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@thorne@rants.au · Mar 07, 2026

Do you ride a motorbike? Do you live in Naarm or anywhere in/near Australia? I’m trying to find fellow riders on the fedi, to say Hi and trade hashtags/follows Boosts very much welcome #naarm #australia #motorcycle

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On the brink? Lady, it's way over the brink. You have masked goons gunning down innocent civilians in the middle of the street in broad daylight with the blessing of the state. The brink is in the rea

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@thorne@rants.au · Jan 26, 2026

@Remittancegirl@mstdn.social @cstross@wandering.shop 2087, the Civil Terran Coalition measure radioactivity in the Americas at survivable levels and send in the first manned humanitarian mission in nearly fifty years. The handful of deformed, iron-age cannibals who meet them say they are concerned that the United States may be on the brink of politico-economic decline.

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#WritersCoffeeClub 9th Jan 2026. What's your top tip for writing authentic dialogue? I don't even try. Pick up a novel—any novel. (Not "Trainspotting", you freak.) Read the dialog aloud. Alternatively

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@thorne@rants.au · Jan 09, 2026

@cstross@wandering.shop It bears mentioning that some writing gains a shocking amount by being read aloud- Reading Tolkien aloud makes it clear how much he wanted to be writing epic poetry the entire time, for example.

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NEW NIGHTMARE FUEL: Imagine the Tangerine Tyrant's dementia advances so rapidly that he's on a ventilator by this time next year. New POTUS: J. D. Vance, who has all the charisma of a dead squid. POTU

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@thorne@rants.au · Dec 20, 2025

@cstross@wandering.shop the problem then is: Are there enough book depositories and grassy knolls on earth?

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This is basically three monstrous stellar time bombs in a trench coat, dancing in circles around each other … https://mastodon.social/@badastro/115645175980775641

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@thorne@rants.au · Dec 02, 2025

@cstross@wandering.shop @badastro@mastodon.social Azathoth revealed as the Moirai.

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