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Holly Brockwell

@hollyqueenofspayeds.com
22K followers 659 following 2.5K posts

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 · 6h
Petition for Number 10 North to be called Upping Street
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 04/10/2026
On the contrary, male victims usually don't get to talk about their experiences at all because other men are awful about it
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 04/10/2026
Someone has been forcibly removed from my childfree-by-choice social group for admitting she wants kids soon. Apparently she was asked nicely to leave twice and didn't, because her parent friends don't have time for her and she thought childfree friends would be less busy 😑
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 04/10/2026
As a writer and a Woman Of Opinions, my instinct is to start penning something angry. As a human, I'm choosing not to immerse myself in this horror all day, and instead to focus on what I wanted to do before the feed smacked me in the face.
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 04/10/2026
It's mostly the suggested posts, annoyingly. You can turn them off but only temporarily 😑
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 04/10/2026
Thank you, you too
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 04/10/2026
It was about Instagram and reddit primarily. I don't actively follow or post on topics about male violence, just things relevant to women
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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
Exactly what I did. They just stretch out further now
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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 · 03/10/2026
Pff yeah right, I'd get way better value outside London 😆
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 03/10/2026
Every time I go back to chase something up, I find that the last thing I said was "no rush! 😊" and then I can't! Stupid social conditioning
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 01/10/2026
It's just a bit relentless, you know? I do wonder if even Euromillions money would change the overall situation without some changes to the law and culture
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 01/10/2026
Ha ha. I'm just trying to say it would pay for a lot of dental surgeries
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 01/10/2026
You're so welcome
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 01/10/2026
Not for me! For cats!
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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 · 30/09/2026
😭 I'm sorry Clip
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 30/09/2026
Were his eyebrows always so suggestive?
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 30/09/2026
Wonder if Microsoft is considering rebranding Copilot after today's aircraft situation. May I suggest bringing back Cortana? Or, the only AI assistant anyone actually wants... Clippy
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 30/09/2026
My streak of texting "dead" when I mean "deaf" continues. Today's example: Lady: he doesn't respond to his name Me: is it possible he's dead?
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 29/09/2026
Aww love. I'm glad it made you laugh but also hope your week improves! X
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 28/09/2026
😆😆
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 28/09/2026
Well of course. She is the queen
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 28/09/2026
Daphne manages to be beautiful and dignified when doing plane ears though. Paul is still... Paul
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 28/09/2026
Jaffa Cake did actually try landing on him. Didn't go well
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 28/09/2026
I would not, but thanks!
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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 · 28/09/2026
I hadn't even noticed that 😆
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 28/09/2026
It happened again "I love dead cats, they're so special" 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 27/09/2026
Makes sense. Thank you ❤️
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 27/09/2026
Update: Glasgow, not Edinburgh! She and her partner are driving there from Nottingham (where I am) the weekend after next as it happens, and could bring him to you, but no pressure if you've got stuff coming up 😊
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carapace shell @carapaceshell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Closeup of tuxedo cat receiving jowl rubs, mouth agape, eyes half open, stupefied
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 27/09/2026
We do have brilliant cat transporters and one of them lives in Edinburgh! And we could give him some gabapentin for the trip so he'd be sleepy
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 27/09/2026
Really friendly and playful. Never heard him growl or hiss once
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 27/09/2026
Oh, tricky one - I've been told not to do that because apparently for people with screen readers it's really annoying if there's huge blocks of text in the alt? I'm not sure
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Mandatory Work Retreat @laughingrat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
That bright pink nose is the cherry on top of his tomfoolery sundae
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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
😬😬😬😬😬
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 27/09/2026
Thank you ❤️
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 27/09/2026
I'm not sure how the costs compare but it's giving the jabs that seems to put people off. It's so much easier than it sounds though!
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 27/09/2026
He is still very much himself
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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
Social post links if you'd be willing to share him: FB: www.facebook.com/HollysMerryM... Insta: www.instagram.com/p/DdwTBlcGzQF/
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Holly's Merry Moggies cat rescue, registered charity 1215708
Poor Jaffa Cake might be our unluckiest cat ever. All his siblings died at birth, he was the only one to survive. And not unscathed: he unusually has both cerebellar hypoplasia (wobbly cat syndrome)...
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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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ᛗɪᴄнᴁʟƔ ᛯᚰ @rugbydraken.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"He's dead so he won't be able to respond to audible stimuli as well as other cats"
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Enough Of That Now @andygilder.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"He's dead, so you'll have to find other ways of communicating a with him" "What, like a medium?"
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Ordinary Magic @ordinarymagic.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Speak louder, he’s dead
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