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Robin LeBlanc, from work

@robinfromwork.bsky.social

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Perpetually tired award winning writer. Queer. Disabled. Always asks for the aux. Horror, humour, craft beer, fragrance and photography. America's sweetheart 1984-1992. She/Her

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Robin LeBlanc, from work @robinfromwork.bsky.social · Nov 23

Oh, uh, hello new followers!

I don't quite have anything to plug right now, but I'm a writer and film photographer and I mostly talk about music, craft beer, culture, queer stuff, disability stuff, and other such things, sometimes with a PR person lens.

Also I have a cat named Leopold. He's cool.

A long haired woman in glasses wearing a sunhat, patterned dress, and green shirt.

An outdoor bus station with circular lights going down it

Neon lights of Club Zanzibar. The photo looks bright and blurry on the top and bottom of the photo

A grey fluffy cat laying down on a turntable

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 10h

From: Labyrinth Labyrinthos (1987), dir. Rintaro, Madhouse

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Isi Baehr-Breen @isibb.bsky.social · 23h

Thinking about that time I got quoted in the National Review about Bari Weiss

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evy kwong @evystadium.bsky.social · 21h

as a torontonian… HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Erik Uebelacker @uebey.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: Drake loses his defamation case against Kendrick Lamar over the “Not Like Us” lyrics.

More coming @courthousenews.bsky.social

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Robin LeBlanc, from work @robinfromwork.bsky.social · 1d

Like, not z-listers. Lindsay Lohan, Madonna, Angelina Jolie, Will Smith, Tom Cruise... like, you could maybe go after them too

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Robin LeBlanc, from work @robinfromwork.bsky.social · 1d

So this has been cool, but what about all the influencers and celebrities who live or own property in Dubai that we've not really been acknowledging for a while

Vulture @vulture.com · 1d

Comedians like Aziz Ansari and Jessica Kirson need to look elsewhere for organizations to donate their Riyadh Comedy Festival money. Human Rights Watch said they ‘cannot accept’ donations from them.

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

www.vulture.com

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”

Marco Rubio whispers into Donald Trump's ear.

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Robin LeBlanc, from work @robinfromwork.bsky.social · 2d

Anyways, WolfPyre Fragrance will make its modest debut at Quebec City Comiccon.

Don't have booth details yet, but you can grab a sample bottle of our first scent!

Robin LeBlanc, from work @robinfromwork.bsky.social · 2d

Paul Simon is usually at the top of my list, and RZA is definitely in there.

Emily, a Two-Shoes-Gooder @rebelmusicteach.bsky.social · 5d

I also need to know: I am fairly middle-of-the-road on Taylor Swift but someone I know called her the Greatest Living Lyricist. She is not.

Who is yours? Either the greatest or your favorite?

Robin LeBlanc, from work @robinfromwork.bsky.social · 2d

imo going alcohol based perfume is better than oil based. Oil I find tends to stain and get a little too extreme at times. Perfumers alcohol has so far let me stretch out my absolutes and created products that diffuse nicely with no stains.

Robin LeBlanc, from work @robinfromwork.bsky.social · 2d

The absolutes are what will cost you. I bought about 10 or 11 and that came to about $100 all in. The place I got 'em from (Fraterworks) is from New Zealand and offers free courier shipping on orders over $100, so...good deal.

of those about six went into my current experiment, about 40ml all in.

Robin LeBlanc, from work @robinfromwork.bsky.social · 2d

Moooost stuff you buy in bulk.

- a full ass gallon of perfumers alcohol was like $25
- Pipettes were $15 for 250
- Scent strips were $11 300 or so

With absolutes you can get like 1g or so and that stretches out when you make accords (10% absolute, 90% perfume alcohol) letting you experiment.

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Robin LeBlanc, from work @robinfromwork.bsky.social · 2d

If you have ever considered getting into perfumery for a hobby, I cannot suggest it enough. It is a LOT easier than you think. The only kind of hard thing is figuring out the formula, but when you have it you can scale it however you like.

And it CAN be pricey, but I've made 40ml for less than $100

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Robin LeBlanc, from work @robinfromwork.bsky.social · 2d

Made a new bottle of perfume (same one as last, but with some tweaks to the formula)

For musk I use a synthetic deer musk called Tonkin Intense. On its own, it smells like sweat and urine, but when combined with other smells it creates that sexy feral vibe.

It also looks like cum after a while!

Robin LeBlanc, from work @robinfromwork.bsky.social · 2d

What I thought the vibe of Beacon Pines was going to be vs what it actually turned out to be.

Another great rec, @caseyexplosion.bsky.social, thank you!

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Robin LeBlanc, from work @robinfromwork.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah. Once you pass the life expectancy age you feel kinda fucked up about it

Robin LeBlanc, from work @robinfromwork.bsky.social · 2d

So on the work slack I asked about the status of a client and my manager told me to just....take a breather after working so hard on the other stuff for the past few weeks?

What the hell is this place?

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Robin LeBlanc, from work @robinfromwork.bsky.social · 2d

You'd think that Disney and Marvel would be as aggressive in enforcing their copyright of the Punisher logo as they are with a teenager's fanart of a superhero, but here we are.

the corgi from cowboy bebop @realqrampage.fightins.online · 4d

LMAO LOOK AT THIS PHOTOGRAPH
EVERY TIME I DO IT MAKES ME LAUGH

Kash Patel in his own merch looking fucking embarrassing as hell lmao

he’s so fucking ugly

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dr. hazel 🐝 @hazelmonforton.com · 3d

The King of All Cosmos from the Katamari series, with a speech bubble.

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Robin LeBlanc, from work @robinfromwork.bsky.social · 3d

Jesus Christ, Beacon Pines, I thought you were going to be a breezy little mystery game, not something that'd hit me in the feelings more times than I'd like

Robin LeBlanc, from work @robinfromwork.bsky.social · 3d

Look at me, waiting until I've beaten at least one of my new games before I buy the Final Fantasy Tactics remaster

Robin LeBlanc, from work @robinfromwork.bsky.social · 3d

Just watching Pam Bondi's oversight hearing and I will always maintain that realizing how much a country depends on maintaining decorum in order to keep running broke something inside me.

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Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 3d

Bari Weiss, CBS News, 1965

- New art in @jewishcurrents.bsky.social
jewishcurrents.org/bari-weiss-c...

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james @james.claims · 3d

Your images are not being stolen by some nefarious Bluesky AI bot.

Machine learning has been used for years to ensure a human does not have to be flooded with heinous imagery.

I only had to moderate CSAM once back when I did community management and it fucked me up for ages.

Stop chatting shit.

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Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 3d

imagine going from “don’t say anything bad about Newsom 3 years before the primary or else trump will win” to “don’t engage in civics by asking the governor that represents you to sign laws that have been passed by two state houses and will improve your life or else you’re helping fascism”

Luigi (the Mario kind not the Saint) saying “fucking liberals”

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Robin LeBlanc, from work @robinfromwork.bsky.social · 4d

Dacia EV:
- Poorly designed
- Will kill you the moment you crash into something
- Makes you more reliant on tech

Kei Truck
- Perfect
- Indestructible
- Sign of being an independent badass

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