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phantasmAgaric 🦑

@lalonde.bsky.social

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native tocharian b speaker. mycorrhizal mech pilot prodigy. the earth sphere's foremost eunuch rights activist

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phantasmAgaric 🦑 @lalonde.bsky.social · 9d

yeah i'm fucking bisexual aren't i

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phantasmAgaric 🦑 @lalonde.bsky.social · 43m

"no take only throw" but "no do only happen" and also the dog is foaming at the mouth

phantasmAgaric 🦑 @lalonde.bsky.social · 44m

really feels like "too bored to do anything" shouldn't be a valid brain state for anything more neurologically complex than a nematode worm. and YET

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phantasmAgaric 🦑 @lalonde.bsky.social · 1h

awwwww pike this is so sweet :)

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phantasmAgaric 🦑 @lalonde.bsky.social · 2h

exactly one attestation of "octolemma" on this website until this moment

searching octolemma on bsky turns up exactly one post, listing eight english words with surprising toponymic etymologies – tangerine, suede, jeans, spa, bungalow, canary, magenta, and neanderthal

phantasmAgaric 🦑 @lalonde.bsky.social · 3h

thinking of her again chat

phantasmAgaric 🦑 @lalonde.bsky.social · 3h

arranging a sampling platter of thwacking relics and scoring them by balance, firmness, holiness, authenticity, and comedy value

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phantasmAgaric 🦑 @lalonde.bsky.social · 3h

i'm going to bonk you with a plank of the true cross

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phantasmAgaric 🦑 @lalonde.bsky.social · 3h

being an idle generalist dilettante has a whole lot of downsides but it's unmatched for being able to engage with cute nerds at a significantly higher level than the average laywoman whilst still being unfamiliar enough to have a bunch of questions :)

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phantasmAgaric 🦑 @lalonde.bsky.social · 3h

just want to make sure the juice is worth the squeeze while it's still not too late

phantasmAgaric 🦑 @lalonde.bsky.social · 3h

you've got a very distinct presence to you! it's refreshing, especially against the background din of social media

phantasmAgaric 🦑 @lalonde.bsky.social · 3h

it's called helping the driver pay attention to their surroundings :)

phantasmAgaric 🦑 @lalonde.bsky.social · 3h

yep :)

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phantasmAgaric 🦑 @lalonde.bsky.social · 4h

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phantasmAgaric 🦑 @lalonde.bsky.social · 4h

seeing a graffiti artist spraying "jesus is king" in central london feels like the societal equivalent of finding a single shrivelled bedbug husk whilst dusting the shelves

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phantasmAgaric 🦑 @lalonde.bsky.social · 4h

luckily i'm really good at those

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phantasmAgaric 🦑 @lalonde.bsky.social · 4h

okay i know i came out as "bisexual" whilst definitely not under the heavy influence of anything remotely mind-altering a week ago. but i can still say dyke right

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phantasmAgaric 🦑 @lalonde.bsky.social · 4h

updating the football club's name to p-celtic

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phantasmAgaric 🦑 @lalonde.bsky.social · 5h

like honestly what's even the point if it's just going to be ruled from the ancient seat and in the tongue of the Men of Lothian

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phantasmAgaric 🦑 @lalonde.bsky.social · 6h

did you ask them what they thought of the unlawful conquest of new netherland

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phantasmAgaric 🦑 @lalonde.bsky.social · 6h

(100% record so far btw)

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phantasmAgaric 🦑 @lalonde.bsky.social · 6h

i am not sure what the particular allegations are but i'm sure as hell not beating them

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phantasmAgaric 🦑 @lalonde.bsky.social · 6h

coworkers have a new game of quizzing me on the familial affiliation and geographical range of a new obscure language at the beginning of our weekly project meetings (today it was mewari)

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phantasmAgaric 🦑 @lalonde.bsky.social · 6h

total nerds realising i'm genuinely invested in understanding and engaging with their niche area of interest/study instead of just humouring them is just about as close to the divine as i've managed to get

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phantasmAgaric 🦑 @lalonde.bsky.social · 6h

ok but for real. the gleam in her eyes as she's excitedly synthesising new ideas and material with her existing worldview >>>>>>>>

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phantasmAgaric 🦑 @lalonde.bsky.social · 7h

okay maybe not ANY other. i do still lose all sense of proportion or reason around women with cream-pale skin, brown hair, and penetratingly intense gazes