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Ildfluer

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Atheist in #Naarm | #Angeball #Football | #Books #Literature #Art #Architecture #Politics #Auspol #Polyglot #Victoria #Australia | DEMOCRACY IS NOT INEVITABLE |

created November 14, 2024

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Profile picture Andrea Learned | Climate Influence Catalyst Ⓥ 🚲 (@andrealearned.bsky.social) reposted

I can attest. There are so many benefits to going #plantbased - not the least of which is #ClimateInfluence I have never felt better.

6/9/2025, 10:13:16 PM | 3 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mike Eliason (@holz-bau.bsky.social) reposted

please enjoy this mass timber social housing where midrise development and trees are co-exist. 2-story wood aufstockung (vertical addition) w/ infill point access block in courtyard. number of homes *doubled* www.archdaily.com/1033635/timb...

6/9/2025, 11:50:49 PM | 50 6 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social) reply parent

Communities thrive and exist because of emotions.

7/9/2025, 12:00:11 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social) reply parent

Religious indoctrination of children is akin to child abuse.

6/9/2025, 11:50:51 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social) reply parent

Brave. But he needs to be careful or they'll harvest his organs.

6/9/2025, 11:47:41 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social) reply parent

We shouldn't have to deport a loser we helped to raise, just because he was born abroad. We enough prisons for fascists.

6/9/2025, 11:42:02 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Australian Conservation Foundation (@ausconservation.bsky.social) reposted

The BCA modelling completely ignores the costs of letting climate change rip: increasingly pricey rescue and clean up from extreme weather events + massive impacts on multiple industries including agriculture, fishing, insurance and tourism. #auspol www.acf.org.au/news/big-bus...

4/9/2025, 11:21:25 PM | 54 29 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social) reply parent

Ridiculous. The job of ending homelessness is for the Government. Which is why they should nationalise the resources industry to pay for it.

6/9/2025, 11:40:27 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Simon Rosenberg (@simonrosenberg.bsky.social) reposted

"Those rallies were whipped up by far-right extremists and neo-Nazis. A lot of people were warned about that. I am not in the business of doing ‘there are good people on both sides’ argument... In particular, I haven’t seen a good fascist yet." 💥👏👏👏 #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

3/9/2025, 7:22:15 AM | 350 129 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social) reply parent

What a loser. Imagine being proud of something you had nothing to do with.

6/9/2025, 11:36:48 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social) reply parent

It's not just them. Laborites also actively covet the religious vote.

6/9/2025, 11:35:42 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Australia Institute (@australiainstitute.org.au) reposted

The term 'red tape' is being used a lot at the moment to make building regulations sound pointless and inconvenient. But when it comes to making housing people actually want to live in, regulation is pretty important. @jack-thrower.bsky.social #auspol

5/9/2025, 6:23:31 AM | 123 43 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social) reply parent

Exactly. Why bother interviewing losers?

6/9/2025, 11:33:08 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social) reply parent

They're probably not great people but they paid no tax because the tax laws are inadequate.

6/9/2025, 11:32:36 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Australia Institute (@australiainstitute.org.au) reposted

Tax is an important part of our society so why did 91 millionaires pay no tax in 2022? “Those 91 people earned over $1 million but had deductions so large they reduced the amount of tax they paid to zero.” - Matt Grudnoff, Senior Economist @mattgrudnoff.bsky.social #auspol

5/9/2025, 5:06:41 AM | 169 69 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social) reply parent

That's so sad.

6/9/2025, 11:09:33 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The New Yorker (@newyorker.com) reposted

If A.I. continues to speed or automate creative work, the total volume of cultural “stuff”—podcasts, videos, books, songs, articles, films, shows, plays, online personae, and so on—will increase. Will human-created content be able to cut through the noise?

6/9/2025, 12:40:26 AM | 400 109 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social) reply parent

Opium for the morons.

6/9/2025, 12:11:25 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social) reply parent

What's frustrating is the meek ones who just sit in silence.

6/9/2025, 12:09:27 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture POLITICO Europe (@politico.eu) reposted

It could have been the ominous cold open to a classic Bond film. The Russian and Chinese leaders caught on a hot mic at a Beijing military parade, casually musing about cheating death.

