Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
@diffractiongrating.bsky.social
I am Iridescent on Twitter but some random took that here.
François Mitterrand retire bitch.
Paper straw enthusiast. (they/them) 🏳️🌈
François Mitterrand retire bitch.
Paper straw enthusiast. (they/them) 🏳️🌈
Pinned
Another day volunteering at the UCL museum. Everyone keeps asking me if they can fuck Jeremy Bentham's corpse. Buddy, they won't even let me fuck it.
Once again I got Atlanta mixed up with Atlantic City and wondered how Vegas was the second most popular casino city on this list.
Bluesky: “Obviously the housing crisis is the only reason anyone would choose to live outside of NYC”
Actual Americans: “Vegas, baby!”
Actual Americans: “Vegas, baby!”
November 27, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Once again I got Atlanta mixed up with Atlantic City and wondered how Vegas was the second most popular casino city on this list.
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People say that RSS feeds are great, but mine was just full of pro-Modi stuff.
November 26, 2025 at 11:49 PM
People say that RSS feeds are great, but mine was just full of pro-Modi stuff.
RETVRN
225 glasses of wine, representing the average monthly per-capita alcohol consumption (wine, beer, and spirits) in France in 1952.
November 27, 2025 at 12:34 AM
RETVRN
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Pleased to announce that after decades of trying I have invented a new kind of insomnia.
November 26, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Pleased to announce that after decades of trying I have invented a new kind of insomnia.
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A name that is somehow simultaneously both the perfect drag queen name and yet so far through the silly / sexy / sassy spectrum to be too unbelievable to be a good drag name at all.
November 26, 2025 at 5:00 AM
A name that is somehow simultaneously both the perfect drag queen name and yet so far through the silly / sexy / sassy spectrum to be too unbelievable to be a good drag name at all.
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Interesting to note that the BOM website has a “More weather” button but not a “less weather”, feel like that would be more useful right now!
November 26, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Interesting to note that the BOM website has a “More weather” button but not a “less weather”, feel like that would be more useful right now!
I love it when none type object has no attribute get.
November 25, 2025 at 5:30 AM
I love it when none type object has no attribute get.
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We wanted to understand how regular Americans feel about the Trump administration. So we talked to three Russia-funded content farmers at a tea house in Islamabad.
November 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
We wanted to understand how regular Americans feel about the Trump administration. So we talked to three Russia-funded content farmers at a tea house in Islamabad.
Weird office things: a plastic bag with purple running shoes in one of the planter boxes that's been there since last week.
November 25, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Weird office things: a plastic bag with purple running shoes in one of the planter boxes that's been there since last week.
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Gender is a spectrum from just wanting have fun to being back in town, and to varying degrees, each of us contains attributes of both, which is a beautiful thing
November 24, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Gender is a spectrum from just wanting have fun to being back in town, and to varying degrees, each of us contains attributes of both, which is a beautiful thing
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Terumaru, a bright young lightbulb and the mascot of the Tokyu Denki electric company, trapped in a door yesterday:
November 23, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Terumaru, a bright young lightbulb and the mascot of the Tokyu Denki electric company, trapped in a door yesterday:
My weed neighbours are smoking a lot of weed again so now my apartment smells like weed.
November 23, 2025 at 11:35 AM
My weed neighbours are smoking a lot of weed again so now my apartment smells like weed.
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God bless Claude Rains down in Africa
November 22, 2025 at 11:23 PM
God bless Claude Rains down in Africa
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Amazing incorrect lyrics on the karaoke machine yesterday
November 22, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Amazing incorrect lyrics on the karaoke machine yesterday
Diversity Win: The Weird Person With A Shopping Trolley Full Of Cans They Scrounged From The Train Station Bins Is White This Time.
November 23, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Diversity Win: The Weird Person With A Shopping Trolley Full Of Cans They Scrounged From The Train Station Bins Is White This Time.
"Choosing" is a strong word for "taking the first job that gave me an offer at a point I needed a job". Honestly wouldn't recommend this strategy, but don't really have any better ideas because every time I try to think of a job I would "like" I come up with "independently wealthy 19thC aristocrat".
November 23, 2025 at 2:50 AM
"Choosing" is a strong word for "taking the first job that gave me an offer at a point I needed a job". Honestly wouldn't recommend this strategy, but don't really have any better ideas because every time I try to think of a job I would "like" I come up with "independently wealthy 19thC aristocrat".
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Went to the knobology course and everyone there knew you
November 20, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Went to the knobology course and everyone there knew you
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Delighted to see that the Italians have made a wine that transcends the generation gap
November 21, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Delighted to see that the Italians have made a wine that transcends the generation gap
Every discussion of typing versus handwriting notes I remember the guy in my first year maths classes who tried to live typeset his notes in LaTeX. It did not go well for him.
November 21, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Every discussion of typing versus handwriting notes I remember the guy in my first year maths classes who tried to live typeset his notes in LaTeX. It did not go well for him.
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I believe they prefer to be called Americans
November 20, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I believe they prefer to be called Americans
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Had to look up 'piss' in the Guardian styleguide (it's not there).
Just another day reporting on Elon.
Just another day reporting on Elon.
November 21, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Had to look up 'piss' in the Guardian styleguide (it's not there).
Just another day reporting on Elon.
Just another day reporting on Elon.
The Russian/US "peace" plan is a fucking joke. Fuck it. Slava Ukraini.
November 21, 2025 at 4:49 AM
The Russian/US "peace" plan is a fucking joke. Fuck it. Slava Ukraini.
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"Janjaweed" has gotta join "waterboarding at guantanamo bay" for gap between How Fun It Sounds and How Fun It Is
November 21, 2025 at 4:27 AM
"Janjaweed" has gotta join "waterboarding at guantanamo bay" for gap between How Fun It Sounds and How Fun It Is
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we call it 'super-Nauru'
"the Saudis can't bribe people any more because they spent all their money on sports teams and deeply stupid infrastructure projects they'll never finish" is a plot twist I didn't see coming, I'll be honest
November 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
we call it 'super-Nauru'