I’ll wait here for my Cherry Coke Zero. 🎙️ Religion specialist and producer on Soul Search on Radio National. Sydney-based 🏳️‍🌈 he/him My newsletter is called Modern Relics! 🖥️💀🙏 modernrelics.emailhttps://bsky.app/profile/rjsalmond.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/rjsalmond.bsky.social/post/3mu4hh2whes25Me with my foldable keyboard connected to my AYN Thor so I can type out a post and then play games on it once I’m done [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Aug 2026 03:50 +0000at://did:plc:vrccw6wuzmslppsu43maxw2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu4hh2whes25https://bsky.app/profile/rjsalmond.bsky.social/post/3mu42uh63p225I regularly get press releases that claim to announce “groundbreaking findings” of scientific discoveries that confirm the Bible is literally true. This morning I got one sent by a woman with a name almost exactly the same as a well-known Australian drag queen. 😚👌28 Aug 2026 00:05 +0000at://did:plc:vrccw6wuzmslppsu43maxw2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu42uh63p225https://bsky.app/profile/rjsalmond.bsky.social/post/3mtxhe2teus2kWHAT [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Aug 2026 04:05 +0000at://did:plc:vrccw6wuzmslppsu43maxw2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtxhe2teus2khttps://bsky.app/profile/rjsalmond.bsky.social/post/3mtx5a6ec4s2kGenerally, if a computer has been anthropomorphised it’s good to be polite to it, not because it knows or cares, but for you. It’s filling the social role of a person, and that role comes with certain rules I’d be unwilling to break even though they mean nothing in this instance26 Aug 2026 01:04 +0000at://did:plc:vrccw6wuzmslppsu43maxw2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtx5a6ec4s2khttps://bsky.app/profile/rjsalmond.bsky.social/post/3mtwsc3qufk2kShe was truly incomparable. She was good in the strongest sense of the word [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Aug 2026 21:48 +0000at://did:plc:vrccw6wuzmslppsu43maxw2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwsc3qufk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/rjsalmond.bsky.social/post/3mtvaxxn5b22sNothing ideological but I love to see a robot fall over. Unparalleled physical comedy [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Aug 2026 07:05 +0000at://did:plc:vrccw6wuzmslppsu43maxw2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvaxxn5b22shttps://bsky.app/profile/rjsalmond.bsky.social/post/3mtsyv6wjnc2oPeople from Sydney are incapable of thinking about the world in any other way [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Aug 2026 09:35 +0000at://did:plc:vrccw6wuzmslppsu43maxw2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtsyv6wjnc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/rjsalmond.bsky.social/post/3mtstmj5jjc2oI didn’t go to the gym at all last week because of Bad Brain but tonight I’m about to go back and I’m feeling anxious because if I’d gone last week then this week would be easier24 Aug 2026 08:01 +0000at://did:plc:vrccw6wuzmslppsu43maxw2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtstmj5jjc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/rjsalmond.bsky.social/post/3mtpxneogrs23This is what playing Balatro is like [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Aug 2026 04:35 +0000at://did:plc:vrccw6wuzmslppsu43maxw2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtpxneogrs23https://bsky.app/profile/rjsalmond.bsky.social/post/3mtn7kyffys26The King James Onlyists are out in force evangelising in Ashfield and it’s inspired me to boot up my Modern Relics playlist https://music.apple.com/au/playlist/modern-relics/pl.u-11zBBVVFZ3lM9M22 Aug 2026 02:19 +0000at://did:plc:vrccw6wuzmslppsu43maxw2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtn7kyffys26https://bsky.app/profile/rjsalmond.bsky.social/post/3mtkmbzucbk2dI keep having dreams where I own a lovely wooden baseball bat and I use it to kill robots21 Aug 2026 01:29 +0000at://did:plc:vrccw6wuzmslppsu43maxw2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtkmbzucbk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/rjsalmond.bsky.social/post/3mtee5ealzk2dIn the UK I encountered this all the time. “Do you have December when we have July? Do you need to change the calendar when you change the time zone too?” Or even “Do you just do Christmas in the middle of the year instead?” [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Aug 2026 13:47 +0000at://did:plc:vrccw6wuzmslppsu43maxw2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtee5ealzk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/rjsalmond.bsky.social/post/3mtaovyfepc2xSometimes I think back to “No Yanks on the thread” and smile [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Aug 2026 02:49 +0000at://did:plc:vrccw6wuzmslppsu43maxw2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtaovyfepc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/rjsalmond.bsky.social/post/3msyyznvcrk2rDragging myself across the Friday finish line14 Aug 2026 01:29 +0000at://did:plc:vrccw6wuzmslppsu43maxw2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3msyyznvcrk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/rjsalmond.bsky.social/post/3mswl3sgxdc2zWork computer suddenly died this morning I don’t have the energy to deal with this13 Aug 2026 02:14 +0000at://did:plc:vrccw6wuzmslppsu43maxw2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mswl3sgxdc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/rjsalmond.bsky.social/post/3msttaimo2k2rOnce again humiliated by having to try and describe my job on a government form12 Aug 2026 00:02 +0000at://did:plc:vrccw6wuzmslppsu43maxw2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3msttaimo2k2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/rjsalmond.bsky.social/post/3mstre47zls2rThe power of hiding reposts is going right to my head. Any single post that pisses me off or makes me feel stressed and powerless? Goodbye to all your reposts forever. Goodbye!11 Aug 2026 23:28 +0000at://did:plc:vrccw6wuzmslppsu43maxw2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mstre47zls2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/rjsalmond.bsky.social/post/3msr5z76vuk2oOhhh I think there’s far less US politics about to be on my timeline praise be [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Aug 2026 22:37 +0000at://did:plc:vrccw6wuzmslppsu43maxw2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3msr5z76vuk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/rjsalmond.bsky.social/post/3mspubrshn22eDelicious [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Aug 2026 10:10 +0000at://did:plc:vrccw6wuzmslppsu43maxw2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mspubrshn22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/rjsalmond.bsky.social/post/3msmsbr54rk2tThe false virtue of eating a caesar salad09 Aug 2026 04:56 +0000at://did:plc:vrccw6wuzmslppsu43maxw2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3msmsbr54rk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/rjsalmond.bsky.social/post/3msjy5k6tf22eFeeling guilty because I got my tenth coffee free but didn’t buy anything else08 Aug 2026 02:03 +0000at://did:plc:vrccw6wuzmslppsu43maxw2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3msjy5k6tf22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/rjsalmond.bsky.social/post/3mshhfq3xgc24Boosting this important question please chime in with your thoughts [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Aug 2026 01:58 +0000at://did:plc:vrccw6wuzmslppsu43maxw2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mshhfq3xgc24https://bsky.app/profile/rjsalmond.bsky.social/post/3msf5emzhi22fQ: “Is your church in full communion with Rome?” A: “According to them or us?” [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Aug 2026 03:53 +0000at://did:plc:vrccw6wuzmslppsu43maxw2e/app.bsky.feed.post/3msf5emzhi22f