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hroethgar.bsky.social
Cinderella Mechanicus
@hroethgar.bsky.social
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xavantina.tumblr.com/tagged/murde... is an absolute treasure trove of "I am seen/I have been attacked"
A screen cap of the Murderbot TV series. The titular character is sitting amongst the PresAux humans who are all paying attention to it. The caption reads "Study: 'Truly Being Seen' still tanks among worst possible experiences in human existence"
November 11, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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A still from the TV series Murderbot with the titular character looking haunted. An Onion headline has been pasted on “Man’s Neuroses Really Putting Genuine Compliment Through The Wringer”
November 11, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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Strokes for Fetterman
November 10, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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Arm for scale:
A small black cat being cradles upside-down like a baby. She is 2 kilos of smol.
November 9, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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Mini basically popped out of Kiki's Delivery Service:
Mini, a small black cat, looking up at the camera like a character from a Japanese animation. The same extremely small cat looking at the camera while bread boxing on top of a small cat tower.
November 9, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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Fortunately these two have no idea that I am decorating things with Other Cats
Mini, a very small black cat. Tui, her much more bear-shaped sister. Also black, but with a splash of white on her chest. She is standing on a desk, by a speaker.
November 9, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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@ellearmageddon.bsky.social decorating the noisemakers
A pair of Fosi amplifiers. Each one is decorated with a sticker of a black cat.
November 9, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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An American opossum laying on the ground with its eyes closed. Around it are other opossums at a party. One is saying to another "he's fine he just plays dead when he's having enough socialising"
November 8, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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These Monkeys For My Circus
November 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Certain US newspapers are just ripping off old cartoons
Two scenes from Bojack Horseman: the first is a talk-show host asking "Has the concept of women having choices gone too far"; the second is the host with three guests, announcing "We've assembled this diverse panel of white men in bow-ties to talk about abortion"
November 8, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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A man who never eats pork buns is never a whole man, an iconic quote from a street vendor in the game Sleeping Dogs
November 8, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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I'm Not A Cat Your Honour
November 8, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Of course they'd probably sound better if I did something about that rats' nest of cabling
A pair of Fosi Z3 amplifiers flanking a Soncoz DAC. The rest of the mess is best not described.
November 7, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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Me, coming out at lunchtime:
A picture of a baby bird by Joshua Barkman from his False Knees comic. The bird is stating "There's absolutely no reason for it to be this bright".
November 7, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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Uh oh.
The bluesky notification badge, currently reading "30+ notifications". This can mean anything from "a bunch of people liked a clever thing you said" to "you are today's main character." It's like your boss telling you "can we have a chat this afternoon?"
November 5, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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Absolute clown shit from Apple here.
A chart showing 3 hours and 56 minutes of sleep “Sleep score: OK”
November 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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The Minister of Health wants dead kids:
A letter from the Health Department, at the behest of Simeon Brown, demanding sick and at-rest children attend school during a measles outbreak.
November 1, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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Well my lightning trip to Tāmaki Makarau failed to expose me to the Mad Max 2 gangs of homeless warriors that have reduced the central city to a burned-out wasteland, which I was assured by the Auckland subreddit is the state of affairs up there. It was rather pleasant, actually.
A picture of a grey-white stone church with pointy towers and long, slender fingers of stained glass, with a modern glass-fronted high rise building behind it.
October 31, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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@tzemingdynasty.bsky.social I saw this so you have to as well
A Reddit post claiming that "Singapore wasn't really right-wing in the 1970s"
October 20, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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A shot of Alexander Skarsgard in the series Murderbot, looking uncomfortable. It is captioned with an Onion headline which reads "Man's Neuroses Really Putting Genuine Compliment Through The Wringer"
October 16, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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A small selection of xavantina.tumblr.com/tagged/murde...
October 13, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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A picture of a page from a chapter of a book called “Soells, Charms and Incantations” The highlighted sentence reads “You may fascinate a woman by giving her a piece of cheese”
October 13, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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Two people I follow are unintentionally doing a great job of confusing me when I scroll my timeline
Two profile pictures. One is in black and white and one is in colour; both feature people looking in the same direction with short hair in a similar style and square rimmed glasses
October 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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But the best one has to be Mark Blumsky, who looks as though he's heard "Pretty Fly for a White Guy" and thought it was a compliment. I expect poorly-spat bars about bitches and hoes.

At least it's part of the actual city, unlike his successor.
I don't know how to describe this. A picture of a man with eyebrows that could insulate half of the cold villas of wellington, his suit jacket slung over his shoulder. He's standing on Courtney Place, with notable buildings such as the St James Theatre and Embassy visible. His tie is gold, matching his mayoral chains, and his complexion has been rendered an unnatural bronze hue. He looks like a white rapper who calls himself MC Midas.
October 9, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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As for this effort by Dick Frizzel if ratepayers want to feel ripped off they should look no further than this shithouse effort.
A portrait of a woman with a happy smile, wearing a suit and gold mayoral chains. She is in front of a scene of the southern coast of wellington - hills, rocks, and the sea. The anatomy, composition, and colouring are all extremely mediocre, the sort of thing one would expect from a modestly talented kid taking high school art.
October 9, 2025 at 7:19 AM