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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 04/09/2026

guess where i've lived for the last ~32 years (and before that the southern tip of florida/new england). i guess i've fully assimilated to dc tho :'D

Map of the US titled Your dialect map. Redder areas are more like you, bluer areas least. It says I talk most like someone from washington, dc, about 57% of my answers match a typical resident. it's also red through new england and south florida while most of the rest of the map is blue

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 02/09/2026

this is why my nephew labeled the fire starter "more fire" and the extinguisher "less fire"

a blue torch canister with a black valve labeled "MORE FIRE" and a red extinguisher canister with a silver handle labeled "LESS FIRE" on a white brick hearth. none of this confusing "fire hose" nonsense, these puppies do exactly what they say.

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 31/08/2026

me just now, trying to photograph the cat, who was being adorable, but noticed me paying attention and walked over to visit: YOU MOVED. i was taking a picture because you were being cute, and you're just not cute anymore cat looks even more irritated with me than usual now

virgil, sitting right up in my business, looking at me like he's even more disappointed in me than usual

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 26/08/2026

gonna prepare a sacred offering 💖

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 22/08/2026

this is where i personally lost it

black text on a white background reading, hilariously: READ: it would be bad to wherps a Delta into the VAB.

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 22/08/2026

i have baked some blubbery mufflings

a tray of fresh baked blueberry muffins on a cooling rack. the tops are slightly crack and dusted with cinnamon sugar. my kitchen smells amazing

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 21/08/2026

spork has just been sitting like this for half an hour now

grey tabby cat sitting up like a little guy, back legs akimbo and hunched down over his lil pooched belly. he might be slightly disgruntled or maybe just a bit confused, but he’s definitely relaxed

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 01/08/2026

for caturday, have a vintage shot of my childhood cat peachy, probably about 1980 or so, that my mom sent me the other day

an orange tabby at the very top of a christmas tree. he looks slightly distressed that he reached the top and has no idea what to do next. this was my favorite childhood cat and i still miss him

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 27/07/2026

this hamsome devil has decided it’s treat time, and is sitting so close to my face it was nearly impossible to get my phone between us to take this picture

a tabby cat sitting very close to the photographer, displaying the stink eye toward me since i chose photography over providing immediate treats to him for the record, he is now sitting several feet away from, loafed, and pretending i don’t exist

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 17/07/2026

raspy shoutout to all my fellow breathers in the toxic cloud

aqi map of the eastern part of north america witha disturbingly vivid swath of reds, purples and blotches of extra toxic maroons extending from central ontario, engulfing the great lakes and swooping out to the mid atlantic. my local reading is a comparatively mild 198 (unhealthy!) near washington dc

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 17/07/2026

so today has been a tedious slog but i have kitty belly so it can’t be all bad

a cat stretched out on his back on the sofa so far his back legs are entirely sticking off the edge of the cushion. he’s lying in a sunbeam giving his belly fur an invitingly golden glow. the belly is not a trap

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 03/07/2026

impulse purchased a shark cat bed and virgil hasn’t left since he discovered it, so it’s absolutely money well spent

a contently comfortable tabby cat inside a very surprised looking plush shark’s mouth

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 03/07/2026

bsky i can assure you that you have not actually run out of posts from my follows, considering this popped up in my timeline from 47 minutes back, sandwiched between two posts from my follows

a screenshot from my bsky timeline where an information bubble has been inserted in the feed stating "We ran out of posts from your follows. Here's the latest from Discover." the word discover is blue, and i presume a link to the discover feed, which i literally never, ever look at because i follow people i want to see and don't have any desire to discover new people by having them pitched to me at random. like i don't even have the discover feed as an option i could click by accident. i literally removed it from my list.

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 03/07/2026

it’s 11pm and 91 fredom degrees outside according to my car. this should be illegal

blurry picture of my dashboard taken at a red light at 10:51pm indicating it was 91f outside. it was still 91 until i got out into the forest near my house about 10 minutes ago.

