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The (fri)end times @horrorvacui.bsky.social · 8h
Sorry about your country :/
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ᴅɪꜰꜰᴇʀᴇɴᴢᴍᴀꜱᴄʜɪɴᴇ @autokafka.bsky.social · 10h
This is only scratching the surface but the new Brazilian congress includes: 12 of 14 deputies who voted to sack the treasury to bail out the Banco Master, the biggest corruption scandal since Petrobras Two people who ran over pedestrians and got away with it.
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apheliotropism.bsky.social @apheliotropism.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This is fascinating (although also very sad) article. I think LRC was the first trans man I ever (knowingly) saw, and I was kind of bowled over by what his images said about the potential of transition. (Content warning: the article does discuss LRC's self-inflicted death)
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The (fri)end times @horrorvacui.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"Some of you will die, but that's a sacrifice I am willing to make"
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The (fri)end times @horrorvacui.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
No-one is talking about the impact of AI girlfriends on the international catfishing market
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The (fri)end times @horrorvacui.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Secret queer dystopia level
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The (fri)end times @horrorvacui.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We must abolish this
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JP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
thinking about how rich I'd be if I didn't have chronic anxiety. because I would have started a lucrative cult by now
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The (fri)end times @horrorvacui.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
There are obvious humanitarian issues with harsh sentences and the death penalty, but one of the more subtle problems is that they give the illusion of justice. And this distracts people from looking at and addressing the underlying causes
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The (fri)end times @horrorvacui.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
True crime is a fraught genre, but a little tip that will improve your experience is that any time a cop describes the suspect as "smart", you're about to encounter some of the most bumbling criminal moves you have ever heard of, followed by an absolute mess of an investigation
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The (fri)end times @horrorvacui.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
After a lifetime of never being able to see a magic eye puzzle, I finally figured it out last year, and they were horribly oversold?I was expecting some psychedelic wonder image and instead it was silhouettes the whole time? Why would you deceive me like this
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The (fri)end times @horrorvacui.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Well this is definitely the funniest name for blood type that is almost impossible to find donations of
Joe and his tree brothers are among 14 Australian blood donors with an extremely rare blood type called Jk null
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The (fri)end times @horrorvacui.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Sometimes positioning the argument in the greater framework also takes away any possibility that the minority group HAS done something wrong. Are trans women causing problems in bathrooms? No, it's that we're misogynistically policing womanhood to uphold patriarchy
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The (fri)end times @horrorvacui.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The third book in a series introduced men as characters and I realised ohh that's why I was having a good time up until now
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Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/09/2026
Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.
wisn.com
Skydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airport
Four people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m.
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The (fri)end times @horrorvacui.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I am being so Normal about life circumstances. Not being depressed or despairing! If you catch me staring into the distance that's just calibrating to be extra Normal. Everything is fine and very Normal
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The (fri)end times @horrorvacui.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
My cat meowed to awaken me at 6am and consequently I will no longer be proceeding with the cloning process
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ZOE HELL 1999 @saintzoe.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I'm bisexual in the sense that I love women kissing and sometimes a guy gets stabbed
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The (fri)end times @horrorvacui.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Imagine researching your family tree and coming across this
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The (fri)end times @horrorvacui.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
New dystopian use of technology just dropped
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arr @arr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This makes me hopeful. This number is aspirational but nowhere near out of reach: a working professional could realistically cash out their 401k and buy off a public official. Owning a senator is more attainable for most Americans than home ownership.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 20/09/2026
Fully electric aviation has some major challenges (mostly: batteries are heavy and don't get lighter as they get used up) but I love the idea of decreasing aircraft emissions through a hybrid approach, perhaps as a step toward new, clever solutions for fully electric air transport in the future.
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The (fri)end times @horrorvacui.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Ok who doesn't want to go see the Tasmanian doomsday monolith recording our imminent demise though
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The (fri)end times @horrorvacui.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I am glad people are reading books but some people need a bit more practice before they start posting reviews online
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
i’m not saying i’m gonna DO it i’m just pointing out how suspicious it is that of all animals we’re some of the only ones who bother shlepping around on just two legs
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The (fri)end times @horrorvacui.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Another glorious day on our one precious earth and I am once again spending it house hunting
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The (fri)end times @horrorvacui.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is distinct from the other type of viral diarrhoea currently running rampant in the US
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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 17/09/2026
Seems fine? Very normal ratio of crocodile to athlete??
