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https://blacksky.community/profile/iododds.bsky.social/post/3mrxmj55zss2y
Published: July 31, 2026 18:47
Happy Friday! After surviving a layoff, a massive house move, and a storm of immigration paperwork, I am SO BACK.
My first freelance story is on San Francisco's oddly bitter 'dog wars' ā and the angry vibecoder waging a one-man campaign to de-fur hisā¦
https://blacksky.community/profile/iododds.bsky.social/post/3mrqhcsg2bs24
Published: July 28, 2026 22:25
hey you! yes you. I just got off the phone with the IACQTP (International Association of Cutie Pies) and they were super sorry about the error
congrats, you are now IACQTP-certified š
https://blacksky.community/profile/iododds.bsky.social/post/3mqvz2yrkkc2x
Published: July 18, 2026 10:01
Fuck it, I didnāt grow up pilfering my grandpaās Len Deighton collection for nothing
IāM IN LETāS GOOO
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https://blacksky.community/profile/iododds.bsky.social/post/3mqupwuq6gc2j
Published: July 17, 2026 21:45
Getting back into RSS readers š
What are some good outlets/orgs to add to my 'trans' feed?
And, for that matter, my 'tech' feed?
https://blacksky.community/profile/iododds.bsky.social/post/3mqub63legc2w
Published: July 17, 2026 17:21
āNormal Girlā hitting a lil harder today š
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https://blacksky.community/profile/iododds.bsky.social/post/3mq5p6226522x
Published: July 8, 2026 18:00
As someone whoās had sci-fi dreams of ubiquitous AR for a couple decades nowā¦
I always imagined people at a cocktail party would VOLUNTARILY switch on an identity flag that the glasses would recognise?
Face recognition is so obviously privacy-violatingā¦
https://blacksky.community/profile/iododds.bsky.social/post/3mq5nnsjavc2x
Published: July 8, 2026 17:33
i (M, 28) occasionally let rip a big old fart at home. when i do, my partner (F, 27) catches the fart particles on a special strip of chemically reactive paper to make what she calls a āTasty Sliceā, which she then demands I sniff. i think sheās beingā¦
https://blacksky.community/profile/iododds.bsky.social/post/3mp5kj5fvk22v
Published: June 25, 2026 23:11
okay this is a wildly specific venn diagram intersection so if even ONE person gets this reference I will be very happy
but
I cannot stop imagining Rocco from Noah's Island as a Soviet military officer, bumptiously pronouncing the phrase "Deepā¦
https://blacksky.community/profile/iododds.bsky.social/post/3movlawbkic2b
Published: June 22, 2026 19:03
In late 2024, as the new Labour govt began radically curtailing trans rights, I said to a UK friend:
āItās not a big issue for most people. But for anyone young or liberal itāll help set a tone of cultural repression & decline that will hurt Labour in theā¦
https://blacksky.community/profile/iododds.bsky.social/post/3mouibpr7vc2q
Published: June 22, 2026 08:38
what else can one say but āfuckity-bye?ā š¤·š»āāļø