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Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
@diffractiongrating.bsky.social
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I am Iridescent on Twitter but some random took that here.

François Mitterrand retire bitch.

Paper straw enthusiast. (they/them) 🏳️‍🌈
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Time to read this!
Edward Said Orientalism. The cover is Raysse's Made in Japan - La grande odalisque, a green version of the Ingres odalisque.
November 10, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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Nevermore.
A statue of a raven, which is outside the Edgar pub industrial complex
November 8, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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Homer to Bart: YOUR IDEAS ARE INTRIGUING TO ME AND I WISH TO SUBSCRIBE TO YOUR NEWSLETTER.
November 2, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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I have questions.
An online credit card payment screen which has a big box for "account holder signature" as a mandatory field. How is this supposed to work??
October 31, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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They leaked your DMs.
A jar of eggplant pickle with a picture of an eggplant that looks like the emoji rather than a real eggplant and some flames on the label 🍆🔥
October 28, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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Last minute Halloween costume ideas:
Camilla dressed as a witch. All black, veil with like a crown of thorns??
October 24, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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Slip slop slap
October 23, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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Live footage from my meeting with the tech BAs:
Homer Simpson's awful car design Krusty the Klown "what the hell was that?!" shocked face with cigarette hanging from his mouth
October 23, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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Sam (@johnb78.bsky.social's sister's dog) is a vibe.
A whippet looking forlorn wearing a leash that says "nervous"
October 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Obviously it's nice to see @kjmci.me but the true star is always Citra.
A Shiba inu sitting under a pub table
October 18, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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Thank you, Jenga block.
Pink Jenga block on a tiny plinth thing in a bar that says "if you see this" The other side of the block, held up by me, which says "you're... Slay"
October 18, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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I have questions.
Front window of a venue called "mimosa house" which has a neon sign in the window saying "fatherfucker". People are looking and one is taking a selfie in front of it.
October 17, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Neon!
Neon rainbow Neon cat in boots holding a sign that says "obuwie" (which means "shoes") Neon Warsaw mermaid Neon "Kino"
October 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Chopin intensifies.
A grand piano on a small platform in a museum. It was Chopin's
October 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Saw this today.
Stańczyk, a painting of a sad jester in a red costume https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sta%C5%84czyk_(painting)
October 14, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Embracing Polish culture with this traditional dinner.
A picture of a small coffee table that looks like a cafeteria tray with two glasses of soda water, two shots of vodka and a small plate with a small number of pickled cucumbers.
October 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Being in Poland means everything is pictures of Chopin and they play Chopin everywhere and I just keep thinking of this comic. (See also: going to Hungary for the Liszt equivalent.)
Hark a Vagrant's Chopin and Liszt comic http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=302
October 14, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Copernicus!
Open book of Copernicus https://bn.org.pl/download/document/1718879100.pdf
October 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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I found the problem with AI: they trained all the image generation on this cartoon.
Cartoon of Chopin where he has far too many fingers
October 13, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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I respect the conceit but these are awful drinks.
Cocktail menu of a Ukrainian restaurant which has made cocktails in the colours of the Ukrainian flag which is not conducive to good cocktails as it needs to be blue and yellow. They are really quite cheap though. There is also a Joe Biden and Boris Johnson which sound less awful but that's not a high bar.
October 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Went to the steelworks and saw some communism.
A big sign for the Huta im Sendzimira steelworks A view up a spiral staircase The Polish eagle without its crown Some marble flooring
October 12, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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Went to the salt mine. The guide said we could lick the walls which was almost certainly a joke but I did lick the walls.
Salt A chandelier made of salt Statue of biblical figures made of salt Super saturated salt solution lake
October 11, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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What's going on here.
A gazebo thing with a window full of a large stack of soft toy geese
October 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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I like this depiction of angels as rainbow lorikeets.
Cathedral fresco of angels with rainbow wings
October 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Saw this today.
Leonardo da Vinci's Lady with an Ermine (photo from Wikipedia not a poorly lit photo taken in an art gallery by me)
October 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM