Aging nerd, office drone and recovering librarian. TTRPGs, retrofuturism, gushing about Pratchett and increasingly radicalised political takes. Please ignore my bad posts, unless they made you mad, in which case know that I meant every word.https://bsky.app/profile/benbartlett.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/benbartlett.bsky.social/post/3mrlf73f5yk2lI'm such a sucker for the 'leaving Prime in x days' schtick that I'm currently watching Masters of the Universe. No. Not the new one.26 Jul 2026 22:04 +0000at://did:plc:dkskmnxbbjpd3micmkd7pygl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrlf73f5yk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/benbartlett.bsky.social/post/3mrfvepmipc27I love naming my restaurant exactly halfway through designing the menu [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Jul 2026 17:37 +0000at://did:plc:dkskmnxbbjpd3micmkd7pygl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrfvepmipc27https://bsky.app/profile/benbartlett.bsky.social/post/3mrd5odt7nk27"The Diary of a Polarising Figure HAS to be a reference to something because it's so fucking sauceless if not. It's like if you took an unused Taylor Swift B-side and translated it to a foreign language and back again [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Jul 2026 15:28 +0000at://did:plc:dkskmnxbbjpd3micmkd7pygl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrd5odt7nk27https://bsky.app/profile/benbartlett.bsky.social/post/3mr3vdcknps2qYou simply must watch this [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Jul 2026 18:10 +0000at://did:plc:dkskmnxbbjpd3micmkd7pygl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr3vdcknps2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/benbartlett.bsky.social/post/3mqpmjxgf5c2xEngland Vs Argentina (2026) [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Jul 2026 21:01 +0000at://did:plc:dkskmnxbbjpd3micmkd7pygl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqpmjxgf5c2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/benbartlett.bsky.social/post/3mqlvads6kc2iOne of these days I'm going to work on my TTRPG white whale and write that cyberpunk game about how the future isn't a grim noir dystopia with neon everywhere and LED collars but is, in fact, incredibly fucking stupid. Not the app, I should be clear the app is great. Just all the rest of this BS [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Jul 2026 09:26 +0000at://did:plc:dkskmnxbbjpd3micmkd7pygl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqlvads6kc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/benbartlett.bsky.social/post/3mqjlm6r7xc2jSuch a shame to hear about Sam Neill's passing. Just the absolute platonic ideal of Guy I Love To See In A Movie. Insanely prolific filmography packed with straight bangers, always a delight when he turns up on screen and one of the rare few to avoid having a 'Controversies' section on his Wikipedia13 Jul 2026 11:28 +0000at://did:plc:dkskmnxbbjpd3micmkd7pygl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqjlm6r7xc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/benbartlett.bsky.social/post/3mqi6ufvfds2wTheres a new Ghost in the Shell that's more faithful to the original manga and has a 90s anime aesthetic. I'm watching it and the vibes are immaculate, but then in the final 30 seconds the Major tells an abused orphan to stop leeching off welfare and get a job and it hits me like a flashbang12 Jul 2026 22:07 +0000at://did:plc:dkskmnxbbjpd3micmkd7pygl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqi6ufvfds2whttps://bsky.app/profile/benbartlett.bsky.social/post/3mq4wlwcy7s22I went on holiday to San Francisco back in 2005 and it was a beautiful city full of fascinating, awesome people. Genuinely horrifying to see tech rot out it's soul so now it's where 'founders' go into the AI psychosis confessional booth after being told to get a real job08 Jul 2026 10:40 +0000at://did:plc:dkskmnxbbjpd3micmkd7pygl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq4wlwcy7s22https://bsky.app/profile/benbartlett.bsky.social/post/3mq2n5kjffs2j"I will make a statement on my future in public life at 2pm" [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Jul 2026 12:46 +0000at://did:plc:dkskmnxbbjpd3micmkd7pygl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq2n5kjffs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/benbartlett.bsky.social/post/3mpzj76obes2hThis might actually be the funniest possible outcome of the Balogun situation, they even got a fourth in injury time to rub salt in the wound07 Jul 2026 02:02 +0000at://did:plc:dkskmnxbbjpd3micmkd7pygl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpzj76obes2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/benbartlett.bsky.social/post/3mpxzdukncs2fWonderwalls will, of course, be a tense, balls-to-the-wall military sci-fi spectacle compared to the claustrophobic horror of the original [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Jul 2026 11:46 +0000at://did:plc:dkskmnxbbjpd3micmkd7pygl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpxzdukncs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/benbartlett.bsky.social/post/3mpobpq5dqc2bPierre who?! [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Jul 2026 14:49 +0000at://did:plc:dkskmnxbbjpd3micmkd7pygl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpobpq5dqc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/benbartlett.bsky.social/post/3mph6x73en22shttps://youtu.be/Avky8dVaqAI?is=UN_BIUTUh39vuLTp Just saw this and, if you have the chance, and you enjoy watching dudes go absolutely ham on each other, you should too. Kind of insane how one of the first first big fight scenes features a dude getting punched out the side of a truck but it keeps escalating from there29 Jun 2026 19:11 +0000at://did:plc:dkskmnxbbjpd3micmkd7pygl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mph6x73en22shttps://bsky.app/profile/benbartlett.bsky.social/post/3mpgsltan5c2sThis is incredible but I want to add that I've been aware of the GarfieldEats guy for a while and the funniest thing about it is that it was a pizza restaurant. Easiest layup in the world and he fucks it up. