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Hermetic Opus @hermeticopus.bsky.social · 32m

I heartily recommend a black undercoat; a big dry brush; and a "done and fine is better than perfect and theoretical" attitude.

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Hermetic Opus @hermeticopus.bsky.social · 2h

Is someone in Labour getting kickbacks from the VPN lobby?

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Hermetic Opus @hermeticopus.bsky.social · 8h

And made weirder by the people committing the religious extremism not usually being openly religious.

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Hermetic Opus @hermeticopus.bsky.social · 8h

If I'm remembering correctly (big if), a series of articles by the US web studio were well enough received that they got to do books of Warhammer Skirmish and Warhammer Campaign.

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Hermetic Opus @hermeticopus.bsky.social · 9h

The US studio only got to do two books, of I remember, but they were glorious.

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Hermetic Opus @hermeticopus.bsky.social · 9h

It does seem a bit treasonous. Elected politician discussing with other elected politicians, and such.

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Hermetic Opus @hermeticopus.bsky.social · 10h

It is vitally important that Europe disconnects itself from American controlled systems, in order to avoid the massive national security risk they present.

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Hermetic Opus @hermeticopus.bsky.social · 12h

He will be classed as a "biological woman" and treated a such. But with more contempt and dismissal.

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Hermetic Opus @hermeticopus.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

There is an image of a twenty year old Walmart receipt with half a dozen items on, next to a present-day one. The old one is a quarter of the price or something. As mentioned, the image is faked.

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John C @badsocialism.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

This chapter of the Edge of Midnight is brought to you by The Forces of History, which are currently recovering from violent injuries sustained in a head on collision with a deus ex machina

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Hermetic Opus @hermeticopus.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

They're not too keen on using the word "lie" when someone deliberately tells an untruth with the intent to deceive either.

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Hermetic Opus @hermeticopus.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

I was saying that if you wanted to be edgy, then this game - which is, to be clear, the other type of "adult" - might be a better example. Vice & Violence is lowball humour where it isn't just smut.

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Hermetic Opus @hermeticopus.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

Disappointingly, it's still the main platform for keeping in contact with people I met as a student or at larps, so I am unable to just send it into the sea.

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Hermetic Opus @hermeticopus.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

If you can't spot, and immediately hate, a thug and bully by the time you are eighteen, it doesn't say much for you.

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Hermetic Opus @hermeticopus.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

They had the opportunity to watch himself speak. That incoherent babbling is enough to disqualify him to any reasonable person listening.

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Hermetic Opus @hermeticopus.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

Honestly, I think it makes him worse than the committed bigots. Anne Widecombe was at least honest and consistent in her hatred and desire to make people's lives worse. Burnham can't rise to that height.

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James Marsh @jamesotron.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

I think the mistake after WW2 was not creating a law where if we hear someone speaking Nazi rhetoric then we should beat them to death with shovels.

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Hermetic Opus @hermeticopus.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

It is reasonable to hate people who made an attack more than people who were considering a similar attack.

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Mau Mora Art - Commissions Open! @maumoraart.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

A few years ago I started reading Chris Claremont's legendary run on X-Men. The 70s stories were very fun, charming and even heart-breaking, and I've gotten to know these characters in ways I didn't know them before. So of course I had to draw something! More closeups below 👇

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Hermetic Opus @hermeticopus.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

Oh, it's here too. bsky.app/profile/atti...

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Hermetic Opus @hermeticopus.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

It may just be that "care requirements" is a narrower thing in the professional context, but it seems that if changing or being off meds has you being a potential danger to yourself, that presents a support need? At least temporarily. (Whether that need is met is, obviously, a separate issue.)

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Hermetic Opus @hermeticopus.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

The line on him being “highly functioning and independent with no care requirements” seems seriously dubious in context.

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Hermetic Opus @hermeticopus.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

I think it's more that significant locations are deliberately significant distances apart, both to justify all those trade caravans and to give plenty of space for smaller settlements and wilderness encounters in-between. Then again, it's mostly a one-man project and I haven't actually played it.

