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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Cringe is the death of the self. Free yourself from cringe and let yourself have a good time dping whatever weird or silly little thing you want (as long as it doesn't hurt or violate the consent of others).

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Ricky Buchanan @jeshyr.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

One of my RL friends has one and I am jealous every time I see it!

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Gender Census @gendercensus.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

The 13th annual international Gender Census 2026 is now open until at least 13th August 2026! survey.gendercensus.com It's for anyone whose gender (or lack thereof) isn't described by the M/F binary. It's short and easy, and results are useful in academia, business and self-advocacy. #LGBTQ

Promotional image. Title: Gender Census 2026. Text: If you can't easily put yourself into just one of these two boxes, you are invited to take part. Images: On the left, a box with a Venus/female symbol on it, patterned with tree bark. On the right, a box with a Mars/male symbol on it, patterned with grass.

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Ricky Buchanan @jeshyr.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

This made me laugh so hard 😂😂😂💚

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Ricky Buchanan @jeshyr.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

If you are into pasta, try looking up a mustard-based pasta sauce. Dijon mustard especially makes awesome pasta sauces <3

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Ricky Buchanan @jeshyr.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

This is so fucking true, every single word It's so fucking exhausting to have to live inside these systems all the time. Thank you for your hard work

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Ricky Buchanan @jeshyr.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Oh god, mine was midwifery textbooks. 11 year olds should not panic about shoulder dystocia … (I was a very odd child. How nobody ever noticed I was autistic is beyond me…)

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Ricky Buchanan @jeshyr.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Nice job!! Cal Newport's podcast has been hitting that topic pretty regularly lately too - he just recently started to split out (most of) the AI parts from the other stuff so they're more easily located in separate episodes

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Ricky Buchanan @jeshyr.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Loving all the oldsters here! I don't remember the specifics, but almost certainly FidoNet message boards on BBSs in my late teens … so, early 1990s? Maybe ST:TNG given the era …

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Ricky Buchanan @jeshyr.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Maybe also consider 10Dance then. Those two are my favourite things I've watched this year :) Most of the rest are either BL or 2.5D, message me if you want reccs of those <3

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Ricky Buchanan @jeshyr.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Just started reading this a few days ago, so I'm not done yet but it's fucking awesome! Loving every word 💚💚

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Ricky Buchanan @jeshyr.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Subtitles OK? Have you watched Glass Heart on Netflix. Mostly music, little bit of romance. I loved it 💚💚

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Ricky Buchanan @jeshyr.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

It told me I was under 16 on the basis on my face scan (as you know, I am 51). This is gonna be a clusterfuck for at least a minority of folk …

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Ricky Buchanan @jeshyr.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

The value of NO FUCKING UTIs is immeasurable! So happy for you!

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Ricky Buchanan @jeshyr.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Not sure if this quite counts, but - the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana. We watched it on TV at my Nana's place (we didn't have a TV) and it was very Disney-princess and I was allowed to stay up late. I was six years old <3

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Ricky Buchanan @jeshyr.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Air fryer and a teeny little one-person sized rice cooker which looks like a ridiculous toy but means I can whip up a dinner-sized risotto or rice-and-beans or pilaf type thing with no standing at the stove!

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Ricky Buchanan @jeshyr.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Wasn't one of the guys who signed that manifesto the one who said he vibe coded his own Reminders app so it fit the way his brain worked? I bet that's what they're thinking of …

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Ricky Buchanan @jeshyr.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Happy new year! I bought a new bedside table and I am so happy. Is this adulthood?

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Ricky Buchanan @jeshyr.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Lol it told me I was under 16 and I'm goddam FIFTY … their AI is fully bananas. I do look kind of young, but not teenager young!

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Ricky Buchanan @jeshyr.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

I am dead of laughter and annoyance, Discord just suspended my account for being under 16 after analysing my video selfie Friends, I AM FIFTY YEARS OLD I know that EDS gives me youthful looking skin, but srsly? I don't have gov't photo ID due to disability, so hopefully this isn't too painful…

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Ricky Buchanan @jeshyr.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Lol! It pairs well with this, which just underscores the point that these damm things don't actually think, they just regurgitate words …

Google query states "Is 'where is <famous person> in the library' a request for a physical location or book catalogue references? No specific library is stated. Google's answer is that it might be either but it's probably a general, humorous search query or a riddle

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Ricky Buchanan @jeshyr.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

You never buy things online? How?

