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Holly Brockwell

@hollyqueenofspayeds.com
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Tech, cats, cat-tech & being catty about tech. Basically I'm a tech writer who also runs a cat rescue. Well, I do have a lot of mice.

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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 07/10/2026
Everyone's going on their Amazon 'About You' thing and finding these deep insights into their lives. Look what I got
Screenshot of my Amazon 'about you' thing, which has impressively worked out I have... At least one cat. Wow.
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 04/10/2026
I'm tired.
Screenshot of my Instagram story because it won't fit in the text. In short, we've built social media apps that promote content about male violence only to the victims - - women - - and the men get to read about anything else. And then people wonder why we're angry and triggered while they haven't seen a word about Cornell.
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 04/10/2026
Next to me
A very long orange cat with little pink beans. I got a bigger bed so I'd still be able to sleep with cats but they just stretch out more now
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 04/10/2026
Why I'm awake at 4am
A ridiculous tuxedo cat has stretched his little self out right across my bed and now there's nowhere for me
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 01/10/2026
If I ever win the lottery, I won't tell anyone, but there will be signs
A lovely tuxedo cat wtih perfect teeth. Because I'm rich now and can sort out all the kitty mouthsThis guy looks very polite
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 28/09/2026
No one does aeroplane ears *quite* like Smol Paul
A ridiculous tuxedo cat pulling a face I can only describe as "sleepy opinionated derp"
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 27/09/2026
I love how you can take a picture of him doing literally anything and it's hilarious
Three pictures of a ridiculous tuxedo teddy bear having some nice head fuss on my bed and then giving me a licky bath. Thanks Paul.
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 27/09/2026
Oh lawd he arrived
Four pictures of the most ridiculous tuxedo cat you've ever seen turning into a big drooly mess because he's getting fuss
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 27/09/2026
Oh lawd he comin
View from my bed. A ridiculous tuxedo cat is flolloping up the cat steps. OH LAWD HE HERE
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 26/09/2026
We're trying to find a home for, and I quote, "the Pissfingers of cats." Any takers? ❤️
Three screenshots of our facebook post about Jaffa Cake the unlucky mogJaffa in his cone of shame
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 25/09/2026
Bahaha look what @zizifothsi.bsky.social made
Some very professionally-produced artwork for the as-yet-unreleased game Paul of Duty: Modern Clawfare 2. We should probably make the first one first
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 25/09/2026
Who wouldn't want this ridiculous face in their game
A ridiculous tuxedo cat. He's standing up against the sofa, after having thrown my computer mouse on the floor in the background. It is, as ever, unclear what he wants. The same ridiculous moggy except now we know what he wanted wasn't cheek fuss
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 24/09/2026
Can't imagine why she reminds me of Smol Paul
A ridiculous tuxedo kitten is scandalised by... Er... My face?
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 21/09/2026
Twitter is getting a bit beyond parody now
Screenshot of an account called "racist man" that followed me. It's verified of course
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 19/09/2026
Nottingham historical events = best historical events en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notting...
A screenshot of the Wikipedia page for the Nottingham cheese riot, in which the mayor was knocked over by an errant cheese wheel
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 18/09/2026
When I lived in Stratford in London, I saw this graffiti all the time. Always "Lady Diana" or "Lady Di," never "Princess." Now her brother has said he believes she had ADHD, which only makes me more determined to find out who the Stratford ADHD Artist was! HOW DID THEY KNOW
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 17/09/2026
Thank you HEAPS to everyone who's installed the Easyfundraising plugin so their online shopping benefits wonky moggies ❤️ I'm blown away by how much has been raised so far. They're offering us a £5 bonus donation for everyone who signs up for a short time: www.easyfundraising.org.uk/support-a-go...
Screenshot showing we've raised £210 for wonky moggies just from people shopping online! See, treating yourself is good for the world
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 16/09/2026
🎶 why... do.... HAIRS suddenly appear every time I age a year? 🎶
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 11/09/2026
You can't blame 40something millennials for thinking we look younger than we are. We were expecting to look like this
The parents from Home Alone, aged 36 and 44. Wow.
