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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Look man I am not a goatfucker, I figured that out after the second goat

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

[Coyote/cat meme but with fuck tortoises]

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Is the fuck tortoise not keeping him home any more

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Did the Tate last time we were here. Only here for one full day before we head to Cotswolds.

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

No Oxford this time. But I remember the Bodliean fondly as one of several places I am specifically forbidden to bring fire.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

In an obituary of all places, @nytimes.com chose to promote ignorance from white supremacists when they could've said, "Ubisoft has a full-time historian on staff, and creates the games through extensive collaborations with experts in ancient art, architecture, and literature." Which is true.

From a historical perspective, Ubisoft has delivered everything I could have asked for, providing a rich, textured, and unbelievably beautiful Japan to lose yourself within. This being Playing With History, I just had to know more about the work that Ubisoft put into crafting this historical marvel. That’s where Dr. Stéphanie-Anne Ruatta, the World and Historical Director for Assassin’s Creed Shadows came in. Ruatta is a historian with a PhD in ancient languages and literature, and is currently the onboard historian at Ubisoft Quebec, having worked on Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, Assassin’s Creed Nexus VR, and now, Assassin’s Creed: Shadows. She took the time to sieve through my waffle and blathering to figure out if there was an actual coherent history question in there.

Dr Glaire Anderson, of Edinburgh College of Art’s School of History of Art, worked with game developers Ubisoft on Assassin’s Creed Mirage, the upcoming instalment in the Assassin’s Creed® franchise launching worldwide on October 12, 2023, which follows the early years of protagonist Basim Ibn Is’haq in the capital of the medieval Abbasid caliphate.

Dr Anderson provided expertise on medieval Islamic history, art, architecture, archaeology and civilisation to Ubisoft’s in-house history team, and contributed to a new educational feature, ‘History of Baghdad’, which offers players an interactive way to learn more about the game’s rich setting.

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

It’s more of a “profoundly uncomfortable with human contact“ vibe

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Lean back and think of America

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

I’m sure there are downsides

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Walked 7.6 miles in London today. Pretty hot for it. Had a nice dinner overlooking the Thames with a view of St. Paul. Waitress came up and told me not to have my phone on the table next to the railing where it could get snatched because, and I quote, “don’t you know London?”

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Threatening to kill negotiators is exactly the kind of thing that weak, insecure people think is strong.

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

The attitude is ”reading is a place where I should not encounter new words” absolutely enrages me. It’s like saying you shouldn’t encounter new ideas.

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Yes! The V&A Storehouse East has the Bowie stuff. Fascinating. The Victoria and Albert has every silver butter dish in Christendom, plus some nice Davids.

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

But saying that encountering a new word in a book is an ”accessibility” issue seems anti-book, anti-learning, anti-knowledge, pro-ignorance. I mean it’s not like you have to get a pass to the Bodleian to look it up. Five seconds on your phone after you try to figure it out from context!

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

My extremely sweaty bare head forgives all.

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

The pastor said "naturally we do not condone violence" in a deadpan tone that drew a chuckle

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

I wish everyone who thought that had one set of genitals so I could kick it

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JP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

they are on Threads fighting to the death over whether or not it is ableist for an author to use the word “scrying" (people might not know the definition!). how beautiful. people staring into their phones and getting so emotional over “scrying.” perhaps there really is magic in reflective surfaces!

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

/3 Yeah, actually, if I get invited to a Juneteenth celebration at a church, and a Black pastor gives a historical talk and sermon, and I mention a major topic of his talk that I liked, and you yell at me for “centering white people on Juneteenth,” Ima block your judgy ass.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Every time Trump threatens to attack Iran he is violating the terms of his surrender. Here's the very first graph of the MOU he signed:

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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

If Trump stuck two french fries in his nose and said he's going to tell Westeros to invade Narnia, Fox would devote 10 hours a day to the Narnian threat and the New York Times would run articles headlined "President Considers Expanding Conflict Zone; Critics Raise Questions"

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

/4 The wrong museum, the one in South Kensington, had quite a lot of nice stuff. Fortunately my wife and are similarly situated regarding museums: look for a while then say "yeah that's enough" and walk out.

