JosD @happydisciple.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Hoe moedig je een fanfare aan om te gaan spelen? TOE TÛH RÛH! #LeidensOntzet #Leiden #3oktober 020
JosD @happydisciple.bsky.social · 03/10/2026OH: “We zouden hutspotsalade moeten uitvinden voor dagen zoals dit.” #Leiden #LeidensOntzet #3oktober 010
Reposted by JosDDelaney King (She/Her/Whomst) @delaneyking.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Eowyn: I AM NO MAN. Rohan rider 1: stiddy on cuz, we are mostly wimin here, eh? Rohan rider 3: heaps of wimmin bro. Rohan rider 2: yiss, it's true! They didn't have enough wimin riders so they stuck beard on us, hey. Look at thus beard, it's fake as. Witch King of Angmar:... Fuck. 927157
JosD @happydisciple.bsky.social · 03/10/2026And it’s not just any pig, it’s a Gloucestershire Old Spot called “Snuff” (He won the Wodehouse Prize in 2012 for “Snuff”; the pig’s part of the prize, as is the champagne. Bollinger, presumably, as they sponsor the award) 190
JosD @happydisciple.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Vraagje: met dit weer, kan je klapstuk ook op de barbecue bereiden? #Leiden #LeidensOntzet #3oktober 101
JosD @happydisciple.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Friends of mine were in the back row, I was in the creamy middle, and very happily riffed off each other, even though we hadn’t seen RHPS together before. I didn’t get a sense of vying to be first, just all having great fun (even with only 4 or so source-clusters of more elaborate audience particip) 110
Reposted by JosDDiane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 05/09/2026Sir Terry Pratchett being knighted. A happy memory: both that it happened, and that it happened when he could appreciate it. 381376
Reposted by JosDChaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 06/09/2026When Sir Ulrich did passe awaye yn 2008, Ich wrote a Lament for hym. It ys but ryme-doggerel, not fit for so great a subjecte or for so belovid a friende of myne younger dayes, but Ich will poost it heere. 2768
Reposted by JosDTerry Pratchett & Rob Wilkins @terryandrob.bsky.social · 25/08/2026GNU Dolly 💖 5448125
Reposted by JosDDreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 25/08/2026And I'll say it now: more kids have grown up as readers thanks to Dolly than any amount of Harry fucking Potter. 71185292
JosD @happydisciple.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Funny you should mention that - I found an old USB stick that I hadn’t actually used since 1998, and on it was a file called LOSTCH~1.TXT… 120
Reposted by JosDStandplaats Kraków could really use some cash! @standplaatskrk.pl · 25/07/2026 5854330
JosD @happydisciple.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Some pronunciations are good. Other pronunciations are Gouda. 260
JosD @happydisciple.bsky.social · 20/07/2026[…] Damn. (And, right at the start: 🎶 My tea's gone cold, I'm wonderin' why I Got out of bed at all The morning rain clouds up my window And I can't see at all And even if I could, it'd all be grey But your picture on my wall It reminds me that it's not so bad, it's not so bad 🎶 ) 010
Reposted by JosDMicah @rincewind.run · 06/06/2026“average discworld resident escapes death 3 times a year" factoid actualy just statistical error. average discworld resident escapes death 0 times per year. Wizzard Rincewind, who lives on the run & escapes over 10,000 times each day, is an outlier adn should not have been counted 844457
Reposted by JosDKimV @sierrakim.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Adding to the playlist to watch instead of Eurovision: Joost, Käärijä, and Tommy Cash as an 00’s boy band. These guys are so funny. Also, $$ to Musicians Without Borders. 💙💚☕️ youtu.be/diOcFC_TYxoyoutu.beJOOST, TOMMY CASH, KÄÄRIJÄ - I MISS US (OFFICIAL VIDEO)YouTube video by TOMMY CASH 021
JosD @happydisciple.bsky.social · 03/04/2026To take this further: genAI is to coding as the “I want things to be different” oh no-comic is to manufacturing 120 identical plates, though. 000
JosD @happydisciple.bsky.social · 03/04/2026(Ah, no, n increases!) Of course, this circles back to the atrocities in Ireland: William the Silent & the Fight for his Right to Caaaaaaalvin > Maurits > Frederik Hendrik > William II, Prince of 🍊 > William III & II, who together with Mary II toured as “William & Mary”, post-Cromwell. 6/6 010
JosD @happydisciple.bsky.social · 03/04/20262. The commemoration of the Lifting of the Siege of Leiden (3 October 1574) is the biggest holiday in Leiden. Bigger than King’s day, New Year’s Eve, 4/5 Mei (Remembrance/Liberation Day). It’s been 452 years, and hands down, 3 October is the biggest in Leiden. 5/n; n=5 110
JosD @happydisciple.bsky.social · 03/04/20261. When the States General issued the Act of Abjuration in 1581, stating “This king is broken, & is no longer our king”, the nascent NL went looking for a new king (divine right etcetera, right & proper way). Only after nobody would have them did they declare themselves a republic. 4/n 110
