Rhydian
@indigodecay.bsky.social
Queer + neurodivergent larpwright and urbanist. They/them. 🆓🇵🇸
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IMO, this whole thread sounds a lot like Long COVID. The overwhelming majority of college students aren't masking and are repeatedly getting infected with a host of viruses.
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 29, 2025 at 1:35 AM
IMO, this whole thread sounds a lot like Long COVID. The overwhelming majority of college students aren't masking and are repeatedly getting infected with a host of viruses.
It honestly gives me heart when folks older than me are shocked with how long it’s been since something happened, how old they feel, how much it feels like something happened “just yesterday”.
I hope to keep feeling like my favourite memories happened just yesterday for another 30 yrs, too 🤗
I hope to keep feeling like my favourite memories happened just yesterday for another 30 yrs, too 🤗
November 13, 2025 at 3:49 PM
It honestly gives me heart when folks older than me are shocked with how long it’s been since something happened, how old they feel, how much it feels like something happened “just yesterday”.
I hope to keep feeling like my favourite memories happened just yesterday for another 30 yrs, too 🤗
I hope to keep feeling like my favourite memories happened just yesterday for another 30 yrs, too 🤗
Made the mistake of looking at a print newspaper in a cafe today. My eyes, my poor eyes!
Missing out on nothing there. Racist opinion columns complaining about who’s getting served first in health care which is all obvious ragebait distractions from the fact that healthcare is underfunded 🙄
Missing out on nothing there. Racist opinion columns complaining about who’s getting served first in health care which is all obvious ragebait distractions from the fact that healthcare is underfunded 🙄
October 29, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Made the mistake of looking at a print newspaper in a cafe today. My eyes, my poor eyes!
Missing out on nothing there. Racist opinion columns complaining about who’s getting served first in health care which is all obvious ragebait distractions from the fact that healthcare is underfunded 🙄
Missing out on nothing there. Racist opinion columns complaining about who’s getting served first in health care which is all obvious ragebait distractions from the fact that healthcare is underfunded 🙄
I feel like studying game design made me more fun at parties, and urban planning much less. It’s balancing out 🤪
October 28, 2025 at 3:50 AM
I feel like studying game design made me more fun at parties, and urban planning much less. It’s balancing out 🤪
Oh my gosh what an intense last 70 hours. Two+ full days of prepping to run a 55 person event, which felt like a resounding success; ended with 3 hrs of debrief at the pub.
Then a moment at pub where a stranger was having a very justifiable breakdown & I encountered the limits of what I could give
Then a moment at pub where a stranger was having a very justifiable breakdown & I encountered the limits of what I could give
October 19, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Oh my gosh what an intense last 70 hours. Two+ full days of prepping to run a 55 person event, which felt like a resounding success; ended with 3 hrs of debrief at the pub.
Then a moment at pub where a stranger was having a very justifiable breakdown & I encountered the limits of what I could give
Then a moment at pub where a stranger was having a very justifiable breakdown & I encountered the limits of what I could give
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October 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Spotted it again on the way home. The last of the pink has finally bleached from it. Still with an iron grip to that fence, monochrome Elmo smiles upon the world.
Will we soon see him stripped down to his skeleton? Does he have robotics inside? Should this mascot be replaced with another?
Will we soon see him stripped down to his skeleton? Does he have robotics inside? Should this mascot be replaced with another?
May we have the resilience in all weathers of the Elmo toy that’s been stuck on the fence of the Belgrave/Lilydale line near Camberwell for over 15 years.
What a work of art that little guy is 🙌
What a work of art that little guy is 🙌
September 24, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Spotted it again on the way home. The last of the pink has finally bleached from it. Still with an iron grip to that fence, monochrome Elmo smiles upon the world.
Will we soon see him stripped down to his skeleton? Does he have robotics inside? Should this mascot be replaced with another?
Will we soon see him stripped down to his skeleton? Does he have robotics inside? Should this mascot be replaced with another?
Out in Ballan today, gonna head up to Daylesford. It is always interesting seeing these up close. Turbines are pretty sleek in their final form even if the process to get there is anything but
September 24, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Out in Ballan today, gonna head up to Daylesford. It is always interesting seeing these up close. Turbines are pretty sleek in their final form even if the process to get there is anything but
Felt a tiny bit like a human on Sunday, just managing things around fatigue. I know summer is going to be a killer but I do really miss it right now
September 17, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Felt a tiny bit like a human on Sunday, just managing things around fatigue. I know summer is going to be a killer but I do really miss it right now
Another question for #Auslarp:
When considering attending a larp, what behaviours in the organising team are your red lines, that would have you walk away from the game?
When considering attending a larp, what behaviours in the organising team are your red lines, that would have you walk away from the game?
September 13, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Another question for #Auslarp:
When considering attending a larp, what behaviours in the organising team are your red lines, that would have you walk away from the game?
When considering attending a larp, what behaviours in the organising team are your red lines, that would have you walk away from the game?
I've been telling people about these rent hikes as an inherent part to public-private housing partnerships, and people have been saying to me, "That doesn't sound right".
