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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 10h

Very pleased with myself having an early night in bed for once

Me, tucked up in bed looking camera with a very "pleased with myself" look. Visible bare chest and septum ring in nose

RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 14/09/2026

Has the @clonezoneuk.bsky.social website always been a buggy mess, or is this recent? Sorting doesn't work, applying coupons suddenly hits a dead end with missing payment options, contact page details are generic template email addresses and a broken map, old orders still show processing...

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 13/09/2026

Whenever I use my iPad after using my Pixel phone the one thing that always drives me up the wall is how damn slow scrolling is. This multiple flick thing to build up momentum is torture and genuinely one of the main things that puts me off an iPhone. I really wish there was a setting to change it

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 10/09/2026

Couldn't understand why my credit card was sitting at over £750 when it should be clear, *and* my bank balance was lower than it should be. Turns out it's actually in *credit* by that amount because I made the payment on pay day and it was too late for the direct debit to change. Phew?

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 27/08/2026

Picking up prescription: Pharmacist: Do you have ID? Me: *Presents driving licence* Pharmacist: And what's your relationship to the person you're collecting for? Me: Um... I am them?

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It's A Me! Mario's Classic Introduction

ALT: It's A Me! Mario's Classic Introduction

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 26/08/2026

Come on in. Tell me why you applied for this role and what you can bring to it

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 26/08/2026

Doing interviews today. I hate doing them... I always feel so bad for the nervous ones. I'm just a big old softie who wants to give them a big bear hug and tell them it's all ok.

Me, in car, wearing white shirt and yellow/gold tie. I'm looking at the camera down and to my right and framed from chest up

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 24/08/2026

Random post, just so that if I do a MCM later there aren't two in a row. I've been neglectful of my socials 😆

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 17/08/2026

While Bluesky was borked yesterday I went on a cleaning frenzy - so here's a monochrome Monday photo. Just call me Agador Spartacus 😆

Monochrome photo from the rear of me with a mop in my hand cleaning my bathroom. There is a shower stall in the photo and next to it a toilet. I am wearing a jock and nothing else and bending down showing my ass

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 16/08/2026

Sunday today seems to be a day of cleaning and tidying everything apart from myself.

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Pombon trainer Ryan @2intheshinx.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I want to be both judgy and mean. The only reason you could possibly be a transohobe is pure cruelty. A willfullness to do someone harm. You're trash. Garbage. A waste of existence.

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 15/08/2026

This is a new one. I seem to be on a blocklist for being... a Leeds fan? Very happy to be blocked by anyone that cares that much about shit like that, but their bot is seriously clueless. Like I give a shit about football at all. I'm curious what keyword triggered it though

A screenshot from Clearsky showing a blocklist called "Dirty Leeds" saying that it blocks bios indicating someone is a Leeds fan

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 15/08/2026

Deodorant/antiperspirant recommendations? Something available easily that won't have me stinky at work, but also won't form 72 hour pore blocks? That doesn't seem very healthy... Although I'm not sure any of them have actually worked like that for me to be fair.

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 14/08/2026

@gerwyn.uk made me do it. Well, heavily inspired me at least. I suppose I have *some* free will.

Photo inside a shopping basket showing 4 cans of raspberry hooch, two of lemon... and a dozen eggs (free range)

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 13/08/2026

Don't even start me on companies that say "dispatched" when what they mean is "tracking number created but we'll actually send it in three days". So fucking annoying.

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 13/08/2026

Yay! My parcel was delivered yesterday! Except it went from the Netherlands to the UK to two cities in Italy, then Germany, then to the Netherlands again and was finally delivered back to the Netherlands warehouse. They had the nerve to show me confetti at that final delivery as well. 😡

UPS tracking showing parcel going from the Netherlands to the UK to two cities in Italy, then Germany

UPS tracking continues the journey from Germany to the Netherlands and finally back to the warehouse in the Netherlands

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 08/08/2026

This afternoon I've been reminded of two things I really like: 1. The word "Haberdashery" 2. Utah Saints' "Something Good" - the only time Kate Bush has allowed a sample to be used. That is all.

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 05/08/2026

I think I'd rather spend longer screenshotting and doing this post than taking part in this one.

An email from Prolific offering me a new study that will earn me 10 pence for a minute's work

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 04/08/2026

I kinda like a good Deus ex machina. There, I said it.

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 04/08/2026

You know, with its promotion of slings, and making kneepads look hot, I just don't think gay culture gets the credit it deserves for normalising and encouraging proactive joint care. "Big cod liver oil" could learn a thing or two.

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 04/08/2026

Update: Pig eats pig. Zero regrets.

Me in car, looking down and sideways to camera and shoving a bacon and egg roll in my mouth

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 04/08/2026

Is today the day I start watching what I eat and go back to the gym to lose some beef? Or is it the day I start the day with a big bacon and egg roll from the local bakery since I'm up earlier than I need to be?

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Critical Role Dice Reaction

ALT: Critical Role Dice Reaction

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 04/08/2026

Fucking seagulls. I should still be asleep

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 01/08/2026

Just tried to vape my nose trimmer

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 26/07/2026

I shouldn't be knackered after an hour and a half walk in the woods, but here we are. Really must get out more.

