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Soft Fruity Red @comfort-zone.org · 01/10/2026

Rusted-On Bingo tea towel arrived! Glad to have a proper one of these beauties, and to be able to contribute to glioblastoma research in memory of @kudelka.bsky.social

The top half of the Rusted-On Bingo tea towel, designed by the late Jon Kudelka.

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Gary Stevenson @garyseconomics.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Who defends the poor if the poor are selfish?

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Soft Fruity Red @comfort-zone.org · 30/09/2026

I still haven't got past the fact that they're called Hugging Face; did they want to call it Facehugger but felt it was too on the nose?

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Alien Romulus Facehugger Attack Scene

Alt: Alien Romulus Facehugger Attack Scene

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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward

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Dr nick nobody @nicknobody.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

TFW you think you’re very clever but you accidentally perfectly described Deputy PM Richard Geelong Grammar Marles. #auspol

Post by ALP propagandist Van Badham describing the Victorian Liberal leader as a monied, arrogant connected Tory, which neatly defines the Labor deputy prime minister

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Reminder that in Canada upon becoming an engineer you get an iron ring made of a collapsed bridge, purposely designed to be uncomfortable, to remind you that your ethics demand you give a fuck even about the boring grudgework of such as double-checking your math. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Ring

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Iron Ring - Wikipedia

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Soft Fruity Red @comfort-zone.org · 18/09/2026

See also: Australian Labor Party

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Soft Fruity Red @comfort-zone.org · 18/09/2026

Listening to teaching colleagues talking about training AI to mark student work and honestly I just despair for my profession.

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bubbe yaga @ellearmageddon.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

my worry about ai isn’t that it will become sentient, it’s that the cognitive impact of outsourcing critical thinking to computers combined with the proliferation of slop making it increasingly challenging to validate information will dissolve society’s already-tenuous grasp on consensus reality

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

it's two things, to me: 1) trans rights matter because trans people matter and deserve rights, not just because failing to stand for trans rights is a bellwether for inauthentic progressivism more broadly 2) if you can't be trusted on trans rights you can't be trusted on anything

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Soft Fruity Red @comfort-zone.org · 09/09/2026

This works as a piece of art, but it is photoshopped; the original photo (taken of Alice Weidel in around 2020) is identical but without the “microphone shadow”.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/09/2026

For a certain kind of white man, there is no fear more primal than the fear that the people they have abused will gain power and treat them the same way.

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Tim Hollo @timhollo.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

This is superb. Simon doesn't write much, but when he does, it is so on point, thoughtful and informative. Have a look

simoncopland.substack.com

No, the ‘feminisation’ of schools is not to blame for the rise of the Manosphere

And having more male teachers will not solve the problem either.

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The Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026

As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.

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There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series

You can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry.

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Soft Fruity Red @comfort-zone.org · 02/09/2026

Without saying your age, what is your favourite movie that came out when you were 20 years old?

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Shawshank Redemption: Iconic Rain Scene

Alt: Shawshank Redemption: Iconic Rain Scene

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Soft Fruity Red @comfort-zone.org · 02/09/2026

For a moment I thought this was a reconstruction of a man called Norman Conquest, who I imagined to be a British light entertainment figure from the early 1980s.

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Fun @funkelly.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

this is one of my favorite visual jokes of all time. i think about it several times a week.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Photos via Instagram riverreachconstruction, which has turned into a cat account.

There are four men in the photo, one of which is wearing a safety vest. The man in a safety vest is holding a small kitten, who is wearing a tiny hard hat.

The kitten in a safety vest and tiny hard hat.

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rael gost pictuers @jackfeerick.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

What Dolly taught us is that it is in fact possible to be wealthy beyond your wildest dreams of avarice but still be a fundamentally good person with a strong moral compass, and the only reason more rich people aren't like that is because they don't want to be.