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 11/09/2026
If you guessed "bite my hair while I try to wee," congratulations! You win this round of Read Smol Paul's Smol Mind
Me, yes I am on the toilet, and a ridiculous tuxedo cat who is on me while I am on the toilet. He likes to bite my hair while I wee. I have to hold his bum steady or he gets irate
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 11/09/2026
I don't know what he wants and neither does he
A slightly blurry photo of a ridiculous tuxedo cat standing up against my leg to... Complain? 
Request? I don't know!!
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 07/09/2026
Lol this is essentially "AI is fine when we use it though"
Screenshot of a Facebook message from Etsy competitor Numonday saying it's fine for them to use AI actually because reasons
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 07/09/2026
In fairness I did find one thing that was cool and unique and bought it immediately as a Christmas present, but why do companies have to be like this? Etsy is awful now. I would gladly glaze your business to anyone who'd listen if you were actually doing something different, but this is not it
Screenshot of an email from Numonday that doesn't even try to sound written by a human, come on now
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 04/09/2026
I think Skipper might be too young for Widow's Bay 😆
Two pictures of a wobbly little black cat staring at the TV in abject horror 😆 in fairness he'd just woken up
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 02/09/2026
Smol Paul does not feel like sharing his toys with Smolla Paula today 😆
Two ridiculous tuxedo cats, one smol, one also smol. One is hissing and doing Big Whiskers because he wants the birdy toy for himself. The other one is basically falling over because his breath is so bad
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 29/08/2026
Everyone stand by, Smol Paul is about to have a thought
An absolutely ludicrous tuxedo cat is sitting in a very silly position on my bed. He's doing aeroplane ears for no reason, purring to himself, and trying to contact the mothership
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 22/08/2026
What has Smolla Paula seen
A ridiculous chunky kitten baby who has been PERTURBED by something. Possibly Smol Paul
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 19/08/2026
Completely normal things you end up with on your to-do list when you work in rescue
It's a screenshot of the most important item on today's agenda: FISH LOGISTICS. Are they a band? Probably
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 15/08/2026
Spotted at Twycross Zoo: sunhat, gorilla edition
A clever gorilla who's put a whole load of straw on his head to combat the temperature. Smarter than some people I saw looking at the eclipse
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 14/08/2026
I'm having to wear my stupid glasses all the time because of EyeGate and couldn't find any clip-on sunglasses things to make them sun-safe. So now I have these. Which are huge and ridiculous but did give me the chance to reboot an old meme
A very creaky reference to the Xzibit "yo dawg" memes of the olden times, featuring my face and two pairs of glasses
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 12/08/2026
Don't gawp at the eclipse without suitable eye protection or you'll look like me tomorrow
An idiot with an eye patch
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 05/08/2026
Paul sends his weird love
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 05/08/2026
Smol Paul and his new sidekick Smolla Paula: the wobbly monochrome partnership in crime we all need right now. Thank you so much for contributing to our fundraiser so we could make this happen -- I can't stop laughing at their little faces!
Three pictures of the world's most ridiculous pair of wobbly dwarf hellraisers: Smol Paul and Smolla Paula!
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 05/08/2026
Telling Chessie / Smolla Paula that she HAS A HOME WITH US FOREVER Also, outtake
A ridiculous black and white kitten looking very surprised with her tiny little teefsThe same kitten looking like she's just woken up from a bender
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 04/08/2026
Currently at 69% of our target (nice) -- we really need to book Mango & the wonky kittens in for scans & treatment ASAP. So here's our promise: if we hit the goal by the end of the week, we will keep wobbly dwarf kitten Chessie and name her Smolla Paula www.gofundme.com/f/emergency-...
The yeeting wobblers. The tuxedo criminals. The black and white banditos. It's Smol Paul and his tiny sidekick, Smolla Paula!
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 31/07/2026
Oh wow, LinkedIn added a "seems like AI slop" button! More of this please. Forgive me @beccacaddy.bsky.social for using your post in the screenshot 😆 I didn't click the button!
