Patrick Wyman
@patrickwyman
Historian. Pods: Past Lives. Tides of History. Books: "The Verge." "Lost Worlds." pwymanusc at gmail. Enthusiast.
Egypt channeling the spirit of the ancient pharaohs out there today
Look what just arrived from @edsbs.bsky.social! Space Marines aren’t the Emperor’s Angels, Spencer is
7 PM tonight @powells.bsky.social with the fantastic @rkambury.bsky.social! Be there if you’re in PDX!
Spotted by my wonderful cousin at my favorite place in the world, @powells.bsky.social!
It’s real! It’s really real! Preorder at the link in my bio right now, it’s good, I promise!
Catching up with one of my favorite medieval mercenaries, the sharp one himself, John Hawkwood
Imagine getting drunk as hell on cheap wine, eating free bread provided by some fool of a senator, and watching the chariots you’re betting on win a race at the Circus Maximus 2,000 years ago. The Romans did NASCAR better than we ever could.
One of the most powerful books ever written, highly recommend, and my subject for next week’s episode of Past Lives
My daughter is mad about doing her homework. “Why does Lucy get to sit around and do nothing? It’s not fair!” “Because Lucy is a dog.”
Merry Christmas from the roof, where I had to climb up to retrieve a brand-new soccer ball that my large son blasted up here
Merry Squatsmas! Ugly 160 kg (352 pounds), kinda but not really paused
