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Neil Hellegers

@neilhellegers.com
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Actor, Audiobook Narrator living in Brooklyn, NYC; buncha titles in LitRPG/LitFict/SciFi/Fan/Poetry; Stratfordian even without a SAQ linktr.ee/neilhellegers

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 31/08/2026
macabre = “muh-KAHB” Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer” omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt” reticent = “RET-uh-sunt” epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee” myriad = "MEER-ee-ud" Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading.
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Agata Weronika @aquedita.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
paging @sjgochenour.bsky.social and @neolithicsheep.bsky.social: I might have found the perfect book for you 😂💖
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The Demon Overlord’s Retirement Plan
The Demon Overlord retires to farm turnips in peace, only to find life in a small village far more chaotic than he ever could have anticipated in this laugh-...
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Neil Hellegers @neilhellegers.com · 23/06/2026
Many thanks to the producers of this for proving that even with the cloned voice of an excellent actor, with amazing text, with four (!) producers avidly working it over, & a dozen other nicked voices (i.e. a more expensive project than with human narrators) The Odyssey still sounds utterly meh.
Headline for New York Times article titled "Would You Let AI Michael Caine Read You the 'Odyssey'"?
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 20/06/2026
Poor Tom, that eats the swimming frog, the toad, the tadpole, the wall-newt, and the water; that in the fury of his heart, when the foul fiend rages, eats cow-dung for sallets; swallows the old rat and the ditch-dog; drinks the green mantle of the standing pool
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Neil Hellegers @neilhellegers.com · 14/06/2026
[Enter YORK]
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Matt McDaniel @themattmcd.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Remembering Gene Wilder, born on this day in 1933, with his unforgettable role as Jim (but most people call him... "Jim") in Mel Brooks's BLAZING SADDLES on Pluto TV: pluto.tv/us/on-demand...
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Neil Hellegers @neilhellegers.com · 11/06/2026
Moments when we are all Sports People:
Picture from Yahoo News article about the Knicks game that reads:
"We know, at the end of the day, the game is not over at halftime, you know?" said Knicks forward Josh Hart. "You just want to continue to chip. You don't look at it when you're down 29 [as], 'We've got to win this game.' You look at it when you're down 29 [as], 'OK, let's get it to 20.' There's three minutes left in the third quarter, we're down 18, you're thinking, 'Let's get it to 10. And in the fourth quarter you're like, this is winning time.  Anything can happen.
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Neil Hellegers @neilhellegers.com · 15/03/2026
Know Thy Enemy #ideasofmarch #shakespeare #rageagainstthemachine #originalpronunciation #BookSky
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Malory @maloryauthor.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Everything comes full circle… #litrpg #noir #fantasy #booksky
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/02/2026
Let the doors be shut upon him, that he may play the fool no where but in ’s own house.
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Neil Hellegers @neilhellegers.com · 22/02/2026
“Th’ abuse of greatness is when it disjoins remorse from power." ‐JC #ShakespeareSunday
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Malory @maloryauthor.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
‘Death of a Curator’ is out now! More LitRPG Murder Mystery goodness. Can Lowe solve the mystery of the murders before the whole of Soar turns into a Dungeon? #litrpg #booksky #hardboiled #noir #murdermystery #fantasy
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Omg. WTF is Happening? @lalahaenzy.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue
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Neil Hellegers @neilhellegers.com · 29/11/2025
"For all the compasses in the world, there's only one direction, and time is its only measure.” ― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
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Neil Hellegers @neilhellegers.com · 21/11/2025
Whoa Nat 20 on Charisma!!
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 10/11/2025
someone's gotta do something about all these quislings
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 05/11/2025
[Exit Clown.]
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Neil Hellegers @neilhellegers.com · 18/10/2025
just some documentation of our decidedly non-monarchial constitutional republic for no reason #originalpronunciation #usconstitution #nokings #narrator
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
It's the first Monday in October which means the Supreme Court is back in session. Here's my preview of all the cruelty and evil they will visit upon us this term. My *cover story* in @thenation.com :) www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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The Supreme Court v. Democracy
The Nation’s justice correspondent previews the court’s coming term—and explains why it will never stand up to Trump.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
JB Pritzker and Gavin Newsom are doing something new and important: They understand Stephen Miller's theory of fascist power politics, and they've developed a theory on how to combat it. More Dems need to reckon with Miller's understanding of the moment. New from me: newrepublic.com/article/2014...
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Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan to Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule
He wants to supercharge searing civil tensions to get low-information voters to embrace their inner authoritarian. Exactly two Democrats appear to fully grasp this.
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 16/09/2025
Be not afraid.
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Tess Irondale Narration @tessirondale.com · 03/09/2025
A live duet narration session this Saturday on Discord! This utterly original steampunk-y fantasy by @jackfields.bsky.social is one of the most beautiful series I've ever narrated, and it's been such a gift to do it alongside @neilhellegers.com 🎧 discord.gg/ReadMyLips
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 24/07/2025
By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes.
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Neil Hellegers @neilhellegers.com · 04/07/2025
A Message from President Thomas Whitmore the V #independenceday #originalpronunciation @shakespeare.lol #henryV #stcrispinsday
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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 22/06/2025
I’ll repeat.
