Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 18/01/2026If you're looking for a sign to switch careers: this is the sign. 7374371388
Kev Lucky,unashamedly wobbly.. @kev-lucky.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Reverend Richard Coles. From chart-topping synth-pop bands in the 1980's. 160
Kurt Weldon @kurtweldon.bsky.social · 18/01/2026I'm not convinced it's all that much of a switch... 000
dbc105.bsky.social @dbc105.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Amost sounds familiar, Lifelong Fraud, to President. 010
embedding-shapes @emsh.cat · 18/01/2026I like this one, basically "from pirate to politician/government worker", yet the titles don't make that super clear. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zheng_Y... 120
Lilana Wofsey Dohnert @lilana.bsky.social · 18/01/2026This is literally the career trajectory of all the characters in the Pirates of Penzance 0170
The American Civil War Podcast @uscivilwar.bsky.social · 18/01/2026When you start as a Rogue and Multiclass to Cleric. 040
Margaret L Ruwoldt @emelaarghh.bsky.social · 18/01/2026bsky.app/profile/emel...Margaret L Ruwoldt@emelaarghh.bsky.socialHell of a LinkedIn profile. 0272
President Goku 🌐 @presidentgoku.bsky.social · 18/01/2026maybe he was a pirate in the same way that secretary of the treasury scott bessent is a soybean farmer 010
Jingalls @jinga11s.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Rick Moranis has been hella busy during his break from the movies 050
absinthe makes the heart grow fonder @absintheofcolor.bsky.social · 18/01/2026from scourge-y to clergy 1240
Asschapel Roan @stochasticburrito.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Somewhere along the way he just went wrong I guess 0120
Jenny Griffee @jgriffee.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Reminds me of my favorite succession of subheds on Wikipedia, which has since been edited, sadly. But for a while, the entry for the Pig War (a very real territory dispute over the San Juan islands) went like this: Before the pig Pig Military escalation 1442
secretman11.bsky.social @secretman11.bsky.social · 20/01/2026The world would be a more interesting place if "Adventurer" was still considered a legitimate career. (And no, billionaires cosplaying as astronauts and sea captains don't count. Half the adventure is scrounging.) 100
World Ahead @worldahead.bsky.social · 18/01/2026You either die a hero or live long enough to become the ̶v̶i̶l̶l̶a̶i̶n̶ Archbishop of York 1944
Historian1661 @historian1661.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Then there's the Keith Jarrett entry: -Early life and education -Career -Lawsuit against Steely Dan 110
Virginia S. O'Possum, but scary @virginiaopossum.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Looking at the list of Archbishops of York and trying to guess which one it is. 230
ninjamonkky.bsky.social @ninjamonkky.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Pirate and Archbishop, oddly similar skill set , much like Politician and Prostitute 110
Dr. Tea, Cake, & Revolution. @witwarrior.bsky.social · 18/01/2026I just read about an even more extreme career change: Court dwarf to North African slave… and back! 0190
regularguy828.bsky.social @regularguy828.bsky.social · 18/01/2026To be fair going from Archbishop to Pirate sounds way more fun. 010
Alberto Reale @albertoreale.bsky.social · 18/01/2026During the job interview: "Now, let me explain how the skills and expertise I acquired in my career as a pirate are essential to be a successful archbishop" 020
Raptor @raptornx01.bsky.social · 18/01/2026I'm more interested in the person whose career path goes the other way. 050
Now new and improved w 60% snark, 40% reasoned factual discourse @joeyblau.bsky.social · 18/01/2026We should *not be encouraging pirates to become priests and archbishops, as this will only increase the threat of global warming. 061
Michael Seraphim @mseraphimsl.bsky.social · 18/01/2026This is similar to the career arc of Baldassarre Cossa, who had moonlighted as a pirate before becoming Pope John XXIII. ( later deposed at the Council of Constance and declared Anti-Pope in 1958 when Angelo Roncalli took the name when he became Pope.) 072
Nick Lindsay @bluenoser2.bsky.social · 18/01/2026The former director of Amherst University Press is now the bishop in charge of the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe. That’s my personal fave of these. 060
Trump/GOP=N@zis. Stand w🇺🇦🏳️🌈🇬🇪🇵🇸🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇭 @rwxbss.bsky.social · 18/01/2026That is quite the self reinvention. But I do wonder: Was he a pious pirate? Was he a criminal clergyman? 000
thegetup814.bsky.social @thegetup814.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Same career. Different uniform.media.tenor.coma painting of a man with a beard and a crown with the words course it 's a good idea below himALT: a painting of a man with a beard and a crown with the words course it 's a good idea below him 110
J. Gray Dingler @jgraydingler.bsky.social · 18/01/2026This is like when you land on that space in the Game of Life that says you gotta pick a new career card because you had a mid-life crisis. 0390
Queen Gwenevere @queengwenevere.bsky.social · 18/01/2026I’ve always found “Stableboy” > “Duke of Buckingham” > “Assassinated after nearly starting a war by flirting with the Queen of France” to be an inspiring career pivot (George Villiers, lived by the pretty face, died by the pretty face) 0400
MikeTalonNYC @miketalonnyc.bsky.social · 18/01/2026I dunno, that looks like a solid career progression path... 020
Rue - I Have Guns in my House (for murder) 🇵🇸 🇻🇪 @rueshine.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Followed by 'Legal Troubles' and 'Feud with Ja Rule' 000
Laurence Raphael Brothers @lrb.bsky.social · 19/01/2026en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evgeniy...en.wikipedia.orgEvgeniya Shakhovskaya - Wikipedia 000
Sassy Smurf @sassy-smurf728.bsky.social · 18/01/2026I took a career test when I was 30. It said I should be a lumberjack. 1130
All Amort @all-a-mort.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Now I want an alternative history book featuring Archbishop Blackbeard. 061
Bruce Baugh @ferrymanjones2.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Holding up a light for Gerard Way, who became a world-famous rock star because he couldn’t get ahead in his preferred career as an editor at DC Comics. 1111
Liz Loveland @lizlgenealogy.bsky.social · 18/01/2026See also: The Piccolomini Pope who went from publishing smut to, well, being Pope. @adapalmer.bsky.social 271
Shade Nightingale @shadenightingale.bsky.social · 18/01/2026He didn’t change careers. He just switched from the private sector to the public sector. 020
Alastair Somerville @acuity.design · 18/01/2026Next up on my TL. He’s a pirate now so bishop or pope next? 020
Jodie Burton @jodiemburton.bsky.social · 18/01/2026I have two years of tap and one year of jazz, I’m gunning for the Archbishop of Canterbury. 1270
Kobal2 @paskobal2.bsky.social · 19/01/2026When the aunties who keep saying you "need some Jesus in your life" finally get through to you 020
Stephen McCarthy @misterjabsticks.eurosky.social · 18/01/2026Where do I apply to be a pirate? Can someone help me tailor my cover letter? 100
Matt @differentmatt.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Archbishop of York who's only ever been a pirate before: getting a lot of piracy vibes from this… 060
Paul Park @pauljunhyuk.bsky.social · 18/01/2026“How the hell did you do that?” “Pirate to Pirate Chaplain to Vicar to Bishop to Archbishop! Easy peasy.” “Pirate Chaplain’s from a third-party sourcebook, I’m guessing.” 010
