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I mean he’s from ALLAGASH. My mom reacted to that like I’d said he came from the fairy realm. 😂 She already liked him & that put it WAY over the top. “You don’t understand, there are LEGENDS about Allagash, Karyn!!”

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Karyn @conundrumk.bsky.social · 10h

I keep seeing non-Maine pundits lamenting his lack of glib charisma & rolling my eyes. I don’t know if he WILL beat her, but he’s exactly the kind of guy who CAN beat her. He’s just pure Maine & her Susie From The County routine is finally falling flat. It’s fucking delightful.

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Karyn @conundrumk.bsky.social · 10h

And doing it while still coming across as the most Regular Maine Guy ever. Convinced I’ll run into him at the hardware store and he’ll make an extremely dry joke while we’re waiting in line.

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Spindle leaf palette in October, complete with Barbie pinks:

Spindle, Euonymous europeaus leaves in autumn, arranged on a wooden table and with a hand written label

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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 04/10/2026

Slow motion pelican coasting above the coast bliss. 🪶

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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 05/10/2026

10/5 Mainers can vote early in-person absentee starting TODAY — Monday, October 5th — by going to their town clerk's office during business hours. You can vote early in-person for any reason, and same-day voter registration is available. #maine #MEpolitics

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Lisa Carey @msleedy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Genuinely concerned about what's happening to the space-time continuum in this toilet.

A toilet door with a sign saying "Temporally Out Of Order"

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Voter registration deadlines are SUNDAY in Alaska, Rhode Island, South Carolina. And MONDAY in: Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, and *Texas*. If you live in these states, verify your registration now, literally.

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Jack - Oi, Shiny! @oishinythings.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Need to come up with at least £750 over next 2 weeks to pay bills/rent. Oi, Shiny! is once again open to US orders: oishiny.etsy.com And the #TurtleOfCalm is ready to keep you in wallpapers: ko-fi.com/turtleofcalm... #DisabledArtist #💕💸

Black bead, silver spiral, and dangling green heart pendant in black and white gift box.

Small green stone turtle on a cut branch in the woods, with a sprig of new green behind him.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I don't deny that dogs can sometimes be quite lovely but what I will say is I don't trust their opinions. If a cat recommended me an album it had bought, I'd totally check it out. If a dog did the same, I'd promise to listen to the album, out of politeness, with no intention of actually doing so

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Pine Tree Activism @pinetreeactivism.org · 03/10/2026

======================= KNOCK DOORS w/MAINE DEMS Upcoming events around Maine ======================= Take action w/ Maine Coordinated Campaign and help create the blue wave we need. #MEpolitics Check the list for volunteer canvass opportunities in your area. 👉: www.mobilize.us?country=US&e... 👈

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Karyn @conundrumk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I’m mostly just drawing, playing Stardew Valley, drawing some more, playing Stardew…then drop in here quickly with a pizza box & a smile. Oh look, everything is on fire! Kobo time. No more phone for me tonight.

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Karyn @conundrumk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Lol the ‘you’ve reached your limit on Bluesky for today’ message popped up immediately after I saw someone conflate Maine & Boston accents. Yes. Yes, I have.

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Fernando Salvaterra @salvaterra.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

WHAT IF... a man opens only 2 emergency commission slots for BW sketch portraits just like these? this weekend, hand-drawn. photo reference or fictional character. 40USD paid upfront. would this work? hit me up via DM if you want to try it.

six black and white portrait sketches. three girls, two bearded guys, one non-binary teen.

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 29/09/2026

or a silk scarf with a pattern of purple and blue neurons artologica.etsy.com/listing/1811...

silk scarf with pattern of blue and purple neurons

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Karyn @conundrumk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Can’t even go to Trader Joe’s for some ginger chews & maple popcorn because there are likely lines & branches down. This storm is kind of a jerk.

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Karyn @conundrumk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Technically it is better to lose power today when I don’t have work I’m finishing & need to submit but, not so technically, I was going to play a little Stardew Valley. As a treat.

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Karyn @conundrumk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I keep bribing myself to get through the week by deciding I’ll do a little stationery order or something when I’m done. I can just use the same bribe every week because by the time I get to the end I’m way too tired to want to figure that shit out.

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 28/09/2026

I assume everyone who follows me knows who Ashley is because I mean HOW COULD YOU NOT but if you just arrived, she spends untold hours organizing to protect people being targeted by ICE and abandoned by their politicians, and any quarters we can shake out of the couch can help her heal in peace

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Karyn @conundrumk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Lol only just realized why I keep going, “Wait, that guy’s in Kansas, I thought he was Michigan,” and vice versa. Roger Marshall Mike Rogers Oh well, all these guys are really just the same guy in the end anyway.

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Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Start to finish making of process for one of my porcelain tentacle handle cups! Throwing, trimming, glazing You can buy a unique cup like this on my website, www.roseschmits.com

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Circ @tinyicecat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This news is important because all the fucks out there actively attempting to wreck the world want you to think that the work is hopeless and just mitigating the worst case scenario. It's not. Fucking keep going.

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Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It's Saturday, which is as good a day as any to remind you that my #LoTR subway map makes a great gift for yourself and/or others. It looks great on my wall, so I assume it'll look great on your wall too! This map, and other such things) are available here: www.etsy.com/shop/Surpris...

