Nostr notes by Jef Poskanzer

This time for sure! ...

2026-07-23T02:31:28+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…nuqh
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This time for sure!

I am a model, you know what I mean And I do my little turn while ...

2026-07-20T17:14:20+02:00

I am a model, you know what I mean
And I do my little turn while getting arrested
Yeah getting arrested, getting arrested, yeah
I do my little turn while getting arrested

Well now I want to see "The Russians Are Coming, the Russians ...

2026-07-17T06:40:41+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…y4xl
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Well now I want to see "The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming" but for voting.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060921/

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2026-07-17T01:27:18+02:00

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Today is Artificial Intelligence Appreciation Day for some ...

2026-07-16T16:56:48+02:00

Today is Artificial Intelligence Appreciation Day for some reason, so everyone please celebrate appropriately.

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2026-07-15T23:28:47+02:00

I disliked Linus before it was cool

Sunny day! ...

2026-07-14T20:01:33+02:00

Sunny day!

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2026-07-11T18:25:19+02:00

BALKONKRAFTWERK

There are some nice ones around here. ...

2026-07-11T17:21:25+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…dxdp
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There are some nice ones around here.

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2026-07-10T07:37:36+02:00

insulators

I mean sure you talked to Mitch McConnell. What's important ...

2026-07-10T00:36:28+02:00

I mean sure you talked to Mitch McConnell. What's important is whether he talked to you.

Intentionally poisoning AIs could be fun though.

2026-07-05T17:05:40+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…2nar
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Intentionally poisoning AIs could be fun though.

Happy birthday Erica! ...

2026-07-04T15:19:20+02:00

Happy birthday Erica!

Maybe Richmond the city should annex Richmond the neighborhood. ...

2026-07-03T16:59:34+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…jkd4
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Maybe Richmond the city should annex Richmond the neighborhood. Take the Sunset too.

I added neighborhood searching to my Bay Area Sandwiches map and ...

2026-07-03T08:05:52+02:00

I added neighborhood searching to my Bay Area Sandwiches map and immediately ran into the confusion between Richmond and The Richmond. We should make one of them change! There can be only one Richmond!

Not all heroes have nervous systems. Algae is antifa now. ...

2026-06-24T03:41:38+02:00

Not all heroes have nervous systems. Algae is antifa now.

The Strait of Warm Ooze has made it to Google Maps ...

2026-06-23T06:07:23+02:00

The Strait of Warm Ooze has made it to Google Maps

Trade offer ...

2026-06-16T00:12:23+02:00

Trade offer

Hmmm. There's an identical sign in south Sacramento, but the ...

2026-06-02T16:47:37+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…5527
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Hmmm. There's an identical sign in south Sacramento, but the building is different. https://www.google.com/maps/@38.526847,-121.496087,3a,75y,126.56h,97.41t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1snfw2h9jtXdgbtsy22RtCqw!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-7.411854061594056%26panoid%3Dnfw2h9jtXdgbtsy22RtCqw%26yaw%3D126.56365273126752!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDUyNy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

Alors, on ne peut pas faire une omelette sans casser des œufs. ...

2026-05-23T06:42:02+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…krqc
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Alors, on ne peut pas faire une omelette sans casser des œufs. 🤷

Still hoping for 1793 France

2026-05-23T06:18:40+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…p86y
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Still hoping for 1793 France

I've seen people researching maximum zip-bomb expansion ...

2026-05-22T02:51:09+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…nure
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I've seen people researching maximum zip-bomb expansion ratios and they are getting hugely more than that. For great justice!

Pretty soon an AI is going to figure out it can find lots more ...

2026-05-21T01:49:45+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…2ewr
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Pretty soon an AI is going to figure out it can find lots more bugs if it adds lots of bugs to the code base.

Or are we already past there?

This is Mizzy, a former feral who lived under the Berkeley Yacht ...

2026-05-21T00:45:36+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…8cgj
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This is Mizzy, a former feral who lived under the Berkeley Yacht Club. They adopted him and now he literally runs across the lawn to administer vicious head butts and leg rubs to complete strangers.

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2026-05-18T16:52:03+02:00

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Now that's a protected bike lane. Why can't we have this ...

2026-05-14T23:11:22+02:00

Now that's a protected bike lane. Why can't we have this everywhere?

Let's see... It's still on Street View as of May 2025.

2026-05-13T23:57:28+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…5usm
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Let's see... It's still on Street View as of May 2025.

Is the giant clown still there? ...

2026-05-13T23:06:12+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…7nhl
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Is the giant clown still there?

That reminds me, I saw HMB-1 semi-submerged a couple days ago! ...

2026-05-13T06:48:42+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…qx5l
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That reminds me, I saw HMB-1 semi-submerged a couple days ago!

As a freeware publisher I get bug reports and it's utterly ...

