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Marius Hollenga @mariushollenga.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Made pancakes for breakfast, kids were utterly unimpressed with my no utensil pancake flipping technique. (Professional chefs gonna chef). Pride slightly deflated, but unbroken.

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Marius Hollenga @mariushollenga.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Found a medlar tree near our house, it's full to bursting of fruit, may have to forage some of it, for...science.

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Marius Hollenga @mariushollenga.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

More often than you'd think I'm reminded of Matt Reeves' "the Batman", and especially the scene were Oz Cobb (Farrell) gets really upset with master detectives Batman (Pattinson) and Jim Gordon (Wright) misunderstanding Spanish.

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Marius Hollenga @mariushollenga.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This just reminded me of an incident many years ago involving an attempt at making beetroot kvass, non-fermentation grade bottles, a pair of hefty explosions, and a literally purple wall.

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Marius Hollenga @mariushollenga.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Went out for a walk with our youngest, found a treasure trove of blackberries, hawthorn and buckthorn. Admittedly, Arthur was not as excited as I was.

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Marius Hollenga @mariushollenga.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Finished "Lanterns" yesterday, spectacular television, excellent story. Would be nice to get a season two, but I'd be fine like this.

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Marius Hollenga @mariushollenga.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Rediscovering the "Tröckener Kecks" while working, in the 80's and 90's they were the most active band on the Dutch touring circuit, playing some really pleasant sounding punk'ish rock & roll. Good times.

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Marius Hollenga @mariushollenga.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

My parents were watching Alien, which they loved, when I was 6, can't remember if they'd allowed me to watch or if I'd snuck downstairs, but everything about that film scared me to death. Especially captain Dallas in the vent system.

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Marius Hollenga @mariushollenga.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Kids have been watching and playing Sonic the Hedgehog, they're now running around the living room, in character as Silver and Shadow the Hedgehog, proclaiming that a cheetah is not as fast as they are. :p

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Marius Hollenga @mariushollenga.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

www.football365.com/news/opinion... Shit like this is why I have a sneaking suspicion Man City will get away with well over a decade of blatant cheating and fraud.

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Andy Burnham, the Man City cheats and £20bn-worth of good faith

The Prime Minister owes the Man City bosses. 💷💷💷

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Marius Hollenga @mariushollenga.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I have this book, have had it for a number of years, it's (as far as I can work out) excellent scholarship, and I want to give it a new home. Does anyone want it? It's free, if you pay for postage.

Cover of the book "Irish Soccer Migrants" by Conor Curran.

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Marius Hollenga @mariushollenga.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Have been reading "Churchill's folly" by Anthony Rogers before bed, a very well written history. You'd think, based on the title, that it's about the Gallipoli mess, but no, ol' Winston was involved in two very messy defeats in the same part of the world.

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Marius Hollenga @mariushollenga.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I wish someone would make a movie using Steven Erikson's "Gardens of the Moon" as the source material. It started life as a script anyway. And it reads as a series of chamber pieces, so you can film large portions with practical effects.

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Marius Hollenga @mariushollenga.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Had a very realistic dream in which a (somehow very bearded and long haired) Ryan Reynolds starred in a remake of "the Maltese Falcon". This should now happen, I feel.

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Marius Hollenga @mariushollenga.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Given the state of the world, I feel that breakfast with leftover pizza and cheesecake is very reasonable.

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Marius Hollenga @mariushollenga.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Am increasingly baffled by presumably reasonable politicians, mainly from Europe, that keep operating from the extremely naive outlook that the U.S. government is in any way reliable and trustworthy.

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Marius Hollenga @mariushollenga.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I used to work on a square rigged sailing vessel, and I got really obsessed with Maury's life and work for a while, so this is a splendid thread about him.

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Marius Hollenga @mariushollenga.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

First part of the latest "Lanterns" episode is incredible. Weirdly reminiscent of "Mystic River", in a way that collective trauma tore apart a group of people and bonded them at the same time. Weirdly (but good) subdued performance by Fillion as Guy Gardner. 10/10, would and will watch again.

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Marius Hollenga @mariushollenga.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This may be hyperlocalized slang, but a term we use in kitchens around here is "cowboying", which is basically any kind of off-menu improvisation by wandering into the walk-in fridge and seeing what's available.

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Marius Hollenga @mariushollenga.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Finally watched "Supergirl". Was it worthy of all the awards? Nope. Was it a rollicking good time? Absolutely, would watch again. Thoroughly decent superhero flick with a lot of heart.

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Marius Hollenga @mariushollenga.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Suddenly remembered watching "the Last Emperor" with my parents, when I was...8? Think I'm due a re-watch. Magnificent film. Every performance is flawless, and the camerawork is top notch.

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Mighoul Revenantparaz @wikiparaz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

PAUL: What’s in the box? REVEREND MOTHER: Pain. [PAUL hesitantly puts his hand in the BOX, then FROWNS IN CONFUSION. He pulls out A BAGUETTE.] REVEREND MOHER: Hōn hōn,

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Marius Hollenga @mariushollenga.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

We watched "Lola Rennt" on this when it came out on video, presumably a mistake had been made, because school movies were generally shit. That one, however, is a stone-cold masterpiece.

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Marius Hollenga @mariushollenga.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Me:"okay, you ADHD freak, you have an hour to complete this exam, take your time." Also me: *walk out of the exam in 13 minutes and 12 seconds flat* Passed it. Thankfully, or I'd look like a tit.

