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pete twentythree @pete23.com · 11d
Awesome birthday / xmas present from my son Erik which arrived slightly late due to USPS… an @infinityknives.bsky.social commission of me and the Matriarch herself. I ❤️❤️❤️ this because I look buff and Jerry looks alive:-) Actually moved me to tears. Childrearing: tough work but it has its upside. x
an ink and wash picture of a buff version of me and my old tortoiseshelled cat a real photo of me and Jerry for comparison. Jerry is on the right in this shot, for avoidance of doubt. miss you old lady❤️❤️❤️
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Happy Saturday. This guy continues to work on his difficult second album.
January 10, 2026 at 11:25 AM
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Slightly diminish a band(ish):

Nine Centimetre Nails (horrible feeling I did this before)
Surgical Assistant (apols @dj-surgeon.bandcamp.com)
Don’t Rush
rjbarker.bsky.social RJ Barker @rjbarker.bsky.social · 22h
Slightly diminish a band:

Radioheadless
gnofhorror.com Ginger Nuts of Horror @gnofhorror.com · 1d
Slightly diminish a band:

The Slightly Uncouth Manners
Tin Madien
The Bicycle Ride by Truckers
The Drive by Push Bikers
Mini Van Halen
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from me Shed
January 10, 2026 at 11:23 AM
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simonpegg.bsky.social
So, today marks 10 years since the passing of Bowie.

It also marks 10 years since I put something on Twitter about it which resulted in me having to take a day off work, chase down various international media, get blocked by half of Australia, and end up the filling in a Kanye and Madonna sandwich.
January 10, 2026 at 10:11 AM
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lukeoneil47.bsky.social
This is my blood
This is my blood I marvel at the design of our weapons. So sophisticated that they can transform any man woman or child into a terrorist. Writing in their flight between launch and concussion an entire alternate history of a life. Just as the cop’s bullet convicts you of a crime. Its presence in your body evidence enough that it always belonged there. A violent transubstantiation.
October 5, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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alexvont.bsky.social
This poster is one of the best on here and I’m so sad we’re losing her because of the appalling harassment she has been subjected to. Of course she must look after herself. And the rest of us need to do whatever we can to challenge and change this cruel, sick, dangerous, culture.
antlervel.vet Stella @antlervel.vet · 7d
I‘m discontinuing my social media use for the foreseeable future and I want to explain why.

I woke up in the new year to discover that some guy on here had saved photos I took on New Year’s Eve and used Grok to remove my clothes. I know this because he showed me.
January 4, 2026 at 11:26 AM
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early morning (well, 1030) mammalia

two crops of the same panorama, due to bsky cropping and also my annoying thumb in shot. by time i’d retaken, the south pole had gone to argue with the east riding over occupation of the Forward Fox Observation Post.

repost due to alt text - settings fail?
INT. LIVING ROOM. a TORTOISESHELLED CAT lies on the top floor ex penthouse of a large cat tree at back of stage. a BLUE-MERLE SHELTIE sits front of stage on a wooden floor, looking up at a SABLE SHELTIE who has taken the high ground in the form of sitting atop the cushions of a BLUE SOFA. INT. LIVING ROOM. an extreme crop shot of the panorama with just MEPHISTOPHELES THE GINGER BOI atop grandad’s green armchair.
January 4, 2026 at 10:58 AM
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clairewillett.bsky.social
the throughline is “I can hurt whoever I want, and no one can stop me.” that’s the central tenet of his governance. there is no choosing between the bad things. the problem is one central bad thing which manifests daily in a thousand ways
January 3, 2026 at 9:10 AM
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MEPHISTOPHELES APPROVE PARKIN MANIFESTO
an stripy ginger boi on a cushion on a wicker chair. his paws are tucked in politely. his expression is one of contemplation.
January 1, 2026 at 7:12 PM
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new year
new lemon pig
new screaming
new stupidity
a cybernetic lemon pig with legs made of screws and what looks like a tiny CD-R in their mouth cybernetic lemon pig with screw legs and screw tail side view mic stand set up over the music desk save ableton live set as… dialog we are calling this “spacecunt” it seems
January 1, 2026 at 11:20 AM
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Awesome birthday / xmas present from my son Erik which arrived slightly late due to USPS… an @infinityknives.bsky.social commission of me and the Matriarch herself. I ❤️❤️❤️ this because I look buff and Jerry looks alive:-) Actually moved me to tears. Childrearing: tough work but it has its upside. x
an ink and wash picture of a buff version of me and my old tortoiseshelled cat a real photo of me and Jerry for comparison. Jerry is on the right in this shot, for avoidance of doubt. miss you old lady❤️❤️❤️
December 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
pete23.com
Awesome birthday / xmas present from my son Erik which arrived slightly late due to USPS… an @infinityknives.bsky.social commission of me and the Matriarch herself. I ❤️❤️❤️ this because I look buff and Jerry looks alive:-) Actually moved me to tears. Childrearing: tough work but it has its upside. x
an ink and wash picture of a buff version of me and my old tortoiseshelled cat a real photo of me and Jerry for comparison. Jerry is on the right in this shot, for avoidance of doubt. miss you old lady❤️❤️❤️
December 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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flyingrodent.bsky.social
When they talk about freedom, they have always been specifically talking about their own freedom and that of people like them, and not everyone’s liberty. Their freedom is entirely compatible with you being clubbed in the teeth by a policeman in space marine armour, and at some points depends on it.
December 29, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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boredtownboy.bsky.social
Make a Bond movie casual:

