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Lauren Roy @falconesse.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Listen, I know this is only at 9% of votes counted and the lead may not hold, but I hope that at minimum Stephen Lynch has gnawed off several fingernails.

Screencap from AP News live results of the MA-08 Democratic primary. Currently, Patrick Roath is at 51.4% and Stephen Lynch trails at 48.6%.

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Lauren Roy @falconesse.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Just found a necklace I put in Jewelry Time Out months ago and I'm annoyed at it all over again. 😂

A hand knotted necklace with a ceramic focal, fluorite cubes, small pearls and hematite spacers. The top strand is one pattern repeat longer than the lower strand.

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Lauren Roy @falconesse.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Somehow, I don't think this is what the Ikea instructions meant.

Ikea instructions suggesting two people should put the item together.

Three cats (Ada, a black and white cat, and Tendi and Mariner, two black cats), perched atop an Ikea box.

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Lauren Roy @falconesse.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

This has been her window from the start. No tiny goblins are going to kick her out of it that easily. 😁

Ada, back when she was a black and white kitten, snoozing in a sunny windowsill. She fits in the part where the window frame goes when it's closed, and she's got her feet up so she can get sun on her toe beans.

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Lauren Roy @falconesse.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

She was not wrong. Tendi and Mariner, like fucking clockwork.

Ada, a black and white cat, sits in a sunny window with two black cats on either side of her. Tendi's on her left, going for the "annoy you until you move" tactic, while Mariner's on a cat tower next to the window, having already exchanged an opening volley of smacks.

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Lauren Roy @falconesse.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

You would think she'd look more pleased at getting an open window all to herself, but also, this look is "The babies are going to be here any second and you are the worst mama."

Ada, a black and white cat, sits on a sunny window ledge with an accusing look on her face.

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Lauren Roy @falconesse.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Then I found the little pack of fat quarters I bought on a whim last year at a fabric/yarn shop in Portland, ME. Welp. At least I'm consistent?

Span of fabric quarters: luna moths on lime green background, black zigzags and line green, spiderwebs with black heart spiderwebs on lime green background, purple waves, bats and roses on purple, and spiderwebs with purple heart spiderwebs and a green spider on purple background, bats and roses on purple, and spiderwebs with purple heart spiderwebs and a green spider on black background.

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Lauren Roy @falconesse.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

A Tale of Two Fabric Purchases. I plan to make my own bookcloth, and I've snagged some neat patterns. Today, I'm organizing my stuff. No, I'm not procrastinating, hush. First, I unboxed a recent purchase from a seller who was doing Halloween stuff. (I had to limit myself, but it was hard.)

Swatches of five fabrics: cats in costumes on a black starry background, space cats on a starry mustard background, psychedelic purple and black inkblot-looking, bats and roses on purple, and spiderwebs with purple heart spiderwebs and a green spider on black background.

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Lauren Roy @falconesse.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Though, a very cool thing I need to hang back up: when NIGHT OWLS came out, one of my coworkers illustrated one of the opening scenes from the book and framed it for me. 🥰

Framed pen and ink drawing of a young woman crouched at the end of a pier. She holds a backpack over the water in one hand and wields a dagger with the other. A man in a sleeveless hoodie stands over her. He wants what's in the backpack. In the background is a beach and businesses across the street, with a buss pulling up.

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Lauren Roy @falconesse.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

They're (sort of) pals now, mostly because Tendi is relentless. :D

Two cats lay on a chair atop a crocheted blanket. Ada, the black and white cat, has her paws around Tendi, a black cat with a white patch on her chest. Tendi looks smug. Ada looks resigned.

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Lauren Roy @falconesse.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Ada knows that feeling, Fiasco.

Tendi, a black kitten with a white spot on her chest, sits on a window perch. Behind her, Ada, a black and white cat, is also on the perch with a deeply annoyed look on her face. Her ears are in the "do something about this" position.

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Lauren Roy @falconesse.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Bookbinding class day 2! The one on the left was supposed to just have the inset image, but the bottom wasn't square and it annoyed me. Thus, cheaterfacing by hiding it with a Shakespeare quote.

Two handbound notebooks. Casebound on the left, with burgundy paper, navy bookcloth, and an inset of roses on purple, with the quote "Be as thou wast wont to be; see as thou wast wont to see" along the bottom. Japanese stab binding on the right, with dark sage green paper and yellow thread, with old maps centered atop the paper and "I like this place" at the top left and "And willingly could waste my time in it" at the bottom right.

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Lauren Roy @falconesse.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

This is Arya. We bottle-fed her from before her eyes opened, and she never figured out she wasn't people. She was a great wielder of the Paw of Nope when she was done with pets. Often demanded to be carried around the house as was her due at nearly 20 years old.

Arya, a long-haired dilute torbie with a white chest looks up from where she's occupying an open guitar case. Half her face is a pale orange, while the other half is gray and brown. She looks very pleased with herself.

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Lauren Roy @falconesse.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Made a little notebook. Learning a few things along the way, but it's cute!

