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27.01.2026 16:13 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@buckharder.bsky.social
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24.01.2026 10:58 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0Social gathering to lead into the Dublin Leather Weeknd festivities last night. π₯°
23.01.2026 11:15 β π 179 π 2 π¬ 3 π 0January 2025:
The judges have been announced. Iβve finally met some of my brothers that Iβll get to experience IML alongside, some of whom Iβve been chatting with online since winning Mr Palm Springs Leather the previous October.
Well that looks fucking amazing
22.01.2026 12:12 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Made it to Dublin, and luggage made it alongside me. Just a bit of a snack waiting for my ride thatβs currently in traffic.
Really excited for the weekend ahead of me π₯°
Youβve taken a step into being a part of something great, writing your own chapters in this incredibly history.
And I canβt wait to read them.
Only one of you will leave that weekend with the sash, itβs true. But I am not exaggerating when I say that taking part in the legacy of that weekend is so much more than a title.
21.01.2026 09:31 β π 12 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0I canβt wait to meet each and every one of you, hear your stories, and hear about how IML weekend was special for all of you. This can be a monumentally life-changing event if you allow it to be.
21.01.2026 09:31 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0And so, to the class of IML 2026:
I am so, so excited for all of you. As you prepare, plan and rehearse as you approach May, please remember to take in every moment as best you can. This will be the experience of a lifetime, if you allow it to be.
β¦and that they get to step foot into and add their own chapters to that ongoing history.
21.01.2026 09:31 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I know big portions of whatβs awaiting them. Just like I know that there will be so many elements that will be unique to their class, to this moment in time that will set this year apart from the 47 years of IML legacy that came before themβ¦
21.01.2026 09:31 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0And I see echoes of my own feelings, uncertainties and insecurities from just a year ago, echoed all-too-clearly on their faces just like Iβm sure they were on mine.
21.01.2026 09:31 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0And with all of the emotions Iβm feeling right now, personally, as I reflect over the last eight months and what I have ahead of me as I approach step-asideβ¦
I look to the new class. I see about 35 of the IML 2026 hopefuls over the course of the weekend.
Did I mention I was nervous?
January 2026:
MAL just happened. Here I am a year later. The judges have been announced and I find myself with that familiar sensation of βHere we goβ¦ itβs real nowβ.
Did I belong here, with so many people Iβve already come to respect and admire? Feeling like βthe new kidβ is a feeling Iβve come accustomed to. Iβd started making friendsβ¦ and started getting a taste for that elusive feeling of βbrotherhoodβ Iβm told comes as part of the IML contestant package.
21.01.2026 09:31 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I remember writing the names of the judges down. I remember being worried because I only really recognized whatβ¦ two names? Three? Did everyone else know all of these people? Surely they did.
21.01.2026 09:31 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Iβm told to start planning. Start really considering what my life might look like and how I might move forward if I donβt make top 20? If I DO make top 20. If I make podium. If, somehow, I win (yeah, right).
21.01.2026 09:31 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Nervous, excited, nervous, optimistic, nervousβ¦ and nervous. Whatever Iβm feeling, itβs all now βrealβ. Weβre there. IML is only four months away and time is short, while simultaneously feeling like it may as well still be years from now.
21.01.2026 09:31 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0January 2025:
The judges have been announced. Iβve finally met some of my brothers that Iβll get to experience IML alongside, some of whom Iβve been chatting with online since winning Mr Palm Springs Leather the previous October.
*πΆDefying Gravity*
βSomeone has peed within me
My guts are not the same
Iβm thru with drinking by the rulessss of someone elseβs game
Too late for second guessing
I hope that Iβm still cleanβ¦
Itβs time to tryyyyyy absorbing someoneβs pee!β
- @buckharder.bsky.social feat @scottygrefseng.bsky.social
The booties are bootying
18.01.2026 16:39 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Interviews are done. Good group of contestants vying for Mr MAL! See ya later at Leather Cocktails!
17.01.2026 21:08 β π 187 π 5 π¬ 6 π 0Very yes
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15.01.2026 16:57 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0On my way to MAL! See you there?
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15.01.2026 00:21 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0β¦pikaβ¦ π³
10.01.2026 01:16 β π 61 π 2 π¬ 1 π 1Visiting London for the first time. Actually, visiting EUROPE for the first time!
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