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Torqolbo!

@torq.bsky.social
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International childhood (UK/Zambia/Oz/Newfoundland!) and now somewhere in Toronto.

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Torqolbo! @torq.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This is rare. I sure played the heck outta that game. That last achievement is a 'hidden' one. Grimmest ending. Only achievable by ignoring all hints, clues, and finally unambiguous warnings.
A steam achievement list (sorted by latest) for The Blood of Dawnwalker video game showing 46/46 achievements met.
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The Booker Prizes @thebookerprizes.com · 26/09/2026
Mary Beard, Chair of the Booker Prize 2026 judging panel, on why she dislikes the phrase ‘I really love reading’. This clip is provided courtesy of the Southbank Centre, and you can watch the full Booker Prize 2026 shortlist event on their YouTube channel: youtube.pulse.ly/axkmrdaxr9
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 22/09/2026
Tyrannosaurus xkcd.com/3300/
Comic. [Person with long hair pointing to diagram with Tyrannosaurus Rex standing next to a person.] PERSON: We now believe the primary prey of Tyrannosaurus Rex was these humans who kept standing next to it for scale.
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Gabriela Rhinier @gabalut.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"Epiedermis", watercolor and colored pencil on paper
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Torqolbo! @torq.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The banners of my enemy, Charles the Brown, are everywhere. I shall bring him good grief. (Blood of Dawnwalker, day 11)
A Blood of the Dawnwalker screenshot. Our hero Coel faces a small camp in the swamps. On either side of the entrance, two banners are hung. They are yellow with a black zigzag in the middle, looking like the shirt Charlie Brown - character from the comic strip Peanuts - is always wearing.
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Torqolbo! @torq.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The Blood of Dawnwalker. Welp, I got AN ending as early as Day Four. Time to hit the That Did Not Happen button. Cool cutscene though. I'm not sorry.
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Torqolbo! @torq.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I feel it's important to mention there's a new full length Elephant Graveyard video essay up on Youtube.
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Torqolbo! @torq.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
AIR SHOW NO SHOW! (Toronto media: I am available for all headline-writing needs) torontolife.com/city/there-w...
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There won’t be any US jets at the air show this weekend - Toronto Life
Event organizers cited a “last-minute” schedule change for the absence
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Torqolbo! @torq.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Ooh, randomly pretty. I like to think the tenants are doing this on purpose and are waiting for lower left square to play along with a nice magenta or violet maybe.
A lowrise (3-story) apartment building, in which 5 of the 6 windows look into rooms lit in one solid color.
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Torqolbo! @torq.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Top middle is clearly an Omen Bairn from Elden Ring
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Torqolbo! @torq.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Beneath the divan, a pale creature lurks...
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Cohen is a Ghost @skullmandible.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
hey, I was born in the 80s or 90s and I'm looking for a morally acceptable way to continue to like Harry Potter?? you see, I have this special condition where I just... stopped. somewhere along the way, i let the growth inside me die and i gnawed a hole in the past, and there i sit, and there i rot
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Torqolbo! @torq.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
re: 'Lake America' Open Google Maps. Click on the extended menu options, (three bars, top left), click 'Edit Map', then click 'I HAVE OPINIONS ON THIS MAP, YOU %@@#$S!' And send. Very satisfying.
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Torqolbo! @torq.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Two famous 80-year-olds in a row is just Death's way of taunting us at this point.
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cap’n watsisname @capnwatsisname.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Me: would you like me to take the photo so you can be in it DoorDash Person: oh thank you Uber Eats Person: will you get one with my camera too you’re so sweet Instacart Person: should I take my hat off? I’ll leave it on okay go
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austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
A screencap of Gimli kneeling to Galadriel
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The Muppets pay tribute to the eternal Dolly Parton, who was named an Honorary Muppet in 1986 🦋 “There will never be another quite like Dolly Parton … She filled the world with light and we are so grateful for every second we got to spend with her onstage and off.”
Black and white photo of Dolly and fellow icon, Miss Piggy.

“There will never be another quite like Dolly Parton. She was the ultimate singer, songwriter, actress, performer, and philanthropist.
She filled the world with light and we are so grateful for every second we got to spend with her onstage and off.”