JosD @happydisciple.bsky.social · 03/04/2026…locally-sourced pro-Catholic troops. It was a more classical religious oppression/atrocities/fight for religious freedom thing than external colonisation as in Ireland (and, of course, mirrored in a way). Having said that, a few curious things around the 80 Years War: 3/n 110
JosD @happydisciple.bsky.social · 03/04/2026…within 2 years, thanks to Alba’s oppression of Protestantism, the first Provinces said “nah, fuck that” & the 80 Years’ War started. Sure, there were non-local troops in the 17 Provinces, Alva brought 10k soldiers from Lombardia over to Brussels in 1567, but a fair bit was also… 2/n 110
JosD @happydisciple.bsky.social · 03/04/2026The Spanish didn’t colonise NL, the link came about via personal union - Charles V simultaneously ruled the 17 Provinces, Spain, Germany, Italy, Burgundy, and that continued via Philipses. In response to the Dutch “Beeldenstorm” in 1566, Philip II sent the Duke of Alba to restore order, and… 1/n 130
JosD @happydisciple.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Motherfucking Windfarms! youtu.be/bunG-GGqzQcyoutu.beA taste of fossil freedomYouTube video by Vattenfall 0397
Reposted by JosDSurprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · 30/03/2026I've had some requests to make this map available as a poster, and so I have! If you'd like to purchase my map of the eels' life cycle, you can get a copy at my etsy store here: etsy.me/3Nvk5jK The print copy looks like this: #eels #maps 724769
JosD @happydisciple.bsky.social · 29/03/2026“Many of you will die, but that’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make.” Even Lord Farquaad stuck with “some” & “may”. 190
Reposted by JosDJesse Klaver @jesseklaver.progressiefnederland.nl · 26/03/2026Progressief Nederland, roepnaam: PRO. Dat is de nieuwe naam van GroenLinks-PvdA. PRO staat voor een eerlijke en rechtvaardige samenleving. Ik ben Pro. Jij ook? progressiefnederland.nl 153899135
JosD @happydisciple.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Want, duizend schoon de zweze rikt De ooie vaart waar medem blikt En zo vervliet het leven - Herfstliedje, Daan Zonderland. 2/2 000
JosD @happydisciple.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Hoe klapt de laatste rode roos Hoe weent de gaffel bitter De laatste herders hoeden doos En hijgend gast de fitter Het alvlees kliert, het schild kliert mee Het kleine smal deelt vier door twee De ree kent ook haar wel en wee En dit zij haar vergeven 1/2 110
Reposted by JosDProgressief Nederland @progressiefned.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Welkom thuis bij Progressief Nederland, roepnaam: PRO. Wij zijn er voor al die mensen die verlangen naar eerlijkere en rechtvaardigere samenleving. PRO staat voor vooruitgang, hoop en optimisme. Wij zijn Pro. Jij ook? 67717132
Reposted by JosDPhil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Right now the center of the Sun's disk is crossing the celestial equator moving northward, which means it's the March equinox! 1225436
JosD @happydisciple.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Is @diane.dianeduane.com going to be there? If she is and does children’s programme items - highly recommended, our two always enjoy them (and her) lots. 220
JosD @happydisciple.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Rum, rum, glorious rum, Nothing quite like it for filling the tum So Wellerman, Weller, You be the feller, Who is the peddler of gloooooorious rum. 010
Reposted by JosDJosD @happydisciple.bsky.social · 27/08/2024[…] As whale I am gifted With tail did I lift it Their whaling boat skywards was borne Forty days’ two-fer No Wellerman saved her I carried them ‘round the Cape Horn 3/3 262
Reposted by JosDJosD @happydisciple.bsky.social · 27/08/2024“Ah,” you say, “But surely a whale would be much more eloquent than a cow?” OK then: I, a cetacean, Was out in the ocean Minding my business and krill When down bore a vessel Who wanted to wrestle For captain and crew members’ thrill […] 2/3 194
Reposted by JosDJosD @happydisciple.bsky.social · 27/08/2024Tidying up Notes I took during covid lockdowns. You know, when #TheWellerman was big. I wrote a #breadLik: my name is Whale and wen at sea at times a boat bump into me and try to catch me where i float i get upset i take the boat 1/2 1123
JosD @happydisciple.bsky.social · 19/03/2026There’s so many awesome Karaokeable tracks in Hamilton… Hurricane, Right Hand Man, One Last Time, Wait For It… 120
JosD @happydisciple.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Hmm, quite possibly “The Confrontation” from Les Mis (with the 10th Anniversary Concert my reference version, with Wilkinson & Quast Or “Guns and Ships” from Hamilton Or “Over The Rainbow” in Israel Kamakawiwo’ole’s version And I’ll see your “How Far I’ll Go” and raise you a “We Know The Way” 190
