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Kirb⸆⸉🌳 @godskillerkirb.swifties.social · 8h

TTPD has 31 songs and TLOASG has 12, so everyone has a birthday mashup

mine b-day: 02/10/2003

Elizabeth Taylor x WAOLOM

This would go unbelievably hard.

♥️ivy 🎆rose🫶 @ivyisburningred.swifties.social · 9h

ttpd has 31 songs and tloas has 12, so everyone has a birthday mashup ✨

mine: 3/17/2000

Opalite x the black dog

What a mix lmaooooo

albetross ❤️‍🔥 dreaming of the Fate of Ophelia @albetross.swifties.social · 9h

ttpd has 31 songs and tloas has 12, so everyone has a birthday mashup ✨

mine:
The Bolter x Wi$h Li$t

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Kirb⸆⸉🌳 @godskillerkirb.swifties.social · 8h

"you want a fight you found it" is Taylor making the decision to re-record her first 6 albums.

"I've got the place surrounded" is Taylor knowing that us, her fans, will always have her back, but in this instance is her knowing that we will be exclusively buying and streaming the re-recordings.

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Kirb⸆⸉🌳 @godskillerkirb.swifties.social · 8h

Not quite...

Top 5 standard (in order)
🤍 The Alchemy
🤍 So Long, London
🤍 loml
🤍 MBOBHFT
🤍 WAOLOM

Anthology (in order)
🖤 Peter
🖤 The Bolter
🖤 Chloe et al.
🖤 Cassandra
🖤 The Albatross

♥️ivy 🎆rose🫶 @ivyisburningred.swifties.social · 9h

I suspect we all have the same top 5 when it comes to TTPD standard and anthology (if you rank them separately)

🤍icdiwabh
🤍 ttpd (except this one, no one gets her like I do)
🤍tsmwel
🤍mbobhft
🤍so long, London

🖤Peter
🖤the prophecy
🖤how did it end?
🖤the black dog
🖤so high school

Am I right??

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Kirb⸆⸉🌳 @godskillerkirb.swifties.social · 9h

Mine

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carlie⸆⸉🛟❤️‍🔥 @carliesholyground.swifties.social · 11h

day 46 of the SONGS THAT MADE US SWIFTIES BRACKET BATTLE ✨🫶

✨💚💛💜❤️🩵🖤🩷🩶🤎💙🤍✨

today’s battle:

mine
~VS~
love story

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day 45 results:
sparks fly - 41
style - 37

Off-white background with partially transparent taylor swift emojis scattered. At the top, title reads “Songs That Made Us Swifties Bracket Battle”.

There are 5 brackets on each side, each with boxes that either contains song titles or are blank.

LEFT

#1
haunted
i know places
our song
ylm
ybwm
ikywt
tiwwchnt
everything has changed
dear john
the man
i’d lie
fifteen
invisible string
should’ve said no
stay stay stay
gorgeous
lavender haze
stay beautiful
…ready for it?
champagne problems
the 1
sparks fly
exile
maroon
style
the last time
electric touch
tim mcgraw
atw (sv)

#2
haunted
our song
ybwm
everything has changed
dear john
fifteen
should’ve said no
gorgeous
lavender haze
…ready for it?
sparks fly
exile
style
tim mcgraw

#3
our song
ybwm
dear john
should’ve said no
…ready for it?
sparks fly
style

#4
ybwm
…ready for it?
sparks fly

#5 blank

RIGHT

#1
my tears ricochet
22
mine
wanegbt
innocent
yoyok
love story
tomg
state of grace
invisible
delicate
cb…bh
rwylm
fearless
mean
atw 10 mv
enchanted
peace
blank space
idsb
white horse
down bad
long live
seven
anti-hero
exile (lpss)
lwymmd
wildest dreams
august (lpss)

#2
mine
wanegbt
love story
tomg
delicate
rwylm
fearless
atw 10mv
blank space
idsb
long live
anti-hero
lwymmd
wildest dreams

#3
mine
love story
rwylm
atw 10mv
blank space
long live
wildest dreams

#4 to #5 blank

The blank boxes are black and the boxes with song titles are the colour of the album for the corresponding title.

Eliminated songs are crossed out:
i know places
ylm
ikywt
tiwwchnt
the man
i’d lie
invisible string
stay stay stay
stay beautiful
champagne problems
the 1
maroon
the last time
electric touch
atw (sv)
my tears ricochet
22
innocent
yoyok
state of grace
invisible
cb…bh
mean
enchanted
peace
white horse
down bad
seven
exile (lpss)
august (lpss)
haunted
everything has changed
fifteen
gorgeous
lavender haze
exile
lavender haze
wanegbt
tomg
delicate
fearless
idsb
anti-hero
lwymmd
our song
dear john
should’ve said no
style

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Kirb⸆⸉🌳 @godskillerkirb.swifties.social · 12h

Honestly, if you think that's bad, you should see how I scale my computer.