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Ricky Buchanan @jeshyr.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Eventually the Mac world thankfully caught up and I switched to OS X 💚

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Ricky Buchanan @jeshyr.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

It wasn't my PC but I have fond memories of helping a friend build their first Slackware box in ?1994 or so from 3 1/2" floppy drives, maybe about 21 of them? The stack of floppies was very tall and we got pizza while we waited because it took forever … I installed mine a few years later I think

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Ricky Buchanan @jeshyr.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

In the end she did specific tutoring and it wasn't "get better at English" it was "here's how to get a better score in this type of test questions"…

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Ricky Buchanan @jeshyr.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

I think language tests are often tests of test-taking ability rather than the actual language. I had a friend who took the IELTS something like 13 times before she got a score that qualified her to attend university which was bananas. I lived with her - she absolutely had enough English for that

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Ricky Buchanan @jeshyr.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

The other survivorship bias: the cookies which had sprinkles all over already got eaten. Nom!

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Ricky Buchanan @jeshyr.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

I started learning Japanese this year at 50. I fully plan to join a singing group as soon as I get to that level of health, which looks like it might not be super far away. One of the joys of getting older is that I am WAY better at being bad at things without my perfectionism getting in the way💚

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Ricky Buchanan @jeshyr.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

These are glorious, thank you!!

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Ricky Buchanan @jeshyr.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

I desperately want to know the tiara stances of every major character in the Vorkosigan Saga now … damm you! <3

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Ricky Buchanan @jeshyr.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

OMG so exciting! I am another person who has been singing along to the cast album since (in my case) 1990 when I got the cassette tape 💚💚 it’s still in my current rotation

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Ricky Buchanan @jeshyr.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

JFC I wish circumstances didn't mean this very same article was germane every 3 months … Uber's never ever going to get meaningfully punished for this …

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Ricky Buchanan @jeshyr.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

OMG I'm only up to page 7 and … they wrote ONE PAGE about how to implement the PSG and considered it done?? WTF? (This is so readable, I love it!)

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Ricky Buchanan @jeshyr.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

I didn't know what this was so I googled it and was astonished to find it consists only of ingredients I can actually eat, which is vanishingly rare. Cooked it a few days ago and definitely will be doing so again - THANK YOU OMG THIS IS AWESOME!!! 💚💚💚

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Ricky Buchanan @jeshyr.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

I spotted this about nasal antihistamines the other day too - www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/ant...

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Antihistamine nasal spray prevents COVID-19, study finds

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Ricky Buchanan @jeshyr.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

This is so true. I get my disability support workers to make veggie stock for me because there are zero commercial stocks that are edible and cooking without stock sucks, and even though we have the process down to a very fine art and I don't even do it myself it still sucks and is a pain!

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Ricky Buchanan @jeshyr.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Short for Julie (f) or Julian (m) I think? Certainly in Australia

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Ricky Buchanan @jeshyr.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

That is 100% unfair of the universe, but please keep that heart beating - the world is so much better for having you in it <3

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Ricky Buchanan @jeshyr.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Today the google AI told me that if the largest size of Correct Toes (a toe spreader thingy) was too small I should use a larger size … truly galaxy brained …

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Ricky Buchanan @jeshyr.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

My GP said they were using one of these the last time I went. I don't trust it at ALL but I was afraid that if I said "no" that the GP would be unhappy I have a bunch of complex disabilities that make doctors sigh, and I'm non-binary I didn't feel like I could afford this "no" too. I consented 🤷

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Ricky Buchanan @jeshyr.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Data is so much fun /genuine 💚🌱✨

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Ricky Buchanan @jeshyr.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

You're amazing! Looks like a "no" for that hypothesis then, unless I'm reading it wrongly?

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Ricky Buchanan @jeshyr.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

The survey has been around a while now, I wonder if these are people who are primarily coming back over and over? Because it tails off pretty fast as the ages increase … can you test that easily with the data you have?

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Ricky Buchanan @jeshyr.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

You do have really good opinions about biceps occasionally tho, gotta pay that bit….

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