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"I know I really need to do this thing or it will mess up my life but making myself do it is like putting my hand on a lit stove burner and keeping it there for five minutes" is the worst one for me. Followed closely by not knowing if the coffee will wake me up or put me to sleep...

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Thess @thessalian.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I don't think I ever felt normal, honestly. Too many of my formative years spent entirely around adults meant I didn't behave a lot like the other kids, and didn't know how to fake it, so...

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Thess @thessalian.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I mean, Metallica's been Like This for awhile now, but ... dude, they are showcasing new depths of "selling out".

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Thess @thessalian.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Sometimes the best thing about streaming indie demos is finding one of the best games ever. Sometimes the best thing is uninstalling that thing and knowing deep in your heart that you never have to look at it again. Either way, there can be joy.

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Thess @thessalian.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

That I remember first-hand? The ceti eel scene in Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan. My dad was a major Trekkie, took me when he went to see it. I was five. That scene freaked me out, I started crying, Dad refused to leave the movie so I sat in the lobby by myself the rest of the movie.

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Thess @thessalian.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Hot take on "best TV of the 21st century" (when we're only a quarter of the way through, no less) - THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS OBJECTIVELY BEST *ANYTHING*. There's "most watched" and there's "best reviewed", but "best" is subjective as fuck. I say we swap 'best' for 'great' in these stupid lists.

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Thess @thessalian.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I've been playing video games since the arcades, but the one that got me entirely hooked? This one.

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Thess @thessalian.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I got a ticket to see Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - A Painted Symphony when they come to the O2 at the end of February! Nothing like the seat I wanted, since they don't like seating single people in "stranded seats", whatever that means, but I'm still GOING!

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Thess @thessalian.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Things I've seen on Reddit that make me weep for humanity: "You are correct that blue whales are mammals however "fish" is not a scientific term and saying that any fully aquatic vertebrate is a fish is valid". Just ... no? I learned different in ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

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Thess @thessalian.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

A long time ago, @amalelmohtar.com waxed poetical in my hearing about heather honey. I recently found gourmet heather honey ice cream, which I have tried on its own and with red berry coulis. I may not rhapsodise, but I see the appeal.

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Thess @thessalian.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Trump saying "A unified Ireland would be great and will happen eventually so might as well be now" is either idiocy or an attempt at reverse psychology, 'cos all parties involved will now refuse to unify Ireland until that man dies. Both out of spite, and so he can't take credit.

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Thess @thessalian.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Burn, with Lullaby and A Forest tied for second place.

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Thess @thessalian.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Gardening, D&D, and streaming indie game demos, mostly. And fighting fibromyalgia, but that's more a full-time job than anything else.

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Spider. @vaspider.gay · 08/09/2026

RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Let me get this right: if you're a retired vicar and peacefully hold up a sign opposing genocide, you're a terrorist. But if 1200 morons put on balaclavas and close half of Dover to stop people *escaping* genocide, police "constructively engage." Is that it? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

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Black-clad protesters in balaclavas block road at port of Dover in Kent

Traffic on A20 in and out of port grinds to halt as Kent police say they are in attendance and engaging with group

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Thess @thessalian.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

People are terrifying me right now. I just saw screenshots of people saying that watching *actors in movies and TV* be intimate or kissing is bad because it's "people being vulnerable and we're watching without immediate consent". Is the brain drain so bad that people forgot what ACTORS are?!?

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Thess @thessalian.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I hate the "exhausted but not sleepy-exhausted". I also hate that my only solutions to that kind of insomnia are "baking things" or "doing something ludicrous in a video game". Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to get Monoco a Dualliste foot.

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Thess @thessalian.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I don't want to be seen as discouraging curiosity in general, but in terms of people's lives in general? Imagine what a wonderful world we'd live in if people just knew how to mind their own fucking business.

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Thess @thessalian.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

A weird one, but a) an original piece and b) nostalgia value - this guy at my old sleepaway camp used to do this one at cabaret nights when he felt so inclined: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSQE...

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"Weird Al" Yankovic - One More Minute

YouTube video by Music

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Thess @thessalian.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Cozy Grove. ...I've got a decent tent, all manner of food within easy reach, and company. Yeah, I could do that.

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Racheline Maltese @racheline.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Begging people not to change how they write or punctuate lest it be see as AI… if you do that, it’s literally letting yourself be herded in the direction of less complex sentences by tech bros and ther plagiarism bot. Do not fall for the fear bait.

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Thess @thessalian.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Does this man understand what weather like this does to people? Pets? CROPS? We don't enjoy water companies doing "surge pricing" or higher prices for worse food. We can't AFFORD the fizzy wine anyway.

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Thess @thessalian.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

"Burnham must break silence on climate change!" *LOUD-ASS EMERGENCY ALERT GIVING THE MOST WEAK-SAUCE SOLUTIONS TO WILDFIRES, WHILE ROLLING BACK EV PURCHASE TARGETS AND OKAYING OIL DRILLING IN THE NORTH SEA* "...No; not like that."

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Thess @thessalian.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

With you on the Skyrim, but honestly everything Bethesda hits me this way. Open worlds can be too open and I find I need a little more narrative structure to get really invested, so I don't spend days just crafting and forget what questline I'm on. So Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Starfield? Not for me.

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Rabbi Ariel Stone @rabbiariel.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Great things can be read in friends’ kitchens

change me, book. please. do it. distract me from my ordinary life. make me hate to put you down. break my heart. crack me up. in 24,783 words, tell me why i should care.
TIl stay up late. ill skip breakfast. i'll recommend you to my sister. come on, book. i'm ready.

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Thess @thessalian.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

@alasdairstuart.com - I know you stream, so I figured you'd want to know about this, and spread the word farther than I can.