6/9/2025, 7:58:02 AM | 94 28 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Guardian (@theguardian.com) reposted

Slow Horses author Mick Herron: ‘I love doing things that are against the rules’

6/9/2025, 8:52:29 AM | 126 28 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social) reply parent

Delusional people.

6/9/2025, 11:50:41 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social) reply parent

Oh wow. Riveting.

6/9/2025, 11:49:54 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social) reply parent

This didn't happen.

6/9/2025, 11:49:13 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Onion (@theonion.com) reposted

Health Experts Say Tackle Football Poses Little Risk For Children Whose Brains Already Don’t Work That Well https://theonion.com/health-experts-say-tackle-football-poses-little-risk-fo-1830546856/

Health Experts Say Tackle Football Poses Little Risk For Children Whose Brains Already Don’t Work That Well
3/9/2025, 8:00:14 PM | 1537 145 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Anon Opin (@anonopin.bsky.social) reposted

We need a government initiative to encourage middle-aged men to have hobbies. If they've nothing else to do than run around town attaching flags at half-mast to lampposts then, really, they need to be taking up stamp collecting, maybe, or model railway building.

2/9/2025, 2:55:05 PM | 391 45 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture fesshole 🧻 (@fesshole.bsky.social) reposted

I was 30 miles from home when I realised there was a bee stuck in the car. I felt strangely guilty and drove all the way back home to let her out so she didn't get stranded with no hive.

31/8/2025, 7:20:05 PM | 780 19 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social) reply parent

He's not. The Celtic connection would die.

31/8/2025, 7:53:21 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social) reply parent

Depends on the mortgage.

31/8/2025, 6:16:14 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture I Post Animal Vids... 😊 (@realjfairclough.bsky.social) reposted

Mother otter adores her newborn baby... 🦦😍 #bluesky #nature #animals

31/8/2025, 1:13:50 AM | 6711 774 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Guardian (@theguardian.com) reposted

The rise of dog-friendly cinema screenings: ‘We never have to break up fights – there’s enough trouble with the humans’

31/8/2025, 5:08:19 AM | 79 13 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social) reply parent

Ridiculous. What would people from another end of the country know about your community's needs?

31/8/2025, 5:21:08 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 🇨🇦 l.faraday 🇨🇦 (@mizati.bsky.social) reposted

#Atheist We deserve all the credit.

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30/8/2025, 2:27:22 PM | 181 30 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Matt Speight, PA for Chairman Peter Chirppington (@speight88.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

But didn’t Angeball usually create loads of xG, rather than the lowest we’ve had in a decade?

Hans moleman being dragged away as the text reads come on get up you’ve been warned
30/8/2025, 11:08:33 PM | 12 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social) reply parent

When landlords are allowed to write housing policy, nothing much will change.

31/8/2025, 4:42:42 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Morten Morland (@mortenmorland.bsky.social) reposted

This week’s Sunday @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...

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30/8/2025, 11:04:39 PM | 354 160 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) reposted

We all evolved from a common ancestor and share quite a large portion of our DNA. Primatologists study primate behavior because it teaches us about our connection to our animal ancestors.

31/8/2025, 3:00:08 AM | 70 13 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) reposted

Dear Americans, welcome to the thrilling game of ‘Did this dictator die or just disappear for a day?’ We’ve been playing it with Putin and Lukashenko for decades. Enjoy the suspense.

30/8/2025, 11:43:54 AM | 24228 4336 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture profspur (@profspur.bsky.social) reposted

It’s always a combination. The idea of tactics without personnel or performance considerations is nonsense. But when Ange was fielding a second team for 40 / 60 games, how many of you were making this point?

30/8/2025, 10:56:14 PM | 46 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The New York Times (@nytimes.com) reposted

The way that housing co-ops work in Switzerland may seem foreign to many. But the central idea is simple: What if homeownership had no profit motive and no capital gains? Advocates say their model could reshape how the world thinks about affordable housing. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/r...

An apartment complex. A headline reads:
30/8/2025, 10:05:35 PM | 6337 1588 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social) reply parent

Negativity? We still have a chance to mitigate it. Negativity is pretending it's not happening.

