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Adrian Bott

@cavalorn.bsky.social
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Author of MG/YA fiction & game stuff. Rants about folklore. Opinions my own. He/him. Lead Writer for Warframe (you shiny things). Leopards, faces etc.

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Adrian Bott @cavalorn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Was thinking about how much of Python's humour relied upon the formula of 'contrast the formal, precise and mannerly with the immediate and visceral' & realised I'd only gone and used that exact same stale old formula for the leopard tweet. luckily nobody noticed
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Micah @rincewind.run · 25/08/2026
Discworld QOTD, from The Shepherd's Crown "FOR I CAN SEE THE BALANCE AND YOU HAVE LEFT THE WORLD MUCH BETTER THAN YOU FOUND IT, AND IF YOU ASK ME, said Death, NOBODY COULD DO ANY BETTER THAN THAT…"
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ValentinaPaz @valentinapaz.com · 15/05/2026
She just wants to sit at her knee and listen to her talk. close-up: www.valentinapaz.com/blog/enraptu... #Art #Fanart #Warframe #warframefanart
Eleanor Nightingale sitting on the floor, resting her arms on Natah's lap, looking up at her face. Natah is looking down and smiling at Eleanor.
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ValentinaPaz @valentinapaz.com · 25/05/2026
something something what if the serum acted slower etc Close-up + sketch: www.valentinapaz.com/blog/eleanor/ #Art #Fanart #Warframe #WarframeFanart
Eleanor Nightingale from Warframe
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Robert Brookes 🌿 @sphynxian.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Bungie folks impacted by the layoffs: please let me know if you see anything on our careers page that is a fit for you. I will gladly help with application advice and recommendations: www.cdprojektred.com/en/jobs
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CD PROJEKT RED | Award-Winning Creator of Story-Driven RPGs
As the team behind The Witcher 4, Cyberpunk 2077, and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, we create revolutionary RPGs with memorable stories that inspire gamers.
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ariella @agbouskila.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Well, I've been affected by the Bungie layoffs, and I guess I'm now looking for work. I'm a senior narrative designer on Destiny 2. I'm going to thread a little list of stuff I've done on the game; normally I go out of my way to avoid attention, but today I'd appreciate reposts.
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Adrian Bott @cavalorn.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Given the apparent controversy of @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social suggesting that scenes can be resolved without the use of dice, here's an interesting quote from Gary Gygax in 1983, as reported in Imagine Magazine #2:
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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 15/06/2026
One of the most interesting interpretations of 1984, and somewhat supported by comments by Orwell, is that the rest of the world is normal and Britain was just, sort of, like that
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The Cool Dude @2house2fly.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
The whole world will be your enemy, prince with a thousand enemies. And when they catch you, they will smash you with a hammer. But first they must catch you.
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Adrian Bott @cavalorn.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
AHHH DIRECTLY INTO MY VEINS www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qucl...
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Thief: The Dark Project Remastered Reveal Trailer | Nightdive Studios
YouTube video by Nightdive Studios
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Adrian Bott @cavalorn.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
sometimes you don't realise your writing influences until long after the fact www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRXt...
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Butthole Surfers - Pepper
YouTube video by ButtholeSurfersVEVO
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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I don't really talk about this, because I'm actually quite private about my personal life, but many many years ago Tony Head took me under his wing and showed me the kind of person I could be. It's not an exaggeration to say that I'm the person I am today because of the kindness he showed me.
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Lucas Schuneman @lucasschuneman.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Looks like I'm signing a 5-year contract to teach in the UK! And since longer contracts = higher visa fees, I'm selling signed autograph prints and video shoutouts to offset costs. You'll find links to help out in the thread; shares & reposts are greatly appreciated!!
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Woman Rapidly Stamping Papers
ALT: Woman Rapidly Stamping Papers
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Adrian Bott @cavalorn.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
'I never thought leopards would eat MY face,' sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party.
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Simon and Gargamel @kellylink.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
This Is Just To Say I have turned off the AI features that were in the update and which you were probably hoping to monetize Fuck you they were stupid so unnecessary and so annoying
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 05/04/2026
“Copy Moon joy” #Artemis
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Adrian Bott @cavalorn.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
oh my god, those naïve idiots saw him on TV pretending to be competent as part of a TV show, so they thought he was ACTUALLY competent, so they PUT THE DAFT OAF IN CHARGE? And of course he was completely out of his depth? wow I do love Galaxy Quest (1999)
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Adrian Bott @cavalorn.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
From 1789: this is the earliest known visual depiction of the Easter Hare, who would ultimately become the Easter Bunny Please note that he is bringing the eggs in a basket, thus settling the question of whether the bunny lays the eggs or not
An illustration from 'National-Kinderlieder für die Zürchersche Jugend' (1789) showing the earliest known depiction of the Easter Hare, along with a basket of Easter eggs, and a mother and children hunting for the Easter eggs in a garden
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Adrian Bott @cavalorn.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
The joy, the JOY of finding that the Chortlemuffin Effect has been transposed to bsky
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Adrian Bott @cavalorn.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
This will always be my favourite reconstruction of Ulysses 31. We just don't see this kind of dedication any more. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMpf...
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Ulysses 31 Redux
YouTube video by dermotcanterbury
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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 05/04/2026
A HD remaster of Ulysses 31 (1982) is coming today on a French network!! 🤩
Ulysses 31 (1982)
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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 05/04/2026
"A sneak peek at the HD restoration of the #Ulysses31 series. This new scan fully reveals the richness of TMS's work, including the character designs by Shingo Araki and Michi Himeno. I never imagined I'd be able to rediscover this cult classic in such high quality. Thank you! 🤩" Oh my.
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Adrian Bott @cavalorn.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
So the current year's crop of Eostre discourse contains a lot of protestation along the lines of: 'but why would Bede, a Christian monk, invent a pagan goddess?' and 'but why would Bede, a revered historian, lie?' & it's past time to point out what the problems with Bede's account actually are:
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Adrian Bott @cavalorn.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Welcome back, #headlinesthatsoundlikecrypticcrosswordclues
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Adrian Bott @cavalorn.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
The pagan Spring Equinox festival of Ostara is not the antecedent of the Christian Easter, because the pagan Spring Equinox festival of Ostara was created in around 1973. I appreciate that a statement like this warrants some substantiation, so bear with me.
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
amazing
Eternally helpful Microsoft Clippy mascot space ship build in Starfield 

