William Burns
@williameburns.bsky.social
A Knight of Fortune's Wheel. He/him.
None must question the Nine Sages Garbed in Black, the only custodians of the Sacred Words of the Fathers!
December 8, 2025 at 1:05 AM
None must question the Nine Sages Garbed in Black, the only custodians of the Sacred Words of the Fathers!
Some versions of Catwoman are that.
December 7, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Some versions of Catwoman are that.
Polis endorsing Hanania!
December 7, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Polis endorsing Hanania!
What's really interesting about this situation, and I can't think of a parallel, is that both of the traditional parties of power, Labour and the Conservatives, are collapsing at the same time.
December 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
What's really interesting about this situation, and I can't think of a parallel, is that both of the traditional parties of power, Labour and the Conservatives, are collapsing at the same time.
Not unlike the Trump administration.
December 7, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Not unlike the Trump administration.
The Sea Peoples?
December 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The Sea Peoples?
Will the next Archbishop of Canterbury hold his/her/their hand in the fire?
December 7, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Will the next Archbishop of Canterbury hold his/her/their hand in the fire?
"Lukewarm backer" puts him ahead of every other US president.
December 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
"Lukewarm backer" puts him ahead of every other US president.
"This place is not a place of honor. . .no highly esteemed deed is commemorated here. . .nothing valued is here"
December 7, 2025 at 3:28 AM
"This place is not a place of honor. . .no highly esteemed deed is commemorated here. . .nothing valued is here"
He had a high-profile feud with SPY magazine!
December 6, 2025 at 9:45 PM
He had a high-profile feud with SPY magazine!
On Bluesky, that's going to be kind of a challenge.
December 6, 2025 at 9:42 PM
On Bluesky, that's going to be kind of a challenge.
Thank you for sending me down an interesting rabbit hole. I wonder how mother and son are getting along these days.
December 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Thank you for sending me down an interesting rabbit hole. I wonder how mother and son are getting along these days.
Also, I would say Japan has the advantage of relative isolation, plenty of civil conflicts but only one outright foreign takeover, and that was without a ground invasion.
December 6, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Also, I would say Japan has the advantage of relative isolation, plenty of civil conflicts but only one outright foreign takeover, and that was without a ground invasion.
I initially read that as "jesusispositivist."
December 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I initially read that as "jesusispositivist."
There's supposedly a Japanese construction company that's a millenium and a half old.
December 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
There's supposedly a Japanese construction company that's a millenium and a half old.
I'll go a little further than that and say he frequently did whimsical takes on standard fantasy tropes. This may be a little radical for some of you, but it's my opinion.
December 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I'll go a little further than that and say he frequently did whimsical takes on standard fantasy tropes. This may be a little radical for some of you, but it's my opinion.
The move to "skills" already happened in history. It's what happens to a discipline when it loses confidence about people benefiting from learning its content.
December 6, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The move to "skills" already happened in history. It's what happens to a discipline when it loses confidence about people benefiting from learning its content.
I can't believe the holiday set aside to honor the Little Drummer Boy is being treated like this.
December 6, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I can't believe the holiday set aside to honor the Little Drummer Boy is being treated like this.
Underground networks circulate bootleg sixth-generation DVDs of Seinfeld.
December 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Underground networks circulate bootleg sixth-generation DVDs of Seinfeld.
Pastrami, but no cheese.
December 6, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Pastrami, but no cheese.
How long before Cuellar switches parties?
December 6, 2025 at 12:57 AM
How long before Cuellar switches parties?
They have to be roughly equivalent in terms of power, though. There was never a stage in the personal union of England and Scotland where Scotland was on top.
December 6, 2025 at 12:04 AM
They have to be roughly equivalent in terms of power, though. There was never a stage in the personal union of England and Scotland where Scotland was on top.