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Joseph Nielsen

@jytook.bsky.social
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Person who does things (from Twitter, obviously) | Instagram for (mostly) just minis: instagram.com/jytook | he/him

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The techbros don't want you to see this trailer. Pass it on.
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Yorgy Darkwing @yorgydarkwing.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
youtu.be/nAsR94hSz6E?... I havent seen anyone sharing this and that's super sad. So I'm fixing that. Watch this
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"Only War" - Fan Animation
YouTube video by Badcompany Shorts
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Moonshade @moonshademinis.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
6 tables of the new GW terrain for my local shop, done in 4 weeks from sprue to table! Due to the fires I couldn’t even use my airbrush. Tired but very proud! Hopefully will turn into more commission work for me #warhammer #warhammercommunity
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Joseph Nielsen @jytook.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
c.org/kRb9mZPPd8 Get this nonsense away. Please give a read and consider singing to try and stop the construction of an AI data centre in the Thames Valley
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Sign the Petition
AI Data Centre 72MW at Thames Valley Park, Reading - STOP construction
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𝔢𝔪𝔬𝔯𝔲𝔦 @emorui.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Please please please do this. Only 1663 alegations of thousands of people who are against AI, we NEED to push back
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Dr Holly Nielsen @hollynielsen.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Thousand Hells is out NOW. A tactical narrative game about staging heists in different hells that blends mythology and surrealism from the creators of King of Dragon Pass and Six Ages - there’s nothing like it. I’m delighted to be one of the writers involved store.steampowered.com/app/3794210/...
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Save 10% on Thousand Hells: The Underworld Heists on Steam
Recruit your team, choose your path, and descend into hell. Four heroes must overcome the trials of the underworlds in tactical narrative encounters. A new systemic storybook experience blending mytho...
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Alex Winter @alexwinter.com · 08/09/2026
RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 08/09/2026
They published this the same day they published the news that Mamdani's office is releasing to the public thousands of documents showing Giuliani's office knew how toxic the air was around Ground Zero and lied about it, leading to more deaths than on 9/11.
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Ashleeee 🌊🪭 @reactiveashley.cat · 03/09/2026
So, JL PartnersP, a pollster frequently used by the anti-trans hate group Sex Matters, is implicated in the Reform scandal. No one would really be surprised that the British public is much more trans-inclusive than their fake polls may portray.
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Ed Morrish @edmorrish.com · 03/09/2026
a lot of people doubted how much the british media genuinely cared about integrity in academia and now is a great chance for the british media to prove that they’re not just gullible racists!
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Meredith McClaren @iniquitousfish.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
'Rogue Agents' Lol. Okay, Skynet. Remember, again kids, they write the headlines this way on purpose so that the AI seems super cool intelligent and not something doing exactly as it was programed, and therefore advertising it as an awesome investment of our resources. It's marketing. It's smoke.
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Joseph Nielsen @jytook.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Me on my deathbed: “I wish we’d had just one more hour together my beloved…” The Snickers demon whispering in my ear:
A snickers bar with a competition for a football thing reading “a chance to win extra time together”
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Joseph Nielsen @jytook.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I’ve not gotten into Trench Crusade (yet), but it’s giving me Flesh and Blood vibes in the best possible way, in that it isn’t defining itself by trying to ‘fix’ or ‘better’ the Big Thing in its field, instead it’s doing its own thing with confidence and flair. Mini🧵 #TrenchCrusade #Warhammer40K
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Joseph Nielsen @jytook.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
2 of 25 But then I’ve always been clueless
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
🇫🇷 FRANCE: “A photograph of Palestinian footballers playing on a makeshift pitch surrounded by the ruins of Gaza has been removed from a major sports photography exhibition in France following complaints from pro-Israel campaigners.” greatreporter.com/2026/08/25/e...
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Sarah Florini @florini.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
It’s wild to me that 6 years ago people were absolutely apoplectic about schools using Zoom. They INSISTED that schools needed to be open, despite the health risks, because it was so important for kids to be in traditional classes. Now they are promoting this.
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Dr Rory MacLellan @rorymaclellan.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Had to withdraw from this in the end as one of the organisers signed the letter supporting Nathan Cofnas. While the other organiser didn't agree with them, I just don't want to be associated with it, especially in a franchise that already has far-right elements in its fanbase. #warhammercommunity
I am sorry to be writing to withdraw my paper proposal for this year's Warhammer Conference. I greatly enjoyed attending the first conference in 2024 and had been very much looking forward to going again this year.

However, I have seen that you have signed the open letter in support of Nathan Cofnas (https://johnarmstrongmaths.com/openletters/letter.php?campaign=cofnas). The letter portrays his suspension as purely an issue of academic free speech and unfair punishment for whistleblowing: "As academics, we are concerned that Ghent University's disciplinary proceedings against Dr Cofnas appear to constitute retaliation, at least in part, for publicizing academic misconduct that occurred in British universities."