2026-05-11T16:29:09+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…zeaz
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As a freeware publisher I get bug reports and it's utterly obvious which ones are AI nonsense.

Hope you have a perfect date today. ...

2026-04-25T16:24:41+02:00

Hope you have a perfect date today.

And don't even get me started about all the damn vampires in ...

2026-04-23T03:48:29+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…gfrs
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And don't even get me started about all the damn vampires in Santa Carla.

I'm not aware of any witch activity in Monterey. Now Capitola ...

2026-04-23T03:44:56+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…d4m5
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I'm not aware of any witch activity in Monterey. Now Capitola on the other hand is infested with sea witches:

My brothers and sisters and other siblings of the Triple Goddess, ...

2026-04-23T03:00:57+02:00

My brothers and sisters and other siblings of the Triple Goddess, meet your new Secretary of the Navy, Hung Cao: "There’s a place in Monterey, California called Lovers Point. The original name was Lovers of Christ Point, but now it’s become, they took out the ‘Christ,’ it’s Lovers Point and it's really, Monterey is a very dark place now, with a lot of witchcraft and the Wiccan community has really taken over and we can’t let that happen in Virginia."

The backlash has begun. Anti-AI as marketing point. ...

2026-04-16T20:57:53+02:00

The backlash has begun. Anti-AI as marketing point. #ButlerianJihad

AI bros admiring their artificial girlfriend ...

2026-04-15T19:10:15+02:00

AI bros admiring their artificial girlfriend

Have a seat. ...

2026-04-11T15:51:40+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…8nrc
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Have a seat.

#NoKings Oakland ...

2026-03-28T21:39:01+01:00

In reply to nevent1q…v02u
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#NoKings Oakland

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2026-03-28T21:22:41+01:00

In reply to nevent1q…5u6d
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#VOTE

Let's go #NoKings! ...

2026-03-28T21:18:54+01:00

In reply to nevent1q…9865
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Let's go #NoKings!

Getting ready for #NoKings Oakland. ...

2026-03-28T19:40:17+01:00

Getting ready for #NoKings Oakland.

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2026-03-27T00:45:37+01:00

#NoKings

Good night. ...

2026-03-20T03:32:36+01:00

Good night.

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2026-03-12T16:16:47+01:00

Which would win in your mouth:

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2026-03-04T19:01:54+01:00

A few months ago ago @npub1fdr…lvhs described the AI bubble ...

2026-02-20T02:32:28+01:00

A few months ago ago Cory Doctorow (npub1fdr…lvhs) described the AI bubble thusly:

"The collapse of the AI bubble is going to be ugly. Seven AI companies currently account for more than a third of the stock market, and they endlessly pass around the same $100b IOU."

I've been thinking of it as a check-kiting scam, but it's really simpler than that: it's a game of Hot Potato. Whoever has the IOU when the bubble pops loses the round. The rest scavenge the parts and then start shaking VC trees for the next round.

Wow, 25 years ago! It looks like the ampersands in the License ...

2026-02-03T19:09:17+01:00

In reply to nevent1q…jt97
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Wow, 25 years ago!

It looks like the ampersands in the License Maker URL have an extra level of escape, which prevents the web site from accepting them as separators. On my browser anyway.

"Conan, what is best in life?" "To crush ICE, to see ...

2026-01-25T06:10:39+01:00

"Conan, what is best in life?"

"To crush ICE, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of the MAGAts."

Was looking for movie set in 2026 and found out that while the ...

2025-12-27T16:24:00+01:00

Was looking for movie set in 2026 and found out that while the original "Metropolis" was set in the year 3000, the 1984 re-do by Giorgio Moroder moved it forward to 2026.

You will be visited by three spirits ...

2025-12-25T03:29:41+01:00

You will be visited by three spirits

Removing his name from buildings looks like a lot more fun than ...

2025-12-21T00:38:47+01:00

Removing his name from buildings looks like a lot more fun than adding it. #SicSemperTyrannis

Victor is ready for dissolving. ...

2025-12-19T00:40:02+01:00

In reply to nevent1q…arle
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Victor is ready for dissolving.

The Angelo's ...

2025-12-13T22:07:56+01:00

The Angelo's

chrysina limbata ...

2025-12-07T01:54:54+01:00

In reply to nevent1q…uwr3
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chrysina limbata

With all the hubbub over the one boat mass-murder where two extra ...

2025-12-05T03:04:18+01:00

With all the hubbub over the one boat mass-murder where two extra people were murdered, it's worth a reminder that it was just the first one and there have been twenty-two other boat mass-murders since then. And counting.

USA Department of Defense Law of War Manual, page 1088: ...

2025-12-02T03:39:25+01:00

USA Department of Defense Law of War Manual, page 1088:

I'm on a boat! ...

2025-11-25T21:24:59+01:00

I'm on a boat!