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 27/06/2026

i showed my kid the results, and was told "congrats, you're a socialist" and i was like "and nobody was surprised"

the results of the test, indicating my closest political match was mayor mamdani

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 21/06/2026

blue sky at the ballpark. if you look closely at the top edge of the clouds there’s a jaunty little rainbow

deep blue sky with a cloud shading us from the sun. the diagonal line across the image is the foul ball netting

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 21/06/2026

happy father’s day from my cats who seem super enthusiastic

two tabby cats sprawled next to each other, fast asleep on the couch. one is curled in a circle and the other is stretched out straight so together they roughly form a lowercase d. for dad i guess

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 12/06/2026

i am eating cheese. spork wants some cheese. this is his “please give cat cheese” pose

a tabby car sprawled on his back on a wooden floor belly fully exposed and his front paws curled up in a pose of supplication. he’s looking at me in a way i can almost hear oliver twist asking “please sir can i have some more” and yet he hasn’t even eaten the cheese i already gave him. absolutely shameless

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 06/06/2026

happy caturday from virgil and spork

virgil the tabby cat standing guard in his favorite box. he seems unimpressed

spork the tabby cat on his back on the sofa presenting belly that is not a trap. he’s pulled a corner of a blanket over his shoulder and looks like he’s is hoping the photographer will put down the phone and scratch his belly

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 28/05/2026

finally finished the arduous trek to nats park and mountaineering up to our seats. now bring on bruce

a small bit of my sweaty face like im photobombing the field/stage at nationals park. most of the dield is covered with white flooring around the stage set up below the main scoreboard. we’re about to see bruce springsteen and the e street band perform

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 16/05/2026

happy caturday from spork’s sun warm belly. critical to note: his belly is not a trap!

tabby cat comically stretched out on his back on the sofa, his belly centered in a patch of sunbeam. he looks sleepily content. his belly really isn’t a trap and looks like he’s in need of skritches

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 13/05/2026

don’t let virgil know i told you he’s scared of the dinosaur tea steeper

a tabby cat sitting as far as possible from a green tea steeper shaped like a long necked dinosaur. they appear to be engaged in a battle of wills across the chasm of the kitchen sink

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 10/05/2026

almost forgot to celebrate caturday 😬

two tabby cats curled up side by side on a blanket, sleeping. they almost look like little squares mashed together

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 09/05/2026

it’s barely noticeable but seeing it on the wrong finger after so many years was just so upsetting 😂

a photo of my knuckles. there is a tiny grey dot embedded under the skin of one of them

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 03/05/2026

the ex-tot *salutes and hums taps, then tosses it*

the charred remains of a single tater tot held between my fingers above a stainless steel sink basin

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 28/04/2026

apparently this is comfortable 🤷‍♀️

a grey tabby cat sitting up in an indescribably odd position, bent sideways in half, one rear foot wedged against the arm of the sofa, the other stretched out. he has one front paw holding the outstretched back foot. it’s confusing imagining what his spine is doing here

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 26/04/2026

the cats decided to chill for caturday

two grey tabby cats sharing a blanket, relaxing together. the closer one is loafed and the other is sprawled out and reclining against a plushie orca. they appear incredibly chill

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 11/04/2026

happy national pet day (and caturday) from virgil and spork

virgil, a very good tabby cat looking up eagerly because i called his name

virgil’s back across the bottom of the image because he still can’t figure out why i called his name once but then called out for spork, who remains tentatively in the distance by my kid’s feet trying to determine whether it’s worth the effort to cross the room just because i said his name. for reference, he decided against it and wandered off to the kitchen instead

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 06/04/2026

Without downloading a new picture, where are you at mentally?

a display of clear plastic storage bins at ikea. the two stacked in the middle contain stuffed blahaj sharks. in the bottom bin is one big blahaj, squished in so you can really on see its mouth and chin. in the bin above are three small blahaj sharks, similarly smooshed into their box. somehow they look like a lead singer and three backup singers to me. and yet as they sing their fluffly little hearts out, they are still trapped in plastic storage bins in an ikea display.