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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Moby Dick by artist Gerard DuBois
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Torqolbo! @torq.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I collect screenshots of two things in video games. Waterfall caves and my name appearing. Here's the latter. Nice to meet ya, buddy! Sure, I'll bring your wife that letter.
A screenshot from Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon. An NPC sitting on a bench. His name, 'Quill' is displayed onscreen.
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Torqolbo! @torq.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Stumbling around in The Backrooms, finding an entrance to Exit 8 and then those subway tunnels lead to the road from It Ends.
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Torqolbo! @torq.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
IT ENDS. I didn't expect much from it, but it ended up being my favorite of these recent (Backrooms/Exit 8) liminal space horror films. OVERSHARE ALERT: I realized it really got to me when I found myself getting emotional when describing the plot out loud to someone...
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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 28/12/2023
it's suspicious to me that the temperature of underground is perfect for humans and it's the same year round. we are supposed to be down there
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𝙱𝚊𝚋𝚎 𝚁𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 @unfitz.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
People who say “I’ve had it up to here with you” I noticed there’s still space for more.
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Raysident Evil @sireviscerate.myatproto.social · 06/08/2026
"The secret to the success of Ted Lasso is a world lonely, fatigued, and spiritually broken by a global pandemic," reasons Jason Sudekis to himself, as he steals the vial marked biohazard level 4 from the CDC lab
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Torqolbo! @torq.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
1, 3, 3
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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 04/08/2026
Holy shit. www.wired.com/story/a-civi...
This past May, a twin-engine Beechcraft King Air medevac plane took off from Roswell, New Mexico, and headed west to the town of Ruidoso to pick up a patient. It shouldn’t have been a challenging flight for the two pilots and two nurses aboard. The temperature was 69 degrees; the sky was clear. The 60-mile journey normally takes a half hour, at most.

But once airborne, the plane ran into trouble. At the White Sands Missile Range that night, US military personnel were conducting a GPS jamming exercise that left the King Air pilots—and anyone else within hundreds of miles—unable to use modern navigation systems. Forced to revert to older technology, ones that they rarely if ever use, the medevac pilots got disoriented and crashed into the side of a mountain. There were no survivors.
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Corduroy Cheddar @corduroycheddar.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
It's not eye contact if your eyes aren't physically touching each other
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Torqolbo! @torq.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
subemployed, [REDACTED], andropause, loogie DANCE-OFF!
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🅱️oofessor Killosk 👻🔪 @professorkiosk.wtf · 25/07/2026
I’m a snitch I’m a liar I’m a fiend pants on fire I’m a goblin and a thief I will not brush my teeth
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UIS Observatory @uisobservatory.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
I’d like to make it clear for all the people following me what the sheer gravity of the news is. Without this facility we can’t ensure constant communication with spacecraft beyond Earth orbit. If this facility is off-line, the Artemis program cannot send a crew to the Moon.
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Torqolbo! @torq.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
I don't think I've ever seen this man look happier.
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Torqolbo! @torq.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Without saying your age, what’s your favorite movie that came out when you were 18?
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Lachende Patiënt bij Tandarts
Alt: Little Shop of Horrors - Steve Martin helps himself to some nitrous oxide as he prepares to work on a terrified patient in the middle of singing 'Be a Dentist'. He cackles as a member of the chorus pops in saying, "Oh my God!"
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Frovo @frovo.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
SOCRATES: we need a name for the study of existence and knowledge SOCRATES' ASSISTANT PHIL: ok i'll come up with something
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Torqolbo! @torq.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Ooh, I could get into this. It's not grueling and endless. It's done when it's done. Fun animations and comparisons. hankgreen.com/smush · Jul 15 233 pts 🥞🟨🟨 🟨⭐🥞 🟩🟨🥞
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Smush
A daily word game. Each letter gets 5 uses. Except the gold one, which is always required.
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Blue sky nice ghost @rajandelman.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Need interviewers to ask all the HBO Harry Potter actors their views of Amnesty International. Do they think it's good. Or do they think it needs to be dissolved
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Torqolbo! @torq.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The way this guy's boss music abruptly shuts off will never not be funny to me.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 14/07/2026
Don't fall for this. Rowling wants trans people to self censor and to stop sharing the report. If this report really was as defamatory as she claims, she wouldn't be cheering on its spread. What she really wants is a costly settlement from AI UK, humiliating apology, and permanent silence.