Most people like 15+ years older than me (I'm currently 22) see it and are like "you can read that?" and I'm like "yep".
A big reason as to why I do it is to better fit more content, it's also already a 16in display so...

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Kirb⸆⸉🌳 @godskillerkirb.swifties.social · 12h

A petition for that and for people who are gay, bi, pan, asexual, demisexual, etc., to start identifying as "not straight".

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Kirb⸆⸉🌳 @godskillerkirb.swifties.social · 13h

Oh, I'm already feeling much better. Thanks!
I do still have some eye fatigue/uncomfortableness, but with my immensely high pain tolerance, it's nothing I can't handle.

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Kirb⸆⸉🌳 @godskillerkirb.swifties.social · 13h

Reading this made me realize how funny it would be to just start putting "not gay" on mine and while it is true, it's one of the most vague things you can put and is something I would absolutely just roll with while employed.
Now, I'm straight, but telling people that I'm not gay would be funny.

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Kirb⸆⸉🌳 @godskillerkirb.swifties.social · 13h

FUCK YEAH!

I've been waiting for this day to come.

What a great time to be a Linux user with an Nvidia GPU. The day Nvidia decided to stop being a selfish POS and release an open source their kernel module was one of my favorite days for Linux and the (Linux) open source community.

Liam @ GamingOnLinux @gamingonlinux.com · 13h

NVIDIA DLSS support in progress for NVK, the open source Vulkan driver for NVIDIA GPUs
#OpenSource #NVIDIA #Vulkan #DLSS #Linux #LinuxGaming #Mesa

NVIDIA DLSS support in progress for NVK, the open source Vulkan driver for NVIDIA GPUs

This is pretty big and exciting, the open source NVK driver for NVIDIA GPUs is on a path towards getting NVIDIA DLSS support.

www.gamingonlinux.com

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Kirb⸆⸉🌳 @godskillerkirb.swifties.social · 13h

It's currently like 3:35 for me.
I had a pretty big eye surgery yesterday that they sedated me for, so I basically slept for from the hours of like 1pm to like 6pm, was then up until like 11:30 then woke up at like 3am.
I don't think I'll be going back to sleep at all until tonight.

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Kvacm Art | Michal Kváč @kvacm.bsky.social · 1d

Hello #PortfolioDay! 🎨
I'm landscape artist and illustrator from Czechia and I do fantasy and scifi ladscapes, cityscapes and space scenes 🪐

My website: kvacm.carrd.co
Patreon: www.patreon.com/c/kvacm
COMMISSIONS OPEN!

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⭐ ᗰᗩᖇᛕ ᗩ. ǤᗩᖇᒪIᑕᛕ ⭐ @markgarlick.com · Apr 20

Ringworld WIP. Needs developing in #Blender. This is just a sketch done in #Photoshop. Will create an animation at some point.

Please repost!

#scifi #b3d

Digital illustration of Larry Niven's Ringworld, from the novel of the same name. We're high up, on a mountain perhaps, with clouds below, and the curve of the ring reaching into the sky.

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Taylor Swift Updates @ts-updates.swifties.social · 2d

📈| Taylor Swift occupies the entire Top 10 of the Hot 100 for a 3rd time in her career! No other artist has achieved this once.

Billboard Hot 100 chart dated October 18, 2025, showing all 12 songs from the album charting simultaneously. The top five songs are 'The Fate of Ophelia' at number 1, 'Opalite' at 2, 'Elizabeth Taylor' at 3, 'Father Figure' at 4, and 'Wood' at 5. The right side of the image features a photo of Taylor Swift lying in a bathtub of pale blue water, wearing a sparkly, silver, bustier-style top

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Kirb⸆⸉🌳 @godskillerkirb.swifties.social · 1d

Sparks Fly

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carlie⸆⸉🛟❤️‍🔥 @carliesholyground.swifties.social · 2d

day 45 of the SONGS THAT MADE US SWIFTIES BRACKET BATTLE ✨🫶

✨💚💛💜❤️🩵🖤🩷🩶🤎💙🤍✨

today’s battle:

sparks fly
~VS~
style

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day 44 results:
…ready for it? - 39
should’ve said no - 34

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Kirb⸆⸉🌳 @godskillerkirb.swifties.social · 2d

Billboard Hot 100 (Taylor's Version)

Billboard hot 100

1. The Fate of Ophelia
2. Opalite
3. Elizabeth Taylor
4. Father Figure
5. Wood
6. Wi$h Li$t
7. Actually
8. The Life of a Showgirl
9. Eldest Daughter
10. CANCELLED!

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Kirb⸆⸉🌳 @godskillerkirb.swifties.social · 2d

Life is a Song

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Ally 🤠🤎 @cowboylikeally.swifties.social · 2d

The Life of a Showgirl Covers Bracket Battle ❤️‍🔥

It’s Beautiful moves onto round 2!