Screenshot of Becca's post on LinkedIn (sorry Becca) showing the new AI slop button on the dot menu
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 28/07/2026
I think LinkedIn might have a new skill available?!?!?!??!?
A truly insane amount of emails about Linkedin's puzzle solving skill. Why?!?!
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 25/07/2026
Mango studiously ignoring the freeze-dried salmon I brought her because I also brought meds
A very grumpy grey carpet with claws
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 25/07/2026
I have two tiny kittens with very malformed legs who need x-rays ASAP. But I can't book them until I've paid for our epileptic girl Mango's pneumonia. If it's payday, please could you help? gofund.me/25494af1c
Four pictures of two little white kittens, one with two malformed legs and one with four. The one with four can't walk. I need to get him seen ASAP
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 13/07/2026
Met a new artist friend & he showed me his work. I said "I love the iguana!" and he's like... "what iguana?" Turns out I somehow see an iguana looking at me where everyone else sees a man looking away. Am I alone?! Is this the new #TheDress or have I lost my entire mind?
A man looking away, by Henry South. Or an iguana if you're meA crude drawing of what I see, iguana-wiseComparison to a real iguana, who is probably not impressed with me either
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 10/07/2026
I still quote it all the time. Don't want to do something? "You can eat sand, young man!" Someone asks what I'm doing? "I'm working on a gravity belt!" Also you really see how mad Dany's expressions are without the audio
Two screenshots of Daenerys Targaryen / Emilia Clarke doing some of the best eyebrow acting the world has ever seen
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 30/06/2026
Can't miss an opportunity to share my favourite ever typo, carved in stone above the door of Nottingham's Galleries of Justice
A grumpy-looking stone lady, presumably frowning because she's just watched someone painstakingly carve the word GOAL over the door and then atttempt to re-do it correctly
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 30/06/2026
Anyone else been getting irrationally angry every time they see this misspelt HP ad? Did they do it on purpose to make pedants talk about their brand, or are they actually that inept? *Looks at printer* OK yes they're inept
Picture of a terrible, horrible typo in an advert for HP printer ink. It says "suprises" instead of "surprises," and I had to type that three times before I overcame the muscle memory of writing it correctly. How does this stuff get through signoff?!
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 30/06/2026
Hahahaha you are my kind of person. Have you seen the HP advert with the typo? I get unreasonably angry every time I walk past it
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 30/06/2026
I know there's a transcription thing but look how well it works with most of my friends. I don't know if it's their regional accents or what but it's next to useless, and you can't search it either
Screenshot of a useless Whatsapp voice note transcription. It was about a cat, not that you'd know because it's garbled nonsense
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 24/06/2026
What the definition of the excellent word 'callypygean' fails to mention is that you get there by eating many, many Calippos
Screenshot of the definition of the best word for "nice bum" i've ever seen
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 19/06/2026
Peshwari naan
A ridiculous tuxedo cat with a mucky mouth stares directly into my soul, hoping to hypnotise me into giving up my naan. No dice, little man, eat your own food!
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 18/06/2026
I have a USB stick from a box of a lady's possessions that were sold at auction. I guess none of her family wanted them, or she didn't have any. I shouldn't have plugged it in (security) but I did. This handwritten note made me cry. If you've lost anyone recently, maybe it will speak to you too.
Photo of a hand written note about death. Let me know if you want a transcription
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 17/06/2026
My day is not going well
screenshot of some texts to my cat group informing them that my sofa is now a giant remote control and if I sit on it, my TV turns on and off ad infinitum and I CAN'T WATCH MY SHOWS
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 12/06/2026
We're on our way to the vet hospital for Bertie's eye & tooth operations! ✨ When I realised we had to raise £5.5k in under a week, I thought we had no chance. Now we're only 1k away. Can we get over the finish line before we pick him up? gofund.me/68934ed70 Thank you thank you thank you ❤️
The bestest blind boy in his spacious car carrier, sniffing the air on his adventure to Cambridge today for his opsNow there is TONGUE
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