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Thess @thessalian.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I'm sorry - if you're talking about horror movies (murder, sex, stalking, gore, all that good shit), how is *suicide* the one word you won't say? "Undoes herself"? They make it sound like the character in question unzipped her jeans! At least they say "killed" rather than "unalived" or whatever.

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Thess @thessalian.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Again, too many to name, but let's have Joseph Quinn's guitar god scene - Stranger Things, Master of Puppets. www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4Sc...

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Eddie Munson's Upside Down Guitar GOD Scene - Master of Puppets | Stranger Things | Netflix

YouTube video by Still Watching Netflix

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Thess @thessalian.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Saw this, thought of you, @mxlabradorite.bsky.social - I mean, general indictment of society as we know it, but also Mariners. I'd rather not associate your baseball team with this, thanks.

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Thess @thessalian.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Upskirt photos, victim-blaming, and fat-shaming all in one action. And still people cling to Harry Potter. How can wizard nostalgia mean more than people's dignity? www.thepinknews.com/2026/07/17/j...

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JK Rowling criticised for posting image of trans woman that showed up her skirt

JK Rowling has come under fire for sharing a photograph of a trans woman that was taken at an angle that showed under the woman’s skirt.

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Thess @thessalian.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Anyone else with me in thinking that maybe a weary and disgusted, "Oh, for fuck's sake" shouldn't be the reaction to every piece of news for over a year? Y'know, in terms of sociopolitical health? And mental health, for that matter?

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Thess @thessalian.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Reading the article, Meta insists that AI did not make the decisions ... but they don't state that those with medical conditions were not targeted. Funny which they think is the important part there. www.reuters.com/world/meta-u...

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Meta used AI to target workers with medical conditions for layoffs, lawsuit claims

Twenty-six employees of Meta ‌Platforms have filed a novel lawsuit accusing the tech giant of using AI-powered software that disproportionately targeted people with disabilities or who took medical le...

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Thess @thessalian.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Attempted to cross the Bay Bridge on foot. In my defense, I have mostly lived in places that were *walkable*, and mostly blundered around looking for the footpath until the police turned up and firmly escorted me from the area while telling me there was none. Only time I've ever been handcuffed.

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Thess @thessalian.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

So many, but let's go obscure - Jacqueline, by Me Mom & Morgentaler. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HgO...

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Me, Mom, and Morgentaler - Jacqueline

YouTube video by Henry Morgentaler

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Thess @thessalian.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Me: *checks temperature* It canNOT get up to the mid-thirties AGAIN. I swear to all the gods that walk the earth and crawl beneath if one more person tells me that climate change is a hoax I will choke them to death with their own shoes!

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Thess @thessalian.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

So remember when teachers used to demand that we show our work and everybody'd sigh and wonder why it mattered that we showed *how* we did it, so long as we got the right answer? *points at the damage AI is doing to problem-solving skills and critical thought* THIS IS WHY.

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Thess @thessalian.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I know a few too many to have a favourite, but I'll give it up for Colm McGuinness writing and singing a 40K-themed song entirely in Latin. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAdM...

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WARHAMMER 40K Song - 'Sanguis Invictus' | Original song by @ColmRMcGuinness

YouTube video by Colm R. McGuinness

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Thess @thessalian.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

"How to erase the gender gap--?" Beyond core systemic change, the best way would be declaring anyone who needs the planet-burning hallucination engine to generate a CV as less competent than someone who doesn't. Forbes gives us another reason AI sucks and talks around just ditching that crap.

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Thess @thessalian.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Dear USA - What the everloving FUCK?!? Is there a way this can be made to not be a thing? It not only gives the fuckers immunity, but lets them obtain public property in Gaza free of charge! www.theguardian.com/law/2026/jun...

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Trump’s Board of Peace plans to grant itself sweeping immunity, documents show

Draft resolution seeks to shield board members and security forces from potential prosecution for work in Gaza

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Thess @thessalian.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

They call her the Marsh Witch. She looks like a Podling from The Dark Crystal. She loves sweets. But she will also, with zero provocation, conjure a swarm of pixies and send them to the four corners of her domain, turning anyone she doesn't like into newts. Terrified my D&D group...

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Thess @thessalian.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

One thing I keep hearing is "Will Burnham See Us Rejoin The EU?" Not unless he wants to scrap the transphobic bullshit Starmer put in place to be in line with EU policy, but he supported those. I'd love rejoining the EU, but apparently hating trans people is the most important thing? Fuckbakes.

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Thess @thessalian.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Two reasons why being a medical secretary who writes is a great thing: - never-ending list of name ideas - through the above, the sure and certain knowledge that whatever name you give a character, however stupid you think that name is, someone's real name is weirder.

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Thess @thessalian.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Well, this is kind of cool: kojira.github.io/bluesky-lice...

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Thess @thessalian.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

It's warm, so I have opened all the windows. Hear yelling. Wonder why there's yelling. Think a minute. See what's trending. "England vs Croatia" ...Ah. Right. Gonna be a slightly loud evening.

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Thess @thessalian.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

No. See. This movie is meant to be seen at some stupid hour of morning in some back-alley cinema that's already so lived-in that no one cares if you throw toast or spill beer. That's not the *entire* point of this movie, but it's one of them.

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Thess @thessalian.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I'd say Tumblr, since I met an awful lot of friends there, but apparently the UK doesn't consider it social media so YMMV.

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Thess @thessalian.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I probably want dinner. I probably need dinner. I am not in the mood for anything for dinner that I have in the house. This vexes me.

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Thess @thessalian.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Explain your @ Indirectly, the Greco-Roman witches. Directly, a character created by a particular rapist jackass we don't talk about. Specifically Thessalian because Thessaly is always taken.

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