Results:
It’s Beautiful: 39 votes
Baby, it’s Show Business: 16 votes
It’s Rapturous: 28 votes

Today’s bracket battle is The Shiny Bug vs. Life is a Song

A orange and teal ombre background. The title is the life of a showgirl covers
Battle 1: sweat and vanilla perfume vs alone in my tower
Battle 2: it’s frightening vs the crowd is your king
Battle 3: tiny bubbles in champagne vs dressing room rehearsal vs so punk on the internet
Battle 4: it’s beautiful vs baby, that’s show business vs it’s rapturous
Battle 5: the shiny bug vs life is a song
Battle 6: so glamorous cabaret vs a look behind the curtain
Sweat and vanilla perfume & the crowd is your king are in the 2nd round
Tiny bubbles in champagne moves onto round 2
It’s beautiful moves on

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Kirb⸆⸉🌳 @godskillerkirb.swifties.social · 2d

The Albatross

Mainly because peace doesn't technically have a bridge.

I get where you're coming from, and I mean no hate when I say this, but this is Taylor we're talking about; drastic changes for a second verse or even a second chorus is just a big part of what she does.

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Ally 🤠🤎 @cowboylikeally.swifties.social · 2d

Best Bridge Bracket 💕

Well, maybe we got lost in translation, maybe I asked for too much 💕

All Too Well moves onto round 2!

Results:
Last Kiss: 19 votes
All Too Well: 79 votes

Today’s bracket battle is peace vs. The Albatross

The background is ombre of all Taylor albums. The title is best bridges in white.
Battle 1: AYHTDWS vs. Fortnight
Battle 2: fifteen vs the alchemy
Battle 3: guilty as sin? Vs YOYOK
Battle 4: i wish you would vs wildest dreams
Battle 5: cardigan vs you all over me
Battle 6: “slut!” vs mean
Battle 7: the archer vs hoax
Battle 8: love story vs getaway car
Battle 9: treacherous vs you’re losing me
Battle 10: anti-hero vs Peter
Battle 11: dear John vs better man
Battle 12: TIWWCHNT vs COSOSOM
Battle 13: speak now vs maroon
Battle 14: WAOLOM vs DWOHT
Battle 15: this is me trying vs tis the damn season
Battle 16: state of grace vs RWYLM
Battle 17: the Great War vs Florida
Battle 18: enchanted vs so long London
Battle 19: my tears ricochet vs sweet nothing
Battle 20: out of the woods vs how did it end
Battle 21: the last time vs imgonnagetyouback
Battle 22: MBOBHFT vs is it over now?
Battle 23: timeless vs long live
Battle 24: mirrorball vs gorgeous
Battle 25: the man vs i can see you
Battle 26: Cornelia street vs champagne problems
Battle 27: robin vs electric touch
Battle 28: TTPD vs ivy
Battle 29: red vs tolerate it
Battle 30: no body no crime vs Coney Island
Battle 31: the bolter vs TOMG
Battle 32: hits different vs marjorie
Battle 33: happiness vs if this was a movie
Battle 34: never grow up vs Superman
Battle 35: TWILY vs this love
Battle 36: the prophecy vs Cassandra
Battle 37: time McGraw vs haunted
Battle 38: illicit affairs vs LWYMMD
Battle 39: exile vs castles crumbling
Battle 40: last kiss vs all too well
Battle 41: peace vs the albatross
Battle 42: everything has changed vs August
Battle 43: DBATC vs vigilante shit
Battle 44: back to December vs WCS
battle 45: SOTB bs CLM
battle 46: lover vs mastermind
Battle 47: CIWYW vs forever winter
Battle 48: nothing new vs KOMH
Battle 49: YAIL vs TLGAD
Battle 50: the manuscript vs TOSOTD
Battle 51: loml vs the lakes
Battle 52: dear reader vs HYGTG
Battle 53: cruel summer vs TSMWEL
battle 54: WTNY vs mad woman

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Kirb⸆⸉🌳 @godskillerkirb.swifties.social · 2d

If you think that's bad...

If you understood just how chronically online I am, you be shocked to know that it's because of that that therapy would do absolutely nothing for me. 5-10+ min. doom scrolling the right social platform and/or binging YT or TT, or playing the right music, and I'm all good.

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Kirb⸆⸉🌳 @godskillerkirb.swifties.social · 2d

Okay, I love that!
I've yet to play a ranger myself as I like more magic based classes, but I might multi-class one with a rogue or a fighter at some point. However, seeing as there is a ranger subclass that is basically rogue & ranger, that and a rogue might either be really nice or be redundant.

Kirb⸆⸉🌳 @godskillerkirb.swifties.social · 3d

ready for it

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carlie⸆⸉🛟❤️‍🔥 @carliesholyground.swifties.social · 3d

day 44 of the SONGS THAT MADE US SWIFTIES BRACKET BATTLE ✨🫶

✨💚💛💜❤️🩵🖤🩷🩶🤎💙🤍✨

today’s battle:

should’ve said no
~VS~
…ready for it?

✨ comment to vote
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✨ perma-tag list link in comments
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day 43 results:
ybwm - 34
our song - 30
dear john - 14

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