Retr0Squid
@retr0squid.bsky.social
Dad to small humans, cats and rabbits.
Gamer, vegan since '13, feminist, hater of bigots, chronic pain haver, loser, stroke survivor, swears a lot
AuDHD
He/him
Gamer, vegan since '13, feminist, hater of bigots, chronic pain haver, loser, stroke survivor, swears a lot
AuDHD
He/him
There's actually a typo. It should read "burst" not "bust"
During an 85kg stiff-leg deadlift, around the end of my second set, the tip of my little finger just sort of... Popped and oozed blood... And this isn't the first time.
Literally just from the pressure... I guess... 🤷😩
During an 85kg stiff-leg deadlift, around the end of my second set, the tip of my little finger just sort of... Popped and oozed blood... And this isn't the first time.
Literally just from the pressure... I guess... 🤷😩
May 26, 2025 at 12:10 PM
There's actually a typo. It should read "burst" not "bust"
During an 85kg stiff-leg deadlift, around the end of my second set, the tip of my little finger just sort of... Popped and oozed blood... And this isn't the first time.
Literally just from the pressure... I guess... 🤷😩
During an 85kg stiff-leg deadlift, around the end of my second set, the tip of my little finger just sort of... Popped and oozed blood... And this isn't the first time.
Literally just from the pressure... I guess... 🤷😩
My little finger bust (again) during deadlifts... 😬
May 25, 2025 at 11:29 AM
My little finger bust (again) during deadlifts... 😬
Today is a low pain day, so I thought I'd take my skates for a wee roll around The Kelpies while I have a couple of hours to myself (while I neglect my household chores that I will panic do in a rush while simultaneous making dinner for the kids later)
March 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Today is a low pain day, so I thought I'd take my skates for a wee roll around The Kelpies while I have a couple of hours to myself (while I neglect my household chores that I will panic do in a rush while simultaneous making dinner for the kids later)
A wee baby loop, and my knee didn't explode!!
The first MTB I've done since before I dislocated my knee 11 months ago.
It feels like I'm starting from scratch again. My fitness is abysmal. But, I've set a baseline, things can only really improve from here!
The first MTB I've done since before I dislocated my knee 11 months ago.
It feels like I'm starting from scratch again. My fitness is abysmal. But, I've set a baseline, things can only really improve from here!
March 10, 2025 at 12:29 PM
A wee baby loop, and my knee didn't explode!!
The first MTB I've done since before I dislocated my knee 11 months ago.
It feels like I'm starting from scratch again. My fitness is abysmal. But, I've set a baseline, things can only really improve from here!
The first MTB I've done since before I dislocated my knee 11 months ago.
It feels like I'm starting from scratch again. My fitness is abysmal. But, I've set a baseline, things can only really improve from here!
Yay, thanks for being difficult passport office.
The piercings I've had since I was 17, for 23 years and counting, that weren't a problem in my 2005 passport are now a problem.
Literally nobody I've ever met in my adult life has seen me without them. 🤷🤣
The piercings I've had since I was 17, for 23 years and counting, that weren't a problem in my 2005 passport are now a problem.
Literally nobody I've ever met in my adult life has seen me without them. 🤷🤣
March 9, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Yay, thanks for being difficult passport office.
The piercings I've had since I was 17, for 23 years and counting, that weren't a problem in my 2005 passport are now a problem.
Literally nobody I've ever met in my adult life has seen me without them. 🤷🤣
The piercings I've had since I was 17, for 23 years and counting, that weren't a problem in my 2005 passport are now a problem.
Literally nobody I've ever met in my adult life has seen me without them. 🤷🤣
Ah yes... "free speech"
January 21, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Ah yes... "free speech"
Would like to take this opportunity to remind everyone that it's never a bad day to punch a nazi
January 21, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Would like to take this opportunity to remind everyone that it's never a bad day to punch a nazi
And then Israel ramps things up and tries to do as much damage as possible as quickly as possible, too.
The whole US-Israel marriage of violence and destruction is terrifying and... Not shocking in the slightest anymore.
The whole US-Israel marriage of violence and destruction is terrifying and... Not shocking in the slightest anymore.
January 16, 2025 at 10:14 AM
And then Israel ramps things up and tries to do as much damage as possible as quickly as possible, too.
The whole US-Israel marriage of violence and destruction is terrifying and... Not shocking in the slightest anymore.
The whole US-Israel marriage of violence and destruction is terrifying and... Not shocking in the slightest anymore.
Being devistatingly humbled by the latest addition to the home gym setup.
Before I had all the downtime during my knee rebuild recovery and suffering a series of strokes, I was functionally very strong. I spent my free time doing parkour, skateboarding and beyond.
Before I had all the downtime during my knee rebuild recovery and suffering a series of strokes, I was functionally very strong. I spent my free time doing parkour, skateboarding and beyond.
January 10, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Being devistatingly humbled by the latest addition to the home gym setup.
Before I had all the downtime during my knee rebuild recovery and suffering a series of strokes, I was functionally very strong. I spent my free time doing parkour, skateboarding and beyond.
Before I had all the downtime during my knee rebuild recovery and suffering a series of strokes, I was functionally very strong. I spent my free time doing parkour, skateboarding and beyond.
Our hot water cylinder was a corroded old mess, being 23 years old when we moved into this house and we ultimately had to replace is back in April.
The new hot water cylinder has just decided that we needed a water feature in the living room... Which is nice...
The new hot water cylinder has just decided that we needed a water feature in the living room... Which is nice...
November 26, 2024 at 9:24 AM
Our hot water cylinder was a corroded old mess, being 23 years old when we moved into this house and we ultimately had to replace is back in April.
The new hot water cylinder has just decided that we needed a water feature in the living room... Which is nice...