On Her Majesty’s Civil Service
December 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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bookjockeyalex.bsky.social
"Academics literally cannot make genAI go away" we also can't make underage drinking go away and we're not advocating for installing bar carts in every classroom.
December 27, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Make a Bond move casual:

Gardenraker
celticdragon1.bsky.social Midwinter Warhammer Chick @celticdragon1.bsky.social · 15d
Make a Bond movie casual:

Skyfloat
queerarmorer.bsky.social Queer Armorer @queerarmorer.bsky.social · 16d
Make a bond movie casual:

You live a normal number of times.
December 27, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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messy wobs to one and all.
blue merle sheltie lies in a ball on a blue sofa, her amazing floofy tail dangling like a fan neil is a serious void cat sitting on the dining table next to a fish jug. mephistopheles posed amazingly on the dining table next to the flowers until i came to take the shot then he rebelled. here a helping hand is trying to reposition him but to no avail. mephistopheles is a lorge stripy ginger cat. a sable sheltie snoot lies on a wooden floor, he is hoping beyond all hope that the food prep above will yield dropped ham.
December 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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messy wobs to one and all.
blue merle sheltie lies in a ball on a blue sofa, her amazing floofy tail dangling like a fan neil is a serious void cat sitting on the dining table next to a fish jug. mephistopheles posed amazingly on the dining table next to the flowers until i came to take the shot then he rebelled. here a helping hand is trying to reposition him but to no avail. mephistopheles is a lorge stripy ginger cat. a sable sheltie snoot lies on a wooden floor, he is hoping beyond all hope that the food prep above will yield dropped ham.
December 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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theblackdog.bsky.social
It’s with great sadness and a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Ken Downie on 20/12/25. Rest In Peace brother, you will be deeply missed and never forgotten. Our condolences to Sheena and his family.
December 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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goodlawproject.org
'Listen to me as I come to your neighbourhood and tell your trans siblings they are subhuman or I will use the wealth of billionaires to sue you into oblivion,' is a very late-capitalism form of free speech right.
goodlawproject.org Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 20d
Total gaslighting. Anti-trans activist; chooses to speak in person, provoking students who want to protect trans rights; they exercise their freedom of speech to tell her she isn't wanted; she gets to speak anyway; the BBC dutifully platforms her again; and now she threatens to sue everyone.
University threatened with legal action after protest at event
Prof Alice Sullivan says her talk at the University of Bristol became like a
www.bbc.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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Too much reposting as I’ve been away and too fucking busy and also the transphobic and/or racist fuckery seems constant at the moment.

Anyway, as a timeline cleanse, here’s my buddy dreaming of WOMPS.
a lorge ginger stripy cat is asleep on an Ableton Push with all its lights lit up.
December 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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last three days have been:

bathroom flood
rat vomit
head injury and concussion
car is bricked

12 days of xmas haven’t fucking started yet, i think we’ll probably end up with the police and involuntary sectioning.

still: off work, car debrickers en route, blood washed out of hair, rat flushed…
merry fucking christmas. an old man in a black t-shirt that says “Christmas” (thanks jim’ll paint it) sits awaiting dinner whilst wairing a santa hat.
December 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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antlervel.vet
Fish Poem
FISH POEM Stella Sacco My best friend in Catholic grade school, Tony, Lived on one side of the highway to Pittstield And between the sets of lanes, Set deep down a sharp incline, There was a little stream Running from one corrugated pipe to another And when I'd come visit we'd cross the road And we'd climb down And we'd get our hands and shoes wet And we'd hunt for cool rocks. But one day we found a big fish instead. It was in a pool slightly deeper and wider Than the rest of the stream And we were mystified. It was big, much bigger than we figured A fish in a stream that narrow should be. Not that we had ever seen a fish there before. It was alive and so still That we were able to reach into the water And stroke it And feel its slick scales And so we sang songs to it And we called it a gentle giant And it didn't swim away And we thought it was a miracle And we wondered where it would go from there And we went back inside. The next time I saw Tony I brought up our gentle giant And he looked at me with a sort of bladed pity And said "It was dying, dummy." He explained he had talked to his mom And his mom had said The fish came from somewhere else And had gotten stranded in that stream somehow And had nothing to eat anymore And not enough room to swim And the reason it didn't swim away from us Is because it couldn't swim away from us. It couldn't swim anywhere. We were the giants, not the fish, And we had played with it As it was dying. I got sad. Maybe it was able to go downstream, I offered. Tony countered with a "How?" For which I did not have a great answer. But I just think If I was dying, As l am every day, I would like someone Who thought I was miraculous To touch me And feel my soft skin And sing to me While I went.
December 17, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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real “are we the baddies?” territory. spoiler: yes.
December 17, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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Too much reposting as I’ve been away and too fucking busy and also the transphobic and/or racist fuckery seems constant at the moment.

Anyway, as a timeline cleanse, here’s my buddy dreaming of WOMPS.
a lorge ginger stripy cat is asleep on an Ableton Push with all its lights lit up.
December 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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jayhulmepoet.bsky.social
When this guidance is published (given legal standing), as it almost certainly will be, as a trans man I will not be allowed to use non-unisex public toilets. Which is almost every public toilet.

Just want that to sink in, there.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Equality boss expects people to 'follow rules' over single-sex spaces
Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson said
www.bbc.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM