The Gorilla Of Destiny @gorillaofdestiny.bsky.social · 26/08/2026The folks commenting under my "science is being defunded" video are still calling me an idiot for not "realising" it's actually because of illegal immigrants. Lots of "I cant believe a scientist is denying the CLEAR EVIDENCE" Except their evidence is "It sure feels like that" 180
The Gorilla Of Destiny @gorillaofdestiny.bsky.social · 20/08/2026I passed my viva yesterday! Sources tell me I looked "haggered" after a measly 6h... 180
The Gorilla Of Destiny @gorillaofdestiny.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Genuinely appalled by some of the racist (explicit and dogwhistles) comments on my recent short about science funding cuts. Id say about 2/3rds were people agreeing with me or making reasonable critiques (even if I think theyre wrong). The other third were blaming immigrants or a secret cabal... 040
The Gorilla Of Destiny @gorillaofdestiny.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Sources are telling me I'm not allowed to post: "She gorilla'd my destiny till I PhD'd" if I pass my viva 060
The Gorilla Of Destiny @gorillaofdestiny.bsky.social · 28/07/2026This is how I look revising my thesis. Why does every action in my life (magic theory and my real PhD) always end up in me having to study my own book!! 0120
The Gorilla Of Destiny @gorillaofdestiny.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Going from watching rugby in the pub THEN joining a pub crawl certainly was *a* decision I made... 050
The Gorilla Of Destiny @gorillaofdestiny.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Watching Scotland play rugby is always...an experience... Ill just cry myself to sleep repeating "South Africa are #1 kn the world we held our own" 120
The Gorilla Of Destiny @gorillaofdestiny.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Feels weird watching rugby during the world cup. I prefer rugby but this is the football time?!???? 131
The Gorilla Of Destiny @gorillaofdestiny.bsky.social · 25/06/2026I always stand by: The goal of any national scotland team is to cause maximum dissapointment. And being a scientifically minded nation we have perfected this to know that true dissapointment can only come from hope 040
The Gorilla Of Destiny @gorillaofdestiny.bsky.social · 21/06/2026The best bit of making a map of an irl place: The Grid™️ 230
The Gorilla Of Destiny @gorillaofdestiny.bsky.social · 14/06/2026I have no idea how or why it happened but I'll forever be grateful that the tartan army has a culture that broadly aligns with "just be a laugh" because it really does making travelling around the world so much easier when you can just learn how to say "Scottish" in the local language 260
The Gorilla Of Destiny @gorillaofdestiny.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Scotland v Haiti had my nerves on edge it was genuinely painful. I cant even tell if im tired from being up till 5am or the emotional strain 020
The Gorilla Of Destiny @gorillaofdestiny.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Check out my Kickstarter for my custom fantasy glyphing of English on @kickstarter.com! www.kickstarter.com/projects/gor...kickstarter.comGorilla of Destiny's: Elf-ish FontCreating a digital font for my glyphing of english that I call "elf-ish". Capturing the fantastical... with none of the depth. 020
The Gorilla Of Destiny @gorillaofdestiny.bsky.social · 11/06/2026A full letter from the in universe Gorilla of Destiny announcing the University of Theoretical Magic's latest project to attempt to standardise Orlèanic and requesting funds to aid with the expiditionary efforts Or in other words: Elv-ish kickstarter launches tomorrow! Links found on my website! 051
The Gorilla Of Destiny @gorillaofdestiny.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Nee Longform video about new damage types and (way more excitingly imo) VECTOR ALBEBRA!!!! 160
The Gorilla Of Destiny @gorillaofdestiny.bsky.social · 31/05/2026A simulation of "magic-missiles" in a circular bounding box...kinda...look let's just agree it's pretty and move on 050
The Gorilla Of Destiny @gorillaofdestiny.bsky.social · 28/05/2026My favourite thing is when people start coming up with their own Theories of Magic. Like...the evidence is so limited and maths so versatile why shouldn't there be hundreds of competing theories?!?! Just keep it rigorous (as much as possible with magic) and revel in being wrong and it'll be great. 190
The Gorilla Of Destiny @gorillaofdestiny.bsky.social · 22/05/2026My neighbours the moment I sat down to record the audio for my next video (there is a loud fly too)static.klipy.comOrangutan Sawing WoodALT: Orangutan Sawing Wood 050
The Gorilla Of Destiny @gorillaofdestiny.bsky.social · 20/05/2026"Hey you make D&D content right?" "Yeah...kinda..." 081
The Gorilla Of Destiny @gorillaofdestiny.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Highly recommend my current fiction reading strategy: Intersperse the reading of challenging/sad/"proper" books with Warhammer 40k novels 140
The Gorilla Of Destiny @gorillaofdestiny.bsky.social · 26/04/2026There's something really silly to me about adding 0.5kg plates at the gym. Like I know they add to the overall mass but I also feel like I could just add them infinitely and it'd make no difference 171
The Gorilla Of Destiny @gorillaofdestiny.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Me after spending 4 days working silly hours to get my thesis introduction donemedia.tenor.coma cat is giving a thumbs up sign while crying .ALT: a cat is giving a thumbs up sign while crying . 080
The Gorilla Of Destiny @gorillaofdestiny.bsky.social · 14/03/2026England france raising my blood pressure to levels previously unheard of 230
