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Simon V @rith.au · 23/09/2026

Nice. Wish more services did age verification this way (looking at you, Steam).

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Simon V @rith.au · 22/09/2026

Alas, it is unsigned. Oh well, it's not like I don't have several other things with the 'J scribble'!

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Simon V @rith.au · 22/09/2026

Well what do we have here?

Photo of John Green's new novel "Hollywood, Ending"

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Simon V @rith.au · 20/09/2026

This evening's sunset!

Photo of a sunset taken by myself. There are two flying pigeons in frame, appearing as silhouettes

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Simon V @rith.au · 18/09/2026

Yet another update: a new addition!

Same photo of floating shelves as previous posts, however with the addition of 'Fanclub' 2026 re-pressing with alternate artwork.

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Simon V @rith.au · 04/09/2026

Love that the top comment is pointing out how much screen time Stunfisk got (a whole 11 seconds)

Screenshot of video linked in previous post. It is a collage of the Pokemon Stunfisk, with its Japanese name マッギョ alongside it.

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Simon V @rith.au · 02/09/2026

Impulse bought a Gintama blind box last weekend. Got the supposed "secret" option. Figured the best place to put it in the house was here..

Photo of a floating shelf. On the shelf there is a figurine of a golden "Elizabeth" from the anime Gintama. Elizabeth is holding a sign that says "chotto matte" in Japanese. Behind Elizabeth, is a line of four tiny yellow ducks. In the background, there are also a couple Omamori hanging.

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Simon V @rith.au · 19/08/2026

Picked up a Vålerenga scarf (with thanks to my friend who lives in Oslo), as two former Perth Glory Women players joined them this season! My other scarves: www.instagram.com/p/DcNbwHRkgVI/

Photo of me holding up a Vålerenga Football scarf. Other scarves in the photo in the background are for the All Whites, Socceroos, Matildas, Perth Glory, Seattle Sounders, and Kawasaki Frontale

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Simon V @rith.au · 13/08/2026

Still never seen a total solar eclipse (hopefully weather will be good for Sydney 2028!) but taking this excuse to post the lunar eclipse photos I took 8 years ago.. It's not the best but hey, I'm no professional photographer, and I'm still happy with it.

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Simon V @rith.au · 28/07/2026

Update: I put up more shelves!

Photo of a wall with a floating shelf beneath the air-con unit. The records on the shelf are: Matilda the Musical soundtrack, Daft Punk's Random Access Memories, and Tim MInchin's Apart Together. There is also a framed Princess Mononoke painting, and Totoro artwork

The same shelf as the photo in the previous post, but with another smaller shelf underneath. The records are the same, but re-arranged. There is also a wooden plate that says "Don't Forget to be Awesome".

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Simon V @rith.au · 27/07/2026

Honestly, it wasn't the sound I expected to hear. Although, I don't know what I expected. Let's hope we never hear it again in any case 😆

Screenshot of AUSALERT test message, from my phone

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Simon V @rith.au · 25/07/2026

The first time I went (Sydney), I got this photo taken. And then when they came back a year or so later (Adelaide), I got them to sign it 🤣

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Simon V @rith.au · 25/07/2026

Seeing @ffdistantworlds.bsky.social for the squillionth time. I'm pretty sure I've gone to every single tour they've done to Australia, ever since the first one at the Sydney Opera House.

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Simon V @rith.au · 12/07/2026

Put up a floating shelf today, as a way to show off my vinyl record collection. I do have a couple more though, so maybe another shelf is on the cards, once I figure out where.

Photo of a wall with a floating shelf above my computer desk. The records are: Surf Bungaku Kamakura Complete (Asian Kung-Fu Generation), Hometown (Asian Kung-Fu Generation), LOST (Gotch), Princess Mononoke, Adventure Time

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Simon V @rith.au · 11/07/2026

This'll be my third time trying to see this band. The first time, my flight to Sydney was cancelled whilst on the way to the airport (thanks Crowdstrike!); the whole reason I could go to Sydney in the first place was because Tenacious D had cancelled *their* concert in Melbourne!

Flyer for "FLOW NARUTO THE ROCK" world tour, showing a date in Melbourne (Sat Oct 24, 2026 at The Forum)

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Simon V @rith.au · 08/07/2026

Hope @meninblazers.bsky.social and @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social don't mind me sharing this here, but just wanting people (the Nerdfighters out there) to see this lovely moment! >> Becky Sauerbrunn has "beef" with John Green..

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Simon V @rith.au · 28/06/2026

His Instagram story confirms it was indeed him

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Simon V @rith.au · 27/06/2026

I went through all the match events today to show how much Australia's RO32 opponents changed over the course of 2 hours..

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Simon V @rith.au · 16/06/2026

Stop the count! In seriousness though, disappointing to be leading twice and end up drawing. Great game either way. It's funny that NZ are on top anyway due to not receiving any yellow cards.

Group G table showing NZL on top, followed by IRN, BEL and EGY. They are all on one point with one draw each.

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Simon V @rith.au · 16/06/2026

COME ON NEW ZEALAND!!!! LET'S GOOOO

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Simon V @rith.au · 16/06/2026

work can't stop me from watching the world cup.

Photo of my workstation, with a third screen showing the game

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Simon V @rith.au · 14/06/2026

Great day out at Fed Square!!

Photo of Socceroos watch party at Federation Square, Melbourne

Photo of Socceroos watch party at Federation Square, Melbourne. The screen shows the full time score of Australia 2 - 0 Turkiye.

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Simon V @rith.au · 12/06/2026

World Cup ready 💪🏽 Will be supporting these teams, mainly. But also the Asian nations in general. (and the underdog where appropriate!)

