Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
@diffractiongrating.bsky.social
I am Iridescent on Twitter but some random took that here.
François Mitterrand retire bitch.
Paper straw enthusiast. (they/them) 🏳️🌈
François Mitterrand retire bitch.
Paper straw enthusiast. (they/them) 🏳️🌈
Pinned
Another day volunteering at the UCL museum. Everyone keeps asking me if they can fuck Jeremy Bentham's corpse. Buddy, they won't even let me fuck it.
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If I die in a terrorist attack I hope my friends will exploit my death to advance their political agendas. My tragic murder will prove the need for proportional representation, a UBI, affordable housing, high speed rail everywhere, and world peace. I’d expect my friends to demand Albo deliver these.
December 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
If I die in a terrorist attack I hope my friends will exploit my death to advance their political agendas. My tragic murder will prove the need for proportional representation, a UBI, affordable housing, high speed rail everywhere, and world peace. I’d expect my friends to demand Albo deliver these.
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If you take too much Anko brand horse tranquilliser you can fall into a
December 29, 2025 at 12:41 AM
If you take too much Anko brand horse tranquilliser you can fall into a
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this is such a funny email to send millions of people several times per week
December 29, 2025 at 2:32 AM
this is such a funny email to send millions of people several times per week
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i went to the idiot bookstore and they hadn't heard of you because you're not even one of the notable idiot authors
December 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
i went to the idiot bookstore and they hadn't heard of you because you're not even one of the notable idiot authors
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Pivit to a life. Pivot to a job. Pivot to a career. Pivot to a family. Pivot to a fucking big television. Pivot to washing machines, cars, compact disc players, and electrical tin openers. Pivot to good health, low cholesterol and dental insurance.
December 27, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Pivit to a life. Pivot to a job. Pivot to a career. Pivot to a family. Pivot to a fucking big television. Pivot to washing machines, cars, compact disc players, and electrical tin openers. Pivot to good health, low cholesterol and dental insurance.
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38 year old whose last watched broadcast tv was the simpsons is relieved that "old people love watching matlock" is still relevant knowledge
Oh my god. I thought NCIS was the "old show that keeps getting best ratings" but turns out that's not true anymore.
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December 27, 2025 at 2:07 AM
38 year old whose last watched broadcast tv was the simpsons is relieved that "old people love watching matlock" is still relevant knowledge
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I've been thinking about this sign for 6 months. a phrase I'll treasure forever. a metaphor with boundless potential
December 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I've been thinking about this sign for 6 months. a phrase I'll treasure forever. a metaphor with boundless potential
India does separate lines for men and women for getting security scanned and I do not like how I am being forced to do gender or, due to incredibly poor queue management, I ended up at the entire other end of the airport security hall to both my bag and John.
December 27, 2025 at 12:51 PM
India does separate lines for men and women for getting security scanned and I do not like how I am being forced to do gender or, due to incredibly poor queue management, I ended up at the entire other end of the airport security hall to both my bag and John.
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There is a sign on the door to the cockpit that says "flying is a serious profession, do not carry your worries beyond this point".
December 27, 2025 at 4:43 AM
There is a sign on the door to the cockpit that says "flying is a serious profession, do not carry your worries beyond this point".
Person on the plane trying to put their bag under their own seat ie on my feet instead of in the overhead. 🙃🙃
December 27, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Person on the plane trying to put their bag under their own seat ie on my feet instead of in the overhead. 🙃🙃
Love to end up in the cursed queue when the queues are very arbitrarily assigned and I had no idea the people ahead of me were cursed. 🙃
December 27, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Love to end up in the cursed queue when the queues are very arbitrarily assigned and I had no idea the people ahead of me were cursed. 🙃
The utter fucking lawlessness of people who don't use headphones in public.
December 25, 2025 at 9:41 PM
The utter fucking lawlessness of people who don't use headphones in public.
Having dishes in the dish drying rack is completely normal what on earth.
OK team, there is a debate in the girls chat, and I have absolutely no idea which side to join in with, if any
If you, a girl, go home with a guy, and he has dishes in his sink or dish drying rack, does that give you the ick
If you, a girl, go home with a guy, and he has dishes in his sink or dish drying rack, does that give you the ick
December 25, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Having dishes in the dish drying rack is completely normal what on earth.
Rude of Sydney to have the heatwave break just as I'm going to Mumbai. At least the weather for Christmas was pleasant.
December 25, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Rude of Sydney to have the heatwave break just as I'm going to Mumbai. At least the weather for Christmas was pleasant.
12 minutes from beginning check in to through immigration. SYD departures update has made it quite efficient.
December 25, 2025 at 8:52 PM
12 minutes from beginning check in to through immigration. SYD departures update has made it quite efficient.
My favourite of my family's Christmas traditions is that we do Christmas starting after 5 pm so the point where I was finishing off my prep on the food I was bringing was 4 pm not 11 am and the point we all got too drunk and had to go home was 10:30 pm.
December 25, 2025 at 12:17 PM
My favourite of my family's Christmas traditions is that we do Christmas starting after 5 pm so the point where I was finishing off my prep on the food I was bringing was 4 pm not 11 am and the point we all got too drunk and had to go home was 10:30 pm.
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Listening to Joy Division on Christmas Day, the Christmas tradition I invented when I was 15 and my mum bought me Joy Division albums for Christmas.
December 25, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Listening to Joy Division on Christmas Day, the Christmas tradition I invented when I was 15 and my mum bought me Joy Division albums for Christmas.
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six months ago Reader’s Digest asked if they could purchase the publishing rights for this elaborate shitpost I wrote a year ago now wherein I pretended to be the elf equivalent of David Brooks at the North Pole. Thought it was maybe a phishing scam but it’s real LMAOO
December 24, 2025 at 9:31 PM
six months ago Reader’s Digest asked if they could purchase the publishing rights for this elaborate shitpost I wrote a year ago now wherein I pretended to be the elf equivalent of David Brooks at the North Pole. Thought it was maybe a phishing scam but it’s real LMAOO
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"Get me Francis Ford Coppola!"
“He's unavailable."
“Then get me his non-union Romanian equivalent!"
“He's unavailable."
“Then get me his non-union Romanian equivalent!"
This is from a word scramble gameshow where the host of this show gave plenty of clues and the contestant still got the answer wrong.
December 24, 2025 at 8:12 AM
"Get me Francis Ford Coppola!"
“He's unavailable."
“Then get me his non-union Romanian equivalent!"
“He's unavailable."
“Then get me his non-union Romanian equivalent!"
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people on here will skeet anything. “charlie brown died on the cross for our sins.” no he didn’t. that isn’t true
He was despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief.
December 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
people on here will skeet anything. “charlie brown died on the cross for our sins.” no he didn’t. that isn’t true
Awkwardly I'm now in my notice period but as my current boss is on leave and the new team is going to announce multiple appointments at once in the new year I can't tell my current stakeholders that I don't care anymore. Yes I'm working on Christmas Eve, no I'm not working at all hard.
December 24, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Awkwardly I'm now in my notice period but as my current boss is on leave and the new team is going to announce multiple appointments at once in the new year I can't tell my current stakeholders that I don't care anymore. Yes I'm working on Christmas Eve, no I'm not working at all hard.