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rainynight65

@rainynight65.ah-web.org
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I dabble. Mostly in trains - H0 scale and live steam. Sometimes in games. Professionally in tech. German living in Australia, I post and repost in English and German. Trans rights are human rights and I wish ill on everyone who disagrees with that. He/Him

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Hayes Madsen @solfleet.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Men, I promise you, you don't need to, in any way, try and defend someone who literally admitted to sexual assault. Just don't do it. Don't even think about it.
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Joel Jenkins @boganintel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"We don't acknowledge the fact that the sensible centre is somewhere sitting with Pauline Hanson at the moment" @amyremeikis.bsky.social speaks on how 'civility politics' is killing Australian political discourse. Link: youtu.be/oKyBcrTWA2M #auspol
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rainynight65 @rainynight65.ah-web.org · 25/09/2026
The privilege of a CEO of a major corporation who has assistants for all the mundane stuff. Does he know how to wipe his own arse after taking a dump?
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Dilek Sayedahmed @dileksayedahmed.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I truly, deeply, sincerely do think the guy flipping burgers at McDonalds should be able to afford rent, bills, and groceries with his paycheck alone. That's kind of the whole point of having a job and I can't believe this is considered a radical position.🤷🏽‍♀️
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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
True canadian values
four frame comic. first frame shows a Tim Hortons coffee shop from outside. second frame shows Harry Potter themed donuts. Third shows a loon swimming in a lake near some grass. last one shows someone with a dress that reads ''I don't care''. Text reads :
at tim hortons, we care
deeply about true canadian
Values, such as Silent
complicity in genocide.
that's what inspired us
to partner with famous
anti-human rights campaigner
jk rowling to offer you an
all-harry potter menu.
with each purchase of our
mid-tier donuts, your money
goes towards lining the pockets
of someone who uses her wealth
to fight trans rights and hurt
queer communities around
the planet.
you don't personally need
to hate lgbtq+ people to eat at
tim hortons. you just need to not
care enough about their rights,
safety and well-being!
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Gilda Sahebi @gildasahebi.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Ich war in diesem Sommer bei einer Schule zu Besuch und habe jungen Menschen zugehört. Was sie sagten, hat mich tief traurig gemacht. Meine aktuelle Kolumne @taz.de: taz.de/Von-Kindern-...
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Von Kindern lernen: Hört den Jungen zu!
Wer heute mit Kindern und Jugendlichen spricht, dürfte erstaunt und erschrocken sein. Denn sie fühlen sich von Erwachsenen nicht wahrgenommen.
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
We need to look to the 13-year-old girls for leadership.
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roterote @roterote.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Here is the full suspension letter from UGent that was sent to Nathan Cofnas, it shows ample reason for his suspension and potential termination. Including breach of contract, using the University of Ghent’s name and legitimacy to promote his racial supremacist views and causing reputational damage.
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rainynight65 @rainynight65.ah-web.org · 23/08/2026
Call them what they are: Parasites.
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rainynight65 @rainynight65.ah-web.org · 10/08/2026
So they risked disturbing actual, real Bronze Age gravesites in order to not disturb the nonexistent 'grave' of an entirely fictitious figure. Help me understand.
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Tom Red @tomredmemes.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
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Plan of Attack @planofattack.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Report on a series of eerie events in 1980s narrative newsroom thriller Static Hour! You’re the lone night shift news editor amidst a mysterious lockdown in a small town... Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CqD... Official PR: mailchi.mp/planofattack... #indiegame #indiedev
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Static Hour - Official Announcement Trailer
YouTube video by Barkbyte Interactive
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rainynight65 @rainynight65.ah-web.org · 07/08/2026
Having learned French in school, 'annoying' is what I'll go with.
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Leiracal @leiracal.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
This concept was introduced to me as "run the dishwasher twice" and was an important part of my executive functioning recovery as well as my path to self-acceptance.
When I was at one of my lowest (mental) points in life, I couldn't get out of bed some days. I had no energy or motivation and was barely getting by.

I had therapy once per week, and on this particular week I didn't have much to 'bring' to the session. He asked how my week was and I really had nothing to say.

'What are you struggling with?' he asked.

I gestured around me and said 'I dunno man. Life.'

Not satisfied with my answer, he said 'No, what exactly are you worried about right now? What feels overwhelming? When you go home after this session, what issue will be staring at you?'

I knew the answer, but it was so ridiculous that I didn't want to say it. I wanted to have something more substantial.
Something more profound.

But I didn't.

So I told him, 'Honestly? The dishes. It's stupid, I know, but the more I look at them the more I CAN'T do them because I'll have to scrub them before I put them in the dishwasher, because the dishwasher sucks, and I just can't stand and scrub the dishes.'