Yeah, it's not what would be right. But it's what's happening. 🏙️
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Yeah, it's not what would be right. But it's what's happening. 🏙️
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
'Affordable' housing tenants face $55 per week rent increase
A year after they moved into an "affordable" apartment in a new public-private housing development in inner Melbourne, Alix and Tiarn were told their rent would increase by 17 per cent. They say their...
www.abc.net.au
September 4, 2025 at 3:37 AM
I've been telling people about these rent hikes as an inherent part to public-private housing partnerships, and people have been saying to me, "That doesn't sound right".
Yeah, it's not what would be right. But it's what's happening. 🏙️
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Yeah, it's not what would be right. But it's what's happening. 🏙️
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
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““Imagine the sadness of all the people who, after working all day, leave their offices to sit in their rooms as if they’re being punished,” he wrote.” Pouillon Lessons here for cities in the throes of supply mania…
Celebrated, imprisoned, reviled, rebuilt: Fernand Pouillon, the lost architect of France
From designing enormous postwar housing projects to escaping from prison using a rope, Pouillon’s life had high drama. A new documentary charts the extraordinary rise, fall – and rise again – of Franc...
www.theguardian.com
September 2, 2025 at 9:07 PM
““Imagine the sadness of all the people who, after working all day, leave their offices to sit in their rooms as if they’re being punished,” he wrote.” Pouillon Lessons here for cities in the throes of supply mania…
Okay here’s a q, tagging in #auslarp:
If ur not on a project, but u come in as part of “community consultation” on a project, but you are also what you’d think of as an “industry peer” who makes similar projects:
Do you consider urself part of the “public” in that situation, or “peer”, or both?
If ur not on a project, but u come in as part of “community consultation” on a project, but you are also what you’d think of as an “industry peer” who makes similar projects:
Do you consider urself part of the “public” in that situation, or “peer”, or both?
August 23, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Okay here’s a q, tagging in #auslarp:
If ur not on a project, but u come in as part of “community consultation” on a project, but you are also what you’d think of as an “industry peer” who makes similar projects:
Do you consider urself part of the “public” in that situation, or “peer”, or both?
If ur not on a project, but u come in as part of “community consultation” on a project, but you are also what you’d think of as an “industry peer” who makes similar projects:
Do you consider urself part of the “public” in that situation, or “peer”, or both?
They warn you about it but nothing quite prepares you for the sheer number of people who think it’s socially appropriate to say “what’s wrong with you” when they see you with a cane
A) nunovya business, and
B) a whole lot *less* is wrong thanks to this bad boy working as intended 💅
A) nunovya business, and
B) a whole lot *less* is wrong thanks to this bad boy working as intended 💅
August 22, 2025 at 12:32 AM
They warn you about it but nothing quite prepares you for the sheer number of people who think it’s socially appropriate to say “what’s wrong with you” when they see you with a cane
A) nunovya business, and
B) a whole lot *less* is wrong thanks to this bad boy working as intended 💅
A) nunovya business, and
B) a whole lot *less* is wrong thanks to this bad boy working as intended 💅
Petition also being promoted and backed by Senator Jordan Steele-John, so will be a good one for momentum:
www.parliament.vic.gov.au/get-involved...
www.parliament.vic.gov.au/get-involved...
Train GPs to diagnose and treat ADHD - Petitions - Parliament of Victoria
www.parliament.vic.gov.au
August 14, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Petition also being promoted and backed by Senator Jordan Steele-John, so will be a good one for momentum:
www.parliament.vic.gov.au/get-involved...
www.parliament.vic.gov.au/get-involved...
So, I recently rebound back to FB because I needed to do event management there (the sheer numbers of successful responses on there proved it’s still alive beyond all reason 🥲) but one of the best parts is seeing stuff by an old family friend, a lovely woman who’s spent her whole life helping others
August 13, 2025 at 11:25 AM
So, I recently rebound back to FB because I needed to do event management there (the sheer numbers of successful responses on there proved it’s still alive beyond all reason 🥲) but one of the best parts is seeing stuff by an old family friend, a lovely woman who’s spent her whole life helping others
This quote really got me: “…but farmers dumping manure on the steps of a parliament aren’t protesters – they are farmers!”
Really succinct highlight on how other professions, other identities are all subsumed into the action to “other” you in public discourse.
open.substack.com/pub/deepcutn...
Really succinct highlight on how other professions, other identities are all subsumed into the action to “other” you in public discourse.
open.substack.com/pub/deepcutn...
Australian media is centrist, corporate and blind to the bigger picture
Australians are taught through media and politics that mediocrity is all they can hope for, Amy Remeikis writes
open.substack.com
July 27, 2025 at 11:29 PM
This quote really got me: “…but farmers dumping manure on the steps of a parliament aren’t protesters – they are farmers!”
Really succinct highlight on how other professions, other identities are all subsumed into the action to “other” you in public discourse.
open.substack.com/pub/deepcutn...
