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@laurenthemself

Does stuff to words. Social justice bard. Queer. Aussie, but not a death spider. Living and working on Wurundjeri traditional land; sovereignty was never ceded. #OutliersWriters

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I got 0.0056 and the site told me that my opinions about colour palettes are now legally binding, so that was pretty cool.

13.03.2026 10:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Chirp: First of all, I think the DM is editorialising in a way he's not allowed to.

#FailedSave

13.03.2026 10:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Chirp: So is this my thing now? I'm now the guy that's got to just put weird garbage in his mouth?
DM: The taste tester.
Bora: I mean, you kind of were that before, but it just was less useful.
DM: And before, garbage came out.

#FailedSave S03E02, 'The Raven's Deal'

13.03.2026 10:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

'She's so trustworthy that I went into a coma!' β€” Chirp, #FailedSave S03E01 'Fields of Jasmine'

12.03.2026 11:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I feel like #StarfleetAcademy is the first Trek series where I'm really noticing the lack of accessories on uniforms. Specifically, at least half the bridge crew look weird without a carabiner.

12.03.2026 09:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Who wants a Grammarly pre-loaded with all my smutty fanfic inspiration suggestions? It emphasises the importance of picking a few key lines to put in the summary field to tantalise a potential audience.

11.03.2026 06:21 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

'They have the heart of a lion and a lifetime ban from the zoo.' β€” @xanderrific.bsky.social, #FailedSave, ibid.

10.03.2026 09:55 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

'You cast "Detect Aussie" and hear "Oi oi oi" in the distance.' β€” @vincecaso.com, #FailedSave S02E16, 'And Never the Sorrow'

I can't even say shit because it's TRUE.

10.03.2026 09:48 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

A waffle with lemon curd sounds absolutely amazing.

09.03.2026 22:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Nearly three hours in and we're way too deep into the taint jokes and it's GREAT.

09.03.2026 00:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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One of his favourite things to do is stare at me while making cookies...

08.03.2026 23:35 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

Like 'first the cushion, then your throat, hooman'.

09.03.2026 00:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

. @seananmcguire.bsky.social oh look it's Rolling In The Deep

08.03.2026 02:54 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

'It's not a measure of like actual objective attractiveness, it's more of a personal taste thing, right? Everyone has their own individual tastes and there is a four in this wagon, that's all that I'm gonna say.' - Lyrin, #FailedSave S02E15, 'From Ezero With Love'

07.03.2026 05:55 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

'All right, you usually sound like a narc, but now you sound like a snark.' Chirp to Ella, #FailedSave S02E14, 'Into the Dream'

06.03.2026 11:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm going to run β€œForest of the Damned” at @geekyteas.bsky.social in front of a live audience with these great players! ALL PROCEEDS will go to the #DioCancerFund. @aabria.bsky.social @erikaishii.bsky.social @kharypayton.bsky.social @sweeetanj.bsky.social
Tickets: tinyurl.com/dndgeeky

16.02.2026 22:39 πŸ‘ 266 πŸ” 46 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 5

When Bora succeeds in magically learning the Predecessor language and @aabria.bsky.social mutes her mic just to scream in absolute delight <3 <3 <3 #FailedSave

06.03.2026 09:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

AAAAHHHH #NaturalWorldsLibrary

06.03.2026 08:36 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If you're doomscrolling, guess what? So far there are 51 kākāpō chicks hatched and thriving this season, the same number of birds as we had in TOTAL in the 90s! Only one chick has died and there are still fertile eggs waiting to hatch!

06.03.2026 04:31 πŸ‘ 6423 πŸ” 1755 πŸ’¬ 68 πŸ“Œ 64

Perhaps the white tank top and the meal with all the soy sauce was a bad combination?

06.03.2026 08:25 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm never as awake as I want to be when contemplating this topic, and I am going to bed now. ASIO man in my computer please leave me alone til the morning, I prommy I'm not a criminal.

05.03.2026 12:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And I mean yes, that's different again because I'm a real person, but the written word is different from if, for example, it had been a photo or video of me naked (although phones didn't have cameras back then).

05.03.2026 12:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
CRIMES ACT 1958 - SECT 51C Producing child abuse material

'Filming, printing, photographing, recording, writing, drawing or otherwise generating material'

Like... what I'm getting at here is that this catches actual CAM.

It would also have included my diary when I was 17 and mentioned having sex.

(classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic...)

05.03.2026 12:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The legislation around CAM has been designed to cast a wide net on purpose, from my understanding, and there are reasons why that makes sense and reasons why it doesn't.

05.03.2026 12:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I keep getting annoyed about this every time I hear more about it, because I understand people's knee-jerk reaction, but Australia cannot possibly prosecute everyone who's lent/read/borrowed Lolita, or Tampa, or My Dark Vanessa, and those fictional characters ARE children.

05.03.2026 11:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Once you start digging into 'but Lolita is older' β€” she's still a child. The characters in Tesolon-Mastrosa's book, based on what I've read, are all of legal age and engaging in ageplay.

Moreover, they're letters on paper/screen. They're not literal images of literal children in either case.

05.03.2026 11:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The thing about Lauren Tesolin-Mastrosa's situation is that it's fine to be icked out by ageplay and 'barely legal' and whatnot, but if she's being charged with 'creating, possessing and disseminating child abuse material', we do in fact also have to charge every librarian who's handled Lolita.

05.03.2026 11:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I love games and so many of the people who make them. It was an honor to accept the award on behalf of the team and a privilege to be able to speak to what I believe in. β™₯️

05.03.2026 06:08 πŸ‘ 9684 πŸ” 1760 πŸ’¬ 88 πŸ“Œ 17

Edook Fublishing

05.03.2026 11:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A female kākāpō looking out of a nest, with one small chick showing. Credit: Andrew Digby

A female kākāpō looking out of a nest, with one small chick showing. Credit: Andrew Digby

Female #kakapo Kohengi on her nest with a newly-hatched chick and an egg (unseen). We removed the egg from underneath her and gave it to another female (Phoenix) who had infertile eggs. We're trying to ensure each female on Anchor Island has 1-2 fertile eggs to hatch. #kakapo2026 #conservation

01.03.2026 07:27 πŸ‘ 832 πŸ” 180 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 7