srazavi.com/stories/2025...

Surrounded

We went because we thought it mattered to be seen. A small counter-protest, standing against a tide, hemmed in by flags and chants. On the pavements of central London the crowd seemed endless, faces p...

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Seyed P. Razavi (aka Syd) @monkeyx.bsky.social · 10d

Real talk: nothing killed my love of reading and writing like doing a PhD.

Feels like I've emerged from a creative black hole now that is behind me.

I did the write a thousand words / day thing over the summer and sifting through it all bit by bit since September. Feels like finding your old self.

Seyed P. Razavi (aka Syd) @monkeyx.bsky.social · 11d

Well done Phil! Good to see the manboobs do so well x

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Seyed P. Razavi (aka Syd) @monkeyx.bsky.social · 11d

The Jacket He Wore - a short story about friendships formed over D&D and how we get lost
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The Jacket He Wore

He sat in the back row in a jacket that smelled faintly like pennies. It was old Army surplus, sleeves a little long, cuffs shiny where hands had polished them by habit. He wore it in August and in De...

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Seyed P. Razavi (aka Syd) @monkeyx.bsky.social · 12d

The latest Pendragon release could've done with much better editing (nevermind the railroady design of the adventure and the boring mass battle / tournament rules). So much potential in the system but bloody hard work to get the juice out.

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Future Games Show @futuregamesshow.bsky.social · 14d

the Command & Conquer series is 30 years old today we so have an excuse to share this iconic moment with Tim Curry

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Seyed P. Razavi (aka Syd) @monkeyx.bsky.social · 13d

Change a movie by adding a word

The Fairy Godfather

Red Dog @red-dog.xyz · 13d

Change a movie by adding a word

Star Bar Wars

🎃 Agent Pumpkin 🎃 @agentpumpkin.bsky.social · 13d

Change a movie by adding a word

Don't Stand By Me.

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Seyed P. Razavi (aka Syd) @monkeyx.bsky.social · 16d

A poem about not waiting for old age to tackle those projects and adventures.

poems.prazavi.com/2025/09/24/r...

Retirement Before the Grave - Poems by Pouya Razavi

1//The Question What if the future is not waiting but a seed already in hand? I asked myself, and silence returned a challenge: Live now, not later.

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Seyed P. Razavi (aka Syd) @monkeyx.bsky.social · 17d

My Bose QC2s died after 12 years of service.

So bought myself a treat with the Bose QC Ultra and wow...

Slapped on the ultimate sound test
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YouTube video by M̲A̲9'S

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Seyed P. Razavi (aka Syd) @monkeyx.bsky.social · 17d

Mystara is my old time favourite D&D setting. Been slowly collecting the PODs for it.

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Seyed P. Razavi (aka Syd) @monkeyx.bsky.social · 18d

Poster's Madness - a poem
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Poster’s Madness - Poems by Pouya Razavi

The season tilts, air thins to cold. Doors close, grass recedes, the earth held farther from our feet.

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Seyed P. Razavi (aka Syd) @monkeyx.bsky.social · 19d

A short story inspired by my ambivalent feelings on Zack Snyder's treatment of DC superhero films and the way old friends relate through their hobbies.

blog.srazavi.com/stories/2025...

Echoes Between the Panels

On Wednesdays the shop smelled like ink and plastic sleeves and the faint sugar of the bakery next door. New shipments meant a current to the air; the clerk moved through it with a box cutter, slicing...

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Seyed P. Razavi (aka Syd) @monkeyx.bsky.social · 23d

If you see this, quote the energy you bring to Bluesky.

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Seyed P. Razavi (aka Syd) @monkeyx.bsky.social · 26d

Blue Punk - a short story about youthful mistakes

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Blue Punk

I was fifteen and mean as vinegar, cut-off shorts and a T-shirt with the sleeves hacked, a shock of hair I dyed with drugstore black until it went purple in the sun. The mission called me “the kid,” w...

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Seyed P. Razavi (aka Syd) @monkeyx.bsky.social · 26d

Guy Called Quest

MadBeardMan (➡️ Furnace) @madbeardman.bsky.social · 26d

The Boo Radley.

Gav Thorpe @gavthorpe.bsky.social · 26d

New Model Soldier.

Seyed P. Razavi (aka Syd) @monkeyx.bsky.social · 28d

It's been a while, but I wrote a poem in the summer to mark my 47th. Feels ready to share:

poems.prazavi.com/2025/09/12/f...

Forty Seven - Poems by Pouya Razavi

At ten I was unmoored a child set adrift, no father’s hands steady, only houses that shifted, countries that opened and closed like faulty doors.

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Seyed P. Razavi (aka Syd) @monkeyx.bsky.social · Sep 8

Must watch.

You've probably heard of Enshitification (the process in which web properties lock in users, lock in businesses then extract value until only shit is left).

But have you heard there is a way out? Fatalism / techno determinism be damned.

youtu.be/_Ai-fC-2Bpo?...

Cory Doctorow at CF 25: How Enshittification Conquered the 21st Century and How We Can Overthrow It

YouTube video by CloudFest

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Seyed P. Razavi (aka Syd) @monkeyx.bsky.social · Sep 7

Sad to hear. His book On the origins of objects was one of the reasons I went for a PhD.

Melanie Mitchell @melaniemitchell.bsky.social · Sep 7

I was profoundly saddened to hear that my friend Brian Cantwell Smith has passed away after a long illness. Brian's work on on the foundations of computing and intelligence was deep and insightful. He was a remarkable person & overall mensch. May his memory be a blessing.

tinyurl.com/2u3fh42m

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