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ValΓ©ry Giscard d'Estaing

@diffractiongrating

I am Iridescent on Twitter but some random took that here. FranΓ§ois Mitterrand retire bitch. (I'm Australian) (they/them) πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

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I love the end of daylight saving when the sun doesn't wake me up too early but it isn't dark when I leave work. I would love it more if we kept this time zone all year. Or even put summer an hour further forward.

10.03.2026 04:56 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert - Wikipedia

This has made $20 million so far so a couple million people still care enough to go to the cinema to see him.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPiC:_E...

10.03.2026 01:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's kinda wild that they invented a tool for match fixing and then expanded it to insider trading and then manipulating government policy and apparently no one will do anything about this service.

09.03.2026 23:43 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I will point out them missing off an item if I actually like the place and want to go back but if it was bad and I never want to go there again I consider it their problem. I also think there is correlation between the restaurant being bad and them fucking up the bill. Staff don't care, perhaps?

09.03.2026 22:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

cold take but the capital of the free world is kyiv. they still believe in everything these thugs have abandoned

09.03.2026 11:12 πŸ‘ 157 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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That Time I Tried to Buy an Actual Barrel of Crude Oil Tracy Alloway strikes one of the more ridiculous trades in commodities history.

Incredible commitment to the bit.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

09.03.2026 12:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A Roman mosaic depicting an owl with wide eyes, brown and red body, and blue feet, set against a cream-colored background with a black geometric border. The owl looks a bit deranged.

A Roman mosaic depicting an owl with wide eyes, brown and red body, and blue feet, set against a cream-colored background with a black geometric border. The owl looks a bit deranged.

Just another Monday…

A Roman mosaic depicting a somewhat whimsical owl πŸ¦‰, found in UzΓ¨s, southern France, dating second half of the 1st century BC.

πŸ“· Denis Gliksman, Inrap

🏺 #MosaicMonday

09.03.2026 07:40 πŸ‘ 830 πŸ” 207 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 32

I'm still mad at them for meaning we didn't get to go to the Airbus factory.

09.03.2026 11:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Would recommend this:
bsky.app/profile/elyo...

09.03.2026 06:10 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I am a long term Musk hater because I actually finished my physics degree, possibly unlike him, but also, arguably more importantly, my brain is not made of mouldy socks and far too much ketamine.

09.03.2026 06:07 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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How Elon Musk’s Sci-Fi Hyperloop Failed Before his misadventures in government efficiency, Musk promised to revolutionize commuting with a subway that would speed passengers between DC and Baltimore in a matter of minutes. The project was a...

I always thought this was a total scam because I have a passing understanding of how vacuums and basic geometry work, but I didn't realise how much of other people's time it also wasted. washingtonian.com/2026/02/12/h...

09.03.2026 06:07 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The terrible betrayal of something which is supposed to be a pickle going horribly mouldy after not long at all.

09.03.2026 05:43 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Cheers! πŸ₯‚

09.03.2026 05:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

boy in retrospect, really shouldn’t have elected the worst person in the entire country president. that, it appears, was less than wise

09.03.2026 02:46 πŸ‘ 5242 πŸ” 664 πŸ’¬ 101 πŸ“Œ 26

🀬

09.03.2026 04:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I know median voter parents are hysterical and refuse to ever do anything themselves and want to just outsource it to the government or entertainment companies but I still don't understand how this helps anyone.

09.03.2026 04:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Apparently someone just DM'd me for the first time in months because bluesky is now asking me to let something called "kid web services" scan my face or credit card. I thought I had escaped this. If this was you I can give you my Signal instead.

09.03.2026 04:40 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I hate SharePoint but I hate network drives even more.

09.03.2026 04:22 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

This is both an incredibly ugly piece of jewellery, and an incredibly generic one.

09.03.2026 02:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Turkey is also the Roman Empire.

08.03.2026 13:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a black and white cartoon of a man holding a sign that says ' sickos ' . Alt: Sickos yes ha ha ha yes
08.03.2026 13:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I am sure this was terrible at the time but it's incredibly funny to read about now.

08.03.2026 11:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

That sounds nice and I should make it. But which restaurant will sell me this to go with lunch?

08.03.2026 11:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Everyone is way too charitable to Greece because they have nice food and some pretty islands. But much like Italy no one listens to me on this.

08.03.2026 11:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Milk is sweet.

08.03.2026 07:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I haven't tried it but every description reads as "something I'll find too sweet".

08.03.2026 07:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Unconvinced on the "not sweet" there.

08.03.2026 07:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm not expecting a non alcoholic martini, I don't think that can exist unless you count "drinking olive brine", but the lack of non sweet drinks is weird. Does everyone who doesn't drink have the palate of a child or does the beverage industry just think this for no good reason?

08.03.2026 07:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I have made non alcoholic drinks that I like at home but I am yet to find a version of "soda water with enough things that it's not JUST soda water" sold outside my house that isn't a glass of sugar water.

08.03.2026 07:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Every mocktail? A glass of sugar water.
Every canned soft drink? A glass of sugar water?
Every iced tea? A glass of sugar water and also caffeine.

08.03.2026 07:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0