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jenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"the author of that harry potter story leads an insane cult that's captured much of the media in this country" is a different person if you're in the UK or the US
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Pumpactionmusket @pumpactionmusket.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Holy shit. All of the submission videos are just being uploaded immediately at the bottom of the webpage without any moderation whatsoever. Somebody is getting fired for this. openforlegends.guitarcenter.com/campaign/ope...
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The (fri)end times @horrorvacui.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"I'm not spiralling! I'm not spiralling" I continue to insist whilst I curl into the fetal position and scroll through international flight deals
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The (fri)end times @horrorvacui.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
English language authors are playing around with different ways to deal with neutral pronouns without getting repetitive And I understand having different pronouns makes the writing a bit easier, but do we not have lessons from the many books written that feature (almost) only men?
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The (fri)end times @horrorvacui.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I am so done with the subscription model. I want to have one big outlay and be done with it. Instead here I am exercising weekly, and if I skip even a month I lose access to my fitness and have to start over again! Absolute scam system
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The (fri)end times @horrorvacui.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
There are so many great posts I could be making here but each time I start typing one of my friends grabs me with a comically oversized crook and pulls me out of frame
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The (fri)end times @horrorvacui.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I need to know more about the origins of this lighter
Tweet from @Marang607 saying "Insane flea market pull" with a picture of a lighter composed of the twin towers on a base, with a plane through the tower where the flame also emerges from the top
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The (fri)end times @horrorvacui.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Thinking about this today and almost every day tbh
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The (fri)end times @horrorvacui.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
We are going to have to outlaw documentaries using a breathy juvenile voice to read out the words of adult women who did not speak like that
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Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Multiple things can be true at once: we can try to listen to women who have been harmed by doctors and why, we can acknowledge how grift and white privilege based the MAHA movement is, and we can hate Big Pharma for how it fucks over most people.
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The (fri)end times @horrorvacui.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
This is actually their funniest bit, given how many places in the US are named after other countries and cities. Sliding rapidly into complete incomprehensibility
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe.
techdirt.com
Hackers Had A Live Feed Of Every ID This Verification Company Scanned. For Over A Year.
From the very beginning of this recent obsession with identifying everyone online (yes, they like to call it "age" verification, but it always ends up as identity verification), we've been pointing out that it was a huge privacy nightmare waiting to happen. Or maybe it wasn't waiting. Maybe it was already happening. This week a...
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The (fri)end times @horrorvacui.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I would go to church if there was a giant bug there
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The (fri)end times @horrorvacui.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Wow this book seems pretty grounded for a novel recommended so enthusiastically by Jeff VanderMeer [we pass the half way point] Ah, well
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 03/09/2026
‘"The general pattern seems to be that with wealth and rising power, you become less engaged with the needs of others and less burdened by the needs of social relationships," Piff [the study author] said.’
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The (fri)end times @horrorvacui.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I am trying to have positive thoughts about my neighbour's diligence and commitment to daily music practice, but I really do wish they had chosen any instrument other than the drums
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Spreading the pain…
Graph showing Woolies profits up 18.1%
13.7% for Coles.

Inflation is 4%
Wages is 3.2%
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The (fri)end times @horrorvacui.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
One of the great reliefs in life is when something you own gets so shitty no-one else would want it Did I lock the car? Did I hide my phone well enough at the beach? It does not matter because no-one is going to try and steal that old piece of junk anyway
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The (fri)end times @horrorvacui.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
If you're not checking a dressing gown to wear home from the club you are missing out
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The (fri)end times @horrorvacui.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Always interesting to see yourself reflected in the music an uber driver thinks you might listen to
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The (fri)end times @horrorvacui.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I've turned up arse-out to a pants party
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Jason Song Quinn (Comms Open) @hulkhoquinn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Think about Miss Piggy. She lost a best friend and now an ex-lover in matter of 24 hours.
Miss Piggy and Dolly Parton in fancy dresses posing together photo of Tim Curry surrounded by muppets, smiling for a photo. A quote from curry is added “it didn’t go very well. It didn’t survive the shoot. She felt I wasn’t being faithful to her” it’s him discussing his ill fated affair with miss piggy
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