Anndra
@anndra.bsky.social
Gael, writer, translator, communist, mapgame obsessive. Glasgow-based
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Having a great time with the Lords of the End Times update for Total War Warhammer. This stupid rodent megalomaniac is my favourite. Yeah Thanquol, that's right! Blow up the moon!
September 25, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Having a great time with the Lords of the End Times update for Total War Warhammer. This stupid rodent megalomaniac is my favourite. Yeah Thanquol, that's right! Blow up the moon!
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I saw this screenshot going around, found this detail charming, looked more into the game (I've never played a Silent Hill) & decided to buy it. Btw these are the "unimportant" background assets AI idiots think AI should be used for
September 24, 2026 at 8:01 PM
I saw this screenshot going around, found this detail charming, looked more into the game (I've never played a Silent Hill) & decided to buy it. Btw these are the "unimportant" background assets AI idiots think AI should be used for
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It's really refreshing seeing shitey normal working class life depicted like this in a game, and a Silent Hill game no less. Pebble-dashed council flats, three-bar fires, Post Office counters, concrete shopping precincts. This must be how posh people felt playing Everybody's Gone to the Rapture.
September 24, 2026 at 1:54 PM
It's really refreshing seeing shitey normal working class life depicted like this in a game, and a Silent Hill game no less. Pebble-dashed council flats, three-bar fires, Post Office counters, concrete shopping precincts. This must be how posh people felt playing Everybody's Gone to the Rapture.
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object lesson in the dangers of lolcow posting this cannot possibly be the order of importance of these events
September 23, 2026 at 9:38 PM
object lesson in the dangers of lolcow posting this cannot possibly be the order of importance of these events
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Seeing a five quid powercard in a Silent Hill game is mangling my mind more than any of the faceless shambling horrors.
September 23, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Seeing a five quid powercard in a Silent Hill game is mangling my mind more than any of the faceless shambling horrors.
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*horrific racist fascist blackshirt actions*
UK gov official: first of all, they are correct in their beliefs, however they should trust us to enact the violence and racism, can’t they see how good we are at it
Burnham on tiktok : hey kids check out this barm! What am i like eyy up
UK gov official: first of all, they are correct in their beliefs, however they should trust us to enact the violence and racism, can’t they see how good we are at it
Burnham on tiktok : hey kids check out this barm! What am i like eyy up
September 23, 2026 at 8:15 AM
*horrific racist fascist blackshirt actions*
UK gov official: first of all, they are correct in their beliefs, however they should trust us to enact the violence and racism, can’t they see how good we are at it
Burnham on tiktok : hey kids check out this barm! What am i like eyy up
UK gov official: first of all, they are correct in their beliefs, however they should trust us to enact the violence and racism, can’t they see how good we are at it
Burnham on tiktok : hey kids check out this barm! What am i like eyy up
2 games that played in '96/97 - The Settlers 2, which tickled a part of my brain that loved making wee towns and chains of logistics, and Little Big Adventure 2, which showed me that games could be constantly inventive and creative and be a kind of playful shared joke between developer and player
What's your "origin" video game?
Most gamers have a lot of favorite games, sure, but there's always one that basically 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 you.
I'm talking about the game that flipped that little switch in your brain and made into a life-long gamer.
So, which game is 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨?
Most gamers have a lot of favorite games, sure, but there's always one that basically 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 you.
I'm talking about the game that flipped that little switch in your brain and made into a life-long gamer.
So, which game is 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨?
September 21, 2026 at 3:48 PM
2 games that played in '96/97 - The Settlers 2, which tickled a part of my brain that loved making wee towns and chains of logistics, and Little Big Adventure 2, which showed me that games could be constantly inventive and creative and be a kind of playful shared joke between developer and player
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Edinburgh University adds another entry to the imaginative lexicon universities use to say, “We’re cutting”
"We are refreshing our programme to consolidate our offering for future students and make their degree pathways easier to navigate"
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2656140...
"We are refreshing our programme to consolidate our offering for future students and make their degree pathways easier to navigate"
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2656140...
