Robert Rath

Hey Bluesky! I’m Robert Rath, author of the Warhammer 40,000 novels THE INFINITE AND THE DIVINE, THE FALL OF CADIA, ASSASSINORUM: KINGMAKER, and Head Writer of the YouTube series EXTRA HISTORY. Follow me for comfortably warm takes, writing news, and photos of Hong Kong.

“Capturing Bigfoot” is absolutely about the famous film of Bigfoot. But even more than that it’s about an extraordinary and fascinating family and their community. Just a really riveting human story. 🫈

Having now finished CAPTURING BIGFOOT, I’m totally stunned by it. Extremely well-made and human film that examines not only the Patterson-Gimlan film, but the characters and motivations behind its creation, promotion, and consumption. A deeply tragic story of family and belief.

China’s first AI-generated theatrical feature has flopped, earning just $181,000 in its first weekend. By contrast, the scrappy ‘Niu Lai’ turned its crude animation into a viral attraction, grossing nearly $10 million a couple of months ago. www.cartoonbrew.com/box-office-r...

Y’all I’m like 15 minutes into the documentary CAPTURING BIGFOOT and I already love this movie so much. There’s been so much fast-film reality TV dreck made about this topic that watching someone approach this story with humanity is genuinely stunning and fascinating.

A Texas in-person voter experienced a problem with a touchscreen voting machine. She selected a candidate, but the machine switched her selection to another candidate. She then pressed her desired candidate FIRMLY with her finger to make the machine work properly. #USDemocracy #MomSky #Texas #TX

if voting didn't matter they wouldn't be working so hard to stop you

Izzy Sun Bath Timeline Cleanse. Like clockwork, as soon as the kids go to school and she’s had breakfast, Izzy plops down in the sunbeam and only moves to follow it as the sun rises.

Our new Extra History Complete on Eleanor of Aquitaine is out! Absolutely loved learning about this fascinating woman and her horrible family (that keeps dying in weird ways). youtu.be/2CRV8i4WYLE?...

Y’all have been doing this to us for years with “Hawaiian Pizza.”

Man, they’re rebooting the Bay of Pigs franchise now?

Fall is here. So we can finally talk about this serious topic... Jonagold vs. Honeycrisp apples.

It’s the Holy Mountain, Charlie Brown!

Thank you to the driver of this Ford Explorer for making my day.

I Drink Your Milkshake, Charlie Brown!

HOLLYWOOD GOES TO WAR! Dracula is famous for haunting the Carpathian Mountains—but did you know Dracula actor Bela Lugosi fought a brutal campaign in the Carpathians during WWI? As part of an Austrian-Hungarian ski patrol, Lugosi battled Russians in the snowy peaks. youtube.com/shorts/WHvaV...

Blood is compulsory, Charlie Brown.

Forget it Brown, It’s Chinatown!

Just ran across yet another "[a food you buy] has weird ingredients in it that you can't pronounce." As the kids say, skill issue. If you'd paid attention in your various science classes you'd be able to pronounce them, and also know that few (likely none) of them are weird.

I also find this thought so bizarre because that’s THE BEST PHASE. It’s the time when you get to be the most purely creative while not worrying about logistics and logic, just hurling paint at the wall and seeing what shapes the splatter made. It’s the FUN part! Making it *work* is the hard bit!

holy smokes, conan strikes up a chat with a random lady on the subway and she immediately starts riffing on his level, no problem.

I'm so excited that @gavthorpe.co.uk will be delivering this workshop at the Fair Realms Festival! I attended the same one at Edge-Lit 2018 & it unlocked so much for me in terms of my own writing practice I don't think I'd have a writing career without it. So - massive recommendation from me! 🖤

RECENTLY REPEATED HISTORY! Notice how American food is suddenly a lot less safe? Thank DOGE for the summer of recalls and… uh… apparently “explosive diarrhea” is an actual medical term. youtube.com/shorts/v_c45...

Our new Extra History series is on one of the most underrated generals of the Revolutionary War—Nathanael Greene! A pacifist who became a soldier and an abolitionist who became a slaveholder—Greene is as complex and contradictory as the nation he helped found. youtu.be/AG5jzaocy4I?...

Pretty sure whoever designed the Chinese hotel I’m currently staying in saw this film like, RIGHT before making the restrooms.

Early voting in NC started this week so I went and voted. (Assuming you are an American citizen), make a plan to go vote! All of the foot stomping and sharing and talking on social media doesn't matter a damn unless it reaches the ballot box. Get mad, vote angry.

Dropsite Massacre is out today in paperback. Go grab it: www.warhammer.com/en-GB/shop/d... #horusheresy #warhammer40k #warhammer

Republican politicians are *obsessed* with schoolchildren coming home a different gender because of pro-trans teachers, WHICH NEVER HAPPENS. But they are completely indifferent to schoolchildren not coming home *at all* because of guns, WHICH HAPPENS ALL THE TIME!

Did a somewhat silly thing where I missed the 6th Book Birthday of INFINITE AND THE DIVINE on October 10th, but photos have reminded me this is the 6th Anniversary of my wife baking this awesome cake to celebrate it. (Particularly sweet given she has no interest in Warhammer.)

For years my stock answer has been Animatronic Dinosaurs.

Just a reminder, next Friday, October 23rd, I’ll be doing a Fireside Chat Q&A to benefit literacy charity Room to Read! I’ll be at Fa Gai in Central HK, doors at 5:30 PM, talking about writing for YouTube and SFF licensed fiction. Tickets still available! www.eventbrite.com/e/fireside-c...

RECENTLY REPEATED HISTORY! Our video comparing Elon Musk’s defunding of USAID to Charles Trevelyan’s cutting of food aid to Ireland during the Great Famine is near 3 million views. Seems like it hit home. youtube.com/shorts/ef48v...

I used to have a sign on my desk reading: GET IT DOWN FIX IT LATER

Yes… as an Ohioan here, the long rivalry of Michigan v (the) Ohio State University plays well at the local level. It also insinuates that Rodger’s isn’t a true Michigander because he has lived out of state so much

For international followers, the University of Michigan sports teams are called The Wolverines so this works on a local level as well as sounding badass.

RECENTLY REPEATED HISTORY! Ever since the Roosevelt administration passed food purity laws in 1906, the US government has taken an active hand in food safety. At least, until DOGE started cutting FDA and CDC labs, leading to a summer of recalls and explosive diarrhea. youtube.com/shorts/v_c45...

Wide majority of Americans oppose livestreaming Hasan execution: ABC/Post/Ipsos poll abcnews.com/Politics/wid...

FWIW though I have a bachelor’s degree in history and work in history communication, I don’t generally call myself a “historian” because I feel like it oversells my credentials and might mislead people into thinking that I hold advanced degrees. Meanwhile…

Once again reports Trump had no idea Iran would close the Strait of Hormuz. As we noted in RECENTLY REPEATED HISTORY, this wasn’t a surprise, since Iran mined the strait in the 1980s during the Iran-Iraq War. In fact, 37 US Navy sailors died escorting tankers through. youtube.com/shorts/CoTJf...

This is very neat! Also, I’m so happy it leads with Dan Abnett’s HIVE, which I recently finished and is a legit masterpiece. Dude is the Lord of the Dark Millennium for a reason. defector.com/warhammer-40...

I look forward to Schlocktober by @bobchipman.bsky.social every year but even by the high standard I’m absolutely gobsmacked and charmed by THE GIANT CLAW. youtu.be/cTypJqtY4OM?...

Hong Kong curio shop cat doesn’t like you.