@ash@dice.camp
I longer use this account, because I've quit all social media in favour of reality.
I've been trying to research just why there is this persistent belief in the English-speaking world that kobolds are "mining spirits" (as opposed to familiar and household spirits), and I have come to the conclusion that Moncure Daniel Conway is to blame.
Later on, #dnd ran with this - and the rest, as they say, is history.
EDIT: I forgot to add the link to the source text.
https://archive.org/details/demonologyandde01conwgoog/page/n254/mode/2up
Internet Archive
Demonology and Devil-lore : Moncure Daniel Conway : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet ArchiveBook digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
Graham Smith, the (arrested) Chief Executive of #Republic:
“There is no longer a right to peaceful protest in the UK,...I have been told many times the monarch is there to defend our freedoms. Now our freedoms are under attack in his name.”
While Martha Spurrier from #Liberty, sees a 'concerted attack' on #civilliberties:
[The Police are] 'laying the groundwork for trying to shut down that dissent swiftly and effectively'.
Welcome to the reign of #CharlesIII - freedom for him but not you!