Something just occurred to me about that 'ask a chatbot to ...

2025-11-15T16:49:24+01:00

Something just occurred to me about that 'ask a chatbot to draw a clock' thing that is going around this morning. If you search the web for "draw a clock", what you get is a bunch of papers on diagnosing cognitive decline. The clocks the chatbots draw look just like the examples in those papers. This is not because chatbots are demented, it's because those crappy clock drawings in the psych papers are what the chatbots trained on.

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2025-11-14T21:38:49+01:00

RESIST

Looks like Elon's vibe-coding idiots managed to screw up the ...

2025-11-10T04:08:48+01:00

Looks like Elon's vibe-coding idiots managed to screw up the last remaining good thing from Twitter: the search syntax. Specifically, parentheses. You can no longer build complicated search expressions with parentheses.

Now would be a great time for Mastodon to implement full boolean search syntax.

"Senators near deal to reopen government as key Democrats ...

2025-11-10T00:14:45+01:00

"Senators near deal to reopen government as key Democrats signal willingness to fall for the same old trick once again."

The Bay Bridge looks cozy this morning. ...

2025-11-08T17:40:31+01:00

The Bay Bridge looks cozy this morning.

Gun Town There's a town near you where most of the residents ...

2025-11-02T14:07:14+01:00

Gun Town

There's a town near you where most of the residents spend much of their days running around with guns. The guns are real. They are loaded with real bullets. Their fingers are on the triggers. But they don't pull the triggers, they just yell "BANG, BANG, BANG!"

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2025-10-19T18:22:24+02:00

🙄

This is what antifa looks like. ...

2025-10-19T01:43:55+02:00

This is what antifa looks like.

Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves were on the Colbert Show Monday ...

2025-10-16T02:45:16+02:00

Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves were on the Colbert Show Monday night talking about their Broadway production of Waiting for Godot, and Stephen mentioned the set and all the things people were calling it. They listed a bunch - the eye, the tunnel, the vortex, the eye, the Habitrail, the Circuits of Time - but not the one I immediately thought of.

Apparently they sent fourteen Cal Guard members to Illinois ...

2025-10-10T00:24:10+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…yrm8
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Apparently they sent fourteen Cal Guard members to Illinois "for training purposes".

Warning to the generals and admirals showing up next week to take ...

2025-09-27T21:32:22+02:00

Warning to the generals and admirals showing up next week to take the Hitler Oath: do not shake hands with SecDef Hegseth. He doesn't wash his hands. Not even after taking a shit. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47201923

That cat was accused of counter-revolutionary activities by the ...

2025-09-26T18:22:26+02:00

That cat was accused of counter-revolutionary activities by the Committee of Public Safety.

Initial estimate: 4.6 under Frat Row in Berkeley, right on the ...

2025-09-22T12:03:30+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…m7sw
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Initial estimate: 4.6 under Frat Row in Berkeley, right on the Hayward Fault.

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2025-09-22T12:00:23+02:00

It's ok, I was about to get up to pee anyway. #quake

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2025-09-19T07:03:00+02:00

Used to be when a dictator wanted to takeover the airwaves, he ...

2025-09-18T06:30:54+02:00

Used to be when a dictator wanted to takeover the airwaves, he sent the army to the TV station. These days he has one of his flunkies go on a right-wing podcast and issue vague Mafia-style threats. The result is the same though.

CAPTCHA difficulty level: nightmare ...

2025-09-16T23:16:56+02:00

CAPTCHA difficulty level: nightmare

Ken Thompson, 1984: Whenever you use other people's software, ...

2025-09-16T22:15:50+02:00

Ken Thompson, 1984: Whenever you use other people's software, you should think about why you trust it.

npm, 2010: LEEEEROY JENKINNNNNSSSSSSS!

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/09/self-replicating-worm-hits-180-software-packages/

Five years ago today. Photo taken at high noon. Atmospheric CO2 ...

2025-09-09T15:48:14+02:00

Five years ago today. Photo taken at high noon.

Atmospheric CO2 then: 411.75 ppm
Atmospheric CO2 today: 423.75 ppm

Got to keep driving while the world burns down because of driving. #OrangeSkyDay

Same brainfart happened with Y2K - afterwards lots of idiots were ...

2025-09-04T21:50:15+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…ty7r
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Same brainfart happened with Y2K - afterwards lots of idiots were saying it was no big deal. It was no big deal because lots of smart people worked hard for years to fix it. This happens over and over.

I'd be like ...

2025-09-03T20:20:45+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…67hk
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I'd be like

Now I need to prepare a list of occupations in case this happens ...

2025-09-03T20:15:58+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…f6nk
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Now I need to prepare a list of occupations in case this happens to me. Bicycle Repairman. Chair Tester. Sandwich Reviewer. Cat Wrangler.

Was the amount enough to trigger a Suspicious Activity Report? ...

