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an actual bus @renardboy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 21

I don't know this for a fact but I strongly suspect the "legitimate interest" cookies allow the usual suspects to do all their nasty business even if you refuse the normal cookies.

And then if you actually go through the trouble of unchecking the legitimate interest cookies then that makes your […]

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an actual bus @renardboy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 20

@0xabad1dea the way you're phrasing it suggests you actually do have a "jump on me, I'll safely catch you" gesture, which puzzles me.

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an actual bus @renardboy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 20

@DemocracyMattersALot Keenly observed

an actual bus @renardboy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 15

"More boobs than brains" is a really weird insult to use when you think about it.

The average human brain weighs about three pounds. Some people have more than three pounds of breast tissue total, that's just a fact of life and probably not even uncommon.

an actual bus @renardboy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 15

PSA: WD-40 is *not* a lubricant, it's a penetrant.

A penetrant is for helping stuck parts get unstuck. Something like an old bolt that is rusted over and won't turn.

A lubricant is for reducing friction and wear between two sliding surfaces. Something like the plates and pins of a bike chain […]

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Vee @veroniqueb99.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 14

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an actual bus @renardboy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 13

Extremely relevant reminder that this one time RZA from the wu-tang clan guest hosted ray william johnson's youtube show

an actual bus @renardboy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 13

@adamparkhomenko.bsky.social somebody give this man legislative power

an actual bus @renardboy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 13

#forgeposting time!!!

Made a toilet paper roll holder today, the one I had was of unfortunate construction and broke. I'll try to reforge it into other stuff since it's steel 😁

Tried using the peen of the hammer to create a texture on the flat section after […]

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A freshly-forged toilet paper holder on an anvil, along with the two also freshly-forged nails that will fasten it to my bathroom wall.

The broken toilet paper holder that was replaced, it consists of a bent stainless steel rod with one end going through a thin stainless steel plate and pinched so it doesn't come out, but it came out anyways. The hole in the plate is chewed out and won't hold the rod anymore.

The new toilet paper holder in the process of being forged. The part that is going to hold the nails has been flattened into a leaf shape and textured with vertical ridges.

The new toilet paper holder, now mounted on my bathroom wall, which is made of brown ceramic tiles.

an actual bus @renardboy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 12

@VeroniqueB99 I do it and when I was a kid I would eat hotdogs by separating them and eating the bun first and then the hotdog last.

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an actual bus @renardboy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 9

To be fair incompetence, cronyism and claiming divine right are really the bread and butter of dictatorships

an actual bus @renardboy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 8

@quinn Hell yeah. I keep first aid, tote bags and bike tools in my backpack (useful for me but also to help others on my way who have mechanical problems). Any tools you can carry can come in useful to help people.

I'm on the lookout for some portable tool that will allow me to cut off […]

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an actual bus @renardboy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 7

@scuttlebutt Hey I respect it immensely, that shit gave me a solid chuckle

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an actual bus @renardboy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 7

@ifixcoinops You mean the general public *won't* be willing to read our introductory page to know how to pronounce it and what it means? Impossible.

an actual bus @renardboy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 7

@scuttlebutt Wow, how did I not think of terrorism myself 🤣

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an actual bus @renardboy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 7

@RebelliousCheez lmao

an actual bus @renardboy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 7

"capitalism drives innovation" like yeah I hope so it's the system that makes you work harder for your bread

an actual bus @renardboy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 6

Having a pet peeve is morally indefensible in 2025.

Peeves should be out there in the wild where they belong.

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an actual bus @renardboy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 6

How do you destroy roundup? I have a bottle of this horrible stuff that was left behind when I moved in and I have no idea what to do with it.

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an actual bus @renardboy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 3

I just put up a new address plaque on my house, I forged both the numbers and the staples that pin them to a northern white cedar board with concave radii in the corners and charred sides. I'm not gonna show it here because I don't want to dox myself so you're just gonna have to take my word […]

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an actual bus @renardboy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 3

@paninid "hey man what the fuck that's my food"

an actual bus @renardboy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 3

@mayintoronto Dang, your disagreement carries weight. I will reflect on this, which is something I've been doing for a while.

an actual bus @renardboy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 3

@VeroniqueB99 couldn't take the heat either

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an actual bus @renardboy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 3

@VeroniqueB99 hard 8, this is a moment of power posing to assert dominance

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May is ambivalent about 🦃 @mayintoronto.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · Aug 2

I want to talk about this. "Patient, advocates worry shuttered mental health program for Toronto's Chinese community will reduce access."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/aim-uhn-closed-chinese-community-mental-health-1.7599812

There is a MASSIVE amount of stigma against getting mental […]

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