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Fox @foxityfox.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I learned to crochet* from a tough Italian New Yorker who'd learned it get himself through drug withdrawals when he got clean. HE'D learned it from a woman who used it to distract herself during cancer treatment. Crochet is truly for anyone and everyone. *Alas don't remember it anymore

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Fox @foxityfox.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I looove the ways you draw fat people. So real, so *tangible*. Hell, your pics of Desmond even inspired me to make an entire vampire AU version of my own big boy 😂. (Even though I'd been avoiding making new AUs & wasn't interested in vampires at the time.)

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Spoon 🥄 @spoonfayse.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

hey rec me some artists who draw fat human(oid) characters! 👀 esp ones that are open for c/mm/ss//ns. (typed it like that to avoid bots, barf)

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Fox @foxityfox.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Oct 3rd & 4th: several hours of research on amputations & history of surgery. Most random fact I may write into a story someday: In the past Drs cauterized wounds by pouring boiling oil over them. (On a less interesting note I hate how useless search engines have become. Capitalism + AI = 💩)

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Fox @foxityfox.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"Writing" can include writing exercises, reading/watching how-to-write content, & research for scenes I'm working on. I'll report back at least once a week how I've spent my time. Oct 1 - Mountain Giant AU Oct 2 - Mountain Giant AU + research: SERE training, waterboarding

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Fox @foxityfox.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

'Tis the time of the 'tobers! This year I'm once more doing Clocktober, where I commit to writing for a given amount of time each day. This year I'm doing 30 min across the board & focusing solely on Hunger. #HungerStory #turtlewriter #writingchallenge #writesky #ocsky #tober

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Fox @foxityfox.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This is just frustrating. Not just the AI paranoia, but some people's unwillingness to do even the bare minimum of research before accusing someone.

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Fox @foxityfox.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

She also holds an MBA and speaks 3+ languages (English, Tigrinya, and Japanese for sure) but those aren't things people can see at first glance.

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Fox @foxityfox.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

her beauty. It's about the whole picture & how it all flows together. That's in-world. Writer explanation: I was tired of Western European beauty standards being held up as the pinnacle of feminine beauty. Ann is black & acknowledged by every character as 10/10 gorgeous. Alas I only have lineart:

Line art interpretation of Ann, a young, 20 something black woman dressed in an Old Hollywood style dress and hair swept back in a side part reminiscent of Rita Hayworth. Her right hand rests on her hip and she's looking up to the right, out of frame, with a secret smile on her lips. Art by FearSexual.

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Fox @foxityfox.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

In Hunger it's Ann (she needs a new name) one of Rand's former lovers & Red's best friend. Rand once says about her "She was the most beautiful woman in the room &, he imagined, every room she'd ever been in." Why? 🤷‍♀️ No 1 feature stands out as the basis of #OC #OCprompt #hungerstory #ocqotd

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Fox @foxityfox.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Mola cult FTW! (and Happy Pizzamas to all who celebrate)

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Fox @foxityfox.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

1st things to spring to mind (Red: hitting the gun range, Rand: sex) are year-round. Rand's favorite non-sex activity is camping, but that's harder in fall 🤔 Oh! Rand's would be hiking to view the changing leaves. Red...I have to think about & come back #oc #ocsky #ocqotd #ocprompt #hungerstory

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Fox @foxityfox.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

When I lived in WA telephone linesmen sometimes had to deal with eagle's nests. Said they were often littered w/ pet collars. Had coyotes sometimes in my backyard too. I loved my cats, they were my kids, not possessions, not toys & they sure as hell weren't going to be eagle chow or coyote kibble.

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Fox @foxityfox.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

As a monoromantic I've never been able to wrap my head around this way of thinking. I feel like I'm missing something. Like, what possible difference could it make if he cheats on me with/ leaves me for a woman vs. a man?