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Hermetic Opus @hermeticopus.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Do we reckon leukaemia is over-diagnosed? I think some of them are faking it for the benefits. Some of them have blue hair, after all.

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Hermetic Opus @hermeticopus.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

The Englishman Who Went up a Hill but Came down a Mountain for Tax Purposes.

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Hermetic Opus @hermeticopus.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

We Summon the Darkness for Tax Purposes.

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Hermetic Opus @hermeticopus.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

I love a good map, and the gigantic hex-tile abomination is the kind of thing I absolutely love to see. But the rest of it just looks to be an ISO-standard knockoff? There are better options if you want to be offensive, is what I'm saying.

Map of Mundain (not including the index describing all those numbered locations) taken from the in-progress game Vice & Violence by @viceandviolence.bsky.social.

It should be noted that Vice & Violence is EXTREMELY not safe for work. It also doesn't actually include any warning labels at time of writing, but it's likely that it will acquire some at some point and that's probably for the best.

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Hermetic Opus @hermeticopus.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

The OED's website seems to think that it's "the only surviving use of the adverb tightly meaning 'soundly, properly, well, effectively'," so make of that what you will. web.archive.org/web/20170410...

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What is the origin of the phrase ‘sle... | Oxford Dictionaries

There are lots of parents out there that have said "sleep tight" when they put their kids to bed. But have you ever wondered where the phrase came from?

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Hermetic Opus @hermeticopus.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Odlaw wants to steal Wally's magic walking stick. The one provided by Wizard Whitebeard that allows the creation of portals to various distant lands (and has also been known to do other minor magics like turning into an umbrella, but it's mainly the portals thing).

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Hermetic Opus @hermeticopus.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

If trans people did show up on a survey like that, and I was asked to answer, I don't know how I would be supposed to answer. Am I concerned about trans people? Yeah, there's a perpetual rolling attack against them, but if I put "yes" the assumption is I want the attack to continue.

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Hermetic Opus @hermeticopus.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

I didn't say I liked her. I didn't say I agreed with her. I said she, unlike Badenoch, appeared reasonably sane.

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Kevin Miranda @kevinmiranda.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Batman and Judge Dredd by Bill Sienkiewicz

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Sophie Molly @sophiemolly.co.uk · 15/10/2026

Protected groups in the UK Zionists Transphobes Racists Islamaphobes Ablelists The super rich Aristocracy Royals Groups not protected in the UK Muslims (and othee non christians) Trans + people Intersex people Anti war protesters Disabled people Poor people Unemployed people Chronicaly ill people

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Hermetic Opus @hermeticopus.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

I have some shred of respect for Ruth Davidson, who had always come across as reasonably sane even though I disagreed with just about all of her political positions. Badenoch has never given the impression of being even remotely sane.

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Hermetic Opus @hermeticopus.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Really, unless you own a foam sword or vampire fangs, it's safe to scrap the concept. (I do not own vampire fangs.)

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Hermetic Opus @hermeticopus.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Families like... the one surviving Koch brother?

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Hermetic Opus @hermeticopus.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

So was that them reading the party manifesto, or...

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Hermetic Opus @hermeticopus.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

There was a period when milkshakes were popular. (Unfortunately, this specific instance got a fine, a suspended sentence, and 120 hours of community service.)

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Hermetic Opus @hermeticopus.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

It's inevitable that the quality of these shorts would be all over the place - it's part of the format - but when they were good, they were GOOD.

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Hermetic Opus @hermeticopus.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

I remember being on holiday with my parents that weekend, and the deal made that if I got to see Nemesis then I would shut up and watch my mum's pick of Maid in Manhattan. Which I remember being not awful?

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Portalrealm @portalrealm.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Keep yer mits off Very Fragile

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Hermetic Opus @hermeticopus.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Because way, way down in Trump's list of flaws is a combined inability to dance, and belief that he can dance. It's one of the least bad things about him, and in someone with a shred of decency it would seem petty to bring up, but it is true.

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Hermetic Opus @hermeticopus.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I think that's rather the point. You can - and should - consider the full spectrum of what went into making a person who they are. This isn't going to be that. It's going to be a platform for polishing the reputation of one of a hate movement's most prominent figures.

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