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CD Covington @exaggerated.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Literally until question 53, it thought I was from North Carolina (where, to be fair, I lived from ages 23-42), then the switch flipped to Maryland (where I grew up) when I answered question 54.

A map of the US with red, yellow, and blue gradient/topographical lines showing where people speak more (red) or less (blue) like me. The southeastern seaboard is red, with lighter red into Maryland and southern Pennsylvania, yellow toward the midwest, then darkest blue in the Dakotas and Minnesota. Southwest Texas is also reddish, and the PacNW is light blue.

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CD Covington @exaggerated.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Every time I drive here (I use Miles on rare occasion), I get so stressed out (and I learned to drive around Washington DC, which is its own flavor of hell.) The southern border around there is squiggly and weird; Kleinmachnow is just outside, the Avus/Grunewald is inside.

A screenshot of google maps of the southwestern edge of Berlin where it meets Potsdam and the river/lake system of the Havel and Wannsee

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CD Covington @exaggerated.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Finally. I can live like it's this century.

A mini dishwasher, about 40cm on all sides, sits atop a low table. The table has a drawer under it that's holding drinks and dishwasher soap.

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CD Covington @exaggerated.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I love automated responses from companies! They are so useful! My package is still not on the map at all! I can't just sit around my apartment all day forever! I have appointments next week! DPD is the worrrrrrrst!

wir bedauern sehr, dass es bei der Zustellung Ihres Pakets zu Verzögerungen kommt.

Unser Zusteller konnte Ihr Paket aufgrund eines Sortierfehlers im Paketzentrum, nicht ausliefern.

Wir werden Ihr Paket voraussichtlich innerhalb der nächsten 1 - 2 Werktage bei Ihnen zustellen.

In unserem Live-Tracking unter Sendungsverfolgung oder in der DPD App können Sie ab ca. 09:00 Uhr am Zustelltag Ihre Sendung jederzeit live verfolgen. Das Zeitfenster präzisiert sich im Laufe des Tages auf 30 Minuten.

Für die entstandenen Unannehmlichkeiten bitten wir Sie um Entschuldigung.

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CD Covington @exaggerated.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The DPD tracking page is giving me very conflicting information. According to the email from the customer service people yesterday, my package will arrive today. You will understand if I express a certain skepticism.

Paketinfo an DPD übergeben 13.08.
Paket unterwegs 20.08.
Paket im Paketzustellzentrum
Paket in Zustellung
Paket zugestellt

Ihr DPD Zusteller
Ihr Paket kann wegen techn. Gründen/höherer Gewalt leider nicht wie angekündigt geliefert werden. Die Zustellung erfolgt sobald wie möglich.
The map now is of the entire country of Germany, with no indication of where my package might be.

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CD Covington @exaggerated.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I ordered a table to put my new baby dishwasher on but apparently there's a wildfire where it's being shipped from, so who the fuck knows when I'll actually get it and be able to use the dishwasher! Which is currently sitting on my floor!

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CD Covington @exaggerated.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Flights of Foundry is this weekend! I'm going to be on some panels (and maybe chatting with folks, or possibly reading, I don't know). Here's my schedule!

Flights of Foundry 2025
CD Covington
Audience, Authenticity, & Diacritics with Your Conlang
26.09. 21:00 CEST (15:00 EDT)
Chill ‘n’ Chat
27.09. 9:00 CEST (03:00 EDT)
Roller Derby: Sport for Nerds
27.09. 12:00 CEST (06:00 EDT)
The Heart and Soul of Translation
27.09. 20:00 CEST (14:00 EDT)
Works We Love & Why We Love Them
27.09. 21:00 CEST (15:00 EDT)
The Start of Something New
28.09. 16:00 CEST (10:00 EDT)

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CD Covington @exaggerated.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

So I got a marketing email from Snag (the tights people) that was something about "enter your grunge era," and in true late-GenX, grunge teen style, I clicked it, wondering if I would get some DELIA*S clothes I always wanted. Not even remotely. It's emo-punk-goth. With the brownest plaid.

Screenshot of a Snag marketing email. Six female-presenting people of varying sizes and races are modeling their new line, which involves wide-leg plaid pants, plaid skirts, half-mesh shirts, v-neck wrap tops, and dog chains. The grungest thing is something that looks like combat boots.

Another screenshot of the same email, with the same people wearing ankhs (90s yes, grunge ... ehhh), plaid pants and skirts, and half-mesh shirts. One skirt appears to be black leather with chains and metal on it like a belt. This is goth-punk, not grunge.

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CD Covington @exaggerated.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't grunge.

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CD Covington @exaggerated.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

I don't believe in these chain letters But what if true

Photo of a waterfall in thingvellir Park, Iceland

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CD Covington @exaggerated.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Heading to Leipzig for the Buchmesse (I have a day ticket for tomorrow). Who will I see? #lbm

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CD Covington @exaggerated.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Tschau, Chris (Screenshot of Tagesschau)

A screenshot of Tagesschau about the Bundestagswahl: Lindner kündigt bei FDP-Ausscheiden Rückzug an

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CD Covington @exaggerated.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

You have gotten your shongles shit

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CD Covington @exaggerated.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

I have so many pet pics it's hard to choose!

A long-haired grey cat with toys under her and a pink flamingo toy on her

A long-haired grey cat with a white stripe on her nose and a white tuxedo bib is sitting on a perch.

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CD Covington @exaggerated.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Rereading The Saint of Bright Doors for the @otherlandberlin.bsky.social book club next week! Can't wait to yell about it!

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CD Covington @exaggerated.bsky.social · 20/10/2024

Hello new followers! Welcome! Please enjoy this picture of my cat.

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CD Covington @exaggerated.bsky.social · 17/09/2024

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #594,901!

I am user number 594901, joined Aug 17, 2023.

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CD Covington @exaggerated.bsky.social · 14/09/2023

And that's a wrap! Thank you to everyone who backed this project -- I'll be sending an update later today.

Screenshot of a kickstarter progress bar, which reads: €5,939 pledged, 395% funded, 265 backers, 0 seconds to go

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CD Covington @exaggerated.bsky.social · 13/09/2023

Less than 24 hours to go! And just over 700 € to unlock the last stretch goal -- a never-before-published short story from me! Boosting appreciated :D www.kickstarter.com/projects/cdc...

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CD Covington @exaggerated.bsky.social · 17/08/2023

It did fund :D And now we're heading for stretch goals and more essays in the collection to be unlocked!

Stretch goals!
3000 €: bookplate for physical tiers [mockup of design]
6000 €: Short story: "On the Origins of Station Worker Speech" for all backers. Be the first to read this story!

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