I strongly disagree with the characterisation. Ghent's own letter setting out their reasoning is that Cofnas has publicly presented himself as working on racist projects like his "Guide for the Hereditarian Revolution", not the postdoctoral project he was hired for, and has risked bringing the university's reputation into disrepute. In doing so he has breached the employment contract he willingly signed: https://bsky.app/profile/roterote.bsky.social/post/3mtonundvbs22 Ironically, he himself has written about his desire to violate the academic freedom of anyone who disagrees with his 'race realism': https://xcancel.com/mariachong/status/2090858937465835982#mThis is not an academic free speech issue at heart. It is a philosophy academic opining on IQ and genetics, something he does not have a single degree in, nor has he been hired to work on these topics.

Regardless of my interpretation of this academic speech point, which we may have to agree to disagree upon, I do not want to be associated with support for this odious man. As you have signed this letter in support of him and are one of the lead organisers and have been the public face of the conference, I do not want to present at it and shall exercise my academic free speech in withdrawing my paper.

Cofnas' racist views and his stated dream to "after the revolution" become "head of the Department of Eugenics and Race Science at Harvard" are abhorrent. Considering the problems that Warhammer already faces with far-right elements in its fanbase, something you have yourself written upon, it is deeply disappointing that the only conference on the franchise is now linked to such an individual as Cofnas, a publicly admitted eugenicist.

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Aasa T 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @rosgakori.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I am withdrawing my paper proposal from Warhammer Conference 2026. My reasoning can be found below. In a way, this has been one of the most stressful decisions of my academic career. In one way, the answer was clear to me since I found out about this.
To Dr. Ryder:

I am deeply saddened to do this, but I must withdraw my paper proposal for this year’s Warhammer Conference. I have been attending the conference every year since its inception, and as you are aware, this is the premiere conference in the field where I am currently writing my doctoral thesis.  

My withdrawal is based your signature of the open letter in support of Nathan Cofnas, which I feel misleadingly frames his suspension as an issue of academic free speech, where as Ghent University has stated that their reasoning was based on shoddy work ethics and work that would bring university’s reputation into disrepute, i.e. “race realism” and other frankly racist and dubiously scientific works. I believe that many well-meaning scholars have been misled by primarily making this a case of academic free speech. 

Moreover, Nathan Cofnas was the instigator for a mass harassment campaign of dubious merits that led to the death of Professor Jason Arday, which I find disgusting, horrible and unforgivable. I am unwilling to associate with anyone who shows support for Cofnas under the guise of academic free speech. The far right have shown their capability to use free speech as a smokescreen to harass, target, and demonize whole groups of people, and this is just another example of it. To see “academic free speech” being used as a reason to support this odious man is unacceptable to me. Without speculating on your motives, I have to listen to my own principles in this matter.

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Kate Gray @hownottodraw.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I’ve been spending a lot of crafting time making my own accessories for Magic the Gathering, and these are my Snake Tokens. they are both snakes. of course.
two beautiful snakes drawn on shrinky dink plastic (pre-shrinking) 

