Hey @aaronjjbrophy.bsky.social

You really can't say anything about wrestling on this platform without a stranger showing up to scold you for your (completely made up) WWE bootlicking, can you?

I think the HR fans going to hockey games with “now kiss!” And “I’m at the boy aquarium because I saw two guys kiss on tv!” signs would probably get more out of a pro wrestling show than a hockey game.

Never in my life did I think I would see GLOBAL TV discussed this way. What’s next? The National Post, welcome to the resistance?

Current theory is that Marufuji and Kenoh are lacing the dojo protein powder with yaoi cocaine bc what the fuck is even happening in Noah.

I'd forgotten how, uh, heated their rivalry could be.

I really like how he throws his whole body into his knees.

The tragicomic cake suffering deserves to be here.

Who was calling this Tetsuya In The Sky With Diamonds on English coms? How do you know enough about Endo to know he has a move called TITS (WD) but not know what it is?

Endo put Tadasuke in air jail.

Catching up on Endo's latest matches on WU and good news! He's decided to be annoying again with his funniest foil in NOAH.

!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social: is.gd/paU8Ko (It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)

*this* woman screamed "CUTE" in my face

While I'm waxing autistically about TJPW character notes, I should also mention that I love how Arisu Endo always looks like she's been psychologically destroyed by hijinks.

I love how Shoko sells her complete exasperation at Mifu's moves. It's probably the best rub this specific wrestler could get, especially in this specific promotion. The most unconventional wrestler on the roster is confused by your unique offence and defence!

I got on the Uta train because I could tell she had a mind for wrestling. I had not anticipated how quickly she'd pick up on the physical skills, too.

If Inside No. 9 episode Last Night of the Proms has a million fans, then I'm one of them. If Inside No. 9 episode Last Night of the Proms has one fan, then I'm THAT ONE. If Inside No. 9 episode Last Night of the Proms has no fans, that means I'm dead.

I don’t understand how someone can make content about The Late Diagnosed Autistic Experience without listening to or learning about what earlier diagnosed experiences are like. If you have zero context for this stuff, how can you be sure the timing of your diagnosis is what caused it?

I’ve failed in almost every aspect of life and work in 2025, but damn, did I have a good year in thrifting.

This is what Bari Weiss et al think "censorship" actually is; when subordinates criticize their superiors. That has been the bedrock of the entire "cancel culture" discourse in elite media; rage at the idea that students, women, journalists, interns, etc might be able to speak against the boss.

Tana's last performance in Korakuen 😭 #njwk20 🤼‍♂️

A beautiful woman came up to me on the dance floor and said I was the moment and exactly why she went to an event like that and I'm gonna coast on that for a while.

Is there some reason that the original UK Queer as Folk pretty much never comes up in conversations about queer media now? I swear I've seen so many claims that people have never seen x in queer media before, and it's something I saw in x 25 years ago in QAF UK.

Kenta’s referring to Endo as テツヤ on socials. There’s only one other group of wrestlers who have done that. (And apparently my predictive text knows what comes after テ now.)

Again, I truly *loved* this week’s episode of Heated Rivalry, but IT IS A WISH FULFILLMENT ROMANCE. The success of a gay hockey romance TV show, largely watched by people who are neither hockey players nor hockey fans, is not “proof that the world is ready and all we would do is love you”

I’m very grateful to G. Willow Wilson for this thread because when I say this, people complain I’m being a “gatekeeper” against women which is not the case at all. HOWEVER… 👇🏼

When I was 4 or 5, I developed a serious fear of Santa and banned him from our house. My parents were like "That's ok. We talked to Santa and he doesn't want to upset you. Is it all right if Papa Smurf brings the presents instead?" And so I left cookies out for special Santa helper Papa Smurf.

I'm trying to decide whether to pair pink or purple tights with my new green mod dress tonight. I consulted Aaron and saw his eyes drifting toward the pink ones and snapped "and before you say pink goes better, I need you to know that Emma Peel paired green and purple together."

this is a Canadian petition to uphold charter rights for transgender and minority communities if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

They’re everything I’d hoped for.

It's finally over!

The heat's out again!

If Endo likes a comedy wrestler, he's going to do the most ridiculous bump possible for them in an undercard match.

Yes, it's pages and pages of redacted information and that's infuriating. But ffs, you can be mad at that without making light of abuse. The vast majority of the victims are still alive and watching people "on their side" make jokes.

I am begging Good People™️ to remember that the "Epstein Files" are pages and pages of documented evidence of serial sexual abuse. This is not the type for fucking memes, my God.

This is ongoing and everyone who was out of their homes when the shelter in place order was announced has to camp out in the old seniors centre where I won second prize for my Halloween costume in 1992.

It's up there, but I'm not granting it full Most Canadian status unless they do something like get Orville Peck to cover Stompin' Tom.

Beyond pop culture, there are also a lot of autistic people who are not great at realizing that people have different experiences and will be different as a result of that. And so they assume every autistic person who is not like them is masking or putting on airs or sucking up to neurotypicals.

Late diagnosed autistic people who masked so hard that they denied themselves any pop culture/art they loved are as evangelical as ex-smokers. On one hand, I get it. And I'm happy that they're living their truth now. But a lot of them project weird stuff onto those of us with a different trajectory.

We are safe and on the road back to Toronto. And mom lives outside of the area in question, anyway. Wishing the best for everyone back home.

King Arthur. Man From UNCLE. Sherlock... at some point, we need to talk about the ways in which Guy Ritchie keeps dipping his toes into the slash world and getting praise for bring a fraction of the homoeroticism those fandoms—and sometimes the source material—brought to those stories.

I’ve got a bucketful a bucketful of Hogans

Thrifted a dress today that I can only describe as a snowsuit dress. Same fabric and padding as you would find in a snowsuit, but in sleeveless dress form. Not sure why or how this happened, but it's got great lines.

There’s a certain Sloan lyric that pops into my head when it comes to the fandom around a certain hit Canadian show.

In a world where autistic authors are not given the same opportunities—or the same praise when they do have a shot—it fucking matters.

This is very sweet. As is Rachel Reid making Shane autistic after her son got diagnosed and she learned more about autism. I'd much rather autism portrayals come from love rather than mockery or exploitation. But more than that, I wish they actually came from us.

One good thing about having tiny baby feet is that no one else wants the UK size 2 dead stock Docs when a liquidation sale pops up on MaxSold.

Unmanned Local Train’s 2025 Wrestler of the Year is Shoko Nakajima. If you disagree, sound off in the nearest toilet open.substack.com/pub/unmanned...