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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 14h

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

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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 · 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 · 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 · 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

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 · 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

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 · 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

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

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 · 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 · 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 · 02/05/2026

Does today's work do anything for you?

Sparkling paving slabs at side of a house after pressure washing

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 01/05/2026

Yeah, you might all be having a blast at Bear Bash, but have you ever tried to revive an ancient, green-crusted and oxidised, weather-beaten back door handle instead?

Before photo of a brass door handle that's severely weather-beaten and tarnished. It is hard to tell it is brass, and has severe mottling and oxidation

After photo of a brass door handle. It is clearly brass and it's colour is fully restored, with no mottling or oxidation visible.

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 23/03/2026

Testing and restock day! Now with added doxy and second gonorrhoea vaccine. Still the best way to get a free carrier bag in Scotland.

Photo of the inside of a white carrier bag showing it to hold 6 boxes of PrEP and a box of doxycycline

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 14/01/2026

After some reflection over the past couple of years, I have realised that I'm Aro. AroAllo rather than AroAce - in case anyone cares 👀 Does one come out as Aro? If so then I guess this is the coming out. Also, I don't like the flag. It's far too bright and cheery for me. That is all.

The AroAllo pride flag featuring five horizontal stripes. From top to bottom: dark green, light green, white, pale yellow, and golden yellow

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 17/12/2025

Last night's viewing. I can't remember seeing the original, so I'll watch it tonight, but this was a lot of fun. It will be the family Christmas viewing next year. 8 blood-soaked Santa hat pom-poms out of 10. Minimal spoiler: Axe meets Nazis! What's not to love?

Movie poster for Silent night, deadly night 2025. It depicts a man in a Santa suit facing the camera. It is a full length image and he is wielding an axe. He is standing on snow and there is blood in the snow. He is silhouetted by what appears to be car headlights behind him

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 16/12/2025

This is the maximum effort I'm willing to go to for this festive malarkey.

Me in a Santa hat, chest up. Chest is bare and I have silver coloured chain on and a squint septum ring. One of my eyes is half closed

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 12/12/2025

It had shite pressure and it was barely warm, but I have successfully washed away all my sins. I am now innocent again 😇

Me, in shower from chest up, head tilted back so my face is in the spray of the shower head

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 09/12/2025

I'm that case you get a view from my hotel room for nostalgia reasons

View from hotel showing entrance to "PLEASURE BEACH RESORT" lit up at night

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 09/12/2025

Super helpful notification there... Yes, I'm going to make you do time calculations. Or you can look at the alt text I guess.

Screenshot of a notification from trainsplit. The time on the phone is 10.31 and the notification is 27 minutes old. It is informing me of my platform for a train departing at 09.59. Meaning that the notification came in 5 minutes after the departure

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 08/12/2025

I thought I'd try a #MCM but then forgot, so you've got a grumpy face and messy beard as I'm sat in a car park. I'll do better next time (probably still with grumpy face to be fair)

It is me, in a monochrome selfie, wearing a denim jacket with furry lining and a black beanie with white tee. I'm looking down at the camera and frowning slightly. Visible is a silver septum piercing hoop

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 06/12/2025

And I'm out! This is my poker non-spoiler face on my thoughts. I know, it's indistinguishable from my normal expression. That's the point! But y'all should go see it. And give @polbikers.bsky.social a wave when he appears

Selfie wearing same as quoted post but on the street outside now and angled more straight on

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 29/11/2025

Let’s start an over 30 selfie thread ✨ 5️⃣2️⃣ 😭

Selfie of me. I'm on a sofa with left arm behind head, wearing a white Adidas t-shirt and hoop septum ring along with heavy chain and padlock

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 29/11/2025

I know I've likely mentioned it before but the song has just come on and I still think it's so strange that Patrick Stewart's animatronic head was used in Duran Duran's Wild Boys Video in 1984.

Screengrab from Duran Duran's Wild Boys video showing an animatronic head bearing an uncanny resemblance to Patrick Stewart

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 26/11/2025

I can't sleep and I have to be up and out the house very early tomorrow to head to our other site, AND collect someone to give them a lift. Time to bring out the big guns from yesteryear to drift off to.

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 10/11/2025

Guess who's dog-sitting for the next few days?

POV of me on sofa with a fox red lab up in my face bringing me a stuffed purple octopus to play with. He's looking directly into the camera with the octopus toy in his mouth. The toy looks bigger than his head from this perspective

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 08/11/2025

Well this is lovely after the train. Y'all know the e's in Heineken are upturned so that they look like smiley faces, right?

A glass of Heineken, partially drunk, with the light of a fake candle shining through. Both sitting on a dark wood table with a blurred bar in the background

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 08/11/2025

Choo choo! Off to Edinburgh *again* for the evening. I've been more sociable in the past few weeks than the past few years.

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 31/10/2025

Quick change. Not great but it'll do!

Selfie in hotel mirror wearing Grinders boots, dark grey jeans, red and black sleeveless check shirt, harness, padlock chain and np cap

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 31/10/2025

Cheers all! Pre-DILF pint going down well (Don't say it - it's too obvious a joke!)

Selfie in a bar having a pint. Wearing Adidas hoody and np black cap

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 29/10/2025

Looks like Prince Harry is doing my DPD delivery. Unexpected but fair play. I'm glad he's making himself useful

Screenshot of a DPD tracking screen stating that "Spare" is my local driver, "Spare" is currently making delivery 6 and "Spare" is approximately 1 hour away

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 18/10/2025

Figured I'd add an element of sophistication to my look and the fact I'm heading to Edinburgh just for a hookup by travelling first class

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 11/10/2025

Post you from a different era No smartphone, probably just got onto "broadband", and trying desperately to attract the men on gay dot net. Probably around 2000

Me squatting in front of camera in Scotland football kit, including knee-high socks, looking very young, with hair and no beard. Camera is at low level and I am looking straight into it

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RedInstead @redinstead.absurdnotion.com · 02/09/2025

Going through and clearing up old photos and screenshots... This is the time an app read me to filth by generating a random username for me.

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