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after a busy morning of chaos, Tortie is recharging.

tortie snoozong stretched out on the sofa

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John Bull @garius.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026

But yes. This podcast episode finally answers the question that keeps y'all thinking about Rome constantly. Download Untitled History Podcast on your pod app or choice, or find it on Youtube here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9A8...

distracted boyfriend in bed meme. woman looking over her shoulder:

"he's probably thinking about other women"

dude:

"where did the roman army get its cheese?"

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John Bull @garius.eurosky.social · 13/10/2026

I enjoyed the most recent #umamusume story event, but i'm also very amused that they went full "subtext is for COWARDS" with it. These horse girl "rivals and roommates" deffo be bangin. And the entire subplot is just Sakura Laurel thirsting for Narita Brian

daiwa scarlett looking bashful and embarrased, while a blushing Vodka says "wait! lemme say one more thing! that costume... you look damn good in it!"

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John Bull @garius.eurosky.social · 13/10/2026

well just put the vacuum away, and returned to discover apparently it wasn't me.

tortie happily breadloafing on newly-vacuumed stair carpet

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John Bull @garius.eurosky.social · 13/10/2026

Anyway, let's see who has the last laugh here.

vacuum cleaner about to be turned on as i tidy the hallway

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John Bull @garius.eurosky.social · 13/10/2026

stripped the spare bed to wash sheets and duvet. so OF COURSE...

tortie curled up happily on coverless duvet

black kitty sprawled nrxt to her on sheetless bed

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John Bull @garius.eurosky.social · 11/10/2026

the implicit threat of a tortie near your power button

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John Bull @garius.eurosky.social · 11/10/2026

STREAM TIME! Europa Universalis 5 is a flawed diamond of a game rn. The patch in open beta though makes it well worth playing, or picking up. Join me for a "beginners guide" stream as Sweden, and general natter about #history twitch.tv/gariusthebrit

game promo art showing a renaissance -era figure on horseback in front of various other figures in clothing from different periods of history.

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John Bull @garius.eurosky.social · 09/10/2026

get yourself a cat that enforces a minimum number of daily bed hugs. it's incredibly good for your stress levels

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John Bull @garius.eurosky.social · 09/10/2026

Now don't assume every late 1920s art dealer running around Italy either doing art crime, or trying to uncover it, was gay. A lot were though. In some cases, we have their letters proving this. In others, letters IMPLY it, and... well... Meet Warren and Marshall. And their matching dogs.

Two 1920s men in dapper dress, with matching hats, dogs and moustaches. On the left is Warren, on the right is Marshall.

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John Bull @garius.eurosky.social · 09/10/2026

i need to go to bed, but Tortie is comfy.

tortie snoozing, sandwiches between my legs on the sofa

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John Bull @garius.eurosky.social · 08/10/2026

told him his advice on naval battles isn't needed, given how badly he micromanaged Villeneuve.

black kitty (napoleon) silhouetted against screen showing Hood at sea

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John Bull @garius.eurosky.social · 08/10/2026

Doing my homework for a @fulcrumfc.bsky.social podcast recording at the weekend.

dark room with a black and white film on the tv. visible is kenneth more in a naval uniform and the words "directed by lewis gilbert"

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John Bull @garius.eurosky.social · 08/10/2026

Anyway. Finishing this thread here as my cat says it's nap time.

black kitty curled asleep against my side

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John Bull @garius.eurosky.social · 07/10/2026

31st July 1945. The crew of the USS Indianapolis are happier than they have been for a very long time. Because they have stopped sinking... (h/t @mischawatson.bsky.social for the tweet screenshot)

Robert Peston tweet:

Conservative members and MPs are happier than I have seen them for a very long time. Because they have stopped sinking, as they had been doing both before the general election and for a couple of years since.

The risk they would drown, that Reform would replace them as the only serious party of the right, is now low.