(Image credit: /u/lililiilillil on reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/Starfield/comments/1frlys7/i_see_youre_exploring_the_galaxy_clippy_is_here/)
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Scott Lynch @scottlynch78.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
moby-dick, his eyes enormous: from hell's heart you STAB at moby? for hate's sake you spit your last BREATH at moby? oh! oh! the great shroud of the sea for ahab! the great shroud of the sea rolling on as it rolled five thousand years ago!!!!
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Catbus @catbus.phd · 28/03/2026
I will never apologize for a post
Lord of the Rings meme 

gandalf: what do you see?
frodo, holding the One Ring, which is decorated with dancing Elvis figures: it's some form of Elvis
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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 27/03/2026
Life (and death) in Warframe aftermath.site/warframe-dig...
Warframe fans at TennoCon holding glowing lights aloft
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
me when the AI bubble bursts
3 panel comic

Panel 1: A desperate, panicking Blue Guy screams into his phone: Come Quickly! The AI companies are in trouble!

Panel 2: A Pink Guy, also on the phone, replies: Oh Shit! I’m on my way!

Panel 3: Pink Guy is relaxing in his living room, having a lovely cup of tea. He has no intention of going to help save the AI sinking slop ship.
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Adrian Bott @cavalorn.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Claiming that Easter is a pagan festival is like claiming that the American city of New York was conquered by Viking warlord Ivar the Boneless in the year 866, because it is named after York.
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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 15/02/2026
Just looking through some old comics and found a mail order advert for Small Prophets
Small Prophets in the style of the old Sea Monkeys advert
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
One of my favourite things about LotR is how someone like Sam was inconceivable to Sauron and Saruman. He made no sense to them. I'm also reminded of an interview Tolkien did in which he said "I don't believe in absolute evil but I do believe in absolute good" www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbKN...
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Tolkien on absolute evil
YouTube video by Eric Blauer (FCB4: Frederick Christian Blauer IV)
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Adrian Bott @cavalorn.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Since some of you were asking, here's the relevant bit from 'An Egg at Easter'. How the old man manages to fly with the birds is not explained
An excerpt from Venetia Newell's An Egg At Easter (1971) describing, among other things, how Belgian children are sometimes told that an old man has flown with the birds to Rome, to collect eggs from the Pope
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
I better not catch any of u saying happy easter
4 panel comic