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Jun 2026 15:30 +0000at://did:plc:dkskmnxbbjpd3micmkd7pygl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpgsltan5c2shttps://bsky.app/profile/benbartlett.bsky.social/post/3mpgntrhpjk2xThis feels like he thinks there's a gap for him to be the escape hatch for techbros in 2028 who feel embarrassed by Trump, probably because he lives in a California bubble and so doesn't realise how much it hurts him with anyone normal. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Jun 2026 14:05 +0000at://did:plc:dkskmnxbbjpd3micmkd7pygl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpgntrhpjk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/benbartlett.bsky.social/post/3mnyvv6xjs22aHappened two more times overnight. This has to be the new spambot meta, right? [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Jun 2026 09:26 +0000at://did:plc:dkskmnxbbjpd3micmkd7pygl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnyvv6xjs22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/benbartlett.bsky.social/post/3mnxza56hr22lAnyone else getting something weird happening with a bunch of random accounts that don't seem to be spambots liking exactly 3 of your old posts out of the blue?11 Jun 2026 00:54 +0000at://did:plc:dkskmnxbbjpd3micmkd7pygl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnxza56hr22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/benbartlett.bsky.social/post/3mnsyhjv44222Counting on all you Americans to let me know if Danhausen makes an appearance at the game tonight09 Jun 2026 00:57 +0000at://did:plc:dkskmnxbbjpd3micmkd7pygl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnsyhjv44222https://bsky.app/profile/benbartlett.bsky.social/post/3mnpq3cumfc2vFeeling almost guilty as me and @stephengraves.co.uk just had a great conversation about how nostalgia-driven franchise blockbusters finally seem to be yielding to something new, then immediately went to see Masters of the Universe and absolutely enjoyed the shit out of it07 Jun 2026 17:49 +0000at://did:plc:dkskmnxbbjpd3micmkd7pygl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnpq3cumfc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/benbartlett.bsky.social/post/3mmzqi4kqvk2zJust finished a Session 0 for this Mage: The Ascension campaign I'll be playing and my word, you can really taste the 90s on it. You wanna make a Mage? Fuck you, here's 4304 proper nouns you need to know the meaning of. And 532 different skill choices that all do the same thing SLIGHTLY differently29 May 2026 23:57 +0000at://did:plc:dkskmnxbbjpd3micmkd7pygl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmzqi4kqvk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/benbartlett.bsky.social/post/3mmrisrkgbk2eGenuinely interesting thought experiment to consider what happens if Trump gets hit by lightning at a UFC event on the white house lawn on 4 July. How does American Evangelism successfully absorb an event so obviously portentous? Do the Republicans start a congressional hearing into HAARP? [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 May 2026 17:19 +0000at://did:plc:dkskmnxbbjpd3micmkd7pygl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmrisrkgbk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/benbartlett.bsky.social/post/3mmeoboqw722eVery important to let my fellow aging millennials know that it looks like there's a Darkness song on the Masters of the Universe soundtrack21 May 2026 14:52 +0000at://did:plc:dkskmnxbbjpd3micmkd7pygl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmeoboqw722ehttps://bsky.app/profile/benbartlett.bsky.social/post/3mm5vpv5bys2xDepressingly portentous to welcome students into the next stage of their lives with an AI taking a human's job and completely fucking it up [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 May 2026 22:16 +0000at://did:plc:dkskmnxbbjpd3micmkd7pygl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm5vpv5bys2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/benbartlett.bsky.social/post/3mm3c3vpovk22Lol, just saw that the Gina Carano/Ronda Rousey fight went a grand total of 17 seconds which is an incredibly funny joke on everyone who thought that was going to be anything other than two washed-up arseholes collecting a paycheck17 May 2026 21:20 +0000at://did:plc:dkskmnxbbjpd3micmkd7pygl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm3c3vpovk22https://bsky.app/profile/benbartlett.bsky.social/post/3mm3ad4htjk2jRegretfully... would. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 May 2026 20:48 +0000at://did:plc:dkskmnxbbjpd3micmkd7pygl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm3ad4htjk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/benbartlett.bsky.social/post/3mlsqb3nsj22gIf they're fighting for a triangle then you are playing Zelda [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 May 2026 11:39 +0000at://did:plc:dkskmnxbbjpd3micmkd7pygl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlsqb3nsj22g