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John Bull @garius.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026

oh no. the Tortie thinks she's Fremen. i have made a terrible mistake.

silhoutte of a tortie, focused on watching Dune 2

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John Bull @garius.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026

she now has a TV box to add to her dining chair box. Almost three yeats ago today, she turned up on our doorstep a tiny, terrified and desperately ill little kitten. Now she has ALL THE BOXES. She is the happiest little kitty.

tortie rolly around happily on a collection of boxes

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John Bull @garius.eurosky.social · 30/09/2026

As a reminder, we're not talking a cheeky top-up of a few quid here. You know, rounding a deal up to a convenient milion. In 2018 alone, only £11m of their sponsorship was legit. The rest - £134 MILLION QUID (according to the Premier League report) was Abu Dhabi top up funding, via the sponsors.

chart showing 2017/18 total "sponsorship" of £145.73m. Of that £11m was from the sponsor. £134.73m was paid by Abu Dhabi via the sponsor.

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John Bull @garius.eurosky.social · 30/09/2026

Wonder how much money Man CIty paid Freshfields to come up with their argument for why the Premier League are wrong about their hidden funding. It was their sponsor's money. The sponsors just happened to request financial aid from Abu Dhabi, allocated for this purpose. Which was always granted.

The club denied that there had ever been any DIsguised Funding Scheme of the type alleged by the PL. Its case was that the PL had misunderstood how AD Sponsorship Agreements had been funded by AD Sponsors. The reality was (the Club contended)

a) that AD Sponsors had always been liable for all Recorded Sponsorship Fees and all Recorded Sponsorship Fees had in fact been paid to the Club by AD Sponsors from their own funds/resources. No part of any Recorded Sponsorship Fee had been paid by ADUG or from or using ADUG funds

b) AD Sponsors had from time to time applied for financial assistance from the AD Government towards their liability to pay the Recorded Sponsorship Fees. Such applications had been granted, and financial assistance had been provided to the AD Sponsors by the AD Government via the CPC. In each case the level of financial assistance provided by the AD Government to the relevant Sponsor had been in the amount that the PL wrongly contended represented a Tagged Sum from ADUG.

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John Bull @garius.eurosky.social · 29/09/2026

Here you go. The City fans are being very normal.

screenshot of post saying:

i imagine Mansour is current [sic] on the phone to Burnham telling him to clear the courts schedule for the next 6 months.

it'll transpire it's a fecking good job our owner is who he is. Time to wield that power

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John Bull @garius.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026

STREAM TIME! Join me for a chill evening down on the anime horse girl farm, as we chat history and train some #umamusume. This week: Bamboo Memory. Who is apparently big into discipline. and bad fonts. twitch.tv/gariusthebrit

anime horse girl in a long black coat looking stern with her arms crossed.

"discipline for the win! is emblazoned on the screen in big, letters with a gradient on them and everything.

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John Bull @garius.eurosky.social · 26/09/2026

three years ago he survived off scraps and bunked down in our shed. he didn't do indoors. People are suspicious.

black kitty snoozing fitfully in a fluffy donut

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John Bull @garius.eurosky.social · 25/09/2026

"you going to eat all that curry?" constantly amazed how obsessed Napoleon is with spicy chicken.

kitty doing big eyes near my bowl of curry

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John Bull @garius.eurosky.social · 25/09/2026

got home two hours after dinner time.

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John Bull @garius.eurosky.social · 24/09/2026

when my ginger mate introduces me to his new girlfriend from Gothenburg.

m&s meal called "carrot and swede crush"

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John Bull @garius.eurosky.social · 24/09/2026

Just found a whole bunch of research I did back in about 2015 on international Finnish mail routes during WW2. As one does. Anyway. Very, very excited. Here's the letter the British sent the Finns to, very politely, warn them they'd be opening their mail to the USA and South America from now on.

His majesty's principle secretary of state for foreign affairs presents his compliments to the finnish representative, and has the honour to inform him that his majesty's government in the united kingdom find it necessary, owing to the state of war existing between this country and germany, to examine certain seaborne mails on ships calling at, or diverted to, British ports in order to ascertain that they do not contain articles of contraband or obnoxious documents.