The Gorilla Of Destiny @gorillaofdestiny.bsky.social · 14/03/2026Walking home from the pub watchint the rugbymedia.tenor.coma man in a black jacket and white pants is standing on a dirt hill .ALT: a man in a black jacket and white pants is standing on a dirt hill . 030
The Gorilla Of Destiny @gorillaofdestiny.bsky.social · 08/03/2026New long-form video up! youtu.be/yrgbi1xPEScyoutu.beHow to Always Cast the Best Spell in D&DYouTube video by GorillaOfDestiny 0101
The Gorilla Of Destiny @gorillaofdestiny.bsky.social · 07/03/2026I find it fun that my bluesky account is 50% me reporting scotland rugby results 060
The Gorilla Of Destiny @gorillaofdestiny.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Do I know how Scotland did that? No And yet: 160
The Gorilla Of Destiny @gorillaofdestiny.bsky.social · 01/03/2026Deeply humbled in the gym today. Turns out you can fail a lift even if DragonForce is playing 😔 2152
The Gorilla Of Destiny @gorillaofdestiny.bsky.social · 22/02/2026Update on the Warlock Spell Compendium: It's nearly done! I'm in the final editorial stage so I'm hoping to release the digital versions early march and the physical versions a few weeks after! Check out this cool sketch from the book made by @theburgandycow on insta 0143
The Gorilla Of Destiny @gorillaofdestiny.bsky.social · 21/02/2026STOP 👏 THE 👏 TOURNAMENT (Ignore anyone telling you things like "France is yet to play their third match" and "Scotland hasn't played France yet") 170
The Gorilla Of Destiny @gorillaofdestiny.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Asked my followers to guess what my PhD is in: 0130
The Gorilla Of Destiny @gorillaofdestiny.bsky.social · 07/02/2026Me as I watch Italy beat Scotland in the 6 nations 040
The Gorilla Of Destiny @gorillaofdestiny.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Wizard Spell Compendium is now getting a THIRD proof ordered before I can make it public again 😭😭 160
The Gorilla Of Destiny @gorillaofdestiny.bsky.social · 30/01/2026I fear I made Alex The Spherical Cow too cute and I cant stop looking at them 0111
The Gorilla Of Destiny @gorillaofdestiny.bsky.social · 11/12/2025If you give a monkey infinite time to hit a typewriter, he will eventually type out the entire works of shakespeare. If you give one gorilla a finite amount of time to hit a laptop, he will eventually type out my PhD thesis...I hope 1120
The Gorilla Of Destiny @gorillaofdestiny.bsky.social · 24/11/2025"I'm just so busy in my PhD" My notes: 0102
The Gorilla Of Destiny @gorillaofdestiny.bsky.social · 16/11/2025Thr weirdest thing about doing a PhD is the way everyone assumes you're smart. If I was smart I'd have known better 171
The Gorilla Of Destiny @gorillaofdestiny.bsky.social · 23/10/2025Im trying to convince my friends we should try hat-oween, it's like Halloween, but instead of buying a whole outfit, you wear one hat + your normal clothes to try and approximate a character. I just need to find a way to monetise this idea and ill be living the easy life 060
The Gorilla Of Destiny @gorillaofdestiny.bsky.social · 08/10/2025POV, you're my PhD supervisor, and you've just told me I need to write my research down 151
The Gorilla Of Destiny @gorillaofdestiny.bsky.social · 09/07/2025I must sound insane at work to say things like "Yeah writing my D&D science books has actually been really useful experience for writing my PhD thesis" 0100
Reposted by The Gorilla Of DestinyAntoine Vernet @antoinevernet.com · 27/05/2025A few weeks ago, I came across the @gorillaofdestiny.bsky.social account on YouTube. Who came up with a really cool way of writing spells in DnD (if you are into networks, at least) 2/4 youtube.com/shorts/hXbkB...youtube.comWizard Reading Circle #dnd #dnd5e #dungeonsanddragons #spellwritingguideYouTube video by GorillaOfDestiny 153
Reposted by The Gorilla Of DestinyDannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Your regular reminder that NSF grants built the internet and helped the U.S. dominate tech. 331215481
The Gorilla Of Destiny @gorillaofdestiny.bsky.social · 04/05/2025The proposed NSF cuts in America are genuinely insane. I can't see a single benefit that could possibly outweigh the long-term and short-term costs to every aspect of life. That is, of course, assuming their goal is to make life better...or that they're acting on any semblance of logic. 060
The Gorilla Of Destiny @gorillaofdestiny.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Me trying to figure out why my Druid code stopped working for no reasonmedia.tenor.coma pixel art drawing of a man with gray hair and a blue jacketALT: a pixel art drawing of a man with gray hair and a blue jacket 290
Reposted by The Gorilla Of DestinyJwst Feed @jwstfeed.bsky.social · 03/03/2025New MIRI image of NGC 1514 was released in a recent article. arxiv.org/abs/2502.212... 833432
The Gorilla Of Destiny @gorillaofdestiny.bsky.social · 24/02/2025The hardest part of a PhD is having to think "I don't envy the person who has to do all that work" before realising you are the person 0100
Reposted by The Gorilla Of DestinyJosh Gold @joshgold.me · 19/02/2025I slightly modified the #DND spell writing system by @gorillaofdestiny.bsky.social and built a little tool to supplement my non-existent art skills. You can mess around with it here: joshgold.me/tools/dnd-sp... Here are two variations of Phantasmal Force (one of my favorite spells): 4164
The Gorilla Of Destiny @gorillaofdestiny.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Starting a new campaign and realising with much frustration that individual purchases haven't been allowed on D&D Beyond for almost a year......... Genuinely got me and my players thinking why we bother using digital character sheets anymore 5100