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Alex K.

@alexkalogiannis.bsky.social

200 followers 170 following 480 posts

I test drive cars, write reviews and host videos. Top Gear’s US correspondent. TG: https://www.topgear.com/car-news/alex-kalogiannis Insta: https://www.instagram.com/alex.kalogiannis/ Actorak.com

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Alex K. @alexkalogiannis.bsky.social · Nov 8

Hi! You’re new here! Me too. I’m Alex, I write for Top Gear. Sometimes I do improv. Cat dad. Film/TV/Games nerd. Gymsman. Cooking up a new thing at the moment. Stick around!

Alex K. @alexkalogiannis.bsky.social · 10h

One of these is the new RAV4.

Alex K. @alexkalogiannis.bsky.social · 4d

Ugh. This Stockholm syndrome is about to cost me a fortune in printer ink…

Alex K. @alexkalogiannis.bsky.social · 4d

So glad you have someone else to say that to now, but a part of me still misses the voicemails.

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Tempting Fate Tours @temptingfatetours.bsky.social · 6d

OK, gang: Our next video is imminent—but we're just 51 subscribers short of the magic 1,000.

Amongst you all, are there 51 more people to subscribe to a YouTube channel on occasional road trips in odd, unexpected cars of dubious reliability, usually decades old, often British?

Tell your friends !!

Tempting Fate Tours

Road trips. In odd, unexpected cars of dubious reliability, usually decades old, often British. They run at the start of the trip. After that, anything can happen—and frequently does. What could possi...

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Alex K. @alexkalogiannis.bsky.social · 7d

A message to you rudies.

SpryOldLorax @spryoldlorax.bsky.social · Sep 8

Reminder that everyone can turn off the "Rude" nonsense that is being grossly abused.

Go to Settings->Moderation, scroll down and click "Advanced", scroll down and turn off the "Rude" blocker:

Alex K. @alexkalogiannis.bsky.social · 7d

a man in a hat says woah there in a pixelated image

ALT: a man in a hat says woah there in a pixelated image

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Alex K. @alexkalogiannis.bsky.social · 9d

See him face.

Alex K. @alexkalogiannis.bsky.social · 10d

lol outside of comparing it to a thirsty tank, that’s my lingering memory of it.

Alex K. @alexkalogiannis.bsky.social · 10d

I don’t remember the SX4 being particularly efficient but it was oddly charming.

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Alex K. @alexkalogiannis.bsky.social · 11d

About to put a lawyer on retainer to read through all these legally binding contracts I need to sign off on just to play the beta of a game I’m prob not going to buy.

Alex K. @alexkalogiannis.bsky.social · 13d

You had cheese with some gnocchi on it. Respect.

Alex K. @alexkalogiannis.bsky.social · 14d

An old job had me running to four boroughs a day (plus Staten Island once a week) and back to the office by 3. It was my NY subway education and it was fantastic.

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Alex K. @alexkalogiannis.bsky.social · 15d

“I am your damned queen, Akasha. I rule all the damned vampires, so I’m compelled to do the damned snake dance across any damned room I’m in. Now are there any damned questions?”

Alex K. @alexkalogiannis.bsky.social · 15d

“You go tit!”

Alex K. @alexkalogiannis.bsky.social · 16d

This happenstance is amusing only to me and, I believe, a very select corner of the internet.

Alex K. @alexkalogiannis.bsky.social · 17d

lol this reference doesn’t work because he doesn’t know what love is.

Alex K. @alexkalogiannis.bsky.social · 18d

Back for more (Improv, not sushi).

Alex K. @alexkalogiannis.bsky.social · 21d

Sliding into the weekend.

Alex K. @alexkalogiannis.bsky.social · 21d

I know an “Edgar Suit” when I see one.

a man is sitting in the driver 's seat of a green truck and adjusting his hair .

ALT: a man is sitting in the driver 's seat of a green truck and adjusting his hair .

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Drew Scanlon @drewscanlon.bsky.social · 21d

Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE.

If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease!

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