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The same Eli you know and love*, now with 12% less grease! NZ-based history, wargames, and RPG nerd, for my crimes
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The Scottish Languages Bill (2025) haes gid throu an PASSED. Scots is noo an official leid ae Scotland, alangside an equal tae Gaelic an English. A muckle thanks tae ilka activist, supporter an spikker fa hiv focht sae hard. 🎉🥳🍾🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

submitted 4 days ago • 3 comments

I checked my itch.io page for the first time in like. Two years. I don't do it much, because I've only got one project up and it's been up for like. 7 or so years? But it turns out I should've, because apparently people are still downloading that thang. Pretty Cool!

submitted 15 hours ago • 1 comment

Important.

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

the biggest curse of watching gundam is that literally every series has you going "this is a 7 but i think you could improve it by doing x" without fail. i think relativistic rankings of gundam series are a scam because every single one is a Complicated 7. but also you cant stop thinking about them.

submitted 2 days ago • 8 comments

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submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

I'm in the market for a new phone rn and I asked the group chat about their recent phone experiences and it turns out my SIL is an iphone girly and I'm losing my mind at how much she spent on her most recent one

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

In libraries, we call this vocational awe. The idea that if you are invested in your calling, you should accept low wages/inhumane conditions is a nasty little trick of capitalism. I’m an author, I’m hungry, I care deeply about my work, AND I deserve to be paid for it.

submitted 3 days ago • 49 comments

The MLA has all the correct interpretations recorded in a special database only literary scholars can see. We’re not allowed to tell you if you have it right, but we can nod vigorously and say, “interesting,” if you’re getting warmer.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Kiwis, of you’re into SF/F get onto this. I read both of these recently and loved them

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Farewell to the great Maurice Gee. His novels go on looking clearly at the world and introducing us to ourselves. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3607...

submitted 6 days ago • 8 comments