I felt like an idiot even saying it.

What kind of grown ass woman is undone by a stack of dishes? There are people out there with *actual* problems, and I'm whining to my therapist about dishes?

But he nodded in understanding and then said:

'RUN THE DISHWASHER TWICE.'I began to tell him that you're not supposed to, but he stopped me.

'Why the hell aren't you supposed to? If you don't want to scrub the dishes and your dishwasher sucks, run it twice. Run it three times, who cares?! Rules do not exist.'

It blew my mind in a way that I don't think I can properly express.

That day, I went home and tossed my smelly dishes haphazardly into the dishwasher and ran it three times.

I felt like I had conquered a dragon.

The next day, I took a shower lying down.

A few days later. I folded my laundry and put them wherever the fuck they fit.

There were no longer arbitrary rules I had to follow, and it gave me the freedom to make accomplishments again.

Now that I'm in a healthier place, I rinse off my dishes and put them in the dishwasher properly. I shower standing up. I sort my laundry.

But at a time when living was a struggle instead of a blessing, I learned an incredibly important lesson:

THERE ARE NO RULES. RUN THE DISHWASHER TWICE!!!"
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Veronika Kracher @veronikakracher.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Nius behauptet wir seien eine Gefahr für DIE KINDER, Neonazis verprügeln uns, und jetzt rast ein Islamist mit einem Auto in den CSD. Rechte Politiker:innen werden diesen Angriff instrumentalisieren, während sie weiter unsere Rechte und Sichtbarkeit beschneiden. Und ich bin wütend und traurig.
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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
You can speak ill of the dead when, while alive, they spoke and caused ill, of so many others. You don’t have to mourn monsters.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Don’t live your life so that when you die people say “oh I was hoping it’d be the other guy, but I’ll take it”
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Bijan Moini @bijanmoini.de · 10/07/2026
Was man inzwischen übrigens auch ohne Vorbehalt sagen kann: Die AfD ist eine rechtsextreme Partei. Das „in Teilen rechtsextrem“ ist falsch und verharmlosend. Wer wegen dieser Aussage Probleme bekommen sollte, kann gern unser Gutachten vorlegen (und soll sich bei uns melden).
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rainynight65 @rainynight65.ah-web.org · 28/06/2026
It can be difficult to tell if a video is AI sometimes. That's not the case with this one. If you can't tell it's fake/AI-generated, you really need to worry. Also, it is the polar opposite of funny.
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The Shovel @theshovel.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Australians will pause at 11am tomorrow to observe a minute’s silence, in order to reflect on the hardships endured by rich men who sabotaged their careers on purpose in order to generate maximum media coverage and victimhood status.
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Australians To Observe Minute’s Silence To Commemorate Victims of White Middle-Age Male Privilege — The Shovel
“It will be similar to an ANZAC day service, but instead of commemorating people who lost their lives defending their country, it will honour rich entertainment industry figures who have to pay a litt...
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
"Political operatives are trying to intimidate me. It's not going to work". Fucking brilliant stuff by @amyremeikis.bsky.social www.deepcutnews.com/p/political-...
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Political operatives are trying to intimidate me. It's not going to work – Amy Remeikis
Being an outspoken and critical female journalist often draws unwanted attention
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Anyway, apropos of nothing meanjin.com.au/essays/the-t...
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The Trouble with Journalism
Let me state it plainly: the desire for balance and the desperate need of journalists to appear neutral will be the death of us.
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Dr Tracy Westerman AM @drtracywesterman.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
The “let me explain why Hansons speech was a success” columns are truly condescendingly putrid.
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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Sarah Martin is an incredible journalist and Hanson personally attacking her for very standard questions shows just how down the Trump normalisation we are. And it will come to all journalists who do their job.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
So many worrying things for Australia’s democracy out of today’s #NPC. One of the worst was the failure of journalists to stand up for their colleague Sarah Martin. #auspol
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Couldn't even do a 30 minute speech in under 50min and she thinks she knows how to budget #NPC
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
This #NPC event was as much a test of our mainstream political journalists as of Pauline Hanson. With a couple of honourable exceptions, they’ve failed miserably. #auspol
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
This gallery has had a decade of watching Trump and 30 yrs of Hanson and they walked in the press club like it was first day on the job.
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repugfascistrebel.bsky.social @repugfascistrebel.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Saw a clip of that guy from Staind saying that Bruce Springsteen duped us with Born in the USA because it’s actually not patriotic but I don’t think it’s really duping people to ask them to listen to more than four words of a song