one is blue and wiggly. the other is a brushbuddy from Witch Hat Atelier: a fluffy white tube guy. he’s an honorary snake okay
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Otto Falcon @formalfalcon.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Siskos
An edit of the sickos meme with Ben, Jake, and Joseph Sisko looking in the window saying "YES... HA HA HA... YES!" and Sisko's Creole Kitchen in the background
#DS9
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Aethira @aethira.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
unfortunately my order of the special edition of The Wicked and the Warped got switched with someone’s Necromunda box. GW can’t replace it because they’re out of copies. This is a long shot, but if there’s someone out there who’s missing their Necromunda box and got my book instead, let me know 😔
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Phwoarhammer 🏳️‍⚧️ @rustedwirewitch.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I'll be honest, I wasn't really sold on the Dok when I first saw the 11ed teasers. Something about the pose felt a bit off to me. But what an absolute joy to paint, this lad is.
Face of an Ork painboy, a brutish green alien surgeon with a stained apronSide view of an Ork painboy, a brutish green alien surgeon with a stained apron
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Joseph Nielsen @jytook.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Basically our world but more French by volume? I think I could keep my head down and do ok… depends on what kind of mood the Harry is in I suppose…
A screenshot from Disco Elysium
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Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The fired Rockstar workers are asking supporters not to boycott GTA 6, but instead, to directly support the union's legal costs as it approaches next month's employment tribunal.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Plenty to reflect about re: the Arday affair, but I'm going to repeat this one thing. The playbook the right used here is effective even though it's not especially sophisticated, as it relies on the audience to do the dirty work. I've been calling it "Trojan horse propaganda", let's go with that. 1/
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Actually, one more - I feel like I should say this directly, so here goes. In the 90s and 00s, the groups I remember pursuing this strategy (hyperpublicize mugshots, Black crime statistics, etc) were Stormfront, the Klan, etc. Now it's the New York Times and the Telegraph. That is the story here.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
"hmm maybe this whole Arday affair shows that we need to have a Serious Conversation about whether Woke 1.0 overreached in manner X, Y, of Z" motherfucker you are generally in Fascism 487.0, as is this particular affair you're talking about. worry about *that*. /Final
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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
The press in this country can hound anyone out of work or their lives with no repercussions. I know -it's happened to my family when my partner got it in his head that trans people might exist- so he got death threats and lost work because the press thought that might be fun. We haven't recovered.
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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
The entire country is literally on fire. We have had 2000 extra deaths this summer, so far, there are no mitigation strategies in place to deal with this, our PM wants to drill more in the North Sea, and - oh my god a black man has the temerity to get a job at Cambridge!!!?
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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
The VC of Greater Manchester uni embezzled £1 million. Did you see *a single story about that*?
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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Universities are riddled with old white guys who have sexually assaulted their students, but still get a paycheck while not teaching. You won't hear about that.
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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
This entire disgusting situation with Arday has shown the horrible priorities of a society built for the ruling class. Our press isn't free, and it is used solely and exclusively to pursue the interests of the ruling class which owns it.
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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
From this review- “Think of all the diligent, decent black academics who have been lumbered with the embarrassment of having Arday as a figurehead” - no, think of *why* black academics are held collectively responsible in ways that white academics are not
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annasophiegross.bsky.social @annasophiegross.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
NEW: Nigel Farage’s long-term aide George Cottrell had a secret Polymarket account that received nearly $20mn in cryptocurrency to place bets on Donald Trump winning the US election, at a time when he was providing gifts and benefits to the Reform UK leader. w/ @miles-johnson.bsky.social
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Yamino @yamino.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
People are so Capitalism-pilled that they see "user number big" as preferable + a reason Bluesky is "lesser" than other social media. But consider this: I don't want to be in a bigger, angrier, shittier crowd of people. I want to be in the smaller, curated, better behaved and more loyal crowd.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 13/08/2026
According to Similarweb (the source cited for this data), ~27% of Threads' alleged half a billion monthly active users came from Taiwan (or ~135M people) Taiwan's actual population is ~23 million
July 2026 All traffic Share o® Top Countries O Taiwan 27.21% - 12.96% Vietnam 15.31% 7 2.03% United States 11.85% • 14.09% Korea, Republic of 4.92% - 9.36% Indonesia 4.69% • 10.19% Others 36.02% See all countries →
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Checkmate, Nige.
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Joseph Nielsen @jytook.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Well unlike all you snowflakes I looked directly at the eclipse and I’m fine 😏 Amazing how it made the whole world SO dark! So, when does the sun come back? 🙂
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TQ 🌿 @witchytq.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
TWITCH AI TRAINING IS LIVE - ON BY DEFAULT here's how to turn it off: - settings - security and privacy
twitch ai training "training for generative ai" consent screenshot
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Joseph Nielsen @jytook.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Chrisjen Avasarala from the Expanse made to look like she’s saying a post that’s replying to pictures of what an eclipse looks like from Mars, saying “humiliating. looks like shit. yet another massive W for earth, the best planet in the universe”
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 09/08/2026
Holding WorldPride in a country with a trans bathroom ban is a bad idea
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Joseph Nielsen @jytook.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Sit down for big airbrush session Airbrush has big clog that needs cleaning Clean make sure everything’s working Go have lunch Come back, compressor suddenly won’t turn on I don’t think the world wants me to airbrush…
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jade pixel 🏳️‍⚧️ @renegadejademinis.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Lauka Vai, Mother of Nightmares Too many projects on my plate right now but she’ll eventually lead a monster mash list for Soulblight Gravelords, whenever I find the time and money to get into AoS. Very fun to paint. #Nerdlings #FindFolkFriday
A large bestial vampire. He upper half is hummus with purple armor and a large sword. He bottom half is best like and she was too large bat-like wings painted in ghostly blue-green
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Ben Potts @ben-potts.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Record numbers are using A&E, but the data doesn't show what it's actually like to go. Our survey is still open. Anonymous, ~15 mins, 18+, UK, for anyone who's been to A&E. Good or bad, every experience helps. edsurvey.link Shared it before? Thank you. Please help it reach further 🙏
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 05/08/2026
If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future. The @theguardian.com just published an amazing piece about my book, "The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy." Coming August 18! www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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‘If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future’: the journalist taking on the ‘tech fascists’ of Silicon Valley
As Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and their peers have grown richer and more influential, Gil Durán argues they have all but abandoned democracy – and found the perfect government to enable them
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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 01/08/2026
Clacton bin day leaflet, make sure the local Facebook and tiktok groups have a copy
Clacton bin day changes leaflet, introducing a new MP disposal service on 14th of August
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Michelle Rapp ➡️ MagicCon Atlanta @kilnfiendpotter.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Trans rights are human rights. There is nothing complex about it. There is nothing nuanced about it. There is nothing to debate. Either you support humans having rights, or you don't.
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BlackWolf83 @blackwolf83.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
A Blightking armed with a giant two handed tenderiser #nerdlings
Putrid Blightking of Nurgle. Painted with jade coloured armour plates and purple tattered robes. Skin is looking particularly unhealthy dark yellow.
Armed with a large rusty maul
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Caderyn @caderyn.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Hedonites love to bonk
Lord of pain with big spiky mace and golden armourright side, details of blood splashing on trophy bladeleft side details of mohawk and moar blood
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