University defends closure of 48 language and literature courses, including Celtic
Forty-eight programmes in the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures (LLC) are among the casualties.
www.heraldscotland.com
September 19, 2026 at 7:15 AM
Edinburgh University adds another entry to the imaginative lexicon universities use to say, “We’re cutting”
"We are refreshing our programme to consolidate our offering for future students and make their degree pathways easier to navigate"
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2656140...
"We are refreshing our programme to consolidate our offering for future students and make their degree pathways easier to navigate"
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2656140...
Ah, to look back on a bygone age... to get an insight into the ways of long-dead people... to learn that they were exactly the same as today
“John Bull is ignorant of the States; he is probably ignorant of India; but, considering his opportunities, he is far more ignorant of countries nearer his own door…”
—Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Foreigner at Home”
MEMORIES & PORTRAITS (1887) via @gutenberg.org
#C19
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/381
—Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Foreigner at Home”
MEMORIES & PORTRAITS (1887) via @gutenberg.org
#C19
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/381
September 17, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Ah, to look back on a bygone age... to get an insight into the ways of long-dead people... to learn that they were exactly the same as today
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Piddington getting a "we're listening and you have valid concerns" from Nandy is yet another reminder Labour are a far right party.
Grannies and vicars holding anti-genocide signs? Terrorism.
A village doing far right sedition? Support and indulgence.
Grannies and vicars holding anti-genocide signs? Terrorism.
A village doing far right sedition? Support and indulgence.
September 16, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Piddington getting a "we're listening and you have valid concerns" from Nandy is yet another reminder Labour are a far right party.
Grannies and vicars holding anti-genocide signs? Terrorism.
A village doing far right sedition? Support and indulgence.
Grannies and vicars holding anti-genocide signs? Terrorism.
A village doing far right sedition? Support and indulgence.
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This is also a genocide btw
An extensive Financial Times investigative report, done in collaboration with Lighthouse Reports, demonstrates that more than SIXTY FIVE PERCENT of Israeli damage and destruction done to Lebanese population centers occurred AFTER the so-called ceasefire agreement of April 16th.
September 15, 2026 at 4:30 PM
This is also a genocide btw
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It’s so awesome that every billionaire is insanely stupid
September 15, 2026 at 2:28 AM
It’s so awesome that every billionaire is insanely stupid
can't wait for this "Scottish, Welsh, and Northern Irish meeting to plan the break up of the union" to actually happen and turn out to be nothing of the sort. at least we're getting a lot of Posts out of it I suppose
September 14, 2026 at 8:49 AM
can't wait for this "Scottish, Welsh, and Northern Irish meeting to plan the break up of the union" to actually happen and turn out to be nothing of the sort. at least we're getting a lot of Posts out of it I suppose
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Japanese team have observed directly, for the first time, noctule bats hunting birds
The images they provide astonishingly resemble that painted by Brueghel over 400 years ago... maybe he had actually seen the hunt!!
Paper: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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The images they provide astonishingly resemble that painted by Brueghel over 400 years ago... maybe he had actually seen the hunt!!
Paper: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@ebdonana.bsky.social
September 13, 2026 at 7:03 AM
Japanese team have observed directly, for the first time, noctule bats hunting birds
The images they provide astonishingly resemble that painted by Brueghel over 400 years ago... maybe he had actually seen the hunt!!
Paper: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@ebdonana.bsky.social
The images they provide astonishingly resemble that painted by Brueghel over 400 years ago... maybe he had actually seen the hunt!!
Paper: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@ebdonana.bsky.social
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It’s been 53 years since the US backed military coup of Allende’s government in Chile. A democratically elected socialist was attacked. the fascist Pinochet took power and then tortured, arrested and killed socialists and teachers and labor leaders around the country.
youtu.be/IZVWOWA2Hpk?...
youtu.be/IZVWOWA2Hpk?...
Allende's Last Words: The First 9/11
YouTube video by PlasticPills
youtu.be
September 11, 2026 at 1:10 PM
It’s been 53 years since the US backed military coup of Allende’s government in Chile. A democratically elected socialist was attacked. the fascist Pinochet took power and then tortured, arrested and killed socialists and teachers and labor leaders around the country.
youtu.be/IZVWOWA2Hpk?...
youtu.be/IZVWOWA2Hpk?...