Panel 1: Blue Guy saying “pfft. You can’t say happy Easter anymore because of the woke police. Happy Easter”

Panel 2: Woke police bust through the windows screaming “WPD, PUT YOUR HANDS ON YOUR ASS”

Panel 3:
Woke Police beat the absolute shit out of the Blue Guy. They tell “Happy THIS motherfucker” and “‘I got your Easter right here shithead”

Panel 4: We reveal that this has all happened in Blue Guy’s head. He wistfully says “God I wish that would happen.” He is mournfully pining for the ‘oppression’ that would give his life some kind of meaning
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Adrian Bott @cavalorn.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
The pagan Spring Equinox festival of Ostara is not the antecedent of the Christian Easter, because the pagan Spring Equinox festival of Ostara was created in around 1973. I appreciate that a statement like this warrants some substantiation, so bear with me.
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Catbus @catbus.phd · 21/03/2026
Our Lady of Perpetually Online
devotional statue of Mary Magdalen in a cubicle completely covered in monitors, keyboards, circuit boards, cables and assorted other computer paraphernalia
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Jennie Kermode @jenniekermode.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
There's a paid, home-based work opportunity available for a UK-based trans person. It involves some dealing with transphobic material so might be stressful, but give me a shout if you'd like to know more.
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Adrian Bott @cavalorn.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
me: doing anything whatsoever my brain: *ominous silence* me: ... any moment now my brain: I CUT A STOUUT BLACKTHOOOORRRNNNN
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Adrian Bott @cavalorn.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
do I really have the energy for another round of 'why the Easter elements you think are pagan aren't, and why a load of Easter elements most people haven't even heard of probably are'
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WildGorillaMan @wildgorillaman.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Meme triptych of Duke Leto and Paul Atreides

Text:

We must not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind.
Why not?
Because people are fucking idiots, Paul.
They're just... incredibly stupid.
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Fin @finlaena.ink · 16/02/2026
Commission for Spectrum Syndicate (tag in next post): Marie & Eleanor This was truly an honor to be asked to take on. I regrettably don't do enough WLW art, so when they suggested these two (who also happen to be personal favorites) it was an instant "YES!!" #warframe #warframefanart
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Adrian Bott @cavalorn.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGbZ...
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Tomorrow, and tomorrow -- Ian McKellen analyzes Macbeth speech (1979)
YouTube video by Kris Joseph
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dr. hazel 🕯️ @hazelmonforton.com · 11/11/2025
It's also the coolest and most fun part of the job, why would you want to cut it out!?
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dr. hazel 🕯️ @hazelmonforton.com · 11/11/2025
AI can't do that. It can't understand the words or the characters it's "voicing." It can't understand your intent and has no intent of its own. You need a real actor to do this.
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dr. hazel 🕯️ @hazelmonforton.com · 11/11/2025
If your game has voice acting, then working with the voice actors is half of your writing process. It's not complete until you've heard it interpreted and reimagined by a voice actor. And they always reimagine it in ways that elevate the writing, in ways you never would have imagined yourself.
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Adrian Bott @cavalorn.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Remembering a favourite book when I was small, 'The Magician Who Lost His Magic' by David McKee. Melric the Magician uses magic to do everything for everyone, with the result that nobody remembers how to do anything for themself any more. Then one day the magic vanishes. Something something AI.
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Absolute chills
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Angus Main @angusmain.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
December 20th. A partially rubberised torso stands on the corner of Edward Street and screams for thirty seconds before vanishing.
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