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Christopher Golden @cgolden.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Not all men. Jesus Christ, don't you think women *know* that? Use your heads instead of getting defensive. Most of you would be terrified of swimming among sharks, even though sharks are stastically far less dangerous to you than men are to women.

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 28/09/2026

peeks out into the garage: hey i've got a sledgehammer and a metro smarttrip card

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 28/09/2026

about a decade ago i remember a bizarrely specific targeted hatred of the beatles going around amongst the youths. THE BEATLES FFS. it's always bizarre, always feels like weird posturing. how about everyone just gets to enjoy what they like? that sounds reasonable to me

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 28/09/2026

my grandfather used to tell us they were "practicing" but never exactly explained what they were practicing for. synchronized dance routine? the olympics? murder? we could only wonder and made wild assumptions

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 26/09/2026

ooh fun i just bought a copy and can't wait! :D

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 25/09/2026

i am experiencing a hell of a regret for not just getting the brand new fridge. i could've enjoyed my week instead of whatever tf i've been suffering through. ever regret *not* spending over a grand?

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 25/09/2026

vindication? in the worst way? it's apparently quiet now because the compressor isn't kicking on *sickening laughter*

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 25/09/2026

update: we did not need a new fridge, the old one just needed a new thermostat, now replaced for a lot less $. WHEW. but it's unsettling how quiet the fridge is now. i keep thinking there's something wrong with it. IT IS FINE, i've been assured. how bad had been been if QUIET makes me think BROKEN

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

ATTENTION BLUESKY! Annie says they are really hoping to boost the number of artists (crew, performers, creative teams, anyone) outside New York who are filling this out to get a broader sampling. If you are in the arts please take a second and fill this out!

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Tbh, good advice regardless of mergers and media consolidations. Support the weird, small art made by real people.

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normal not odd @normalnotodd.com · 21/09/2026

Gruesome Newson’s office IS taking calls. I got a live person. Flood it: (916) 445-2841

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Mr. Mittens @monkeyman622.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Just Spork being Spork.

A gray tabby cat sleeping on his side with his back paw perched jauntily upon an adjoining pillow.

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Xero now with 100% more 🎃 @artificer-ind.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Still patiently waiting to be "left behind" by AI rather than it chasing me across every damn space like a slasher in a low budget flick.

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 19/09/2026

they have learned like five different names for them, unfortunately! they are Too Smart when it comes to understanding us trying to be sneaky about them (they also know about 12 types of cheese, i have no idea how they are so smart about food while also being connoisseurs of plastic bags lol)

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 19/09/2026

i accidentally said the word "churu" out loud explaining the assortment packet i got of them this afternoon, and now the cats are filing a formal complaint that i am not providing them a churu on the spot

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 18/09/2026

really relieved to notice that unlike when i was casually appliance browsing last year, i saw ZERO "smart fridges" with phone apps or internet connections or the like. i am relieved that trend seems to have died quick. i don't need my fridge to do anything other than be cold inside.

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 18/09/2026

to be fair, it did the job well for over 20 years, i can't really blame it for finally deciding to drop dead on us :'D

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 18/09/2026

not the anniversary gift i was planning on buying, but SURPRISE we had to get a new fridge this afternoon. so i'm declaring Large Kitchen Appliances are now the official 29th anniversary gift. or maybe it's just the old fridge's funeral gift. either way, rip old fridge and my bank account

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Akela Cooper @akelacooper.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Stop what you're doing, y'all, new Murder Mittens just dropped

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 17/09/2026

one time i couldn't find the rubber mallet, so i took off my sock, folded it over the thing i needed hammered in, and gave it a few good whacks with a wrench. to this day, it might be the single thing i've done that has most impressed my kid. it also cracks me up every time i remember doing it.

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Cryptoe39 💀 @tiptoe39.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Hi everyone, Today we said goodbye to Melody, a member of our family for eight years. We are hurting and missing her terribly. I’ve attached a bunch of photos. I would love it if you could share these pics of her in her prime. She came to us from a storm drain and has been loved ever since.

