Adrian Bott

Author of MG/YA fiction & game stuff. Rants about folklore. Opinions my own. He/him. Lead Writer for @PlayWarframe (you shiny things)

[Adrian Bott @Cavalorn]

'I never thought leopards would eat MY face,' sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party.

[Adrian Bott @Cavalorn]

I cannot describe how important this game is to me

[PC Gamer @pcgamer]

Oh hell yes, Nightdive's next remaster is Thief https://t.co/MyZUzuzQzG

[Adrian Bott @Cavalorn]

@suchnerve When five young Americans volunteered to join the British Army in 1941 (way before the US joined the conflict) and were dubbed the 'Five Yanks' by the British Press, do you think it was meant maliciously? https://t.co/463mGFJUr0

[Adrian Bott @Cavalorn]

@MattBrookes3 @HackBlackburn @TimesDiary Ackshually he didn't say that. He said "A surrounded army must be given a way out. The ancient rule of the charioteers says, 'Surround them on three sides, leaving one side open, to show them a way to life.'" The 'golden bridge' quote is a later invention.

[Adrian Bott @Cavalorn]

@CoreyOnline I'll miss you all! (I can't be at Tennocon this year because of family commitments, but will be with you in spirit)

[Adrian Bott @Cavalorn]

@finlaena I'm unable to make it this year, I'm afraid. Long-standing family commitments - nothing bad, but not movable either. Will miss it severely!

[Adrian Bott @Cavalorn]

@suchnerve Essentially, we will endure quite a lot in the name of a good cause, so long as we perceive that everyone is doing their bit. Mutual participation in complaining sends a message of 'I'm not doing better than you, & if I were I'd have the good sense not to rub it in your face.'

[Adrian Bott @Cavalorn]

@suchnerve We have a culture of NOT complaining (at least not out loud) about things like restaurant food, which Americans wouldn't think twice about. 'It's fine'. There's a great reluctance to be seen as causing a fuss.

[Adrian Bott @Cavalorn]

@suchnerve nope, we've always done that. If anything it was part of the driving force *behind* Brexit

[Adrian Bott @Cavalorn]

@suchnerve @anotheranarch look, Doggerland was a long time ago, ok

[Adrian Bott @Cavalorn]

@keewa 'Mortals! You defy the Gods?' - Zeus, Ulysses 31 opening credits, 1981

[Adrian Bott @Cavalorn]

'For entertainment purposes only' is literally the same disclaimer that is added to Tarot readings relayed over the phone

[Tom's Hardware @tomshardware]

Microsoft says Copilot is for entertainment purposes only, not serious use — firm pushing AI hard to consumers tells users not to rely on it for important advice https://t.co/SxtS4xSPmC

[Adrian Bott @Cavalorn]

Yearly reminder that while the idea of a goddess called Ostara has been around since at least 1797 and was later independently postulated by Grimm, the pagan festival called Ostara that falls precisely on the Spring Equinox was invented by Aidan Kelly in the early 1970s.

[Melissa Medína @melissamedinavo]

Lettie's got some FRIENDS!! Did you see the new @PlayWarframe Voruna Prime trailer?? 😉🖤 THANK YOU @DigitalExtremes for bringing me back to do this badass Lettie scene & always love working alongside Ben, Neil, Amelia, Alpha, Kevin, Trieve everybody!

[Megan Everett @moitoi]

yes voruna prime will be able to run on all 4s

[Adrian Bott @Cavalorn]

@major_crawley @suzania @LennyGoodnight Pascha was already being celebrated in the neighbouring British territories, which is why it's called Cáisc in Irish, Pasg in Welsh, Pace in Scots and Pask in Cornish. Augustine's lot brought Christianity to the pagan English newcomers, but the native Britons already had it.

[Adrian Bott @Cavalorn]

@major_crawley @suzania @LennyGoodnight Per Bede, the feast of Eostre wasn't equinoctial. Bede specifically equates Eosturmonath with April. The equinox is in March.

Eostre's feast was likely marked by a full moon & was thus the opening of 6 months of summer, the exact calendrical opposite of Winterfilleth.

[Jake Sherman @JakeSherman]

🚨NEWS: WH expected to announce that KING CHARLES II will make a state visit next month. Likely to include address to joint session.

[Adrian Bott @Cavalorn]

@Casketgirl88 @WomackPhilip Old English: Goddess - Ēostre. Dawn - dægraed.

This is (partly) the rationale behind Professor Philip Shaw finding an alternative etymology that doesn't depend on PiE. See 'Eostre, Hretha and the Cult of Matrons'.

[Adrian Bott @Cavalorn]

@Casketgirl88 @WomackPhilip If Eostre was a reflex of the Indo-European dawn goddess, we'd expect the word for 'dawn' to be the same:

Latin: Goddess - Aurora. Dawn - Aurora.
Greek: Goddess - Eos. Dawn - Eos.
Lithuanian: Goddess - Aušrinė. Dawn - Aušra.
Vedic: Goddess - Ushas. Dawn - uṣá.