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Mel (they/them)🐀

@kupgup.bsky.social
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Neurospicy, queer. Feral goblin hermit since 2020. I knit (mostly socks), read books, and hang out with my pet rats. Sometimes I remember that I have a sourdough starter and bake some bread.

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Edward Martin III @edwardmartiniii.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Remember, if a guy complains about how women are dressed “immodestly,” he still has too many eyeballs. He’s the one who needs “more work done.” I bet it’d only take twenty plucked eyeballs before they start minding their own damn business. Forty tops. That’s herd immunity, folks! Be consistent!
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Mel (they/them)🐀 @kupgup.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Perfect little peets! 😍
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Mel (they/them)🐀 @kupgup.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Hugs to you and to Vinnie's cage buddies ❤️
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Mel (they/them)🐀 @kupgup.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
MORE CHEERIO HATS
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Mel (they/them)🐀 @kupgup.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Happy birthday! Hope you get some nice treats!
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Mel (they/them)🐀 @kupgup.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Lol at the 0.5-second slap fight
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Mel (they/them)🐀 @kupgup.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
So comfy!
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Mel (they/them)🐀 @kupgup.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Ooh what could be in here? #PetRats
A lidded box, where the rats have chewed a window right under the lid. Local rat Toffee's snout is sticking out to sniff, with his lower lip relaxed to show his teeth. We can also see a bit of a black rat's nose.Same box, with little black rat Spike peeping out the windowThe box lid is lifted to reveal a cuddle puddle of rats--Toffee (brown), Sharky (blond), and Esk (black) have their heads out above the rat pile, looking at the camera. Spike is in the shadows to the side, but you can make out her pink ear.
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Mel (they/them)🐀 @kupgup.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Aww poor timid baby! 😔
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Transphobes Can't Read @lordaslan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Repost this if trans people should have access to dark magic...
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The Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 30/09/2026
I really do think tech crossed a line at some point between "helping you do the things you want to do" on the one hand, and "helping you do the things tech wants you to do" on the other. At this point, we're all contorting ourselves to live how the tech industry thinks we should be living.
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 30/09/2026
BREAKING NEWS: “Do geese see God” is a palindrome
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Mel (they/them)🐀 @kupgup.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
... Wait! You have an orange kitty too? They must be less interested in helping with knitting and desk stuff
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Mel (they/them)🐀 @kupgup.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The two most common rat genders are "very busy" and "potato"
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Mel (they/them)🐀 @kupgup.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Yay! So glad it will turned out okay! ❤️
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Mel (they/them)🐀 @kupgup.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Snitches get scritches
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Mel (they/them)🐀 @kupgup.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Laddering back up is so satisfying!
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Mel (they/them)🐀 @kupgup.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ooh, a nice batch of youths to corrupt!
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Embrace the Void @etvpod.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Well it finally happened. I had to type the word “duck” and autocorrect replaced it with the word I usually mean…
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Mel (they/them)🐀 @kupgup.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If you've got it, flaunt it
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Skye Kilaen @skyekilaen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Why you should use a PHYSICAL scene separator (e.g. asterisks) in your books instead of an empty space: 1) Some ereader / app somewhere may simply not show the empty space. 2) Some people read on devices with the text REALLY BIG. Your chance of the empty space being at the end of the screen is...
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Mel (they/them)🐀 @kupgup.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Good luck! 🤞
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Mel (they/them)🐀 @kupgup.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Ooh the boba crop is coming in nicely #PetRats
Esk, a tiny and adorable and perfect black-and-white rat, leans down from a cage shelf to sniff and stare at the camera. Her eyes are very round, with the blue rims visible.
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Mel (they/them)🐀 @kupgup.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Are you sure there's even a rat in that picture?
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Xan @comicsbyxan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"Attention, transgender workers"
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Mel (they/them)🐀 @kupgup.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Gotta squirrel-proof the cartoon dynamite sticks
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Mel (they/them)🐀 @kupgup.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Aw, poor baby! Wishing him a speedy recovery!
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Mel (they/them)🐀 @kupgup.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Hi lil froggy!
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Mel (they/them)🐀 @kupgup.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
W I G G L E
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Eelaware @eelaware.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Men, what is stopping you from being a gentleman like this
Tuba and a gentleman who is a pig in a little hat playing the tuba
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Mel (they/them)🐀 @kupgup.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Just over a week left til her stitches come out. 😑 I was hoping we could ditch the bandage part soon, but she doesn't seem on board with leaving the stitches alone
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Mel (they/them)🐀 @kupgup.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The platonic ideal of cute rat 😍
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
when ai leaves u behind
7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2: 
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4: 
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6: 
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy. 
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”
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Mel (they/them)🐀 @kupgup.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
(She was, alas, promptly rebandaged. Poor baby ripped out a fair bit of fur to make her escape. :( Gotta respect that dedication! Fortunately she was very busy scratching and grooming newly accessible bits, and didn't get around to further suture fuckery.)
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Mel (they/them)🐀 @kupgup.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The rat She destroyed her bandage Yes YES The rat is out #PetRats
Spike, a cute little black rat, stands triumphantly next to a tube of first-aid tape and gauze that she has chewed and torn til she could wiggle out.