Subway style map to go with The Lord of the Rings, showing the different pathways of various parties throughout the book. The title reads: "Lord of the Rings Transit Map: One Does Not Simply Walk Ino Mordor When One Can Ride." The map takes up the middle part of the page, and there are two keys. The one on the left is titles "Standard Service Lines, and has color keys matched to the subway lines on the map. Lines are named:
"Shire-Bree Commuter Line
Old Forrest Crescent
Wildland Scenic Line
Fellowship Line
Gollum / Sméagol Line
Uruk Hai Express
Three Hunters Line
Fangorn Slow Service
Rohan to Gondor Business Line
Black Ships Ferry Service
Oliphant Direct Line
Army of the West Line
Gandalf Express

A smaller key on the right side of the map is labeled: "Limited Service Lines" and has color keys matched to the following names lines:
"Eagle Express
Paths of the Dead Line
Nazgûl Search & Resuce
Valinor Ltd."

A note at the bottom reads:
"* Mount Doom station only accepts Rings of Power in payment. Plan accordingly."

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Karyn @conundrumk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Oh! I might need my light box now too. Hadn’t even thought of that yet. Alright, we have plans. We can do this. Brain chemistry shall be altered!

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Karyn @conundrumk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Okay, I’m now getting into bed before 7:30pm, my brain chemistry miiiiiiight need a bit of a boost. Lil extra Wellbutrin on the menu. (This is prescribed & just a thing I need to do periodically - it’s safe! Very grateful to have a med I can do this with.)

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Fallon | [see pinned!] @fallonturing.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

These rainbow heart socks have been sitting in my shop for a while waiting for someone to take them home. I think it's just cause they're a size small, but surely one of you knows a queer child who might like them? I ALSO sell this as a knitting pattern! ko-fi.com/s/469a3547e4 #BSNM #pride

A pair of rainbow knitted socks on wire blockers. They're damp while blocking, so the colors are a little darker than normal. They have variegated rainbow stripes and a repeating heart eyelet pattern, though the latter is hard to see with them folded so you only see the sides

A pair of rainbow knitted socks laid flat on a blanket, showing off the repeating heart eyelet pattern

The socks laid flat to show the back side of the socks, which also has the eyelet pattern on the ankle.

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Karyn @conundrumk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

TFW you take a photo of your work in progress & can suddenly see tons of mistakes you didn’t notice while you were working on it. 😩

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Karyn @conundrumk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

What drugs do I need to do to be one of those happy-go-lucky people that just never worry about anything? Just bopping along doing whatever & not giving a fuck.

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Karyn @conundrumk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

“Sorry I didn’t finish, but I lost the will to live.”

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Karyn @conundrumk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The way I want to turn this assignment in half-done with my reflection statement being ‘Fuck you’…

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Karyn @conundrumk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Glad you were able to go! Someday I hope to go again, but it really is so exhausting. Any other fair I wouldn’t even consider it, but that one is special.

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Karyn @conundrumk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The worst thing for me with perimenopause is the completely random hormone storms. There’s no looking at the calendar & realizing why I’m in meltdown, because it just happens whenever with no warning. And then I figure it out when I bleed all over the place in the middle of a cycle. 🫠

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Karyn @conundrumk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

They have a pickle jar! These shouldn’t be allowed to be so stinking cute.

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Karyn @conundrumk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Squishmallow, but I like yours better for our purposes 😂 I wonder if they have Miffy ones. I’ve become suddenly & inexplicably enchanted with Miffy. Though if I got her I might not want to cram her under my neck lol.

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Karyn @conundrumk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Faking a resume to get an NPR interview so I can pull a Cup Noodle out of my bag at just the right moment.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Please try to reclaim your precious precious attention, at all costs. Do puzzles. Take walks without a phone. Dear god, try to read, almost anything that isn’t a manifesto will really do. You are going to need your brain.

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Karyn @conundrumk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Every night a wave of dread and resistance about classwork & other life stuff washes over me & I panic a little thinking I won’t get anything done the next day. Eventually I remember it’s just my ADHD meds wearing off.

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Karyn @conundrumk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Oh that’s a good thought! I’ll have to try that. Plus an excellent excuse to get something cute.

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Karyn @conundrumk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Sadly my body proportion issues seem to extend to those - all the variations I’ve tried end up throwing things even more out of whack. Really frustrating!

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Karyn @conundrumk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I ask because I did this last night and it was a fucking delight and I’m looking at the clock wondering why I’m still sitting upright like a damn fool.

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Karyn @conundrumk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

How many days in a row can one go to bed at 7:45 to read before it becomes A Problem*? *for my neck

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Karyn @conundrumk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

As it turns out, I do not enjoy drawing corners of rooms. Especially on giant pieces of paper. Fuck corners of rooms TBH.

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Karyn @conundrumk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Please. For the love of Mike!

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Karyn @conundrumk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I am staring at you relentlessly and there is a low growl coming from deep in my chest. (Okay, the low growl is more like a Miss Piggy noise, but you get the idea.)

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Karyn @conundrumk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This worked! Got out of the house, thought about my plan on the drive, and was able to finish making decisions when I got home. Working on the big task now. Has taken longer than I wanted, but at least I’m over the choke point.

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Karyn @conundrumk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Today is better than yesterday and simple, straightforward tasks are very doable, but decision points are kicking my ass. Going to try ‘change of scene’ & run an errand & hope that clears the blockage. Brains, man…

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

l'm holding my botanical illustration& mental health w'shop just once this autumn-7 Nov I'll teach you how: 🌿to break plants down into simple shapes & add shading 🧠creative activity alters brain biochemistry-like taking 3 different meds for yr mental health: workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/bota...

Autumnal finds from my local wood on a Kraft paper sketchbook and my illustrations of them alongside

Finds from the garden on a white paper sketchbook and my illustrations of them alongside, with a cup of tea and posy nearby

An autumnal collection of nature finds from the garden and seasonal walks on a kraft paper sketchbook and my illustrations of them alongside, along with some art materials and a collection of shells on a wooden table

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