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Rin (they/them)

@rinwrites.bsky.social

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Millennial (sorry) with AuDHD (not sorry). A volleyball anime saved my life and made me unashamedly cringe. Red panda on the other place. Probably your only Melanau friend. https://ko-fi.com/rincredible

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Rin (they/them) @rinwrites.bsky.social · Dec 19

An update:

A three-panel comic. In the first panel, a simple humanoid figure is shown, seated and writing on a piece of paper. They are smiling, and the words above their head say, "Enjoying hyperfixation".

In the second panel, their eyes have turned red and they have an unhinged expression on their face. The piece of paper is on fire. Large red letters read: "CRINGE OVERLOAD ACTIVATED"

In the final panel, the humanoid figure has calmed down slightly, but still has a mischievous look on their face. Above them, text reads: "Enjoying hyperfixation even more"

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 2h

Impossible to argue with this I think, given the way we reacted to wearing masks during a pandemic and only a few years later, to a tyrant wrecking our country

Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 2h

the idea that freedom is in our DNA is just a misinterpretation of the fact that we’re a nation of finicky whiners who don’t like to be personally inconvenienced

The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 2h

At least we no longer have to hear about freedom being in Americans' DNA or whatever. Turns out we love to eat shit and bow to some bloated halfwit like any other people throughout history

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Selamander/Grizz @selamander.bsky.social · Jun 12

It’s my birthday this month!! A fun present to me would be some extra boosts and sales from my new pinned!

I’m Sel, a transmasc in Florida who likes making plushies! #plush #plushies #transmasc #Pride2025

selsewscreatures.etsy.com

ko-fi.com/selamander90...

A blue and white dragon plush with a large pink mouth

A brown and red plush dragon with a skeleton head

A yellow lioness doll with a rainbow dress and trans colored bead earrings

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Rin (they/them) @rinwrites.bsky.social · 3h

I love it because it's so unashamedly what it is and tbh I wish more movies were like that. Big robot big monster go bash-bash

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Cohen is a Ghost @skullmandible.bsky.social · 7h

"even if it's AI, it's at least true" hard to overstate the damage this stuff is doing to people's brains. we're gonna be cleaning the slop out of archives for decades

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Rin (they/them) @rinwrites.bsky.social · 3h

I went down to my building's mail room to pick up a parcel and there's some guy cosplaying as LaDS Sylus just casually sitting in the lobby for some reason.

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Michelle, a good witch @hiyinx.bsky.social · 5h

Me: I like pop-culture thing.
Internet: You should not like thing.
Me: I like pop-culture thing.
Internet: Pop-culture thing not sophisticated.
Me, nearly 40 and unbothered by peer pressure: I like pop-culture thing.

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Rin (they/them) @rinwrites.bsky.social · 4h

Wtf is "wobblily" UNSTEADILY, but also AI could never come up with a word as whimsically wrong-but-right as wobblily

Rin (they/them) @rinwrites.bsky.social · 4h

I got up wobblily and stumbled to the kitchen to get some water and Skittles meowed in what I hope is concern and not a terse "You'd better not pass out, human, I have not had my supper"

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Rin (they/them) @rinwrites.bsky.social · 4h

My dumb-ass self forgot that I'm not supposed to take caffeine and cham has caffeine because it's literally half-coffee half-tea; my head and heart are pounding and I feel nothing but regret.

Rin (they/them) @rinwrites.bsky.social · 11h

Me eating a pain au chocolat with a cham tarik like I'm Mr. Worldwide or something

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Rin (they/them) @rinwrites.bsky.social · 6h

This is giving me Ushikawa or KuroDai vibes

(idk if that's what they're called ok I just thought it sounded right)

alboo @captainacab.airbud.website · 1d

hand to handjob combat

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 6h

Racist, fascist billionaires control consumer-facing "A.i." Do not use this propaganda tech.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 7h

The administration “is currently pressuring OpenAI and other AI companies to make their models more conservative-friendly.”

OpenAI is trying to clamp down on ‘bias’ in ChatGPT

GPT-5 is better at resisting liberal ‘pressure,’ the company says.

www.theverge.com

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Sith_art aka A’ine! 🏳️‍⚧️ @sith-art.bsky.social · 19h

Its almost like anti-porn laws are never actually about porn. 🤔

Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 1d

Buried in Michigan's antiporn bill is a provision to effectively outlaw "circumvention tools," such as VPNs.

Mark my words: legislators will increasingly leverage porn panic to restrict or ban VPNs, and to limit internet privacy far beyond adult sites.

Experts raise privacy concerns over Michigan bill targeting pornography and VPNs

Rep. Josh Schriver, the bill’s sponsor, says the law is designed to target only producers and distributors of pornography, not everyday internet users.

www.wilx.com

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Rin (they/them) @rinwrites.bsky.social · 11h

Me eating a pain au chocolat with a cham tarik like I'm Mr. Worldwide or something

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Reverend Jesus "H" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 1d

Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid

Three persons in inflatable frog costumes. One of them is holding a nicely painted sign with two little cartoon frogs holding hands, below the text "FROGS TOGETHER STRONG"

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Rin (they/them) @rinwrites.bsky.social · 1d

Kinda wild as someone who likes Haikyuu to see writers write really smutty stuff on here about Suna and refer to him as "Rin" because, well, I'm called Rin irl 🫠

(Don't stop though! I love it!)
(Suna would say that, probably)

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 1d

The inflatable costumes really are an amazing decision. Largely anonymous, insulating, probably some protection against pepper balls and spray, and even the most overbearing of jackbooted thugs will hesitate to be the guy caught on video brutalizing a goofy cartoon character on national TV.

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juni/ico @aetherflow.bsky.social · 1d

there's probably proper posts about this, but if any of ya'll use ipads, affinity photo 2, designer 2, and publisher 2 are free for a limited time! they're dupes of photoshop, illustrator, and indesign

dl the app, make an account, start the trial, go to the account tab, and buy the license for $0

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 1d

LMAOOOOO

A bunch of comedians tried to make up for their participation in the Riyadh comedy festival by donating their pay to Human Rights Watch and Human rights Watch was like “nah bitch we don’t want your dirty blood money” 😂😂 I’m dying

Human Rights Watch Doesn’t Want Any Riyadh Comedy Festival Money

Taking money from those who took money from Saudi Arabia would impact perception of the org’s independence.

www.vulture.com

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Basil 🌿 @basil-mage.bsky.social · 2d

Whimsy

Drawing of a butterfly puppy with the caption; "Stay mad while I stay whimsical"

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Shane Madej @shanemadej.bsky.social · 2d

I weep for the day when this post will be screenshotted for its harrowingly accurate foresight but I nevertheless have a moral responsibility to say it: all Labubus will detonate on Christmas morning 2025.

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Rin (they/them) @rinwrites.bsky.social · 2d

Briefly went to the Other Place to check on some fandom stuff by people who haven't moved from there and whew so much random bigotry and racism in Twitterjaya. I'm going to dissociate and listen to murder podcasts or something.

Rin (they/them) @rinwrites.bsky.social · 2d

Every time someone tries to argue that being gay is a choice I'm like... do you really think I chose to be a man-liking afab? Who would knowingly choose this level of hell!

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 3d

doomscroll break

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Rin (they/them) @rinwrites.bsky.social · 2d

Eating some spag with a really basic tomato sauce that I made to use up some slightly too soft tomatoes, added scrambled eggs because I need the protein (and also because tomato egg is amazing)