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Fox @foxityfox.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Luciiiille What a good kitty she is

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Fox @foxityfox.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Well this is discouraging

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Fox @foxityfox.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Fun fact, been in this shack & signed the log book almost 40 years ago. (The hike's appx 14 mi & 12 hrs long. Dad thought it was a great idea to try w/ 2 kids under 10, a 16 yr old, no canteens & no flashlights) I wonder what they do with the old log books 🤔

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Fox @foxityfox.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Same. Getting a dx and appropriate therapy for it means I can recognize my symptoms when they happen & do something about it. It doesn't make DOING that thing any easier though.

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Fox @foxityfox.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

May his memory be a blessing. He sounds absolutely lovely.

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Fox @foxityfox.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I love sausage egg and cheese sandwiches, but they weren't the best for me (for a number of reasons). I found the Morningstar Farms vegan sausage patties were great for the purpose though! Highly recommend. (Another fun way to try the eggs is scrambled.)

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Fox @foxityfox.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Well, according to the rest of the thread, that people who put a lot of stock in astrology have a slight tendency to match the stereotypes & those who don't care about it show no correlation whatsoever. IOW people who believe in astrology probably "lean in" to the stereotypes a bit.

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Fox @foxityfox.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I use nicknames for my cats online. DC is short for demon child, which she was 😅 But her real name was TigerLilly and she was beautiful.

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Fox @foxityfox.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

So a year ago today I sat stroking my baby girl's head (even medicated it hurt her too much to touch her anywhere else) & I told her I loved her & I let her go. #petloss #grief

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Fox @foxityfox.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I could accept the advice of the ER Vet & our regular vet & the surprising amount of research I'd managed on my phone, which all indicated recovery was unlikely, even if it worked QoL would be diminished, & another attack of fear & agonizing pain could always be just over the horizon and let her go.

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Fox @foxityfox.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

options. I could pull her off a pain drip for a 40 min car ride (the thing that terrified her most) to an ER w/ a partial dose & cross my fingers it was enough to break the clot & she'd get the use of her legs back & the heart meds they'd sent me home with would keep it from happening again OR

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Fox @foxityfox.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

them every single one of them snapped. First an outbreak in Asia had lead to a shortage of the drug. No one had more than a partial dose. Then test results indicated blood clots might be forming in her liver. Good news immediately followed by bad every time. Eventually it came down to just 2 real

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Fox @foxityfox.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

DC was in the 60%. She had some things going for her that in another place & time might have saved her. She had heart disease, not failure. We got her in so fast they'd be able to administer a time sensitive clot-buster that had shown promise in cats. Little branches of hope but when I reached for

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Fox @foxityfox.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

One of the (many) things that sucks about FATE is that it often comes from out of the blue. In the vast majority of cases a saddle thrombos is the first indicator the cat even had heart disease at all.

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Fox @foxityfox.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

of it's hind limbs, & there is no cure for the heart disease that caused the clot in the first place. So 50-60% euthanized. 40-50% try treatment. Of those around 1/2 make it to release. That 23% will be sent home w/ heart meds and blood thinners & w/i a year 90% will die. Usually from another FATE

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Fox @foxityfox.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

And in 50-60% of cases guardians opt for this. For the other 40-50% the treatment is...to wait. Manage pain as best as possible (not a lot of good analgesic options for cats) & hope the clot dissolves on it's own w/i 3 days. If it does the return of blood is painful, the cat may never regain use

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Fox @foxityfox.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

paralyzing them. It causes excruciating pain, further heightened by the release of hormones which amplify panic & pain. There's not much in the way of treatment for FATE. Things that help humans with clots don't seem to help cats. Standard vet practice is to recommend immediate euthanasia.

