An elderly cat
@rudyred34.bsky.social
I'm a gay anarchist and I'm too old for this shit.
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An elderly cat
@rudyred34.bsky.social
· Nov 11
My interests, in no particular order, for people considering a follow:
- TTRPGs
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Knitting
- Folk metal
- Bluegrass
- Herbalism
- HEMA (Italian rapier, specifically)
- Castlevania (TV show)
- Arcane
- The Witcher
- Bicycle infrastructure
- Gothic literature
- etc.
- TTRPGs
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Knitting
- Folk metal
- Bluegrass
- Herbalism
- HEMA (Italian rapier, specifically)
- Castlevania (TV show)
- Arcane
- The Witcher
- Bicycle infrastructure
- Gothic literature
- etc.
It's notable that in the X-Files episode "Excelsis Dei," Scully and Mulder's roles are reversed: Scully immediately believes the victim's claims of sexual assault and harassment, while Mulder is more skeptical and points out that the lack of hard evidence will make it hard to resolve the case.
December 3, 2025 at 3:50 AM
It's notable that in the X-Files episode "Excelsis Dei," Scully and Mulder's roles are reversed: Scully immediately believes the victim's claims of sexual assault and harassment, while Mulder is more skeptical and points out that the lack of hard evidence will make it hard to resolve the case.
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Taylor Swift (8 feet tall, limbs the length of anacondas) remains silent on the White House using her music. Meanwhile, Sabrina Carpenter (3 feet tall, fists too tiny to hold ladybugs) is charging headfirst at ICE, ready to pummel any rent-a-Nazi that dares to speak her name.
December 2, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Taylor Swift (8 feet tall, limbs the length of anacondas) remains silent on the White House using her music. Meanwhile, Sabrina Carpenter (3 feet tall, fists too tiny to hold ladybugs) is charging headfirst at ICE, ready to pummel any rent-a-Nazi that dares to speak her name.
It is taking all my willpower not to spam Luigi memes in the chat for my employer's 2026 open enrollment meeting.
December 2, 2025 at 7:14 PM
It is taking all my willpower not to spam Luigi memes in the chat for my employer's 2026 open enrollment meeting.
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Megafauna really give me a visceral “oh this is where gods come from” feeling. Even like… just looking at the fossils displays at the Field Museum.
December 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Megafauna really give me a visceral “oh this is where gods come from” feeling. Even like… just looking at the fossils displays at the Field Museum.
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“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
December 1, 2025 at 11:29 PM
“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
There is SO MUCH going on in this episode of X-Files ("Red Museum"). Teen abductions! A peeping Tom! A vegan cult! Critique of factory farms! A plane crash involving two new characters halfway through the episode! Every new scene introduces something entirely new until I'm like SURE WHY NOT.
December 2, 2025 at 5:29 AM
There is SO MUCH going on in this episode of X-Files ("Red Museum"). Teen abductions! A peeping Tom! A vegan cult! Critique of factory farms! A plane crash involving two new characters halfway through the episode! Every new scene introduces something entirely new until I'm like SURE WHY NOT.
"You're welcome to join us Friday night, Mulder. We're all hopping on the internet to nitpick the scientific inaccuracies of Earth 2." - Possibly the funniest line of dialogue in the entire X-Files series.
December 1, 2025 at 4:55 AM
"You're welcome to join us Friday night, Mulder. We're all hopping on the internet to nitpick the scientific inaccuracies of Earth 2." - Possibly the funniest line of dialogue in the entire X-Files series.
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I love being in my late 30s so much. I love not giving a shit about being famous or successful anymore. I love prioritizing being comfortable, and being around people who love me.
Could do without the aching joints and looming perimenopause, but everything else? Golden.
Could do without the aching joints and looming perimenopause, but everything else? Golden.
November 30, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I love being in my late 30s so much. I love not giving a shit about being famous or successful anymore. I love prioritizing being comfortable, and being around people who love me.
Could do without the aching joints and looming perimenopause, but everything else? Golden.
Could do without the aching joints and looming perimenopause, but everything else? Golden.
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Eternal Silence in the snow, this morning at Graceland Cemetery
November 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Eternal Silence in the snow, this morning at Graceland Cemetery
Huh, in "The Rise of Gawain, Nephew of Arthur," Gawain wins a duel against the warrior Gormundus because Gormundus's bronze helmet softened in the Levantine sun, allowing Gawain to cleave right through it. I wonder if that was a thing that actually happened (i.e. armor softening in hot weather).
November 30, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Huh, in "The Rise of Gawain, Nephew of Arthur," Gawain wins a duel against the warrior Gormundus because Gormundus's bronze helmet softened in the Levantine sun, allowing Gawain to cleave right through it. I wonder if that was a thing that actually happened (i.e. armor softening in hot weather).
Seeing so many posts and stuff from my friends about how much of a nightmare it is to drive right now, meanwhile I'm choo-chooing through a winter wonderland. Even got myself a beer.
