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@pgvdw.bsky.social

Playwright, learning designer, parrot whisperer, growing stuff for native bees and lotsa birds.

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"And then Antifa huffed and puffed and blew that store down! Whattaya gonna do? Build it outta stone? We'll see what happens...two weeks..."

11.10.2025 03:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

09.10.2025 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 53122    πŸ” 21594    πŸ’¬ 1791    πŸ“Œ 2007
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Aboriginal AFL icon claims racism caused psychiatric injuries Nicky Winmar had bottles of urine thrown at him, suffered racial slurs, was spat at on the way to change rooms and his family received death threats when he played AFL.The former St Kilda and Western ...

nit.com.au/09-10-2025/2...

10.10.2025 00:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The entrance to the walled garden I found today, with its broken door and big ivy hat.

The entrance to the walled garden I found today, with its broken door and big ivy hat.

An interdimensional portal in the walled garden I found today

An interdimensional portal in the walled garden I found today

A hole in the wall of the walled garden I found today, leading to 1785.

A hole in the wall of the walled garden I found today, leading to 1785.

Ruined potting sheds in the walled garden I found today.

Ruined potting sheds in the walled garden I found today.

This - which I explored today - is the kind of thing I live for on walks in the deep countryside: a 200+-year-old abandoned walled garden, totally overgrown and teeming with wildlife and ghosts.

Finding lost magic places like this, untouched and undeveloped, always fills me with weird kind of hope.

03.10.2025 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 293    πŸ” 51    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 5

I have a theory he's a Moustache actor. Without tash - loveable force for good. With tash - absolutely terrifying.

09.10.2025 06:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They were ALL Antifa. Need to lock them all back up!

09.10.2025 04:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

08.10.2025 20:11 β€” πŸ‘ 3327    πŸ” 1315    πŸ’¬ 293    πŸ“Œ 508

They're definitely on the list for my private zoo (my private zoo currently contains two cats and some wall-spiders).

08.10.2025 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I agree with every word Zelda Williams says. And this at the end from OpenAI makes me want to go full Ned Ludd. Creators can’t have a blanket opt-out on copyright infringement of their work and have to fill out a form appealing to OpenAI’s mercy every time? Fuck off into the sun

07.10.2025 06:33 β€” πŸ‘ 755    πŸ” 252    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 19

The Goebbelverse.

06.10.2025 21:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Same.

#AlsoTiredOfWaitingForTheEPSTEIN_Files

06.10.2025 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 41881    πŸ” 9887    πŸ’¬ 1880    πŸ“Œ 842

What happened to the bit where the military are supposed to remain non-partisan?

05.10.2025 22:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What's he taking credit for? Blowing up the World Trade Centre?

05.10.2025 21:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Screen cap of parodic version of William Blake's "The Tyger" that begins:
Tyger! Tyger! Burning bright
(Not sure if I spelled that right) 
What immortal hand or eye
Could fashion such a stripy guy? 
What the hammer that hath hewn it 
Into such a chonky unit?
Did who made the lamb make thee, 
Or an external franchisee?

Screen cap of parodic version of William Blake's "The Tyger" that begins: Tyger! Tyger! Burning bright (Not sure if I spelled that right) What immortal hand or eye Could fashion such a stripy guy? What the hammer that hath hewn it Into such a chonky unit? Did who made the lamb make thee, Or an external franchisee?

In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:

02.10.2025 15:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3691    πŸ” 1420    πŸ’¬ 39    πŸ“Œ 60
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Bearded Vulture nests found to have hoards of cultural artifactsβ€”some up to 650 years old Many people have probably seen birds picking up small pieces of man-made materials, like strips of a plastic bag or paper litter, and taking them into their nest. This behavior appears to be fairly wi...

phys.org/news/2025-10...

05.10.2025 02:06 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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A WILD ONE: A man broke his leg during an arrest by ICE at a car wash south of L.A.

ICE has held him under 24/7 guard at a hospital, registering him under a pseudonym, for *37 days* without telling him why.

A judge has ordered his immediate release.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

05.10.2025 01:35 β€” πŸ‘ 22503    πŸ” 8386    πŸ’¬ 560    πŸ“Œ 491

As bad as the head is, you wouldn't want to come up tails.

04.10.2025 23:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The past month I've been chasing the sunrise at the same place because there are feeding birds at short distance.

Occasionally when cormorants or a large fish are underwater the anchovies all leap at the same time.

I've never caught video or stills.

Until today

Twice.

In the sunrise reflection.

14.12.2024 06:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1870    πŸ” 240    πŸ’¬ 42    πŸ“Œ 10

A gentle nudge to my fellow white people:
I know you mean well when you say things like "Americans have never lived under an authoritarian regime before." You are forgetting that Black and Indigenous people are Americans, and yes, they have.

04.10.2025 22:16 β€” πŸ‘ 65    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

Geez, I'd even let my kid read Eric Trump's book if it meant he read a book.

03.10.2025 02:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ah... now I'm stumped. There will be lawyers.

03.10.2025 02:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's quite clear. She is unhappy that ALL songs in English are currently banned from this particular event. (It does seem a bit extreme.)

03.10.2025 01:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man is dancing in front of a group of people with bbc written on the wall behind him ALT: a man is dancing in front of a group of people with bbc written on the wall behind him

Strong David Brent energy.

02.10.2025 23:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In Australia, the Liberal-National coalition are tearing themselves to shreds over climate policy. They seem to think their reactionary climate policies that got them thumped weren't anywhere near reactionary enough.

02.10.2025 07:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why is the Coalition rehashing old ideas? | Fiona Katauskas It’s a grave situation * See more of Fiona Katauskas’s cartoons here Continue reading...

Why is the Coalition rehashing old ideas? | Fiona Katauskas

02.10.2025 01:57 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

I think he's a Hugo Boss man.

30.09.2025 02:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I can't shake the idea that ultimately Trump hates him for coming in so damn tall.

29.09.2025 12:19 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They can't be far away from delivering briefings while sitting behind a fake news desk.

29.09.2025 12:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's not the craziest lawsuit in Trump 2.0.

29.09.2025 12:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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