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Fox @foxityfox.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

sluggish blood flow creates a back-up. Clots form. Eventually a clot breaks free & races down the aorta & lodges itself at the saddle where the aorta splits into the back legs. This is called a Saddle Thrombos or FATE (Feline Aortic Thrombo-Embolism). Blood flow to the hind limbs is cut off,

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Fox @foxityfox.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

#DCgrief I need to talk a little about Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) the condition that lead to DC's death. In HCM one wall of the heart thickens. Making pumping harder & leaving less room for blood in the chamber. Luckily Most cats w/ HCM will be ok w/ monitoring & meds. But for an unlucky few

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Fox @foxityfox.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Oh man, haven't seen it in years, but Sarah and I still quote it 😂

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Fox @foxityfox.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

One thing I'm learning from this game is that I have no sense of what words are commonly used vs unusual. Me: "Shouldn't use that word, everyone knows it" Game: "Congrats! Super rare find!" Me: 😯🤔 OUTLIER: the daily word hunt where the rarest words win. Can you beat me? playoutlier.com/s/9ASYSR

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OUTLIER · Day 101

foxityfox scored 809 on Day 101. Can you beat them?

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Fox @foxityfox.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

cosmic path so we can head into post-mortem happily-ever-after together They're gone. They're just gone. "WTF Fox?" Today was apparently 'Rainbow Bridge Day.' 🫩 It was also 3 months & 2 days since OL left & 1 week from the anniversary of the absolute worst day of my life, the day DC died.

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Fox @foxityfox.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I really hate rainbow bridge bullshit. This isn't a dig on anyone who finds it meaningful or uses it to grieve. I'm genuinely glad for them. But for me it's like Hallmark card paper-cut with added salt in the wound & I wish I didn't keep having it shoved at me. OL & DC are not waiting for me on some

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Fox @foxityfox.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

1st time you said tinglers weren't jokes I was confused. "How can sentient lesbian ice cream be sincere?" When you mentioned magical realism & absurdism it made total sense. My heart resonates more w/ humor than absurdism so that's how I connect to them, but I see your sincerity and it is beautiful

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Fox @foxityfox.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I found a Rarity-81 word worth 94 pts in OUTLIER. EAGLE EYES · 824 points · 10 rare words. 1 find no one else found today. OUTLIER: the daily word hunt where the rarest words win. Can you beat me? playoutlier.com/s/RHEPP6

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OUTLIER · Day 100

foxityfox scored 824 on Day 100. Can you beat them?

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Fox @foxityfox.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Taking a bullet to prevent a death/injury is brave. Taking a bullet to show that the person holding the gun is a bad guy is just stupidity. Them walking out would accomplish nothing except making a lot of openings for MAGA loyalists to fill. I'd prefer a NASA that still believes in science.

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GlacierClear @glacierclear.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Hey! Foxtrot is looking for streamers and lets players of any size to help spread the word! If you'd be interested in playing/streaming our demo next month, please reach out to our email! foxtrotcreamery@gmail.com

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Fox @foxityfox.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The Rockies are so much bigger because they are so much younger. (like people, mountains get shorter as they age.) So that would make sense Young gods, just coming alive (in the immortal scale of time), wanting to see, wanting to do. So much divine power, but none of the divine wisdom yet.

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Fox @foxityfox.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I looked this up when it happened repeatedly with my girls. Apparently, while grooming each other IS affection/bonding, there's also a dominance structure in who licks whom. With cats, licking/the licker is dominant. So you might be exactly right. Maybe licker got mad lickee was swapping roles?

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Fox @foxityfox.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Even though Hank had nothing to do with the creation of the ep beyond reading lines, he listened, read a book a bunch of knitters recommended & then platformed the author on his own channel.

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Fox @foxityfox.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Sci-show did a video about knitting that contained some errors & questionable framing. It was produced, written & fact checked by women but Hank hosted so he was the "face" & took the heat. When the producer apologized for the ep & tried to explain, people accused Hank of hiding behind women.*

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Fox @foxityfox.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

the producer, writer, editor & fact checker were all women. The tone felt very "scientists have discovered [woman coded thing] so now it's cool" but the scientists doing the work the ep highlighted were also women & were knitters themselves. It had flaws. They didn't come from Hank or AI.

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