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@grumpysociologist.bsky.social

Look, none of this was my idea, but here we are. They said there'd be snacks. Where are the snacks? Dad, photographer, traveler, sociologist, researcher.

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Well, this makes 65 trips around the sun. Guess it's out to pasture at this point.

05.03.2026 13:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

you've gotta be fast, jump in with both feet!

05.03.2026 03:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It feels great to put on underwear fresh from the dryer. I've been banned from this laundromat, but it was worth it.

05.03.2026 01:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Damn! Now this is what I mean when I say 'put a ring on it!'

04.03.2026 23:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Nepal 2025 Photographs from my October trip to film interviews with earthquake survivors ten years after the 2015 disaster.

Portraits from Nepal, October 2025

flic.kr/s/aHBqjCMhB7

04.03.2026 23:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What happens when a country goes insane?

Never mind. We see it.

04.03.2026 17:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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The BEST description EVER of the current U.S. president!

04.03.2026 15:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 39    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
Germany DUMPS Microsoft Completely - Europe DETOXIFIES From USA After Email Weaponisation
YouTube video by House of El Germany DUMPS Microsoft Completely - Europe DETOXIFIES From USA After Email Weaponisation

American tech hegemony is ending.
youtu.be/u_bTm_yF71E?...

04.03.2026 13:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Never seen it. Never want to see it. Know too much about it as is.

03.03.2026 17:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Looks like the dry rot is spreading

03.03.2026 14:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
This is offensive to the Irish people
YouTube video by Garron This is offensive to the Irish people

Cue the green piss.

youtube.com/shorts/fBZjl...

03.03.2026 14:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

My last words would be โ€œpssst pssst pssst, here puss puss puss.โ€

03.03.2026 06:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Dry rot?

03.03.2026 06:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A lot of people wish they didnโ€™t know. Donโ€™t be one of them.

03.03.2026 06:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™d say โ€œIโ€™ll pass.โ€ But thatโ€™s, ya, no.

03.03.2026 06:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@byronj

02.03.2026 20:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I had that too. Then I re-tried and got in.

02.03.2026 17:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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02.03.2026 14:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A Day in the Life of an Ensh*ttificator
YouTube video by Forbrukerrรฅdet - Norwegian Consumer Council A Day in the Life of an Ensh*ttificator

Well, this is shit.

youtu.be/T4Upf_B9RLQ?...

02.03.2026 13:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

yes! they are!

02.03.2026 02:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

He's an absolute hoot!

02.03.2026 01:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
This potato bowl healed me
YouTube video by Garron This potato bowl healed me

How's your mental health? Need something to brighten your day? Garron's got you. Here:

youtube.com/shorts/WVk69...

02.03.2026 01:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Well, there's one way to hold your #bottle. An empty bottle of beer in a broken parking meter.

Well, there's one way to hold your #bottle. An empty bottle of beer in a broken parking meter.

Well, there's one way to hold your #bottle.

02.03.2026 00:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The cornered autocrat has one final move: an attempt to stave off his inevitable end.

The final fart of a weasel.
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Kana Reading
ใ„ใŸใกใฎใ•ใ„ใ”ใฃใบ
itachinosaigoppe

28.02.2026 15:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Melissa Dalton-Bradford

28.02.2026 15:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 82    ๐Ÿ” 48    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Yes indeed. For quite a while now. She's developed, or rather is developing, thoughts well worth tuning in to, listening to, and thinking about.

28.02.2026 04:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Gods arenโ€™t. Not a single one of them.

26.02.2026 19:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Caused op imagined, or whispered into his regrown ear.

26.02.2026 11:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What's the stupid old bastard bitching and catastrophizing about now?

26.02.2026 00:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What did the gaslighting idiot say?

25.02.2026 13:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0