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@antiquaries.bsky.socialReposted by @abs.ventures

Is there a coat of arms more suited to the Halloween season than this one?! This image comes from a German manuscript made up of a collection of coats of arms which relate mainly to the Holy Roman Empire. It was probably written in southwest Germany or Switzerland, around the early 16th century.

Full-page allegorical representation of the arms of Death. The arms are supported by a skeleton and a female figure, surmounted by a helm, hourglass and clock as crest, over which two arm bones hold a rock.
@josefoshea.bsky.socialReposted by @abs.ventures

What a weird world we live in - Ukraine hits a data centre deep in Russia - Irish twitter users see racist posts about IPAS centres in Offaly fall off a cliff

Alina Pereverzieva 🇺🇦@perevaa.bsky.social

And now the best part: Bot traffic from the #Yandex network has plunged to near zero following the strike on its Vladimir data center. Bot traffic includes automated requests from search crawlers, scrapers and other online services. Twitter must be a ghost town by now.

@insaninox.bsky.socialReposted by @abs.ventures

Myself & other cool people will be pitching a new Track to Develop that will cover areas such as diversity, accessibility, mental health, intimacy coordination, wellbeing facilities etc.

If you work in Games, please sign & share to support our endeavour 💖 forms.gle/k4Q2J7xafJVK...

@laurieoc.bsky.socialReposted by @abs.ventures

"Is Playtest Material also an attempt to legitimize role-playing game-related things as art? Maybe. RPG people at the moment do struggle to access funding sources and spaces that are open to other writers and performers, [and] one hopes that we can begin to open some of those doors."

@ottoenglish.bsky.socialReposted by @abs.ventures

Russia has been at war with Britain for years and the EU referendum was an open goal which they exploited. That doesn't mean that "Putin made Brexit happen" but his troll farms and media operations certainly played a part Brexiters may hate to hear it but to deny it is to deny a dangerous reality.

@colinsmith.bsky.socialReposted by @abs.ventures

Dazzle-ships in Drydock at Liverpool, by Edward Wadsworth, 1919. It’s a topic that appears to have fascinated Wadsworth. I love every single one of his takes on the subject.

@jeffvandermeer.bsky.socialReposted by @abs.ventures

Annihilation always makes Halloween lists, so I thought I'd do a thread of creepy reads. Starting today with a flat-out modern masterpiece, Max Lury's No Ghosts. Thoroughly contemporary and disturbing grounded in deep characterization, and, in part, outdoing Back Rooms while also its own thing. 1

No Ghosts in lower left, Max Lury in lower right. White hand reaching down, two eye holes in the wrist.
@innes.bsky.socialReposted by @abs.ventures

if you think you're personally in too sweet a position to need a union, that they're just for other people, what do you think the best way to support those folks is? that's right: join a union

@eliothiggins.bsky.socialReposted by @abs.ventures

Turning state violence into a public spectacle is a very fascist move BTW.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social

WASHINGTON (AP) - Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed in December.

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