Photo of three football shirts; Australia 2010 (green and gold), New Zealand 2014 (white) and Japan 2022 (blue and white).

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Simon V @rith.au · 05/06/2026

Shout out to the ABC though 😄

"Australia mentioned" meme. Features an anime girl wearing an Aussie cork hat, and is holding vegemite and VB beer. Cartoon dog Bluey sits atop the hat's brim, and she is being swooped by a magpie. All of this is in front of the Sydney Opera House.

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Simon V @rith.au · 11/05/2026

No, I don't think I do..

Screenshot from my LinkedIn notifications suggesting that I should follow Jimmy Donaldson, apparently based on my recent search

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Simon V @rith.au · 10/05/2026

I wanted to upload a supercut I made of Jack Ansett and Joel Creasey on their respective appearances of Taskmaster where they both couldn't find the ball (due to them rolling away) for a particular task but YT immediately flagged the TM NZ footage and blocked it 😭 I made a thumbnail and everything!

Image of Joel Creasey and Jack Ansett from screenshots of Taskmaster Australia and New Zealand respectively. Text over the top says "WHERE'S THE BALL!?"

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Simon V @rith.au · 10/05/2026

Compliment magnet, this hat!

Photo of myself wearing a cap that looks like a Snorlax head, complete with ears

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Simon V @rith.au · 08/05/2026

Have posted this in the discord but I'll share it here too! I've amassed a collection of transport cards from around the world, somewhat unintentionally. I have small regrets about not picking up more in different cities (ie. where I've just used a digital card or pass to travel)

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Simon V @rith.au · 18/04/2026

Was able to snag a selfie with the legend Shuhei Yoshida at ALT GAMES in Parramatta today!

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Simon V @rith.au · 06/04/2026

Saw two of my favourite bands this weekend! On Saturday, I attended Central Fest. mostly for Kessoku Band (from Bocchi the Rock! fame), but also amazarashi, Ling Tosite Sigure , and Orange Range. And then on Sunday I saw my favourite band of all time, Asian Kung-Fu Generation! Massive for me.

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Simon V @rith.au · 19/03/2026

So tell me, commenter that thinks so highly of their grammar, in what instance *is* it correct then? Imagine being so worked up over a gender neutral pronoun. Ironic that they think their grammar is so good.

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Simon V @rith.au · 05/03/2026

This is random but at lunch the other day, I inadvertently made my spoon balance on the rim of the bowl. Completely unintentional! (I wasn't even paying attention and I looked down and it was balancing) Thank you for coming to by ted talk.

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Simon V @rith.au · 03/03/2026

If you'll allow me to complain a little about my flight experience yesterday.. (scroll along if you don't care lol) 1. This guy next to me who manspreaded the entire flight (3hrs). I even asked him to make room early in the flight but he defaulted to this position.

Photo of my seat on a flight. Person next to me has encroached on my aisle seat considerably.

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Simon V @rith.au · 01/03/2026

Fyi to relevant parties; I am aware of new Hank thing but I can't update right now as I'm out! Was at the Asian Cup opener

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Simon V @rith.au · 22/02/2026

Turns out that Bsky has been showing dates in American date format and I never realised there was a fix for that until today.

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Simon V @rith.au · 11/02/2026

Re: this week's @dearhankandjohn.bsky.social (during the question about "business hours")

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Simon V @rith.au · 01/02/2026

Yo, @awintory.bsky.social won a FREAKIN' GRAMMY! I'm so proud, as someone who's been following him for for well over a decade, and ever since his first nom for Journey. Also super glad I was able to finally meet him in person back in '23, after having interacted various times online over the years.

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Simon V @rith.au · 28/01/2026

Today's episode of @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social's football podcast is about Jimmy Glass, a goalkeeper who scored a last minute goal to save his team from relegation. And today, Benfica's goalkeeper scores a last minute goal against Real Madrid, sending them to the playoffs.. Coincidence or..?? 🤔

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Simon V @rith.au · 28/01/2026

On a related note, my favourite anecdote relating to this stadium is when during the Women's World Cup in 2023, sponsor names had to be removed from all stadium signage, so in this case, "Sky". ..which amusingly resulted in this; like yep, that's a stadium all right!

Image of Wellington Regional Stadium, known as "Sky Stadium" at the time, however "Sky" has been removed from the signage resulting in it just saying "STADIUM" all over.

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Simon V @rith.au · 05/01/2026

Catch me starring on @backpocket.gg on Thursday 22nd January live on Twitch!

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Simon V @rith.au · 29/12/2025

And then we have News Corp trying their best to shit on the English and football, using inflammatory language like "carnage" and "invade", making them sound like hooligans. FFS, they just *attended* and had a good time. Fuck Murdoch, seriously. Don't read The Sun and don't click on News Corp!!

FB news.com.au link with the headline "Barmy Army turn Aus sport into carnage"

FB news.com.au image with the headline "Diehard English fans invade Melbourne football clash"

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Simon V @rith.au · 29/12/2025

Just found out that the worst "newspaper" imaginable used an image of me for their article 🤮 And I can't even add a watermark or anything to it because it's a screenshot of a TV broadcast.. Fuck The Sun. #JFT97

Screenshot of a news feed showing an article from The Sun. The thumbnail is of me and a mate wearing our Perth Glory shirts at the game last weekend, which the Barmy Army attended as well (hence the news article)

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Simon V @rith.au · 28/12/2025

The series continues! From last night.. (top left) Also features the Barmy Army who took over much of the away bay 🤣

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Simon V @rith.au · 12/12/2025

Best clip of The Game Awards so far.. @benstarr.bsky.social's reaction to Jennifer English winning, and @erikaishii.bsky.social just munching away on popcorn 🤣

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Simon V @rith.au · 10/12/2025

My top 5 for the curious