November 29, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Seeing so many posts and stuff from my friends about how much of a nightmare it is to drive right now, meanwhile I'm choo-chooing through a winter wonderland. Even got myself a beer.
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top notch mascottin'
November 29, 2025 at 8:06 PM
top notch mascottin'
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When one of the country's largest cities has to restrict people from visiting a thriving market, it’s proof that we have drastically under-allocated space for human life and over-allocated it for cars.
City officials surprised vendors at Chicago’s most popular holiday market by imposing new crowd restrictions just hours before it opened last Friday.
City officials impose crowd restrictions on Christkindlmarket, creating uncertainty for vendors
chicago.suntimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:40 PM
When one of the country's largest cities has to restrict people from visiting a thriving market, it’s proof that we have drastically under-allocated space for human life and over-allocated it for cars.
I watched Zardoz for the first time on Thanksgiving and I LOVE IT?? It has a creative verve to it, real strong theater kid energy that I find utterly charming. It has a LOT of feelings about the decline of the British Empire; those feelings are largely incoherent but boy are they strong.
November 29, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I watched Zardoz for the first time on Thanksgiving and I LOVE IT?? It has a creative verve to it, real strong theater kid energy that I find utterly charming. It has a LOT of feelings about the decline of the British Empire; those feelings are largely incoherent but boy are they strong.
Difficulty level: I've already failed.
Don't say something snide after every ad before the movie challenge
November 29, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Difficulty level: I've already failed.
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To heal our divided nation I propose splitting Game of the Year awards into two categories:
- Game of the Year That’s 3D and You Use a Sword and/or Gun to Explode a Guy
- Game of the Year That’s Some Gay Bullshit Indie Meditation on Grief or Whatever
- Game of the Year That’s 3D and You Use a Sword and/or Gun to Explode a Guy
- Game of the Year That’s Some Gay Bullshit Indie Meditation on Grief or Whatever
November 28, 2025 at 1:49 PM
To heal our divided nation I propose splitting Game of the Year awards into two categories:
- Game of the Year That’s 3D and You Use a Sword and/or Gun to Explode a Guy
- Game of the Year That’s Some Gay Bullshit Indie Meditation on Grief or Whatever
- Game of the Year That’s 3D and You Use a Sword and/or Gun to Explode a Guy
- Game of the Year That’s Some Gay Bullshit Indie Meditation on Grief or Whatever
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A project I was counting on for my December bills got delayed, so I am wide open to take on larger projects and holiday commissions for December delivery.
November 19, 2025 at 7:42 PM
A project I was counting on for my December bills got delayed, so I am wide open to take on larger projects and holiday commissions for December delivery.
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This is the correct take. Stewing in white supremacist propaganda is bad for your thinking. And if think you are so savvy that it won’t impact you, you are the exact kind of mark they are slowly converting (I’m looking at you, centrist pundits).
It’s really funny how a generation will roll its eyes at parents who watch Fox News but doesn’t see why being immersed in Twitter is having the same effect. Lots of serious people show up on Fox News too but that shouldn’t be your primary source on the news.
November 27, 2025 at 10:05 AM
This is the correct take. Stewing in white supremacist propaganda is bad for your thinking. And if think you are so savvy that it won’t impact you, you are the exact kind of mark they are slowly converting (I’m looking at you, centrist pundits).
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need-a-penny, take-a-penny
November 21, 2025 at 7:16 PM
need-a-penny, take-a-penny
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Each of these companies harvests thousands of gigs of your personal info to capture an exact profile of your spending habits, and then they're like "I noticed you bought sunglasses last year. here's more sunglasses, which I assume you buy every single day."
November 25, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Each of these companies harvests thousands of gigs of your personal info to capture an exact profile of your spending habits, and then they're like "I noticed you bought sunglasses last year. here's more sunglasses, which I assume you buy every single day."
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Friendly reminder that striking workers are asking you not to patronize ANY Starbucks store.
If you're traveling this week, your airport definitely has other options. Zero reason to even think about crossing a picket line!
If you're traveling this week, your airport definitely has other options. Zero reason to even think about crossing a picket line!
November 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Friendly reminder that striking workers are asking you not to patronize ANY Starbucks store.
If you're traveling this week, your airport definitely has other options. Zero reason to even think about crossing a picket line!
If you're traveling this week, your airport definitely has other options. Zero reason to even think about crossing a picket line!
Of all the possible characterizations of Merlin that historical authors could go for, I was not expecting "sex predator whose harassment of a teenage girl led to his own downfall." (Via de Boron.)
November 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Of all the possible characterizations of Merlin that historical authors could go for, I was not expecting "sex predator whose harassment of a teenage girl led to his own downfall." (Via de Boron.)
Really not a fan of how the pointless security theater bullshit has started creeping into Amtrak too.
November 25, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Really not a fan of how the pointless security theater bullshit has started creeping into Amtrak too.