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grudgey mcgrudgerson @honkifyouareantifa.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

with alt text "Reacher is autistic... his special interest is fucking up bad guys."

This review makes Reacher sound more interesting than any of its advertising does, tbh.

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I used to think Jack Reacher was simply the apotheosis of the military badass archetype: exceptionally well-trained, preposterously competent, violently allergic to bullshit, and possessed of the sort of laconic self-assurance that comes from knowing that virtually every interpersonal disagreement can, if necessary, be resolved by throwing someone through drywall.

Then I actually watched the show with Terra here in Colombia and the entire character abruptly became clear. Alan Richtsons portrayal is spot on.

Reacher is autistic.

The man owns exactly one outfit. He has systematized his diet. He regards small talk as an annoying tax imposed upon human communication. He answers rhetorical questions with the grave sincerity of someone correcting an error in a technical manual.

Women can flirt with him so aggressively that nearby wildlife begins displaying courtship behavior, and Reacher will continue discussing ballistics because that is the subject currently under consideration.

He doesn't own a house. He barely owns possessions. His preferred organizational system appears to be nothing can become clutter if you own literally fucking nothing.

He encounters some obscure technical detail and immediately produces a twelve-minute dissertation on military logistics, forensic pathology, regional bus schedules, or the precise tensile properties of whatever object he's about to beat someone unconscious with.

And then I realized the most important part. Jack Reacher DOES have a special interest.

Unfortunately for the bad guys, his special interest is fucking up bad guys.

That's the whole franchise.

A six-foot-five, 250-pound autistic man wanders into town, notices that something is not as it is supposed to be, and becomes constitutionally incapable of leaving until he has identified the discrepancy, reconstructed the entire criminal conspiracy from first principles, and beaten everyone responsible to death with the nearest piece of civic infrastructure.

#Reacher #autismawareness #autismacceptance

#television #amazonfinds

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Soft Fruity Red @comfort-zone.org · 24/08/2026

@goodroundboy.bsky.social I feel as though is a multi purpose react for you.

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Soft Fruity Red @comfort-zone.org · 20/08/2026

Name a band using only emojis 🦂🦂

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Soft Fruity Red @comfort-zone.org · 20/08/2026

It’s U2 for me. Much like whiskey for me, inasmuch as lots of people I care about enjoy it and I would also like to but it invariably tastes like dirt.

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Soft Fruity Red @comfort-zone.org · 18/08/2026

Cheese and onion crisps and Fanta.

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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 01/08/2026

Labor promises cost-of-living relief and more tax cuts, but that leaves the structures driving insecurity largely untouched. The real issue is not just the cost of living – it is the cost of capitalism, Stewart Sweeney writes. #auspol #Labor #Economy

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Labor should talk about the cost of capitalism

Labor’s promise to ease living costs and cut taxes may offer relief, but it avoids the deeper question of who owns, controls and profits from the systems making life insecure.

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Soft Fruity Red @comfort-zone.org · 30/07/2026

Am I right that the tone of the reporting on this particular family annihilation/murder-suicide is significantly different from what we tend to see when the perpetrator is a male? www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...

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Toy library makes statement grieving loss of Helena Wright and children

The toy library where Helena Wright volunteered has issued a statement mourning the deaths of the 36-year-old and her children.

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

16) Stole this one from a recent skeet I saw: If generative AI could REALLY make the next GTA in 6 months with 10 staff, or write the next bestseller, or produce 10 blockbusters a day? They wouldn't be trying to sell it to YOU. They would keep it for themselves and guard it from you ferociously.

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The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 23/07/2026

An autistic man with a special interest in the Harry Potter series has made the decision to value the lives and dignity of his trans friends more than a book about a wizard who grows up to be a cop, sources have reported.

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Autistic man with special interest in Harry Potter gets over it, leaving you with no excuse

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Soft Fruity Red @comfort-zone.org · 22/07/2026

“You are technically correct; the best kind of correct.”

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