The new hot water cylinder has just decided that we needed a water feature in the living room... Which is nice...
The vet thinks that, while Hopper is from a litter two years ago, the reason she herniated is possibly because she may have been used for breeding and successive breeding may have drastically weakened her abdominal muscles
Not completely out of the woods just yet, but she's doing very very well. 🤞
Not completely out of the woods just yet, but she's doing very very well. 🤞
November 25, 2024 at 11:05 AM
The vet thinks that, while Hopper is from a litter two years ago, the reason she herniated is possibly because she may have been used for breeding and successive breeding may have drastically weakened her abdominal muscles
Not completely out of the woods just yet, but she's doing very very well. 🤞
Not completely out of the woods just yet, but she's doing very very well. 🤞
Just back from Cinnamon's post op checkup.
So, was very touch and go all weekend. Then, when I got up this morning, she had eaten her wee tub of greens, shat everywhere and when she heard me, she brought her greens tub to the opening. 1/3
So, was very touch and go all weekend. Then, when I got up this morning, she had eaten her wee tub of greens, shat everywhere and when she heard me, she brought her greens tub to the opening. 1/3
November 25, 2024 at 11:05 AM
Just back from Cinnamon's post op checkup.
So, was very touch and go all weekend. Then, when I got up this morning, she had eaten her wee tub of greens, shat everywhere and when she heard me, she brought her greens tub to the opening. 1/3
So, was very touch and go all weekend. Then, when I got up this morning, she had eaten her wee tub of greens, shat everywhere and when she heard me, she brought her greens tub to the opening. 1/3
I went through this thought process relatively recently.
I decided to go from a few years worth of growth that was green, to this unkept orange mohawk thingy. 🤷🙃
I decided to go from a few years worth of growth that was green, to this unkept orange mohawk thingy. 🤷🙃
November 22, 2024 at 3:31 PM
I went through this thought process relatively recently.
I decided to go from a few years worth of growth that was green, to this unkept orange mohawk thingy. 🤷🙃
I decided to go from a few years worth of growth that was green, to this unkept orange mohawk thingy. 🤷🙃
Their hospital/recovery pens taking up a sizeable chunk of the living room.
Hopper seems mostly to accept being caged short term, but Cinnamon knows their place is up on the sofa with the rest of us.
It's gonna be a rough few days for them. 🙁
Hopper seems mostly to accept being caged short term, but Cinnamon knows their place is up on the sofa with the rest of us.
It's gonna be a rough few days for them. 🙁
November 22, 2024 at 2:58 PM
Their hospital/recovery pens taking up a sizeable chunk of the living room.
Hopper seems mostly to accept being caged short term, but Cinnamon knows their place is up on the sofa with the rest of us.
It's gonna be a rough few days for them. 🙁
Hopper seems mostly to accept being caged short term, but Cinnamon knows their place is up on the sofa with the rest of us.
It's gonna be a rough few days for them. 🙁
Cinnamon and Hopper are away getting spayed today. So naturally, I'm very stuck in my head and having an utterly abysmal day. 👍
November 22, 2024 at 11:51 AM
Cinnamon and Hopper are away getting spayed today. So naturally, I'm very stuck in my head and having an utterly abysmal day. 👍
Are videos allowed?!...
November 20, 2024 at 12:38 AM
Are videos allowed?!...
Not just me, she used to play with the kids. And through watching them, seemed to learn how to play on the trampoline.
She used to pluck wee apples from the tree to then throw them around on the trampoline. She also learned which way it was tilted so she could roll them down it!! 💚
She used to pluck wee apples from the tree to then throw them around on the trampoline. She also learned which way it was tilted so she could roll them down it!! 💚
November 17, 2024 at 2:40 PM
Not just me, she used to play with the kids. And through watching them, seemed to learn how to play on the trampoline.
She used to pluck wee apples from the tree to then throw them around on the trampoline. She also learned which way it was tilted so she could roll them down it!! 💚
She used to pluck wee apples from the tree to then throw them around on the trampoline. She also learned which way it was tilted so she could roll them down it!! 💚
Dave, pictured here, was utterly amazing.
She watched us move in, she would sunbathe in the garden with the cats, she'd pop into the garage with me when I was working in there and, in some ways, saved me from a very, very deep rut. She was a genuine friend.
She watched us move in, she would sunbathe in the garden with the cats, she'd pop into the garage with me when I was working in there and, in some ways, saved me from a very, very deep rut. She was a genuine friend.
November 17, 2024 at 12:27 PM
Dave, pictured here, was utterly amazing.
She watched us move in, she would sunbathe in the garden with the cats, she'd pop into the garage with me when I was working in there and, in some ways, saved me from a very, very deep rut. She was a genuine friend.
She watched us move in, she would sunbathe in the garden with the cats, she'd pop into the garage with me when I was working in there and, in some ways, saved me from a very, very deep rut. She was a genuine friend.
It started as a bit of an "alright Dave" as she popped out of the bushes. But as of the second week in December last year, aye, Dave's not here... 🙁
November 17, 2024 at 12:23 PM
It started as a bit of an "alright Dave" as she popped out of the bushes. But as of the second week in December last year, aye, Dave's not here... 🙁
Well, he wasn't quite as friendly as Dave (pictured here) his sister/aunt from last year's litter who I befriended and spent most of the summer with.
But he clearly had a similar inquisitive nature.
But he clearly had a similar inquisitive nature.
November 17, 2024 at 12:18 PM
Well, he wasn't quite as friendly as Dave (pictured here) his sister/aunt from last year's litter who I befriended and spent most of the summer with.
But he clearly had a similar inquisitive nature.
But he clearly had a similar inquisitive nature.