A lingering piece of tan colored tape is still stuck to her rump.Spike again, turned to nibble at the remaining tape
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magpie TRICKS @magpie.tips · 19/09/2026
After taking a poll, the r/crafts subreddit has banned Harry Potter crafts from being posted in the sub because of JKR's consistent hateful conduct.
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From the crafts community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the crafts community
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Mel (they/them)🐀 @kupgup.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Spaghetti!!
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Mel (they/them)🐀 @kupgup.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I wonder whether they've changed for the better, or if they just moved away.
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Mel (they/them)🐀 @kupgup.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Now they smell like rat. You're welcome!
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Mel (they/them)🐀 @kupgup.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Ooh, it's so exciting to see rodents in STEM careers!
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Mel (they/them)🐀 @kupgup.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Spike def agrees with you lol! She REALLY wants to be back with everybody. :( The visit with Uncle Toffee seemed to do her good at least. He mostly wanted to do snacks and naps, so she did those too. Much better for recovery than climbing the walls.
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Mel (they/them)🐀 @kupgup.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Spike does not know the meaning of "restrict movement." #PetRats
photo through cage bars of Spike, a little black rat. She has tan bandage tape around her midriff after a surgery, but she's is clinging to the inside of the bars near the ceiling anyway.
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Mel (they/them)🐀 @kupgup.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
She seems bored as hell alone in the hospital cage. I'm going to try letting her uncle Toffee visit under supervision this evening. My gut says he's the least likely to aid and abet suture fuckery. 🤞
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Mel (they/them)🐀 @kupgup.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Poor little Spike had an abscess on her hip, and had to have a surgery about it. She firmly believes in the ancient rat tradition of fucking with stitches, so she will be spending a while as a sad stiff little tape burrito. :( #PetRats
Photo through the bars of a tiny hospital cage. Spike, a small black rat, stands and grooms her arm and shoulder. Her midriff is wrapped in wide tan colored tape, so she can't bend to reach her stitches.Same as first pic but she's washing her ears now.
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Mel (they/them)🐀 @kupgup.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
It MIGHT look worse on the internet than it actually is? Maybe? I hope, for the sake of all those poor souls who are attracted exclusively to men.
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World Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Never seen a fried egg bollard? YOU HAVE NOW. #WorldBollardAssociation 🍳
A bollard painted to look like a fried egg.
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Max the comics guy who does comics about comics @waitingforthetrade.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Getting rid of Harry Potter stuff isn’t that hard. My wife’s first wedding was Harry Potter-themed and she’s not even married to that guy anymore.
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Mel (they/them)🐀 @kupgup.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Popcorn!! #PetRats
Two rats sit in a cardboard box in their cage, eating popcorn.

In front is Sharky, an elderly, blond, Russet-sized potato of a rat.

Toward the back in the shadows is his young colleague Eskarina, a dainty young black and white rat. She is somewhat bigger than one of those fancy mixed-color mini potatoes, but not quite as large as most red potatoes I've seen lately. (One downside of having girls, is they are often an inconvenient size for potato comparisons.)
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Mel (they/them)🐀 @kupgup.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I'm guessing Papaya is the actual criminal mastermind here. Her eyes are just a little TOO empty of schemes. 🤨
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