30/8/2025, 10:50:21 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mickey Blue (@poornhonest.bsky.social) reposted

"Norway is sitting on a multi-trillion-$ sovereign wealth fund. 'We could' build more social housing. Invest more in nature. Ensure everyone can afford to see the dentist. Lift the most vulnerable Australians out of poverty." www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au

30/8/2025, 4:35:51 AM | 36 25 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Hayters TV (@hayterstv.bsky.social) reposted

"I will never ever change my beliefs... I love to pass the ball. A thousand million boring, boring passes. I love it." Safe to say that Pep Guardiola will not be changing his principles any time soon😅💪 Watch in FULL🔥👇 youtu.be/34YFH5fFzMg

30/8/2025, 9:32:00 PM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Premier League News (@plnews.bsky.social) reposted

Pep Guardiola on sticking to his football philosophy: We won a lot, you know? A lot. Why would you change? I change when it's the players. I adapt to the quality, but the principles? Maybe I decide, instead of passing the ball 500 times, 1,000 times this season. This is my target.

30/8/2025, 10:21:29 PM | 11 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture putawomanincharge.bsky.social (@putawomanincharge.bsky.social) reposted

The More We Know

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30/8/2025, 12:39:53 PM | 4098 872 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social)

Au contraire…

30/8/2025, 1:05:38 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social) reply parent

Maybe if you all stopped calling Keynesian ideas, democratic socialist...

30/8/2025, 7:04:28 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social) reply parent

You need to pay them. We did.

30/8/2025, 4:39:56 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social) reply parent

Yawn.

30/8/2025, 1:04:39 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social) reply parent

Yes. A similar violence to insurance companies denying vital care.

29/8/2025, 11:52:01 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social) reply parent

Why do they bother with these pressers? Same old boring BS.

29/8/2025, 11:17:35 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social) reply parent

They do suffer a medical condition called small-penis.

29/8/2025, 11:09:39 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social) reply parent

The Nazi salute is illegal. Why aren't they fined and in prison?

29/8/2025, 11:07:22 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social) reply parent

Yawn.

29/8/2025, 10:30:37 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social) reply parent

In an age of global warming and rising seas. Nah.

29/8/2025, 10:24:58 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social) reply parent

You're a grown adult. Ask them why.

29/8/2025, 10:22:48 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social) reply parent

Because you're as cultured as a plank of wood.

29/8/2025, 10:21:56 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social)

Correct.

29/8/2025, 10:19:55 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social) reply parent

If you're not dating one, not sure it's any of your business.

29/8/2025, 10:19:06 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social) reply parent

They don't care. They just want to know whether you can service the debt.

29/8/2025, 10:16:47 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gary (@lionyolo.bsky.social) reposted

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29/8/2025, 6:32:55 AM | 112 26 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Patrick Skinner (@pmskinner.bsky.social) reposted

I’ve found that one of the more important aspects of homicide detective work is talking with victims’ families during the investigation & in the lead up to trial. I’m paid by the city but I work for the families. They call often. And I answer. And their worry & grief is intense

29/8/2025, 12:02:59 AM | 447 35 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social) reply parent

Who'd eat one after reading the ingredients list?

29/8/2025, 10:14:59 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social) reply parent

Avoiding the spouse, then?

29/8/2025, 10:13:41 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social) reply parent

What a disgusting way of seeing teachers. As bad as parents who send their kids to schools so they don't need to parent.

29/8/2025, 10:11:02 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social) reply parent

We are enthusiastic importers of every bad American idea.

29/8/2025, 10:07:47 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social)

No shit, Sherlock.

29/8/2025, 10:05:54 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Anon Opin (@anonopin.bsky.social) reposted

Everything our parents worried the internet would do to us they've ended up letting happen entirely to themselves.

27/8/2025, 4:55:05 PM | 221 26 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture derek guy (@dieworkwear.bsky.social) reposted

IMO many Americans don't even buy guns for personal protection or to defend themselves against a tyrannical government. They simply have a shopping addiction

A family outside their home. Their deck is loaded with guns. A man in his living room. His living room is full of guns. There's also a big safe labeled A man outside his home. The walkway into his home is full of guns. A woman outside her garage. The front of her home is full of guns, some laid out in a star formation.
27/8/2025, 10:34:46 PM | 16544 2530 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Democrat Cats (@democratcats.bsky.social) reposted

I can’t… Let’s dance!

