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Alden Bates
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Some sort of maniac | Mostly lurking | Transformers, Doctor Who, video games, who knows?
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marinov1.bsky.social
November 22, 1999

Eiffel 65 releases the album Europop, which you probably know because of "Blue (Da Ba Dee)".

But, did you know there's a song on that album called "My Console" that's all about their love of PlayStation?
November 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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ahouck23.bsky.social
A regular person and a person wearing a Maga hat stand on opposite sides of a button. Maga hat states that “for every button press an Epstein file will be released. But you won’t know if it’s for a Dem or a Maga.” Regular person presses the button while Maga person looks nervous and starts sweating. Regular person starts hitting the button multiple times making the Maga person try to pull them away from the button and yelling “Someone call Kash!”
November 14, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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antlervel.vet
I made a joke in my main Discord server about DOOM E1M1 being in a major key and @abigbagofkeys.sickonedude.com actually made it. Jesus fucking Christ listen to this hahahaha
November 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
abatesnz.bsky.social
Today's Did You Know: Warwick Castle still has an oubliette. Should anyone need an oubliette.
theguardian.com The Guardian @theguardian.com · Nov 1
Andrew in line for six-figure payout and annual stipend from king, sources say
Andrew in line for six-figure payout and annual stipend from king, sources say
The former prince remains under scrutiny as Buckingham Palace finalises plans for his future as a commoner * Analysis: the monarchy’s crisis may not be over yet The former Duke of York is in line to receive a large one-off payment and an annual stipend designed to prevent him overspending in his new life as a commoner, the Guardian understands. One option for a relocation settlement, as the king strives for a “once and for all” solution to the problem of Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, includes an initial six-figure sum to cover his move from Royal Lodge in Windsor to private accommodation in Sandringham, Norfolk. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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davidcormack.bsky.social
god help me. this is just cruelty. these are human beings, you monsters.
'The world doesn’t owe you a living’: PM says 4300 teens will lose Jobseeker benefit next year
October 5, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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ayshaufarah.bsky.social
I feel like what publishers took away from Baldur’s Gate’s success is that every game needs to have like 5000 hours of content, instead of the much more valuable takeaway imo: you need to let players have sex with a demon lady and a man who turns into a bear
September 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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chimeracoder.bsky.social
RT if you also wish ill upon JK Rowling.
August 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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lyndonhood.bsky.social
fine here you go
Moscow Tools: The Gary Larson cartoon Cow Tools, which has a cow showing off its weird tools, but the cow is a bear with Putin's head pasted on and one of the tools is Donald Trump and the barn in the background is a sub-larson line drawing of the Kremlin now..
August 16, 2025 at 8:29 AM
abatesnz.bsky.social
Seriously poor behavior from someone at the top levels of power in NZ: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/lu...
PM Luxon: Uphold Codes of Conduct - Call David Seymour into line
Responsible leaders welcome advice from experts when they are creating laws and policies. They know good decision making means planning for the long term, considering diverse points of view and making...
our.actionstation.org.nz
July 1, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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lyndonhood.bsky.social
The minister explained the main reason for this was wanting to increase fossil fuels
June 25, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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lewsos.bsky.social
This is a stain on Parliament. A vulgar triumph of prissy legalism and historical fabrication over justice and reality. Naked exercise of majoritarian power to punish those who insist that the truth of history is still the truth even if it is not popular www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Watch live: Parliament debates Te Pāti Māori MPs' punishment for Treaty Principles haka
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, Rawiri Waititi have been suspended from Parliament for 21 days and Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke has been suspended for 7 days.
www.rnz.co.nz
June 5, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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elenem.bsky.social
Hey world, remember when you thought this was awesome? (Which, by the way, it was). Yeah well she's been suspended for a week now because of it; it's coloniser rules and forms of expression allowed only, indigenous people must only be angry in white ways.

www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Te Pāti Māori MPs to be temporarily suspended from Parliament over haka
MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke faces a seven-day suspension for her actions.
www.rnz.co.nz
May 14, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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dobbersw.bsky.social
I do love David Tennant and his response to this question in the Guardian today.
Are you protective of the doctors that have come after you, having seen what Jodie Whittaker and Gatwa faced? These debates – and it’s not even a debate, it’s a small clutch of people shouting very loudly, amplified by certain elements of the press – are not reflective of what most people feel. Things become ludicrously disproportionate, and end up being unnecessarily cruel. That’s what the trans debate seems to have become. Most people don’t give a shit. I genuinely believe most people just want to let people be themselves. All they’re doing is making a tiny portion of society who have a really tough time anyway have an even tougher time.
May 10, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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diane.dianeduane.com
In the Comic Timing dep't, feline division... (via @cosmonautroger on Tumblr)
April 20, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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pettylobster.bsky.social
You all need to treat Harry Potter IP like we’re treating the Tesla brand.
Twitter post/pohoto from JK Rowling who sits on what looks like yacht, taking a puff of what looks like a cigar. She holds a cocktail close to her face and looks smug as fuck. Text on tweet: I love it when a plan comes together. #SupremeCourt #WomensRights. Text on screen: our.moral.imperative British billionaire JK Rowling has posted several gloating tweets today after the UK Supreme Court ruled that only 'biological women' legally count as women, excluding trans women from legal protections and safeguards. Rowling's vicious smear campaign against trans people in Britain has been going on for several years now and has played a major role in cultivating the extremely hostile and toxic environment that exists in the country towards trans people, particularly in the name of liberal 'feminism'. @fight_for_a_future @rowllingofficial
April 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM
abatesnz.bsky.social
Wild that it's 2025 and you cannot buy games as a gift for someone else on PlayStation Store.
April 17, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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tfwiki.net
Chag Pesach sameach! #DidYouKnow that, after the destruction of the Grand Mal, Megatron's spark was guided through the Kabbalistic Tree of Life by the spirit of Rhinox?

tfwiki.net/wiki/Tree_of...
April 13, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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damnyouwillis.bsky.social
Is David Tennant somehow aging into Peter Capaldi
March 22, 2025 at 12:09 PM
abatesnz.bsky.social
The great thing about writing for a Transformers Wiki is occasionally getting to write sentences like "Megatron has a theory that he can attract young men by wearing cat ears and ending his sentences with meow." because it's a thing that happened in a cartoon once.
March 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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colourmefiji.bsky.social
Ventures into the manosphere 😅
March 1, 2025 at 6:05 AM
abatesnz.bsky.social
I see the quality of the school lunches the government is providing have not improved since The Pie Event: www.reddit.com/r/newzealand...
From the newzealand community on Reddit: It's time for another Lunchpost
Explore this post and more from the newzealand community
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February 19, 2025 at 4:28 AM
abatesnz.bsky.social
*crosses fingers for Collaborative line release*
tfwiki.net Transformers Wiki @tfwiki.net · Feb 13
#DidYouKnow Decepticon co-leader Octus’s alternate mode is a Mark III Travel Machine? To this date, we’re not clear exactly where he scanned one, but perhaps he paid a visit to the BBC during filming…

tfwiki.net/wiki/Octus_(...
February 13, 2025 at 10:37 PM