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Lorrie Kim @lorriekim.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

October Octopod of the Month is a black kittypod! She has joined her Violet and Honeycrisp siblings!

Octopus toys shaped like a black cat, a Honeycrisp apple, and a violet on a windowsill of a dorm room

Octopus toy shaped like a black cat next a sign declaring her Octopod of the Month October 2026

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Lorrie Kim @lorriekim.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Chuseok in New York City with the college student and a persimmon octopod or two!

Asian female.college student holding two octopus toys shaped like persimmons

Asian mom and college student daughter smiling together in front of a sculpture resembling a large piece of bread

Yuja black tea set with steeping pot, decanting pot, small teacup, seed brittle, dried persimmon, red bean paste, and layer cookie with an octopus toy shaped like a persimmon

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Lorrie Kim @lorriekim.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"Frequently the cause of new rules"

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Lorrie Kim @lorriekim.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Empty nesting makes me feel like Odo from Deep Space 9, reverting to his true form with a sigh of relief after approximating mommy-shaped form for 22 years. I do want to fulfill my duties but I'm just a gelatinous glob in a bucket.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 24/09/2026

We are at the break glass moment on the Democratic Party and its treatment of transgender people, and it is my opinion that if we don’t act now and loudly demand to be heard, we will suffer the consequences of their shift.

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

a lot of people act like there's a trade being offered where we give up trans athletes in sports and in exchange fascism is defeated forever

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Lorrie Kim @lorriekim.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Hello from my first vacation as an empty-nester! I took a daylong quilt workshop, just the kind of thing that used to make me think, "I wish I could, but who has the time?" Left: the sample instructor David Sirota used to demonstrate his paper-piecing technique. Right: my first block.

Quilted wall hanging using a combination of red zigzags and black accent triangles on an off white background with a border print resembling a metallic grate

Sample quilt block of parallelograms and triangles using fabrics in black, floral printed to look like black brocade, red Japanese leaf woodcut with metallic accents, orange and yellow leaf print batik, dark evergreen botanical print, forest green batik

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Lorrie Kim @lorriekim.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Thank you for telling us and my greatest sympathies for your loss. I miss Vex already. She was so smart and funny and multifaceted and talented.

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Lorrie Kim @lorriekim.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The editor who trained me in journalism has a novel out!

Octopus toy shaped like a black cat perched on the novel Stubborn Old Roots by Tommi Avicolli Mecca

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Lorrie Kim @lorriekim.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Aww, thank you. However, I am not cut out for fiction. I tried it and it was SO HARD!

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Lorrie Kim @lorriekim.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Excited to read this new novel.

Five octopus toys shaped like watermelons around the book Stitched by Eli McCann

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Lorrie Kim @lorriekim.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Jewel box quilt block study #3. All scrap fabrics. Okay, I'm starting to see the potential of this block.

Quilt top in jewel box block pattern using scrap fabrics

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Lorrie Kim @lorriekim.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Thank you! They're all commercially bought fabrics, including a lot of batiks.

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Lorrie Kim @lorriekim.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Born in a Japanese American concentration camp in 1943, Kiyoshi Kuromiya dedicated his life to the pursuit of freedom. Today begins a two week campaign to raise $60,000 required to complete KIYOSHI, the first feature length film to tell his story. gofund.me/5a1a75855 #KIYOSHIfilm #KiyoshiFinishLine

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Donate to KIYOSHI final push: Help us tell this activist’s story!, organized by Keith Brand

Born in a Japanese American incarceration camp, Kiyoshi Kuromiya d… Keith Brand needs your support for KIYOSHI final push: Help us tell this activist’s story!

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Lorrie Kim @lorriekim.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

My friend Kiyoshi Kuromiya was an Asian American gay and AIDS activist who truly shaped the best of those movements and more. A documentary about him is raising funds for their final push before completion. THIS is a movie we need.

Kiyoshi Kuromiya, Japanese American activist for gay, AIDS, and civil rights causes, in front of a computer terminal.