Me, in car, looking down at camera. Wearing black Adidas hoodie and white Adidas tee. Photo is from torso up. Silver circular septum piercing in and black baseball cap

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 26/07/2026

Help! I'm being stalked by farm animals.

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 24/07/2026

My biggest issue responding to anything on my phone while I'm drinking is not the alcohol, but the refusal to pull out my reading glasses while in a bar. Yeah, that song was about me. IYKYK

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 24/07/2026

Ok, just missed second-last train. Oops. No backup left if I miss the next one. This is my drunk, frustrated, but not actually mad about it face just for reference. Another pint it is!

Selfie of me in bar with black Oink Berlin tee and NP black cap. I'm looking at camera with a fake irritated look. Wearing silver coloured hoop septum piercing too.

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 24/07/2026

Had drinks with new boss and other senior managers tonight. She showed me the results of her "whittling" class where she'd been trying to make a mushroom from a piece of wood. I snort laughed and said "part of it had met the brief" Shed basically made a cock. We are going to get along great

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 24/07/2026

In theory it's a reminder before the event, but it's not the most timely! Just as well I was already on it.

Screenshot of a reminder from my phone, showing the time as 0710 and reminding me of a train I need to be on at 0712. The notification is marked "now" indicating it has just been received

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 19/07/2026

Decided on some foot care after my walk today. Let the peeling commence! (I promise I'll spare you the interim photos)

Close-up of my feet in a bubbling foot-spa

Photo of my feet wrapped in foot-peel plastic socks

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 13/07/2026

Verify your age My first mobile phone and my first MP3 player (latest Costco card for scale). Phone from 1994 and MP3 player from 2000, a year before the first iPod. I was a trailblazer. No matter the number of clearouts I do I can't throw these out.

An Ericsson GH198 mobile phone and a Creative DAP Jukebox on my kitchen table next to a Costco card for scale. The phone officially measured 141 x 59 x 29 mm (5.55 x 2.32 x 1.14 inches) and the Jukebox 127 x 127 x 38 mm (5.0 x 5.0 x 1.5 inches). They are incredibly retro

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 12/07/2026

Just held up the entire queue by buying a leaf rake. Apparently a manager needed to come in person to authorise it because it's sharp. I can promise if I'm going to go on a rampage it's not going to be with the aim of lightly scraping the skin of as many people as possible with a £6 leaf rake. 🙄

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 04/07/2026

I mean I was going to see it anyway... but 😍

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 01/07/2026

Just bought my team a load of doughnuts to take in today. Types are in the alt text. Have I turned into Dexter?!

Two boxes, each containing a variety of doughnuts, including malteser, Oreo, galaxy, Nutella, biscoff and fudge

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 30/06/2026

Very important research: Has anyone ever managed to peel open a packet of bacon at the "peel here" corner, or does the whole thing come away from the outer plastic like it does for me?

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 28/06/2026

I went outside today and took a selfie to prove it.

Selfie of me in a white Adidas tee, and black baseball cap from chest up. I've got a circular septum piercing in, a silver coloured chain around neck and airpods in my ears. I'm looking at the camera with a bear-face look and in the background there is a small loch, with trees at the sides of it and there is a blue sky with some white clouds

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 25/06/2026

I'm obviously giving off some strange energy today... Random man behind me at checkout: "Do you play fitba?" Me: "No no. Nobody needs to see me do that" RMBMAC: "Have you been in the jail?" Wife/girlfriend tells him to shut up Guy serving me bursts out laughing

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Topher Kai @topher.gay · 25/06/2026

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Vegan Leather Harness and Pride Partywear

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Topher Kai @topher.gay · 25/06/2026

Our best ever offer - I AM WARM ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 22/06/2026

How early is too early to go to bed?

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 21/06/2026

Um... I just went to look for my work ID for tomorrow and not only was it in the first place I looked, but that place is the place it *should* be, and - more than that - I put it there.

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Edaryion's Surprised 'Whaaaat?' Reaction

ALT: Edaryion's Surprised 'Whaaaat?' Reaction

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Craig Schaefer @craigschaeferbooks.com · 18/06/2026

Our Scottish visitors in Providence (for the World Cup) have been so charming and so lively that I had to write a little something into the third Neon Meridian novel for 'em. The future is dark, but Scotland is doing *fine* in that universe.

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 19/06/2026

I totally get that they're localising it for me the UK, but my phone calling it "aeroplane mode" instead of "airplane mode" just feels so wrong.

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 18/06/2026

It seems that my new line manager is from the same village as my ex from many years ago. And knows him. This is the one and only ex I genuinely despise. All good though - she made a face like she'd just stood in shit when his name came up so we're going to get along just fine.

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 13/06/2026

Interview, decision, acceptance and paperwork have all happened while my existing boss is on leave. And now my actual start date too; I'm going to be gone before they are back. Oops! Things do not tend to happen that quickly in the public sector. Ever. I am very amused.

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Little Rascals Spanky Waves Hello

ALT: Little Rascals Spanky Waves Hello

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