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 15/09/2026

i lost it at "mouse bum" :'D

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K.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com · 14/09/2026

Vote as early as you can. In person if you can. Be freakin’ obnoxious about spreading this message.

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 13/09/2026

finally finished watching the good place and having all the feelings. what a wonderful show.

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 12/09/2026

i have a trumpet vine that attempts to infiltrate our front deck every summer. i hack it off on both sides of wherever it pries between boards, which is the best i can do short of dismantling the railings :'D

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 12/09/2026

25 years ago today, we were hosting an exchange student. he went to school, and we were home on our day off having coffee and reading the paper. until our exchange student's girlfriend called from sweden, worried about him. so that's how we found out (they're married with two adorable kids now lol)

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 11/09/2026

bless their lil heart :'D

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 09/09/2026

it's weirdly gratifying. their ignorance is concrete proof their garbage ai is entirely useless to authors and publishers. after this colossal display of baffling incompetence, no author, agent, editor, publisher, etc. should ever touch the glorp extrusion tech. don't get within shouting distance.

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 09/09/2026

every post i've seen about all the problems with the anthropic settlement makes it even more clear to me just how little the ai tech folk understand about writing and publishing in general. like, astounding ignorance of a process they think their tech can be useful to and constantly push it as such.

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 09/09/2026

*checks watch* *does not see watch* either it's starting to work, or i don't actually wear a watch, who can know for sure

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 09/09/2026

the fun never ends when you have cats. i got to rescue a tiny mouse and deliver it to freedom outside. i figure it's chances are better in nature than cornered at the bottom of the stairs by two mighty (?) hunters

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 06/09/2026

at least most of them get scooped up in the spam filter, and i mass delete them without having to think too hard about it, but thank you :)

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 06/09/2026

i've been absolutely bombarded by email from my dead brother-in-law in the last few weeks. it's super upsetting getting messages that sound like him, asking if i remember the good times in the attached pics (which i know is a scam link and don't click) from beyond the grave. fuck off, ai scammers

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 06/09/2026

even to me, someone for whom "the city" is washington dc and therefore on that list of choices, that is a stupid question and i would say "other" lol

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 06/09/2026

yeah, i'll probably finish it eventually, someday, but heck, it's in the hope that maybe someday we'll have a nicer year instead of an ickier one >.>

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 06/09/2026

best advice. (the last thing i read every night as i fall asleep is my own old writing, because nothing is as comforting to me) (also there is nothing better than the self-indulgent murders, or various other humiliations of characters who richly deserve such) :'D

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 06/09/2026

it's about 6' long already. i mean it's 8 full months of weather data, in scarf form. but from 2022. which feels less urgent to preserve in scarf form, the hotter it gets >.>

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 06/09/2026

and realized just how much friggin HOTTER it is only four years later, and feeling super demoralized about finishing this project now. i was debating frogging it all and making something else with the really nice rainbow bamboo yarn, vs documenting our descent into climate hell. it's not fun.

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 06/09/2026

i was knitting a temperature scarf (daily color stripes based on temp) back in 2022. i recorded daily temps for the whole year, but never finished knitting. i do a day or two every few months before forgetting it again. only now i'm doing THIS WEEK from 4 years ago...

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 06/09/2026

it's a ruse, that's a date palm, it only wants a date

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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 · 04/09/2026

im scheduled to watch the last handful of episodes on saturday night and i am probably not prepared to feel all those things, but im looking forward to it!

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mittens @mittensmorgul.com · 04/09/2026

it's been dry and sunny all day. until 15 minutes before i have to leave the house. now it's thundering like the End Times and pounding rain, so i'm sure i'm gonna have fun going Out There (ftr: it's scheduled to stop raining about when i'm due back home, so that's all super convenient!)

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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 · 01/09/2026

oh, hello randomly arrived late night thousand new words in the document! nice to meet you! good night words, good work, sleep well. i'll most likely kill you in the morning. but it's good to know you're there for now

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