Really succinct highlight on how other professions, other identities are all subsumed into the action to “other” you in public discourse.
open.substack.com/pub/deepcutn...
Thought this one might be interesting for folks udner the #Auslarp tag. Something I think rping often promotes through the medium itself is connectivity where there is isolation; as an inherently social art form. +“Radical imagination” where there is stagnation, necessary for games to come alive.
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To fill in the gaps that institutions and power structures of dominant culture overlook or deliberately avoid:
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* LIBERATION where there is oppression
* CONNECTIVITY where there is isolation
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July 15, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Thought this one might be interesting for folks udner the #Auslarp tag. Something I think rping often promotes through the medium itself is connectivity where there is isolation; as an inherently social art form. +“Radical imagination” where there is stagnation, necessary for games to come alive.
"...there are situations where the agency does genuinely do the wrong thing and does seem to have it out for individuals. So it is incredibly scary for participants out there. [...] you can’t trust that they will follow even their own policies."
The Robodebt legacy strikes again.
The Robodebt legacy strikes again.
Exclusive: The chief executive of the NDIA directed her most senior executives to revoke the access of a disabled participant after their advocacy work was slammed as a “rorting” risk on conservative talkback radio. | Rick Morton http://satpa.pe/Du32Gco
Exclusive: NDIA chief intervened to throw advocate off scheme
Internal emails show the National Disability Insurance Agency rushed to withdraw access for a disabled person whose funding was criticised on talkback radio, only to reinstate it 10 months later.
satpa.pe
July 7, 2025 at 3:34 AM
"...there are situations where the agency does genuinely do the wrong thing and does seem to have it out for individuals. So it is incredibly scary for participants out there. [...] you can’t trust that they will follow even their own policies."
The Robodebt legacy strikes again.
The Robodebt legacy strikes again.
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Today, we published a new report. “Google’s Eco-failures” goes deep into the appendices of Google’s environmental report to bring you the truth about their skyrocketing emissions and speculative investments.
Read more here: noclimateresultsfound.com/report/
Read more here: noclimateresultsfound.com/report/
July 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Today, we published a new report. “Google’s Eco-failures” goes deep into the appendices of Google’s environmental report to bring you the truth about their skyrocketing emissions and speculative investments.
Read more here: noclimateresultsfound.com/report/
Read more here: noclimateresultsfound.com/report/
Went to QLit Festival tonight. Got treated to a series of talks about queer literature, including medical research, history, children’s books, and poetry.
Exciting and strange as always to feel how queer lit is in such a delicate state between established and vulnerable; old and totally new.
Exciting and strange as always to feel how queer lit is in such a delicate state between established and vulnerable; old and totally new.
June 24, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Went to QLit Festival tonight. Got treated to a series of talks about queer literature, including medical research, history, children’s books, and poetry.
Exciting and strange as always to feel how queer lit is in such a delicate state between established and vulnerable; old and totally new.
Exciting and strange as always to feel how queer lit is in such a delicate state between established and vulnerable; old and totally new.
Inquiry into the public housing redevelopment starting today. I’m streaming it online.
June 24, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Inquiry into the public housing redevelopment starting today. I’m streaming it online.
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"And if things don’t look so cheerful,
Just show a little fight,
For every bit of darkness,
There’s a little bit of light.
For every bit of hatred,
There’s a little bit of love."
-The Bluebird of Happiness, song by Sandor Harmati 1934
#easternbluebird #birds #naturephotography
Just show a little fight,
For every bit of darkness,
There’s a little bit of light.
For every bit of hatred,
There’s a little bit of love."
-The Bluebird of Happiness, song by Sandor Harmati 1934
#easternbluebird #birds #naturephotography
June 20, 2025 at 10:08 AM
"And if things don’t look so cheerful,
Just show a little fight,
For every bit of darkness,
There’s a little bit of light.
For every bit of hatred,
There’s a little bit of love."
-The Bluebird of Happiness, song by Sandor Harmati 1934
#easternbluebird #birds #naturephotography
Just show a little fight,
For every bit of darkness,
There’s a little bit of light.
For every bit of hatred,
There’s a little bit of love."
-The Bluebird of Happiness, song by Sandor Harmati 1934
#easternbluebird #birds #naturephotography
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Australians who care about people being able to access basic care like physio - please have a read of this. There is no way the NDIS can justify these cuts.
This funding is an investment in disabled people, employs so many incredibly skilled physios, and puts money back into our communities. ♿
This funding is an investment in disabled people, employs so many incredibly skilled physios, and puts money back into our communities. ♿
Sign the Petition
Stand Up for Disability Support: Stop the NDIS Cuts
www.change.org
June 18, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Australians who care about people being able to access basic care like physio - please have a read of this. There is no way the NDIS can justify these cuts.
This funding is an investment in disabled people, employs so many incredibly skilled physios, and puts money back into our communities. ♿
This funding is an investment in disabled people, employs so many incredibly skilled physios, and puts money back into our communities. ♿
I would play a tabletop oneshot or campaign with these buds so fast
June 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I would play a tabletop oneshot or campaign with these buds so fast