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Nicole Carpenter @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social · 17h

i’ve got puppies helping me with the to-do list today 🥲

A person on a couch with a laptop propped up and two brown dogs on/around her

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Nicole Carpenter @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

eee congrats Chris! You don’t wanna miss this!

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Nicole Carpenter @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

at the very least suggest some pokemon to me

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Nicole Carpenter @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

i will paint your favorite pokemon cards in exchange for money or pokemon cards ✨

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Nicole Carpenter @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

hiii!!! Happy to ship internationally! I don’t think it would be too bad since it’s just paper. i unfortunately have no idea on pricing but i am happy to do a pay what you want model lol

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Nicole Carpenter @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

i collect cards with food, Shroomish, and dratini dragonair dragonite!!! (Plus any card with yarn, clay, etc!!)

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Nicole Carpenter @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

i will paint your favorite pokemon cards in exchange for money or pokemon cards ✨

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Nicole Carpenter @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

thank you ❤️ i mean stupid endearingly hehe

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Nicole Carpenter @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

it’s illegal for me to post anything but stupid crafts

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Nicole Carpenter @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I would probably die of shock and excitement if I was randomly assigned this

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Nicole Carpenter @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

omfg did you choose this plane or is this random!!!?????

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Nicole Carpenter @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

omg!!!!! thank you!!! ❤️ I’m so glad it arrived safe!

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Nicole Carpenter @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

dogs are in the oven, I repeat, the dogs are in the oven (they’re drying so they don’t explode in the kiln again)

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Rebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

reported on something that was really difficult for a lot of people for a lot of different reasons in a lot of different ways.

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Justin Carter @gigawattconduit.blacksky.app · 08/10/2026

Incredibly funny dude came back after weeks of radio silence to do specifically this

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Nicole Carpenter @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

haha only one of the sculptures was finished! one i broke was just bone dry. But still sad :(

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Nicole Carpenter @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

i broke two sculptures tonight and two more exploded in the kiln 🙃

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Jenna Stoeber @thejenna.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

every time I click through on a unionizing article and it's written by @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social, I gain an extra year of life

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Nicole Carpenter @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

🥹❤️❤️❤️❤️ I miss you!!!

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 06/10/2026

Dungeons & Dragons, Duel Masters, and Magic: The Gathering teams unionize at Hasbro aftermath.site/magic-the-gath...

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Nicole Carpenter @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Ha! Thank you for reading!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️

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Kate Sánchez @ohmymithrandir.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

If you're a woman who plays EA Sports CFB or Madden, I wanna talk to you! And if you're a woman who loves football and don't play those games, I also wanna hear from you! Working on a piece on football, the sports video games, and well, US! RESHARES APPRECIATED

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Nicole Carpenter @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

do u wanna be a ringer for my game sunday

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Riley MacLeod @rcmacleod.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Excited to have @pokachee.bsky.social and our @fansplaining.bsky.social pals on the site today!

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Nicole Carpenter @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

oh no! i'm sorry. i hope you can get one back someday!! it's really hard to let some of these go :(

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Toussaint Egan @thesaintoftous.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I can tell that games media is in a deeply unhealthy place when I see some of the most talented, experienced, and incisive reporters and critics in the space say they don't know how much longer they can keep on doing the work. The industry is hollowing out and the writing itself is suffering for it.

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Maddy Myers 🏳️‍🌈 @midimyers.com · 01/10/2026

if you aren't already supporting @mothership.blog, you should be. support women and queer people in video game criticism and journalism. we deserve to exist in these spaces but, at least in the case of mothership, we can only exist and pay our writers and introduce you to new writers if YOU help us.

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Chris Kerr @kerrblimey.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

👀

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Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

obviously a fucked up situation from pretty much every conceivable angle, but the “what are you gonna do, stab me” principle remains undefeated

He also, per the affidavit, said: "Let's see if the FBI is going to to show up at my door because I'll shoot them motherfuckers too." Other transcribed statements include "I'm going to be a murderer one day" and "One day I'm going to turn into that person just like the people you see on the fucking videos on YouTube where they fucking run up to the police officer and they have no reason at all and then they make the police kill them. I'm gonna be that guy."

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Nicole Carpenter @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

this is very very sweet <3 we all deserve to be here!!

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ashley bardhan @ashleybardhan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

men in gaming don’t realize that no one is blameless when the culture is against women. i cried at SGF bc i was surrounded by male peers commenting on how i looked, not understanding that it made me feel just as alone as when the random guy on the street told me to lift my skirt

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Nicole Carpenter @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

yeah i havent tried rare candy but i have been using collectr to keep track of my collection. the values arent really always correct but similarly that doesn't matter to me, its just an easy way to keep track of things

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Nicole Carpenter @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Yes! Love him. Its him and Dragonite

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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.

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Nicole Carpenter @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

i don’t know how long i can do this. i started started selling random things in my house and my fountain pen collection this month to make a little extra. i am married with no kids. i can’t imagine how this would be a workable way to live for a mother. idk. im devastated this week lol

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Nicole Carpenter @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

jess is right! it’s worse than ever for women in this field, and it was still pretty bad at our peak. im one of the lucky freelancers who has regular work (probably work more than i did at polygon!), and it’s still not a livable amount of pay. it’s pushing important and skilled women out.

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