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Mainly watching wrestling until the revolution gets its arse into gear

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27.02.2026 14:00 πŸ‘ 3817 πŸ” 1032 πŸ’¬ 64 πŸ“Œ 178
Duane Kearns Puryear, holding his panel for the AIDS Memorial Quilt. It reads, in block letters: "My name is Duane Kearns Puryear. I was born on December 20, 1964. I was diagnosed with AIDS on September 7, 1987 at 4:45 PM. I was 22 old. Sometimes, it makes me very sad. I made this panel myself. If you are reading it, I am dead..."

There are several great resources to learn about Duane, his advocacy, his family, his panel, and the politics of memory and re-creation, especially this one by The Dallas Way: http://www.thedallasway.org/stories/written/2021/9/19/duane-puryears-and-the-quilt-panel

Duane Puryear died in 1991.

Duane Kearns Puryear, holding his panel for the AIDS Memorial Quilt. It reads, in block letters: "My name is Duane Kearns Puryear. I was born on December 20, 1964. I was diagnosed with AIDS on September 7, 1987 at 4:45 PM. I was 22 old. Sometimes, it makes me very sad. I made this panel myself. If you are reading it, I am dead..." There are several great resources to learn about Duane, his advocacy, his family, his panel, and the politics of memory and re-creation, especially this one by The Dallas Way: http://www.thedallasway.org/stories/written/2021/9/19/duane-puryears-and-the-quilt-panel Duane Puryear died in 1991.

It's your birthday, Duane.

20.12.2025 15:21 πŸ‘ 8808 πŸ” 2562 πŸ’¬ 47 πŸ“Œ 63
Headline about tortoise who lived through two world wars

Headline about tortoise who lived through two world wars

And did absolutely nothing to stop them.

25.11.2025 20:07 πŸ‘ 2305 πŸ” 367 πŸ’¬ 53 πŸ“Œ 22

England's finest building

06.11.2025 21:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Find me a better description of being sick

28.10.2025 19:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Big Furniture"

22.10.2025 17:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If your softball team isn't called the Psycho Sids then I will never forgive you

15.04.2025 08:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Shuji Ishikawa! Good lord man

#KTdan

12.04.2025 10:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A brilliant thread if you want to despair even more at the incompetence and stupidity of our civic leaders

13.02.2025 12:19 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It would be very hard to really do a comprehensive comp for Sabu and what he meant to wrestling back in the day. It's a great comp although I got side tracked by other watch projects. It's a really nice way to dip into other scenes as he really did hop about lots

30.01.2025 16:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Shut up and grab a spade. This is our moment.

29.01.2025 12:51 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I have never read anything quite so _French_ in all my life

24.12.2024 07:31 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

No one on earth screams middle management quite as much as this clueless dickhead

20.12.2024 12:07 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Rocked around Paris on an unplanned trip and fell in love with this painting by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

13.12.2024 07:28 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Flying to Paris and there is a lass getting on this plane whose only hand luggage is a 36 pack of walkers and I have never respected someone more in my whole life

10.12.2024 06:00 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Such a brilliant story this

Steve the Donkeys with the classic "that doesn't work for me brother"

03.12.2024 07:43 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

1) Kick out people who are knobheads and ban 'em
2) A primer for any ongoing story lines pre show. Promo video if a promotion can afford it. A simple side of A4 will suffice.
3) If I book seats together, I expect to be able to sit next to my mates without queuing up.

27.11.2024 12:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What was number 27?

27.11.2024 09:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I read this a month or two ago and would thoroughly recommend it.

Ambitious in its scope for sure but I learned a lot and plenty of dry humour that kept me entertained.

25.11.2024 18:05 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Whole show was fun.

Thoroughly enjoyed my annual Crazy Lovers match. Same time next year lads

23.11.2024 16:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This one got censored by bluesky.

I'll live with eager moderation over Nazis anyday though

23.11.2024 16:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
2024.10.20プロレスγƒͺングBURSTγ€ŒROCKETDIVE vol.4」佐賀で魅せるプロレス
2024.10.20プロレスγƒͺングBURSTγ€ŒROCKETDIVE vol.4」佐賀で魅せるプロレス YouTube video by BURSTchannel

Opening tag with Ryo Inoue/Jumonji Vs Astronauts is a lovely bit of business.

Ryo has had such a good year. He is really starting to put it all together in both his character and in ring work.

youtu.be/HQsIlO6PdEI?...

23.11.2024 15:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

I have watched a fair bit and Futen is my favourite ever promotion for what little we have of it so looking forward to getting into the weeds of Battlarts

22.11.2024 21:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sport may be a blunt tool of social change, but it’s time to take a stand against Israel | Jonathan Liew As the bombardment continues in Gaza, bodies such as Fifa and the IOC have evaded taking a stand. But fans’ solidarity with Palestinians is growing and should not be ignored

this week's column www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/n...

22.11.2024 09:47 πŸ‘ 762 πŸ” 284 πŸ’¬ 57 πŸ“Œ 59

I appreciate the Labour Party not hanging about and immediately getting into sleeze scandals.

21.11.2024 19:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, this Sabu compilation rocks. Starts with a cool little match against (pre) RVD in Memphis and clips of a wild tag against JEFF and then we are over to Japan someone has got a little too enthastic with the petrol for the fire on the ropes and now here comes Cactus Jack for a match in the NWC

19.11.2024 21:01 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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It's the most magical time of the year.

My @ivpvideos.bsky.social sale package dropped through the letter box

19.11.2024 19:54 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Because I was in awe that anything ever could be as good as what was unfolding before my eyes.

It was the emotion and exhaustion of the wrestlers as they left everything in the ring, not so much as to win but to not lose.

16.11.2024 13:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Which thumb though?

14.11.2024 10:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0