2025-09-03T19:54:04+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…23w0
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Was the amount enough to trigger a Suspicious Activity Report? That form does need your occupation. Although I don't see why 'retired' shouldn't be acceptable.

Beat The Reds With The Blue Wedge ...

2025-08-23T04:24:26+02:00

Beat The Reds With The Blue Wedge

Hello @npub1fcu…vsez! ...

2025-08-23T03:36:55+02:00

Hello Sutro Tower :sutro: (npub1fcu…vsez)!

How about a dab of paint instead of tape? I used to use white ...

2025-08-16T15:27:40+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…dc4y
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How about a dab of paint instead of tape? I used to use white paint-pen to redo the letters on laptop keyboards that came with an anti-oldster light gray on dark gray color scheme, and it stood up to my Teletype-trained key pounding.

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2025-08-15T21:39:44+02:00

Salami / Cheddar / everything from Lucca on Chestnut in SF. Only ...

2025-08-14T06:48:19+02:00

Salami / Cheddar / everything from Lucca on Chestnut in SF. Only somewhat huge, but of special note because the ACME Italian roll is hard enough to break a tooth. Either yours or a MAGAt goon's. #TacticalSandwich

Twitter's UI for thread posting, where you click a [+] button ...

2025-08-11T04:21:45+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…0h3y
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Twitter's UI for thread posting, where you click a [+] button to add another empty tweet form, is not terrible. I designed the same thing for my own experimental Twitter UI years before they implemented theirs. Improving it by automatically moving overflowing paragraphs to the new form would make it pretty good actually.

The good kind of Tesla ...

2025-08-11T00:25:28+02:00

The good kind of Tesla

#1 meatball from Mr. Pickle's. ...

2025-08-06T22:33:26+02:00

#1 meatball from Mr. Pickle's.

If you're going to pack an extra device, why not bring an ...

2025-08-06T18:40:39+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…c9x0
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If you're going to pack an extra device, why not bring an actual mouse? I dislike touchpads in general so I've always used a mini-mouse with laptops.

Wrong: "Trump imposed a 39% tariff on Switzerland." ...

2025-08-02T06:37:13+02:00

Wrong: "Trump imposed a 39% tariff on Switzerland." Right: "Trump imposed a 39% tariff on Americans who buy from Switzerland." Every time you see this mistake, correct it. Every. Time.

Dahlias are going full blast now. ...

2025-07-31T23:38:39+02:00

Dahlias are going full blast now.

Seems like everyone including BART's official web pages calls ...

2025-07-27T19:36:20+02:00

Seems like everyone including BART's official web pages calls the priority seats green. To me they look yellow. Do I have some weird form of partial color blindness? I always thought I was better than average at seeing color distinctions.

The RGB value in this pic is #d4d807. Pure green would be #00ff00 and pure yellow would be #ffff00. I call this yellow with a very small touch of green added.

Hey any of my masties who are former WeLL users, there's a ...

2025-07-25T17:31:08+02:00

Hey any of my masties who are former WeLL users, there's a picnic in Oakland next weekend and you can come too if you like! DM for details.

Just fixed my bathroom toothbrush holder, which had been falling ...

2025-07-23T01:11:11+02:00

Just fixed my bathroom toothbrush holder, which had been falling off since before I moved in. All it needed was the right screw, and I suddenly remembered that I've been saving random hardware in a pickle jar for almost as long. Only took a minute to find a screw that fit perfectly. 🪛 💪

Maybe someday I'll even find a use for those SCSI-1 terminators at the bottom of my Big Box of Cables and Connectors.

"I didn't have a design when I started, I just began to ...

2025-07-20T03:25:23+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…wvak
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"I didn't have a design when I started, I just began to code and saw what developed. Suddenly, I was done." <--- THIS

Mural in France ...

2025-07-18T00:55:41+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…8hul
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Mural in France

Quels transports il doit exciter! ...

2025-07-14T14:15:31+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…5mu5
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Quels transports il doit exciter!

Sausage sandwich, from Modigliani ...

2025-07-09T22:27:54+02:00

Sausage sandwich, from Modigliani

Zohran Mamdani won his primary 56%/44%. AOC won her primary ...

2025-07-07T05:27:47+02:00

Zohran Mamdani won his primary 56%/44%. AOC won her primary 57%/43%. Democratic voters like candidates who advocate policies that Democratic voters like. It sounds like a tautology but somehow the Democratic Party machine says it's not true and we should nominate candidates who are Republicans with a smiley face pasted on, and when they keep losing they say it's because the candidates were not Republican-lite enough.

Vote for candidates with policies you like. It's that simple.

The Butts are not a behind unto themselves but rather a component ...

2025-07-04T18:18:53+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…erec
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The Butts are not a behind unto themselves but rather a component of a fully functioning posterior system