A small hand-bound pamphlet style notebook with a spooky floral pattern, including the occasional skull.

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Lauren Roy @falconesse.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Portrait of a yowly boy, who is now home (minus two teeth).

Fizzgig, a long-haired black cat, opens his mouth to yell from inside a cat carrier.

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Lauren Roy @falconesse.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Found this little printing press at an antique store and I'm finally getting around to playing with it. First step, see whether it has all the parts. Answer seems to be yes! Putting all the letters in order took aaaaages. There is one Q. It's still on the drum the way the last owner left it.

Parts of a Swiftset Rotary Printing Press kit laid out on a dark wooden desk. It's a bit chaotic, with teeny tiny rubber letters scattered in several places.

Swiftset Rotary Printing Press and assorted parts sit on a dark wooden desk. This time, the teeny tiny rubber letters have been sorted into a wooden tray. The last owner's announcement (including the set's sole Q) is still on the press's drum.

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Lauren Roy @falconesse.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Today's coffee cup selection is pretty much @noxilite.bsky.social and me in a nutshell. (Mug on the left is from Locus, mug on the right from The Deadlands.)

Two coffee mugs side by side. On the left, a green alien in a green flying saucer reads a book. Text beneath it reads "Locus 2024." On the right, a grim reaper in silhouette hold its scythe. Written across its robes is "A nice hot cup of death." First mug is from supporting Locus Magazine, second mug is from supporting The Deadlands magazine.

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Lauren Roy @falconesse.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

And here she is with Mariner, who was being the brave one today.

Two short-haired black cats in a vet's office. Tendi's in the back, squeezed into a corner in front of a gray cabinet. Mariner's in front of her, standing up. Mariner has a horizontal white patch on her chest. Both stare at something happening off-camera.

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Lauren Roy @falconesse.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

The vet said Tendi has perfect nostrils. A) I had no idea that was a thing to strive for, but here we are. B) I'm beaming like I had anything to do with their creation.

A short-haired black cat with yellow eyes crouches before a gray cabinet in a vet's office, where she's squeezed herself into a corner. Her nostrils are perfect.

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Lauren Roy @falconesse.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

I made a tiny notebook and it came out super cute.

A small book cover with skull binding cloth and a navy blue spiderweb patterned cover.

View of the open front cover, with witchy endpaper featuring a skull, crystal ball, and crystal cluster.

View of the inside back cover, with witchy endpaper featuring a palmistry hand, black cat, and potion bottle.

Side view of the book, with skull binding cloth, navy background cover paper with spiderwebs, and interior cream colored pages.

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Lauren Roy @falconesse.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Someone left this drawing at one of the museum's interactive art stations, and I'm pretty sure it sums up like 90% of the people I know.

Child's drawing of a cat, with "mad bi cat" written beside it in child's handwriting.

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Lauren Roy @falconesse.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

I did a thing this morning. Running for one of the library trustee positions in town. Our town clerk was very enthusiastic and helpful, and asked if she could be the first person to sign my nomination papers. (heck yeah!) Pictured: me, looking vaguely terrified, with Sophie behind me as a cat tax.

A middle-aged white woman with brown hair and purple framed glasses holds up a red candidate information folder, covering her mouth and nose. Behind her, a pudgy black cat looks on.

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Lauren Roy @falconesse.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Retiring my old notebook, starting up this shiny new one courtesy of @emilytheslayer.bsky.social It's a 50/50 on whether I use it to take notes during the museum's weekly staff meetings or chicken out.

Two notebooks side by side. One is a pinkish purple three-hole one-subject 8.5x10 notebook with robot washi tape holding the covers together. The other is a smaller, A5 size notebook with a dark plum cover and black wire binding. Text on the cover in a white sans serif font reads, "Shit you shouldn't have to explain to adults."

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Lauren Roy @falconesse.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Jewelry supply sorting and inventory is going well. Tendi is learning if I fits I sits. Also, Mariner, if you're going to keep stealing my pen, I'm assigning you some wordcount.

Mariner, a black shorthaired kitten, caught in the act of stealing a pen from a cluttered table top.

Tendi, a shorthaired black kitten with a white patch on her chest, sitting pretty in an Ikea photo storage box. There are books on the shelves behind her and a rainbow bag.

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Lauren Roy @falconesse.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

T-minus six minutes until the Spring Mystery Box preorders go live @peculiarityshop.bsky.social. The theme is "It's Cosmic!" I've been playing with wire crochet, and have some planetary-looking beads I can't wait to create with.

Wire crochet necklace with copper wire, purple agates, Czech glass stars, and other space-ish beads.

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Lauren Roy @falconesse.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

As promised, cat pictures for sticking with me. Or, if you haven't seen the thread yet, to encourage you to go look! These two tiny furgoblins who discovered my crafting station yesterday and have been causing all kinds of chaos. Stealing bead bags, batting tools around, etc. But they're cute!

Mariner and Tendi, two short-haired black kittens, curl up together in a sunny windowsill atop a fuzzy white cat ledge.

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Lauren Roy @falconesse.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

We were not allowed to help the electricians, so we had to settle in this sunbeam.

