Raphael

@raphael-pbl.bsky.social

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Used to be raphaelptw on the birdsite. Guy with nerdy/geeky interests who's pretty bad at most of the usual nerd/geek stuff. Will probably use this more for following than posting. he/him (Avatar shows trees reflected in the water of a pond)

Three panels from the classic 1977 comic volume "Asterix and Caesar's Gift". In an ancient Gaulish village, a very old man, named Geriatrix in the English translation, makes an angry political speech to an audience consisting of two confused children and a confused rooster (I think). He shouts: "My Friends, these are troubled times! What do we see confronting us? On the one hand, foreigners trying to take us over! On the other, a week, apathetic Chief! Friends, I offer myself for election! As your Chief, I shall be energetic!! Tough! Inflexi..." From outside the frame, his wife interrupts him, calling out: "Geriatrix, Lovey, come on home! You'll catch your death of cold!"
The top two Bluesky trending topics, which, when this was taken, were "Mbappe" and "Mbappé".
The standard arm-wrestling meme. The Black arm is labeled: "certain parts of the Left". The white arm is labeled: "conservatives". The meeting of the hands is labeled: "don't believe the world has ever gotten, or will ever get, significantly less oppressive".
An excerpt from a screenshot showing trending topics on Bluesky, at a moment when the top three of them are "Summer Solstice", "Labour Party", and "Film Noir".
A screenshot of a website showing a search result for the search term "clocks", with the first result consisting of a logo showing a simple old school clock with arms, the word "Clocks", and the explanation "Keep track of time"
A pile of freshly washed dishes drying slowly next to a sink.