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Marius Hollenga @mariushollenga.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Bolted upright during the night, because I'd suddenly realised something about "Lanterns". I'd immediately realised the sheriff being from Gotham was somehow important, and it just hit me. If she's not the Manhunter, she's Bruce Wayne's cousin. Kane being the surname of Bruce's mum. I'm a slowpoke

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Marius Hollenga @mariushollenga.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Studying for a social responsibility exam that I have tomorrow, in Dutch. It just hit me that I know most of this stuff from 15+ years ago when I worked on a cruise ship. But in English, the abbreviations are completely different though, which throws me for a loop.

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Marius Hollenga @mariushollenga.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The "Weekend Millionaire" angle is cute as a hook, but what I really like about this story is that this chap is a consumate professional that put in the hard yards, which I feel is often undercelebrated. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

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‘That’s how it started’: Dambrauskas’ journey from Who Wants to Be a Millionaire to Champions League

Valdas Dambrauskas takes Sabah to Manchester United after journeying from Lithuania and a game show win, via London pub work

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Marius Hollenga @mariushollenga.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Turns out that I'm really not very good at having time off work. Think that, philosophically, this is tied into this weird social pressure that turns your means of employment into a big part of your identity, which is awful. STOP THINKING ABOUT WORK AND FEELING GUILTY ABOUT BEING AT HOME, JACKASS

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Marius Hollenga @mariushollenga.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Had a vascectomy yesterday, so sat around feeling sad for myself with a painful scrotum. Watching "Space Force", which is getting better with every re-watch.

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Marius Hollenga @mariushollenga.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I'm doing a course for work, which means I have to do an exam on wednesday. Hate doing those, but my first practice exam was a smashing success, so am very relaxed about it. Told my employer a while back they have my permission to send me on any course they want, certifications are great.

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Marius Hollenga @mariushollenga.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Reading Constantine Pleshakov's "Stalin's Folly", and was struck by this passage. About how WW2, and Stalin's policies related to it, killed off feminism in the Soviet Union. The bit below it about alcoholism us also telling.

Passage from Constantine Pleshakov's "Stalin's Folly" about how WW2 killed nascent feminism in the Soviet Union.

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Marius Hollenga @mariushollenga.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Hurray, my 1,5 week off work begins! :D

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Marius Hollenga @mariushollenga.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

If you're on the lookout for some really relaxing TV to watch with (young) children, I can highly recommend "Miniscule", lovely stuff. Very slow-paced, so there is time for children to ask questions. Aids development.

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Marius Hollenga @mariushollenga.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Have already started on Stalin's Folly, it's wonderfully written, and harrowing, and it makes the fact that the Soviets managed to extricate themselves from that disaster even more impressive. Bonus points to Zhukov for not punching Stalin in the face immediately, though it might have helped.

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Marius Hollenga @mariushollenga.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Off to work. Only today and tomorrow to go, then a full 1,5 weeks off. Am on the verge of a complete exhausted meltdown, so some time off is welcome. Combining kids, work, and being social with what I now know to being autistic with a side of ADHD is...tiring.

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Marius Hollenga @mariushollenga.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Thrift shop haul! Excitement. Especially curious about Pleshakov's book, completely unknown to me. The Soviets had a bit of a rocky* start when the Axis forces invaded, Pleshakov apparently got a hold of a lot of primary sources to reconstruct this. *nightmarish, disastrous, calamitous.

Photograph of two books. Stalin's Folly by Constantine Pleshakov & Fateful Choices by Ian Kershaw

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Marius Hollenga @mariushollenga.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Watching some "Burn Notice", great show. The pilot episode is an absolute banger straight out of the gate.

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Marius Hollenga @mariushollenga.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Someone should produce a drama series about daily life in 1420's Mystras, following some rich silk merchant's family and everyone in their employ and service. The Onedin line, but medieval Roman style.

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Joshua Eaton @joshuaeaton.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

“There’s a new Mr. Beast book.” You bolt awake in your workshop in Mainz. It’s 1450. You’re Johannes Gutenberg, and you’ve changed your mind. The future cannot come to pass. Your printing press must burn.

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Marius Hollenga @mariushollenga.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Bought "Churchill's folly: Leros and the Aegean" by Anthony Rogers, about the really ill thought out British attempt to occupy the Dodecanese islands after the Italian surrender in 1943, which ended up backfiring spectacularly.

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Marius Hollenga @mariushollenga.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Was reading about a Byzantine (Roman) general named Narses (not the one during Justinian's time), who was part of a joint Byzantine/Sassanian campaign to restore the deposed Khosroes II to the throne, there's a movie in that, somewhere.

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Marius Hollenga @mariushollenga.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

By far the best thing about the Sonic films is the really weird and strangely wholesome Robotnik/Agent Stone relationship, which seems to be entirely based on one sided verbal abuse, and also cappucino.

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Marius Hollenga @mariushollenga.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Watching Sonic 3 with my eldest, and I've just been utterly stumped by the question: "why does Knuckles have hair?"

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Marius Hollenga @mariushollenga.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

It's Constantine I, he's always to blame. Maurice did his best to salvage things, bless him.

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Marius Hollenga @mariushollenga.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The kids were badgering me about wanting to have flashlights and binoculars*, so I got them a children's outdoor set each. Binoculars, flashlight, compass/magnifying glass, and a whistle with a built in analog thermometer. A complete smash hit. *eldest wanted it, youngest tagged along.

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