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maximum robespierre @seeemilyplay.bsky.social · 20h

if you argue that riffing on the Bible is tantamount to fanfiction you:
- don’t understand fanfiction
- don’t understand what literature is
- should not be left unsupervised with books

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maximum robespierre @seeemilyplay.bsky.social · 20h

the divine comedy is not fucking fanfiction and you sound like a pretentious asshole arguing otherwise

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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maximum robespierre @seeemilyplay.bsky.social · 21h

reddit’s getting rid of its dumb assed nft thing? lmao

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maximum robespierre @seeemilyplay.bsky.social · 23h

great day to not be a sysadmin at vodafone lmaoo

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maximum robespierre @seeemilyplay.bsky.social · 1d

wow can’t believe what the first minister of scotland is doing

wariotifo @wariotifo.bsky.social · 1d

first as tragedy, then as farce

John Sweeney tweeting 'Spag Bol, properly made'. The photo of his spag bol reveals itself to be only very marginally less awful than his viral 2010 one. undercooked. two empty bottles of wine in shot

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maximum robespierre @seeemilyplay.bsky.social · 1d

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maximum robespierre @seeemilyplay.bsky.social · 1d

fuck belarus

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maximum robespierre @seeemilyplay.bsky.social · 1d

flower of scotland is such a fucking banger of a tune

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maximum robespierre @seeemilyplay.bsky.social · 1d

Me, painstakingly curating the perfect outfit for each and every occasion, vs Connor

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maximum robespierre @seeemilyplay.bsky.social · 1d

Some ruins in the Beorninglands, featuring my char and her Clydesdale

Hollyhauk the hobbit mixing cake batter in Michel Delving on a sunny day

The Rammas Echor burns while Minas Tirith lies in shadow during the Siege of Gondor, as seen from the North of Ithilien at night

Éowyn, no-living-man-am-I-ing during the siege of Minas Tirith

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maximum robespierre @seeemilyplay.bsky.social · 1d

And this game rewards you for slowing down and enjoying each moment, even if that means just parking for the better part of an hour to watch the sun set and the moon rise over the Brandywine

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maximum robespierre @seeemilyplay.bsky.social · 1d

The places that have minimal canon basis are sometimes the most beautiful — and it’s CRAZY that they can get me to admit that

The entrance to Duillond riding south from Celondim

The waters beyond Duillond, taken from the middle of the bay

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maximum robespierre @seeemilyplay.bsky.social · 1d

Saruman outside Orthanc: “I have seen what away this Middle-earth.”

Running with a satchel through the meadows of the Yondershire. In the distance: weeping willows and hobbit homes.

A hobbit waterwheel at Bywater on a starry night

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maximum robespierre @seeemilyplay.bsky.social · 1d

The designers and devs don’t get nearly enough credit for what a Herculean undertaking it is

My char recreating the Breath of the Wild cover art at the Eyrie in the Vales of Anduin

Some hobbit farmlands in the Shire at sunset, featuring a rainbow

The full moon perfectly centred over the ruins at Weathertop, as seen from below

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maximum robespierre @seeemilyplay.bsky.social · 1d

LOTRO is the most beautiful game ever, and now I’m going to thread some of my favourite screenshots from the last couple years

My char flexing during some aurora outside Dol Goldur

The Brandywine at Hobbiton on a beautiful sunny day

A path through the Yondershire woods at sunset

Éowyn vs the Witch King: But no living man am I. You look upon a woman.”

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maximum robespierre @seeemilyplay.bsky.social · 2d

hey look they put your man in LOTRO

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maximum robespierre @seeemilyplay.bsky.social · 2d

do any of you good folks have experience building apps for tvOS? can someone explain to me how the fuck YouTube just updated its UI without actually updating the app. what the fuck did I just experience

maximum robespierre @seeemilyplay.bsky.social · 3d

real

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maximum robespierre @seeemilyplay.bsky.social · 3d

tiktok is a fucking crazy place. why have I just had to read someone say that a 1.5 carat diamond is “small but not embarrassing”

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maximum robespierre @seeemilyplay.bsky.social · 3d

There’s a really frustrating phenomena where British people aggressively insist that they don’t live in a Protestant supremacist state. These groups may have American funding, but this sort of religious fundamentalism is about as “British” as you can get

Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 3d

Really not good at all that the Christian Right feels emboldened enough to parade in Soho in paramilitary uniforms. www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/10/k...