Mariner and Tendi, two black short-haired kittens, snooze in a sunny window ledge atop a fuzzy white surface.

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Lauren Roy @falconesse.bsky.social · 05/11/2024

Kitten update! All is well, and everyone's officially in their new homes. We are easily won over ourselves, so please welcome Mariner (blepping) and Tendi (pink collar) to the family.

Two black kittens perch on a blue-jean clad knee. The kitten in the back has her eyes closed and tongue out. She has a wispy white patch on her chest. The kitten closest to the camera has golden eyes, and is wearing a pink collar. She has a small bright white patch on her chest, but it's hidden from this angle.

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Lauren Roy @falconesse.bsky.social · 11/10/2024

Oh no you're doomed. He's got the look down.

Puss in Boots from Shrek. An orange cartoon tabby cat makes big sad eyes while holding the brim of a hat in his paws.

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Lauren Roy @falconesse.bsky.social · 21/09/2024

The tiniest Storyteller has a lot of reading to do.

A gray kitten peeks out from atop a row of TTRPG books. They're mainly Exalted 1st and 2nd edition sourcebooks, but also Dragon Age, Demon: The Fallen, and Mage: The Ascension. Don't judge me for the disorderly arrangement.

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Lauren Roy @falconesse.bsky.social · 19/09/2024

Soooo we're fostering mama and kittens at my house now. My parents are in their 70s, and once the kittens get big/bold/mobile enough to get in the rafters of the barn, they'd never get them down. Thus, I now get to do kitten snuggles multiple times a day.

Three black kittens sit in a windowsill above a gray couch. In the bottom right corner, a gray kitten peeks from the arm of the couch.

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Lauren Roy @falconesse.bsky.social · 15/09/2024

We joke that the local strays have signs pointing to my parents' barn, with all the pregnant cats who've moved their litters in over the years. Today I visited the newest bunch of tiny potats.

A gray kitten with blue eyes peers curiously from its spot within a bowl resting inside a pink milk crate.

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Lauren Roy @falconesse.bsky.social · 09/09/2024

Temperature regulation, cat-style. Ada sunning her tiny toesies as a baby, cooling off as a grown-up. (She's on a heated bed in the second picture.)

Ada, a black-and-white kitten, lays in a sunny windowsill with her feet pointed to the sky.

Ada, a black-and-white cat, lays on a heated bed with her toes propped on the chair back behind her.

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Lauren Roy @falconesse.bsky.social · 20/08/2024

The face of a tiny goblin angel who definitely did not pull the curing pendant closer to her how dare you suggest such a thing.

Ada, a black and white tuxedo cat, looks totally innocent as she cat loafs atop a light blue blanket in a windowsill. A silver pendant sits at the edge of the blanket, where she's pulled it closer to herself. Allegedly.

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Lauren Roy @falconesse.bsky.social · 05/08/2024

Robins built their nest in the bush growing beside our pool gate, so now I go through the back gate to swim so I don't disturb parents and babies. Am apparently still extremely sus.

A robin perches on the back of a green chair. It looks directly at the camera and its beak is open as it yells at the camera person.

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Lauren Roy @falconesse.bsky.social · 01/08/2024

"That's an a nice crafting station you have set up. It'd be a shame if your resin got cat hair in it."

Fizzgig, a fluffy black cat, lounges on a table and looks smug. The white tablecloth has cat hair on it, and crafting supplies are set up nearby.

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Lauren Roy @falconesse.bsky.social · 31/07/2024

Today in FAFO for @peculiarityshop.bsky.social: practicing painting creepy trees to add to a stone; overthinking resin; SKULLS; testing out a new-to-me glue.

A craft station featuring test pictures of creepy trees, a pendant, skulls drying on paper, and a cabochon with words from A WRINKLE IN TIME.

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Lauren Roy @falconesse.bsky.social · 23/07/2024

My parents fed the cats while we were away for a couple of days. I just saw the puzzle feeder.

A very, very over-filled blue puzzle feeder.

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Lauren Roy @falconesse.bsky.social · 18/07/2024

I took a book altering/box making class last weekend, so now I'm playing around with some of those techniques for future @peculiarityshop.bsky.social pendants. This one's very much a prototype, but I like where it's going. :D

A pendant featuring a papercraft purple and black floral background, a gold raven outline, and the word "Nevermore" in a bronze filigree tray.

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Lauren Roy @falconesse.bsky.social · 28/06/2024

Black Sails x Stardew Valley Welp, now I know what goes on with those pirates on Ginger Island.

One of the Ed, Edd, & Eddy kids holding up a notepad that someone has edited to say "The Last TV show you watched is now getting a crossover with the last video game played"

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Lauren Roy @falconesse.bsky.social · 08/06/2024

See a tux, post a tux. Ada, being upside-down and adorable.

Ada, a black-and-white tuxedo cat, somewhere between curled-up and sprawling on a fuzzy white window ledge bed. Her front paws are drawn up, and her ears are flattened by her position. She has a small black patch on her chin.

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