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 04/04/2026

there will be consequences if not

the same cat from the quoted post in nearly the same pose, but somehow with more the air of a 1920’s mob enforcer. i have bribed him with pettings but that wont satisfy him forever

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 04/04/2026

virgil hopes everyone is having a hamsome evening

virgil, a very hamsome tabby cat gazing thoughtfully into the distance off to the right of the camera

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 29/03/2026

after the no kings march we popped in to the local bookstore as you do and were greeted by a happy stack of @tkingfisher.com

a featured stack of wolf and worm by t. kingfisher. there’s a card from browseabout books employee jessie who loves this book. jessie has excellent taste

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 28/03/2026

outing where i currently am experiencing tequila but

a wood coaster carved with a phone number and a crab that says CALL FRANK HE’S GOT CRABS. i hope he’s okay

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 23/03/2026

i don’t have a dog but i do have a spork

a small tabby cat lying on his back and looking slightly bewildered, which is his natural state

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 15/03/2026

search your camera roll for “hell”

the hell is real billboard in ohio. my friend’s hat is on the dashboard of the car we’re driving in. the hat has a rooster embroidered on it and the word COCK

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 24/02/2026

dear spellcheck, i promise you that these characters are discussing eating taquitos, and not mosquitos please stop suggesting i change it to mosquitos i mean wtf...

a screenshot of the draft text of this post, with the word "taquitos" underlined with the red spellcheck squiggle and the information menu pulled up beside it where it suggests i change it to mosquitos

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 20/02/2026

never speak to me or my son or my even smaller son ever again

three glasses from ikea, all in the same style but in theee sizes ranging from regular beverage size to small juice glass size to a tiny shot glass. all three are of the same distinctive design, with flat arches that look like rows of windows around the sides

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 08/02/2026

i had to ge up for an hour to run an errand and as soon as i sat back down

virgil the tabby cat returned to his perch at my side just watching me calmly. his whiskers are magnificent the way they swoop up at the ends like an old timey gentleman’s mustache

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 08/02/2026

this dapper gentleman has been sitting 6 inches from my face and staring at me for the last twenty minutes so i took his picture

virgil the tabby cat all up in my face just staring at me.

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 05/02/2026

finally made it to the comic shop for the @runwithskizzers.bsky.social valentine special! now gonna sit and read it 😂

the supernatural valentine edition comic in my hand two seconds after getting it. also congrats on sam’s butt

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 01/02/2026

why does he look like he’s at least 73% feet

spork the tabby cat curled up in a blanket pile so all four feet are jumbled together. hes’s also giving the camera a sleepy wtf look

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 25/01/2026

i felt bad i took the new shirts away so i gave him an old flannel shirt to nest on

virgil the cat curled up on an old grey flannel shirt. his nose is tucked under his tail and he is cozy

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 24/01/2026

turn my back for one (1) minute and virgil turns the t-shirt pile that came in today’s mail into a cozy nest. spork has never done anything wrong in his life

virgil the cat keeping my new shirts warm. he takes his work v seriously

spork, a slightly vacant looking but earnestly good kitty

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 20/01/2026

i can’t really argue with tonight’s ice cream

the paper protective lid from a punt of vanleeuwen ice cream. it says “good for you. probably.” and in smaller type below that “a life without anything good is bad.”. and the ice cream is good. earl grey flavor

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 14/01/2026

the most interesting thing we drove past today

a flatbed truck on the interstate with a couple dozen large realistic looking dinosaurs strapped to it

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 10/01/2026

happy drizzly caturday from virgil

grey tabby cat curled in a circle on a pillowby my feet. this is the correct response to today’s gloomy weather

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 05/01/2026

i see the oddest things while shopping sometimes

a tiny toy duck head peeking out from a hole in a cardboard beer case

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 04/01/2026

there's the Francis Scott Key memorial near his gravesite. sure, he's pointing out the star spangled banner, but also probably wouldn't want your space heater to become a bomb bursting in air etc.

statue of francis scott key at mt. olivet cemetery in frederick maryland. he's pointing toward a replica of the start spangled banner. he probably also wants your house to still be there, and not get burned down by the british and/or a poorly utilized space heater

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 03/01/2026

update: i got a comic book. rage temporarily banked back.

my hand holding the third issue of the Supernatural comic book. sam and dean look like they're about to get the job done. kinda jealous of them honestly.

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