2. his majesty's government in the united kingdom desire to conduct this operation with as little inconvenience as possible to foreign nations. If it proves impracticable to send the mails on by the same vessel, they will be conveyed, after examination, to the port from which they can be most conveniently reshipped.
3. His majesty's government are prepared, as an act of grace, to grant exemption from examination to -
a) letters and postal packets which are addressed to, or bear an external indication that they eminate from a state department, embassy of legation of any power not at war with His Majesty.
b) official diplomatic and consular bags

foreign office, october 6, 1939

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John Bull @garius.eurosky.social · 22/09/2026

oooh will find a copy. don't have that! gladstone is a classic, too

copy of "birds and the war" by hugh gladstone

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John Bull @garius.eurosky.social · 22/09/2026

should say that i do have a few hardback copies of Brexit Tapes left that escaped the absolute binfire that was Unbound. So if anyone wants a copy of my 'Nixon Tapes, but for Brexit" fake future history book just DM me. For 10 quid plus postage i'll ping you a copy.

book of brexit tapes resting on a disinterested cat

view inside showing text in a style of a tape transcript.

includes

AIDE: Chris Grayling is in charge
PUTIN: Invade Ukraine

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John Bull @garius.eurosky.social · 22/09/2026

This included Frankenstein, serving as part of the crew of A turret on HMS Belfast. During D Day, they provided offshore fire support during the invasion. Image: IWM (HU 71132)

four young sailors and a kitty stand proudly in front of a naval gun.

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John Bull @garius.eurosky.social · 20/09/2026

shifted to his fluffy fort now. happy kitty.

black kitty curled up in a grey donut bed

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John Bull @garius.eurosky.social · 20/09/2026

his chaotic sister is, of course, asleep on her favourite box. In recent months, to our distress, Napoleon has picked up some serious wounds in fights with unneutered feral toms. We think it's territorial. But because he refuses to back down if they come after his very infuriating Tortie sister.

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John Bull @garius.eurosky.social · 20/09/2026

Napoleon is a kitty with two modes.: Absolutely no touching ever. Or HUGS I NEED ALL THE HUGS. Tonight it's hugs. Best to just roll with it.

black kitty in a hugging mood curled up to my side

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John Bull @garius.eurosky.social · 19/09/2026

Luckily, Mae in the middle here politely tells him that he's talking absolute dogshit. And literally calls him out on the fact that none of them are the target audience. Good work Mae. WIthout your efforts, Hula Hoops would have ended up called Oodles.

four marketing people sitting round the most seventies marketing room you can imagine. All of the dudes are in white shirt white tie, and clearly spend most of their time telling Mae things like "good girl" or to get them coffee even though the documentary is clear she has exactly the same job as them and has actual marketing instincts. As evidenced by the fact that 54 years later we're still eating Hula Hoops. This was basically my mother's experience in this era in a similar role and in conclusion fuck sexism. It can fuck right off.

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John Bull @garius.eurosky.social · 19/09/2026

this marketing dude is the wrongest guy on the planet. He doesn't think they should be called Hula Hoops as it's "out of date", and thinks nobody will buy them because the pack is too small. I hope he spent the rest of his life, in every shop he visited, cowering in shame at how wrong he was.

man in side parting and glasses who was utterly wrong about hula hoops and probably went to his grave claiming he wasn't.

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John Bull @garius.eurosky.social · 19/09/2026

think someone left a pile of cat parts in the fluffy donut.

cat limbs sticking up above a fluffy donut bed, haphazardly.

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John Bull @garius.eurosky.social · 19/09/2026

UPDATE: Tried to move my hand. This is Extremely Not Allowed, apparently.

cat asleep with his chin on my hand, locking my arm in place

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John Bull @garius.eurosky.social · 19/09/2026

fluffy donut season has officially begun

black kitty sprawled out happily in a fluffy donut bed

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John Bull @garius.eurosky.social · 18/09/2026

HI HUMAN I LUV U OH LOOK IT IS DINNER TIME HAHA CRAZY HAHA GONNA TAP YOUR FACE WITH PURE LOVE AND PLEASE NOTE NO CLAWS EVEN THOUGH CLAWS ARE TECHNICALLY POSSIBLE BUT NOTE I DIDN'T USE THEM

cat curled up to my side paw tapping my face

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John Bull @garius.eurosky.social · 17/09/2026

if you want evidence of just how fast cats can move when it is in their self-interest. my phone camera physically failed to capture how fast Napoleon moved while stealing some melted cheese.

warped photo of a cat caught mid movement to snaffle cheese

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John Bull @garius.eurosky.social · 17/09/2026

every single white dot on his face is evidence of stolen cheese.

kitty who has been submerging his face in five cheeses

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