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

/3 ...about an hour away by hot stuffy subway etc. So we are going, and I have not made a face or complained once, because that's what love is about, and also, this may surprise you to hear, I am kind of a lot to put up with and I owe her.

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

/2 My dad, without complaint, took me to the other museum, even though the first one had cool cars he wanted to look at. I thought of that today when it transpired that we had gone to the WRONG Victoria & Albert museum, not the one my wife's friend had talked about, but one....

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

When I was a lad I wanted very badly to go to a movie memorabilia/funhouse type place in Hollywood that advertised on TV. My dad took me. After driving, and parking, and paying, and entering, it transpires that it was the WRONG movie museum/funhouse, without the same slide and so forth.

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

I never get used to how much cultists will degrade themselves by pretending to believe this lunatic’s nonsense.

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

They had the perfect level of crispness and salt to pretzel ratio.

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

So this is new. At the hotel’s breakfast buffet today I saw a lady with a tissue stuffed into her nose and hanging down. Like just 80% of the tissue hanging out of her nose. Is this a thing In some cultures?

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

NEW: 35 retired fed judges escalate challenge against Trump $1.7 billion slush fund & IRS deal They say Trump Admin's latest filing "underscores the need to investigate whether the parties have perpetrated a fraud on this Court & corrupted the integrity of the judicial process"

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

/3 I have the right for my knees not to make noises when I get out of bed in the morning. I have the right for Nabisco Mr. Salty Pretzels to still be available in the big blue box. I have the right to enjoy a stupid action movie with uncritical delight and free of any unspoken anxieties.

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Seth once became enraged when I mocked him for threatening to get a kid fired for making fun of him. Dude is fucking weird.

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Andy Vitek @avitek.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Dude it was WILD. Like this is a literal email that someone wrote and sent to me.

You might need to check your Bluesky account. Someone is claiming to be you and attacking Seth Abramson under your name. They are making you look really bad, saying that Seth is a crank and charlatan when everyone knows that Seth is a Trump biographer who knows better than most of us the inner workings of the deranged mind of our current “president.” I would definitely let Bluesky know you are being impersonated. No way a Penn State college professor wouldn’t know better than what was stated on your account ! Just wanted to give you a heads up.

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Tough to shop for. Maybe a subscription to a podcast about the Clone Wars? Not a tie obviously. What about a drone he can control from his chest panel?

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

/2 In the spirit of this -- the notion that old people have rights founded upon the depths of their resentful grump -- I have the right to recognize the names of celebrities in the news. I have the right not to hear the cool music of my young adulthood played in pharmacies.

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The Times Of America @timesofamerica.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Trump Administration Announces Plans To Arrest Foreigners For Making Gas Prices Higher, Movies Not As Good, Kids Less Respectful

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

“.. I didn’t vandalize anything,” Hearn said. “I didn’t destroy or break or peel anything. By the time I realized what was going on, I was being put in handcuffs.” @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and— I said look. Look with your eyes! Oh now you’ve gone and touched it. The paint is peeling. My beautiful paint! I’ll have to call my pool guy back. Vandal! Antifa! I said look And despair Nothing but the algae remains.

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Ragnarok Lobster @eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

OK we can add "ripping out a state of the art filtration system for the reflecting pool because Obama installed it" to the list of things Trump has done out of absolute bitter jealousy of the first Black president.

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Americans have the right never to grow older. Americans have the right for things always being like they remember. Americans have the right for nothing ever to change. Americans have the right never to see anything new.

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Are you this person‘s legal representative? Did they ask you to arrange pro bono help?

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 20/06/2026

Breaking news: U.S. Park Police officers arrested former Olympian David Hearn on a misdemeanor charge of destruction of government property. Hearn said he touched the Reflecting Pool’s detached liner but “didn’t destroy or break or peel anything.”

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Cyclist arrested at Reflecting Pool is former Olympian who denies vandalism claims

David Hearn said he touched the Reflecting Pool’s detached liner but “didn’t destroy or break or peel anything.” Trump accused vandals of sabotaging the refurbishment.

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

We will be in the cotswolds by Monday, but looks like our walks will be rather warm.

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