Bjorn (Ian) Wong

he/him | doctoral researcher | storytelling, poetry & music | D&D

[Everything Price Sufferer (but especially eggs) @agraybee]

I didn't know Helen of Troy could generate so much conflict.

[Bjorn (Ian) Wong @acherontos]

The day is getting closer and closer when JK Rowling announces that women can only really be women if they look a certain way

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

Western society is currently divided between people who know this is a man and are prepared to say so and those who know this is a man but lie out of obedience to an ideology. There is no third option. Literally nobody on earth thinks "Roxanne Tickle" is actually a woman.

[Sridhar Ramesh @RadishHarmers]

Douglas Adams, somewhat salient to current trends in what computers are considered to be for.

[Jacob Rubashkin @JacobRubashkin]

The existence of Chicago Pope implies the existence of MLA Pope and APA Pope

[Bjorn (Ian) Wong @acherontos]

Bit left field but: I'll be streaming on Twitch twice a week starting TONIGHT, 9pm–11pm BST; the plan is to chat about PhD life while I pick medieval manuscripts to transcribe and judge (unseriously) over the next few weeks. Come say hi in the chat! https://t.co/FzrAQWdrf1

[Fantasy of Leslie @Ed1171918745]

Wulingqi五令旗, or the Five-colored flag, is a Taoist weapon used to invite deities and exorcise the evils in Taoist rituals. The five colors correspond with five directions: green (east), red (south), yellow (centre), white (west), and black (north), conjuring different gods.

[Regina Rosenfeld @ReginaRosenfeld]

Robert Bly:

[The National Archives @UkNatArchives]

When did London become a multicultural city? This tax record from 1483 provides a remarkable insight into the diversity of the medieval metropolis's inhabitants: https://t.co/U9r8HXJIy6

[William Han @W_T_Han]

Now that’s what I call a spell

[Bjorn (Ian) Wong @acherontos]

Sometimes I think I’m not a dice goblin, and then this happens

[Bjorn (Ian) Wong @acherontos]

@ConorMcDonough4 At least it doesn’t look like there are any goblins near you!

[Bjorn (Ian) Wong @acherontos]

Attacked

[The Struggling Scientists @TheStrugglingS4]

Gotta start somewhere 😅

[Bjorn (Ian) Wong @acherontos]

I’m sorry but NONE of these screams “y2k popstar”

[Dr Elise Watson @elisewatson_]

A rare and remarkable occurrence of two female printer-publishers not only working together but using their given names: Yolande Bonhomme's imprint and Charlotte Guillard's colophon in an edition of Augustine published in Paris in 1541 (USTC 204524)! https://t.co/CzrfIl8GvL

[Bjorn (Ian) Wong @acherontos]

@ConorMcDonough4 NOW I'm intrigued

[Jeffrey Kotyk @JeffreyKotyk]

明朝貓 Ming Dynasty Meow.

[Bjorn (Ian) Wong @acherontos]

OMG DR DRE??? #ClosingCeremony #Paris2024

[Emily @writerofscratch]

Now seems like a funny moment to point out that Quidditch is a mixed-sex full-contact sport.

[Babble @Babble____]

Great comment from Reddit about the truth behind the Imane Khelif situation

[LGBwiththeT @LGBwiththeT]

🚨 MASSIVE NEWS 🚨

The British Medical Association has requested that the implementation of the Cass Reviews recommendations now be paused AND trans patients of ALL AGES to continue to receive healthcare.

This is so its own evaluation of the doomed Cass review can take place.