“Get Your War On” did we ever actually declare war comic
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Neil Hellegers @neilhellegers.com · 14/06/2025
Mad world, mad kings, mad composition! -KJ, Act II, scene 1
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Were Aime Césaire alive to conduct a structural analysis of the advancing militarization of American law enforcement since 9/11, I suspect he would have understood DHS as a template for how Imperial Boomerangs operate in the 21st century. Me for @zeteo.com on LA, and what led to it.
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The Imperial Boomerang Lands in Los Angeles
As police and the National Guard escalate against anti-ICE protesters, the Department of Homeland Security bridges US violence abroad and US violence at home.
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Neil Hellegers @neilhellegers.com · 06/06/2025
posting this for no reason
The movie poster for the movie Alien Vs. Predator, with images of a member of the Predator and Zenomorph (aka Alien) species, with the slogan "Whoever wins...we lose"
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 24/05/2025
Thus may we gather honey from the weed, And make a moral of the devil himself.
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Scott Lynch @scottlynch78.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Really loving our new weekly national tradition of asking the Supreme Court "hey, are there laws?" and getting back "I guess," 7-2 with Alito and Thomas dissenting
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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
newsrooms of the world did u know that when Rümeysa Öztürk gets out you can pay her to write an editorial, and then publish it? did u know that if all of you did this it would be a whole thing and a good one
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Neil Hellegers @neilhellegers.com · 08/05/2025
Leo XIV? What about Bob?
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💉Josh Rubin, MD @drsandman11.medsky.social · 07/05/2025
I don’t mean to alarm anyone, but the orcas now have two F/A-18 Hornets
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Eric Meyerowitz @ericmeyerowitz.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
The greatest trick the Emperor ever pulled was convincing the galaxy the Rebellion was the Empire
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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Could you imagine if the head of the United States healthcare system didn’t believe that HIV caused AIDS? …And that instead they believed that AIDS is caused by recreational drugs (“poppers”) used by gay people? Oh wait…🥴
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Neil Hellegers @neilhellegers.com · 02/05/2025
heckuva time to rewatch this treasure of an episode...!
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The Last of Us (2023) - The Government Are All Nazis!
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SpokenRealms @spokenrealms.com · 01/05/2025
“The Indestructibles is a thrilling and action-packed book featuring a group of young #superheroes. The audiobook, narrated by a talented cast, further elevates the story...” Listen to The Indestructibles by @matthewphillion.bsky.social. #audiobooks #fantasy #fullcastaudio #throwbackthursday
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 27/04/2025
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind
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Neil Hellegers @neilhellegers.com · 23/04/2025
Happy Birth and Death Day to @shakespeare.lol!
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Neil Hellegers @neilhellegers.com · 21/04/2025
Picture of Fred Armisen and Kristin Wiig as Garth and Kat on Saturday Night Live, a recurring bit where they improvise songs, trying to speak simultaneously as seen in the quoted post.
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Neil Hellegers @neilhellegers.com · 21/04/2025
BREAKING: THE MUMMY (1999) is low key a perfect Passover movie: • explores all 10 Plagues • takes place in Egypt • themes of Supernatural Intercedence v. Oppression • lot of hot people in it
Movie poster for The Mummy, with Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz, pyramids, a biplane, people on horseback crossing the desert
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Jason Goldman @goldman.blue · 19/04/2025
Sending people to foreign prisons isn’t a debate about immigration policy. Telling private universities who they must hire and what they must teach isn’t about antisemitism. Destroying the economy thru tariffs isn’t about revitalizing American industry. It’s all about power and domination.
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Tess Irondale Narration @tessirondale.com · 15/04/2025
The audiobook for The Scarlet Blade by @jackfields.bsky.social is out today! Jack joined myself and co-narrator @neilhellegers.com for a conversation on Discord about his wonderful series. Listen here: soundcloud.com/tess-irondal...
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Roundtable With Neil Hellegers, Tess Irondale & Jack Fields
Listen to Roundtable With Neil Hellegers, Tess Irondale & Jack Fields by Tess Irondale Narration #np on #SoundCloud
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
We’re fighting antisemitism on college campuses. That’s why we pulled Holocaust history from the library of the Naval Academy but left two copies of Mein Kampf.
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The Elder Memes @theeldermemes.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
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Image of Orsinium from ESO. Text says "Orc fact #137: there is an orc behind you right now with a gun"
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 09/04/2025
markets soar as investors realize that mommy didn't actually disappear, she was just hiding behind her hands
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Tess Irondale Narration @tessirondale.com · 05/04/2025
Just a reminder that this roundtable interview with myself, @neilhellegers.com and @jackfields.bsky.social kicks off today at 1:00pm Easter at www.discord.gg/readmylips 🎧
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 02/04/2025
I think our country sinks beneath the yoke: It weeps, it bleeds, and each new day a gash Is added to her wounds.
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Neil Hellegers @neilhellegers.com · 01/04/2025
Come listen to us grill each other on our respective work on this grill-worthy series!
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Neil Hellegers @neilhellegers.com · 01/04/2025
Maybe the April Fools was the 2025 we met along the way
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