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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Unfortunate that Charlie Pickering should declare Australian of the Year Grace Tame's gig at the ABC as 'problematic' while talking to a serial pest convicted of spousal abuse eh. #LetHerSpeak
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blair @blairaf.com · 29/05/2026
One of the more misogynistic takes currently trending in the AI policy space is "women use less AI than men because they have less tech literacy" Ok but have you considered that women use less AI than men because we have more tech literacy?
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rainynight65 @rainynight65.ah-web.org · 29/05/2026
Catching up on a band that I sea live once in the 90s. Really liked them back then and bought their debut album. Didn't keep track of them though. Not only are they still around 30 years later, they're still cooking. I have some listening to do. #music #hardrock
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Frosted Poptart @toastertrollop.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
I think about this a lot.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
I've been thinking a lot about the death of friendship lately. "Somewhere between “Let’s catch up soon” and “Sorry, life has been hectic”, adult friendship became one of the most emotionally significant and least discussed losses of modern life." timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/civil-...
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The quiet grief of adult friendship
A few weeks ago, a friend called me at 01:40 AM. Not texted. Called. For a brief second, my body prepared itself for bad news. Adulthood has conditioned most of us to believe that late-night...
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rainynight65 @rainynight65.ah-web.org · 22/05/2026
Introduce yourself with 10 bands/musicians you’ve seen live Metal Church (my very first concert) Dream Theater Savatage Skyclad Kreator Tangerine Dream Subway To Sally Tori Amos Sting New Model Army
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Robert Fietzke @robertfietzke.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Büchereien werden von Preisen ausgeschlossen, Verwaltungen kuschen vor der AfD, Lesungen in öffentlichen Bibliotheken werden abgesagt. Man muss es in aller Deutlichkeit sagen: Wir befinden uns längst inmitten eines autoritären Umbaus, noch bevor die AfD echte Regierungsmacht in den Händen hält. (1)
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John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
If you receive an email from me praising your writing and offering to mentor you, it’s a scam. If I want money from you, I’ll get it the old fashioned way, by clubbing you unconscious you in a dark alley and going through your pockets for change.
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
I have a cartoonist friend in Afghanistan who draws under the name Kakar. He’s in hiding and has been persecuted for drawing on themes of free expression, free press, women’s rights and education for girls. He’d like me to share his work here. He’d also like for himself and his family to be free.
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Hart @hart-frentz.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
AFD gehört nicht in deutsche Parlamente #afd-verbot
Plakat an Litfaßsäule in regenbogenfarben, lebe so dass die AFD was dagegen hätte
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Ingwar Perowanowitsch @ingwarpero.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Autofahrern steht in Berlin 17x mehr Platz zur Verfügung als Radfahrern, zahlen für 1 Jahr Anwohnerparken weniger als 1 Monat Fahrradmitnahme im ÖPNV und haben in den letzten 10 Jahren rund 250 Radfahrer und Fußgänger getötet. Und das ist allen ernstes die neue Kampagne der CDU🤮🤮 🤮
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rainynight65 @rainynight65.ah-web.org · 03/05/2026
Noch kein deutsches Volk vor diesem hat so einen Bundeskanzler ertragen müssen.
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IggyMaid @iggymaid.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
I hate how steam doesn't punish this behaviour positive review, based on the fact it's beatable in the refund period so you can get your money back you liked the game, but actively decided to exploit the system just to get your £15 back from an indie dev you actual piece of trash.
a steam review marked positive with 1.8 hours played that reads "You can finish the whole story in less than 2 hours" with orange "product refunded" text above it
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Der Volksverpetzer @volksverpetzer.de · 02/05/2026
Stellt euch mal vor, der Chefredakteur einer großen deutschen Zeitung hätte in der Ampel-Zeit gesagt, er suche "händeringend grüne junge Leute", "25-Jährige, die Robert Habeck verteidigten". Was es da für ein Gebrüll gegeben hätte. Wenn er das heute aber über Konservative & Merz sagt: Grillenzirpen.
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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 30/04/2026
I’d add words of wisdom from my stepmother—“A hobby is something you spend money on. If you make money on it, it’s a job and you’ll eventually need a new hobby.”
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Echo @echo262.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
I don’t know who needs to hear this but it’s okay to have a special interest or hobby that doesn’t have a bigger purpose than making you happy. If it does not make you happy it’s ok to stop. It’s all learning even learning you didn’t actually want to do that thing in the first place.
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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 28/04/2026
'We've been a little bit too romantic about the idea that we should have employees and give people long-term job security' is an extraordinary thing for a video games CEO to say on record: aftermath.site/video-game-job...
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