Extremely funny article, Lammy probably doesn't even realise how revealing statements like this are about the taken-for-granted born-to-rule attitude of the Labour Party towards their constituents www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
September 11, 2026 at 9:15 AM
Extremely funny article, Lammy probably doesn't even realise how revealing statements like this are about the taken-for-granted born-to-rule attitude of the Labour Party towards their constituents www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
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Just learned that Category Is Books, a lovely queer bookshop in Glasgow, has been targeted by transphobic violence, & is fundraising to cover the costs of a smashed window & roller shutters. I hate that they have to do this & would love to see them meet their goal.
Donate to Help Category Is Books Get Shutters!, organized by Category Is Books
For the past eight years, Category Is Books has been able to comfortably oper… Category Is Books needs your support for Help Category Is Books Get Shutters!
www.gofundme.com
September 9, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Just learned that Category Is Books, a lovely queer bookshop in Glasgow, has been targeted by transphobic violence, & is fundraising to cover the costs of a smashed window & roller shutters. I hate that they have to do this & would love to see them meet their goal.
as bad as it is that people get permanently banned on here for mild criticism of the Bluesky devs' friends or whatever, I'm glad that we're firmly in the adversarial stage of user-moderator relations rather than the 2023 era undignified parade of people queuing up to be sycophants to Paul Frazee
September 9, 2026 at 6:01 PM
as bad as it is that people get permanently banned on here for mild criticism of the Bluesky devs' friends or whatever, I'm glad that we're firmly in the adversarial stage of user-moderator relations rather than the 2023 era undignified parade of people queuing up to be sycophants to Paul Frazee
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Guys I think we’re on a cult website
Do these people realize how incredibly far up their own asses they seem to be?
September 9, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Guys I think we’re on a cult website
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I do not doubt that there are people working on AI who sincerely believe it is dangerous. Those people are also, frankly speaking, illiterate.
September 9, 2026 at 9:06 AM
I do not doubt that there are people working on AI who sincerely believe it is dangerous. Those people are also, frankly speaking, illiterate.
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If you haven't played Roadwarden yet, buddy, this is *the* time of year to play it. Technically mid August is best but September will still do you. What a good game. store.steampowered.com/app/1155970/...
Roadwarden on Steam
Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.
store.steampowered.com
September 8, 2026 at 12:04 PM
If you haven't played Roadwarden yet, buddy, this is *the* time of year to play it. Technically mid August is best but September will still do you. What a good game. store.steampowered.com/app/1155970/...
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"That gets you cancelled" looks to me like it gets you elected actually
You can't really talked about migration and deportations in Germany. That gets you cancelled. So people don't talk about it and vote AfD instead. That's the basic issue and goes far beyond Sachsen-Anhalt, which is why yesterday's AfD win is so important...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/why-is-ger...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/why-is-ger...
September 8, 2026 at 8:56 AM
"That gets you cancelled" looks to me like it gets you elected actually
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‼️Statement RE my suspension from the Greens.
I was suspended for the 'crime' of being a trans woman who ran for a women's place. The "media interest" in my gender was cited as the sole reason for my suspension.
I was suspended for the 'crime' of being a trans woman who ran for a women's place. The "media interest" in my gender was cited as the sole reason for my suspension.
September 7, 2026 at 4:48 PM
‼️Statement RE my suspension from the Greens.
I was suspended for the 'crime' of being a trans woman who ran for a women's place. The "media interest" in my gender was cited as the sole reason for my suspension.
I was suspended for the 'crime' of being a trans woman who ran for a women's place. The "media interest" in my gender was cited as the sole reason for my suspension.
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Beyond disgusting that planned social housing was set alight in Possilpark all because of a hateful lie - sparked by lying, hateful bigots online who couldn't point to Possil on a map.
www.thenational.scot/news/2652667...
www.thenational.scot/news/2652667...
Far right cheer 'wilful' Glasgow tenement fire amid false 'migrant housing' claims
FAR-RIGHT groups have been celebrating a fire at a Glasgow tenement amid false claims that it was being renovated to house migrants ...
www.thenational.scot
September 7, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Beyond disgusting that planned social housing was set alight in Possilpark all because of a hateful lie - sparked by lying, hateful bigots online who couldn't point to Possil on a map.
www.thenational.scot/news/2652667...
www.thenational.scot/news/2652667...