27/8/2025, 11:59:49 PM | 3120 443 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Boudreau (@ianboudreau.com) reposted

Are vaccines safe? Let's ask this guy who sounds like a dying refrigerator compressor

28/8/2025, 3:39:56 AM | 19295 3248 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sean Sky (@sean-sky.bsky.social) reposted

23/8/2025, 2:56:11 PM | 140 45 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Meidas Dutch (@meidasdutch.bsky.social) reposted

🔥🔥🔥

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Profile picture The Australia Institute (@australiainstitute.org.au) reposted

"In Australia we tax wealth really badly. "And because we tax wealth really badly, we need to have higher taxes on, for example, income." - Senior Economist Matt Grudnoff on 3AW Radio Mornings #auspol @mattgrudnoff.bsky.social

21/8/2025, 5:08:20 AM | 241 77 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social) reply parent

One of the richest nations on earth. We don't have to be this way.

24/8/2025, 1:46:22 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social) reply parent

Have you tried taxing billionaires out of existence? Abolishing neg gearing? Nationalising natural resources?

24/8/2025, 1:42:05 AM | 7 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Colin Millar (@colinmillar.bsky.social) reposted

Tottenham's last six permanent head coaches have now all defeated Pep Guardiola's Manchester City at least once with a clean sheet. Thomas Frank joins Mauricio Pochettino, Jose Mourinho, Antonio Conte, Nuno Espirito Santo and Ange Postecoglou in the win-to-nil club.

23/8/2025, 1:43:11 PM | 37 5 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Economist (@economist.com) reposted

Laws introduced in the wake of unrest feel oppressive to many Hong Kongers. Large, peaceful protests, once common, no longer happen. Government critics fear speaking out

23/8/2025, 10:20:10 PM | 17 8 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social) reply parent

Hahahahahaha. Dream on. It's their defense strategy.

24/8/2025, 12:27:07 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Guardian Australia (@australia.theguardian.com) reposted

Australia’s amount of plastic waste surges as recycling rates fail to improve

23/8/2025, 8:04:18 PM | 12 9 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social) reply parent

Laying what?

24/8/2025, 12:19:36 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social) reply parent

This is not news and I dare say, no one cares. As a species, we're fucked.

24/8/2025, 12:18:19 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social) reply parent

Clearly this isn't stopping his minions from doing his bidding.

24/8/2025, 12:16:16 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social) reply parent

She's allowed to have opinions. What's truly wrong is that she's allowed to get enormously wealthy and buy her platform. Tax billionaires out of existence.

24/8/2025, 12:15:19 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social) reply parent

Ridiculous women.

24/8/2025, 12:13:16 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social) reply parent

How many homeless people in the USA due to the housing crisis? Seems like the narrative should be tax codes that encourage people to downsize over time.

24/8/2025, 12:12:54 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social) reply parent

That's night. Any mention of having two of PL's best FBs healthy again and that Portuguese DM?

24/8/2025, 12:11:26 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social) reply parent

Telling people how to feel is very droll.

24/8/2025, 12:09:41 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social) reply parent

Vomit. Ask your partner. This is a breach of trust.

24/8/2025, 12:04:45 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social) reply parent

I think that job is generally covered by your spouse.

24/8/2025, 12:01:41 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social) reply parent

How can it be bad? It's in their Bible.

20/8/2025, 8:00:03 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture GJRboston (@gjrboston.bsky.social) reposted

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19/8/2025, 11:38:50 AM | 266 45 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social) reply parent

Again, your reading comprehension problem isn't mine.

17/8/2025, 7:42:52 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social)

Unless they're children for her husband to rape.

17/8/2025, 9:14:27 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social) reply parent

Oookay.

17/8/2025, 9:11:58 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social)

Correct.

17/8/2025, 8:27:47 AM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social) reply parent

What's interesting about her life? I'd rather watch paint dry. No, serious question, why is she interesting?

17/8/2025, 8:26:51 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social) reply parent

It was before her time with you, as long as you've no terminal STDs, why would she care?

17/8/2025, 7:47:28 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social)

Correct. Cheaper, too. But then, who'd pay Republican Swiss bank accounts?

17/8/2025, 7:46:03 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ildfluer (@ildfluer.bsky.social) reply parent

Maybe ask her but we don't need to know about it.

17/8/2025, 7:43:44 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view