​A screenshot of a thread on X (formerly Twitter). The main post is a quote tweet by J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling), which reads:
​"Shout out to all trans activists sharing the blacklist of women's and gay rights organisations published by @AmnestyUK! You're demonstrating very effectively that in spite of their hasty backtrack it can be easily accessed forevermore, increasing legal liability. Thank you! ❤️"
​Rowling is quote-tweeting a user named Lesbian Lenin 🇵🇸 🔻 🇵🇸 (@xstaffsuck), whose post reads:
​"The report btw, documenting how TERF orgs work hand in hand w/ anti-abortionists, christian nationalists, & anti-LGBT+ (yes, you too, c*s queers!) orgs to push trans genocide
​To be anti-trans is to be anti-abortion, is to be a christian nazi, is to be anti-queer
​Report is below"
​The user @xstaffsuck is, in turn, quoting an earlier tweet from J.K. Rowling, which reads:
​"Should any of the women's organisations targeted by @AmnestyUK's recent 'anti-rights' blacklist wish to take legal action, applications can be made to the JK Rowling Women's Fund. jkrwf.org"
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Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Michael Fanone on Lindsey Graham...
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Torqolbo! @torq.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Watching The Furious and learning that Yayan Ruhian is my age and therefore there's no reason I shouldn't be doing all that. Very inspired. Wish me luck.
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Eric Ansley Díaz 🏳️‍🌈 @geekboyeric.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
RIP Bonnie Tyler. And RIP Tandi Iman Dupree. This remains the best stage entrance by a drag queen of all time, even some 25 years later, and the best use of Tyler’s “Holding Out for a Hero” ever. youtu.be/IHQA5vqn6rw?...
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Torqolbo! @torq.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Raphael from Baldur's Gate 3. He bursts into song, composes and recites poetry, enjoys board games, can furnish a spendid feast, is witty and a snappy dresser. Just don't enter into any deals with him and you'll probably be fine.
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Rachel Holliday Smith @rachelholliday.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I'm been wondering if it would come to this and apparently it has. huge move from cloudflare, which hosts a fifth of all websites on earth.
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Publishers Are Preparing to Opt Out of Google Search
The nuclear option is gaining traction as web traffic collapses and Google refuses to negotiate with content creators
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Torqolbo! @torq.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Continuing to make my way through the astonishing TV that is Oz, which specializes in killing off stars of future HBO projects. This week, I had just enough time to blurt "Hey, is that Peter Dinklage?!" before he bought it.
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Torqolbo! @torq.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Attention: rhyming dictionary lexicographers Wha'g'wan rhymes with hagwon. This post is also of interest to anyone composing a reggae song about the South Korean education system.
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Torqolbo! @torq.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Very well, I took your little test. I have comments. I stuck them in the alt text. Test link within the actual comments.
the latest political spectrum quiz. It says I'm 81% woke (vs chud), [I am even more woke than this! Do you want me to be pro-banning homeschooling? Not gonna do it. Plenty of 'em turn out splendid. Plus, y'know, freedom...] 59% neo-luddite (vs techbro), [I thought I had some optimism about some tech, but not enough I guess] 52% Doomer (vs. Hopepilled) [hey, wait a minute, I gave plenty of optimistic answers! Oh well, at least I'm only a hemi-doomer] and 89% Davos (vs Dubai. This one's measuring globablism vs. nationalism, in case that wasn't clear). Oh, and then it says I'm closest to Mamdani, which everyone seems to be getting on here.
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Torqolbo! @torq.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Gift link for the low in funds can be found in the comments
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Torqolbo! @torq.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
You've Chumbed your last Wumba!
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Torqolbo! @torq.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I waited in vain for "Die? Hardly!" to become a title in the Die Hard saga. Surely some producer had thought of it. Maybe a British one.
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Torqolbo! @torq.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Just watched His Girl Friday for the first time. Was not expecting to see a familiar gif but voila! (I guess there are a few other reasons to recommend the movie, too.)
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Get out
Alt: Cary Grant using a sweeping hand gesture that ends in a pointed finger while saying 'Get out'.
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Torqolbo! @torq.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
I already have to walk this back. When the license plates started peeling, at least Ford didn't blame Antifa.
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