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Lorrie Kim @lorriekim.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Jewel box quilt study 1. Getting to know a new-to-me quilt block.

Quilt top using jewel box patchwork pattern in red, blue, green, and purple on a solid black background, 40 inches square

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Lorrie Kim @lorriekim.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The purpose of life is to enjoy being the person you are and doing the things you like to do. There are people who don't want you to have that. But those things are yours.

Three octopus toys shaped like apples in Honeycrisp and Golden Delicious colorways against a potted plant backdrop

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Lorrie Kim @lorriekim.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Psyche cleanse, Day 3. I've never made a quilt with the Jewel Box block before. Maybe it's time to try one.

Octopus toy shaped like a Golden Delicious apple atop green and gold, magenta, and royal blue fabrics

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Lorrie Kim @lorriekim.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Oh, that one looks exciting! And easier than the Penrose tiling quilt idea.

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Lorrie Kim @lorriekim.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Psyche cleanse, Day 2. Washing and ironing fabrics for some test quilts.

Octopus toy shaped like a green apple atop an ornate fabric printed with celestial symbols in jewel tones on a black background

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Lorrie Kim @lorriekim.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

By all means boycott TERF media... but DONATE to orgs and people fighting for trans rights! Donate to individuals who need it! Considering the rapid timeline of this fight, we need donations and activism NOW. Boycotting popular culture media alone is NOT ACTIVISM.

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Lorrie Kim @lorriekim.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Psyche cleanse, Day 1. Time to remember that I'm a quilter.

Five octopus toys shaped like watermelons atop purple batik fabric

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Lorrie Kim @lorriekim.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I love this so much. The original words haven't changed. Times change. The reader changes. The translator changes.

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Lorrie Kim @lorriekim.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Green apple pod prototypes. Which do you think? Green tentacles or pale yellow?

Two octopus toys shaped like Granny Smith apples, one with green tentacles and one with pale yellow tentacles

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Lorrie Kim @lorriekim.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

It's a sunshine and scallions sort of day

Two octopus toys with yellow bodies, white flower hats, and turquoise tentacles, plus one octopus toy between them shaped like a scallion

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Lorrie Kim @lorriekim.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

She got her license days before college started. A toast with her sister before NYU move-in.

College student with long red nails smiling from driver's seat of red car

College student holding water glass and smiling at her older sister at a restaurant table

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Lorrie Kim @lorriekim.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Upon the college student's request: Honeycrisp applepod prototypes. I think I'm going to go with bolder yellow and green on the next round.

Six octopus toys shaped like Honeycrisp apples in front of two Honeycrisp apples

Six octopus toys shaped like Honeycrisp apples

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Lorrie Kim @lorriekim.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Grad student daughter made me a quilted wall hanging for my birthday! It features hwatu cards from the suits of each of the birth months in our family. I gasped when I saw it.

Young woman holding quilted wall hanging depicting hwatu cards of cherry blossoms, wisteria with a bird, peonies, and a full harvest moon in tones of red, white, black, and gold

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Lorrie Kim @lorriekim.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

What if it felt like autumn a little bit today

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Lorrie Kim @lorriekim.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I had to remind myself this isn't real and no one is forcing you to be an arts administrator

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Lorrie Kim @lorriekim.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I've made at least a thousand five-petaled flower hats for octopods, but i took special care with the divot on this one to suggest a violet.

Octopus toy in lilac and violet colors with violet floret on top, top view

Octopus toy in lilac and violet colors wuth violet floret on top, front view

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Lorrie Kim @lorriekim.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

You discovered it at all -- I'm still clapping for you

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Lorrie Kim @lorriekim.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The news is unbearable. Carrot octopods get through it by holding hands.

