Louis Patterson
theboatend.bsky.social
Louis Patterson
@theboatend.bsky.social
All-purpose nerd and "competitive" sailor. Australian, Melburnian, Footscrayite, Him.
Pinned
The falcon does not need the falconer.
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I've been speculating this was going to happen since they reprinted the manga out of nowhere

I'm excited, but I'm also nervous after the production disaster that is Hana-Kimi
「天は赤い河のほとり」TVアニメ化、今夏放送 篠原千絵の描き下ろしイラスト公開(コメントあり)
https://natalie.mu/comic/news/660197?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social

#天は赤い河のほとり #篠原千絵
February 15, 2026 at 5:00 AM
I mean that second part sounds good, we spend too much on flags.
February 15, 2026 at 4:40 AM
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today is when you find out how many of the people you follow like Red River
February 15, 2026 at 3:32 AM
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I have no followers on here, but I just want to put it out there somewhere that from now on I will be referring to Europe as the European subcontinent in all papers and, where possible, discussion.
February 13, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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almost every trans woman i know was catapulted into the lumpenproletariat immediately upon transition
there is an employment crisis among trans women and there always has been, but good luck getting people to see it
Still living this life after almost 8 months. A professional I know who works almost exclusively with trans people said almost all of them are unemployed.
February 15, 2026 at 12:57 AM
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it's still a very low chance but at this point I think there's a non-zero chance Andrew Mountbattan-Windsor might end up facing police charges. that's pretty remarkable.
February 14, 2026 at 7:03 AM
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R v My Fuckass Little Brother will go down in history.
February 14, 2026 at 7:09 AM
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3.5" are superior to 5.25" because they have moving parts you can fiddle with
February 14, 2026 at 1:45 AM
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That's a major feature of money hoarders, right? They're really generous with money?
February 13, 2026 at 10:20 PM
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so tired i tried to flush the toilet by tapping my sucia card
February 13, 2026 at 8:40 AM
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desire path to the dangerzon
March 1, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Danger Zone Ship Canal.
Bicycle trail to the Danger Zone
Gentle ambling well worn footpath to the Danger Zone
February 13, 2026 at 6:28 AM
Today in niche signage:
February 13, 2026 at 5:53 AM
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February 13, 2026 at 5:12 AM
You should click on the linked PDF to see a glorious range of 30s to mid-90s clipart icons used for party identification in india.

"Elephant" and "Lion", but also "soccer player" and "eye glasses" and "ceiling fan" and "lady purse".
Everyone gets to pick from the Indian Electoral Commission party symbols list. Tag yourself I'm Hurricane Lamp.

webapp.ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/GE-2019/...
webapp.ceo.kerala.gov.in
February 13, 2026 at 4:41 AM
Hope everyone's got their numbers in for the jackpot LOTO draw.
February 12, 2026 at 10:09 PM
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Even the stuff that used to be online but isn't anymore is distressingly much.
February 11, 2026 at 9:40 PM
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conan had a hime cut
Different artists have interpreted Conan's hair in various ways, but it is generally agreed that Conan's hair was long in the back, so Robert E. Howard probably intended for the bangs to be square-cut above the eyes, where they wouldn't interfere with Conan's vision. See Frazetta for one example.
February 12, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Linguistics, just confirming: <madder> the dye has the short /æ/ in AusEn, yes? minimal pair with <madder> the emotional state with /æ:/?
February 12, 2026 at 10:26 AM
No construction workers. Neither tradies nor labourers.
ICYMI: Who Makes the Far Right?

@booklearning.bsky.social and I used membership application forms for the National Front of Australia (secretly copied by ASIO in 1980/1) to analyse who supported the far right in Australia in 1970s-80s.

Open access article!

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
February 11, 2026 at 6:33 AM
The falcon does not need the falconer.
February 10, 2026 at 7:05 PM
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Something to remember as you watch this footage is that NSW Police approved the antisemitic National Socialist Network demonstration outside of NSW Parliament House.
Extraordinary footage. Police pulling off people engaged in peaceful prayer.
February 9, 2026 at 11:01 AM
One of the ways "australia and japan are much more similar than either realise" manifests is, the general population in both really loves brutalist architecture.
House in Yagi in Hiroshima, Japan by Suppose Design Office (2012) r/brutalism
February 9, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Bourke St Mall
February 9, 2026 at 8:26 AM