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stef rubino

@ancillarytext.bsky.social
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your Florida brother. writer. organizer. fat powerlifter & strength enthusiast. team writer at Autostraddle & co-host of Fat Guy, Jacked Guy podcast.

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stef rubino @ancillarytext.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Tried a local Scottish Highland Games comp for the first time ever yesterday. Having done 3/5 of the major ones now, I can confidently say strength sports are the fucking best.
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stef rubino @ancillarytext.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
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stef rubino @ancillarytext.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Not sure we need this but I do think we need one on the straight guy/genderless dyke brotherhood. And I’m available to co-write.
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stef rubino @ancillarytext.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Insane way to say “This shit is definitely NOT legal” just dropped.
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stef rubino @ancillarytext.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Should probably plug here that I also co-produce a podcast called Fat Guy, Jacked Guy. This season (called “Optimized Idiocy”), we’re covering every stupid health & fitness grift we hate from our perspectives as 2 people in that world. It started today! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
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stef rubino @ancillarytext.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
If you’re in line to send me these tweets, STAY IN LINE
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stef rubino @ancillarytext.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Second powerlifting meet in the books. Walked away with some PRs & a gold medal & some USPA Florida state records in my divisions. Truly incredible day. Let’s keep it movin’!! On to the next one!!
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stef rubino @ancillarytext.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Doing my second powerlifting meet in a week & randomly got so anxious about it just now
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stef rubino @ancillarytext.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
I guess we’re trying this again, huh?
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stef rubino @ancillarytext.bsky.social · 05/07/2023
Ok freaks, I did it. I found the best bumper sticker on Earth.
Picture of a bumper sticker with a photo of Arthur Russell (the musician) on it and it says “If this truck is running, then I’m listening to Arther Russell”
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stef rubino @ancillarytext.bsky.social · 05/07/2023
I love how whimsical some of these strength guys get in their weekly newsletters
Screenshot of an email newsletter that says: “After coming back from England, I planted lavender. There’s something magical, at least here in Utah, about mint, lavender, and sunflowers. They look great but they also seem to thrive on our harsh extremes of weather. I keep thinking I should just exchange my lawn for mint. When I got off the plane, my mint was already about three feet tall and it still is going vertical.

My sunflowers are so tall this year. Now, as I am writing this, only one sunflower has agreed to show its face, but it won’t be long before the birds and bees descend on the flower field. I like that.

I don’t think it’s a secret that gardening and training are pretty much the same kind of thing. Oddly, people are far more patient with plants than they are their own body. Nobody plats a tiny apple tree then fires it a week later because of "no progress."”
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stef rubino @ancillarytext.bsky.social · 04/07/2023
The cool thing about going through old muscle mags with my strength coach is we keep finding shit like this
Magazine illustration of a jacked Jeff Goldblum with the words “What if Jeff Goldblum had Jurassic Parts?” on it.
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stef rubino @ancillarytext.bsky.social · 02/07/2023
RIP Minnie Bruce Pratt, I hope you & Leslie are somewhere beautiful together
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stef rubino @ancillarytext.bsky.social · 02/07/2023
I like how wild my Letterboxd “Recent Activity” looks right now. Love to keep the people guessing
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stef rubino @ancillarytext.bsky.social · 02/07/2023
Thinking about this Skunk Ape (Florida Bigfoot) Pride shirt I saw in Cassadaga, Florida last weekend
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stef rubino @ancillarytext.bsky.social · 01/07/2023
I know Pride is technically over but I think everyone here should see these texts my strength coach sent me this month
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stef rubino @ancillarytext.bsky.social · 29/06/2023
My will to live after writing 3 cover letters & answering 9 “reflection” questions
a suitcase style record player abandoned on the sidewalk with a sign on it that says “Does not work but could be fun to fix!”
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stef rubino @ancillarytext.bsky.social · 29/06/2023
me watching this show rn
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stef rubino @ancillarytext.bsky.social · 27/06/2023
I would defend it with my life
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stef rubino @ancillarytext.bsky.social · 27/06/2023
Every time this particular meme makes the rounds online, 6 to 10 new people send it to me with the message “thought of you”
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stef rubino @ancillarytext.bsky.social · 22/06/2023
Let me in there and I’ll body slam both of them
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stef rubino @ancillarytext.bsky.social · 22/06/2023
I should probably plug this here also since the pre-order ends this Friday. We’re selling these rad shirts with some of the proceeds going to TransSocial, an org in South Florida working to support trans people here. I’ll post the link below. Get 1 while you can!
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