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Lorrie Kim @lorriekim.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Oh she did, she just had ADHD

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Lorrie Kim @lorriekim.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Sometimes it's comforting to just make blobs of felt shaped like watermelons with tentacles

Four octopus toys shaped like watermelons

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Lorrie Kim @lorriekim.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

My kid wanted Granny Smith octopods with glasses. What's your feedback on these prototypes? White floral cap? All green? Pale yellow tentacles? (I really want to make them without glasses, too. They look so plump and juicy. But the kid insists on glasses.)

Three octopus toys shaped like Granny Smith apples with embroidered glasses. One has a flower frill cap, one is all green, and one is green with pale yellow tentacles.

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Lorrie Kim @lorriekim.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

If all three are independent adults, funding their trips independently, my process would be: 1. Discuss amongst the three and find out everyone's priorities. 2. If no reason outweighs the loss of money and schedule, the other two go ahead and work remotely to help third rejoin them.

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Blue the Science Dude @science-dude.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

A bout of COVID-19 can wake up an army of dormant viruses hiding inside the body. This reactivation happens even in people with otherwise healthy immune systems. Vaccine? Yes, please! 🧪⚕️💉 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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COVID can wake up a slew of dormant viruses inside you

Reactivation of typically harmless anelloviruses, in particular, seems to be linked with developing long COVID, study finds.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 31/07/2026

1. Amnesty International has withstood threats from death squads and dictators. But it could not stand up to JK Rowling and the anti-trans movement she finances. It has apologized for calling those groups "anti-rights" after legal threats. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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Amnesty International UK Caves To JK Rowling, Issues Apology For Calling Anti-Trans Groups "Anti-Rights"

The organization has stood up to dictators and death squads, but Rowling and the UK's anti-speech laws were apparently too much.

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Lorrie Kim @lorriekim.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Cosmogony, Day 31. For a month, I tried to create new order in my world. I didn't get the drastic and permanent changes of my fantasies. But I made measurable improvements, didn't backslide, and reframed some mindsets for the better. The wins are modest but real. Thankful.

Three octopus toys in gradient blue colors posed on a plant shelf

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Lorrie Kim @lorriekim.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Cosmogony, Day 30. Almost done with this month of transition and not displeased with the changes I was able to make, even if I didn't accomplish some of the original goals. I definitely did change and create new, desired order in my world. One more day.

Six octopus toys in gradient yarns of green, blue, and purple against a skein of natural merino worsted

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Lorrie Kim @lorriekim.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Cosmogony, Day 29. Three projects remaining for July. Events are conspiring against me having time to complete them, but I am determined. So close.

Octopus toy in gradient blue and gray yarn

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Lorrie Kim @lorriekim.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Cosmogony, Day 28. Hoping to make progress on the four projects remaining for July.

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Lorrie Kim @lorriekim.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Cosmogony, Day 27. Down to four tasks remaining but must halt building my own world to help adult child build her world for the next two days.

Five octopus toys in pink, brown, and blue in front of a ceramic plant pot in the morning light

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Lorrie Kim @lorriekim.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Cosmogony, Day 26. Seven tasks remaining before I can slide into DND quilting bliss.

Two octopus toys shaped like pears and one with a yellow body and turquoise legs with a white and yellow flower hat

One octopus toy shaped like a black cat with green eyes and two shaped like orange cats

One octopus toy in pumpkin spice colors with foam and cinnamon flower hat and two octopus toys shaped like carrots

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Lorrie Kim @lorriekim.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Cosmogony, Day 25. There are 9 things I must complete before I enter the quilting zone where I forget all else. I have done 1.5 of them so far. Go me!

Octopus toy shaped like a carrot and three octopus toys shaped like radishes on ledge of outdoor cafe seating across from apartment buildings in morning sunlight

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Lorrie Kim @lorriekim.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Cosmogony, Day 24. I have identified the minimum tasks i must complete before blissful immersion into my next project. I know once immersed, I will be oblivious to all else. So this set-up is important and it will be worth it. For once, I'm motivated by the promise of a deferred reward.

Three octopus toys shaped like scallions

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