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Kate, Queen of the Squirrels (she/her) @pavlovcat.myatproto.social · 11h

The man can't keep El-Sayed's name out of his mouth.

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Kate, Queen of the Squirrels (she/her) @pavlovcat.myatproto.social · 12h

Managed the muffins, one litter box, and also did a batch of apple sauce. Haven't cried. Did a lot of cussing.

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Kate, Queen of the Squirrels (she/her) @pavlovcat.myatproto.social · 13h

So I've been taking the iron supplement for a week now and, uh, my vagina has turned into a waterfall? And I thought surely that must be coincidence but I looked it up and apparently iron plays an important role in vaginal secretions. So vag-havers, if you're dry, check your iron and ferritin.

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Kate, Queen of the Squirrels (she/her) @pavlovcat.myatproto.social · 17h

Yeah, I'm definitely braced for side effects. How long did it take for them to clear for you? I told her it might be a few weeks.

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Kate, Queen of the Squirrels (she/her) @pavlovcat.myatproto.social · 18h

Miss 13 just took her first pill!! She has officially started Zoloft. Please cross all appendages and maybe sacrifice some virgin chickens because we really, really, really need this to work.

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Jack - Oi, Shiny! @oishinythings.bsky.social · 20h

Looking for a little magic? I have the last of my fancy jasper stash wrapped and ready to travel: oishiny.etsy.com/listing/4521... #Handmade #ShopSmall #IndieGifts

Row of 6 fancy jasper pendants with large gemstone beads and silver wirework spirals, from green to pink to red.

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Kate, Queen of the Squirrels (she/her) @pavlovcat.myatproto.social · 19h

Based on how my body is feeling and the level of irritability currently raging through my nervous system, I suspect I will maybe accomplish two of those things at best and will also cry a lot.

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Kate, Queen of the Squirrels (she/her) @pavlovcat.myatproto.social · 20h

On the docket for the weekend: -Make apple cider donut muffins -Maybe transplant a couple shrubs - big maybe -Prep more floss for dyeing -Clean the damn kitchen -Scrub out cat litter boxes

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Kate, Queen of the Squirrels (she/her) @pavlovcat.myatproto.social · 21h

Allow me to formally apologize on behalf of the canning community for the inaccurate terminology. Also, I get a chuckle imaging a bunch of women with a mini canning operation in their kitchens - they had can crimpers! Kinda jealous, tbh.

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Kate, Queen of the Squirrels (she/her) @pavlovcat.myatproto.social · 21h

I love when people say the Great Lakes aren't real beaches and they don't get real waves. This is Lake Michigan yesterday (not my photo! grabbed a screenshot from a video)

A picture of huge sunlit waves crashing onto a beach and against a pier with a lighthouse at the end of it.

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Kate, Queen of the Squirrels (she/her) @pavlovcat.myatproto.social · 22h

It used to be literal cans! Glass actually came first by a year but then the tin can method was developed. Cans took off commercially but glass jars became the preference of home canners. The name stuck though.

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Kate, Queen of the Squirrels (she/her) @pavlovcat.myatproto.social · 17/10/2026

All cats are my cats. But I also recognize my cats belong to all cat lovers. Look at our cat!

A piebald tabby sleeping atop a tall stack of pale aqua velvet blankets. He is scrunching his face with his front paws and one leg is dangling over the side of the blankets.

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Kate, Queen of the Squirrels (she/her) @pavlovcat.myatproto.social · 17/10/2026

Nice one! I think I'd open a cross stitch shop but it would be open on a schedule based entirely on the whims of my body and so would make absolutely no money and would mainly serve to allow me to collect an unholy amount of cross stitch supplies.

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Kate, Queen of the Squirrels (she/her) @pavlovcat.myatproto.social · 17/10/2026

I've been unemployed for almost a full year now. $30k would allow my family to pay the bills for an entire year while I continue to look for work. That's pretty fucking meaningful.

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Petunia846 @petunia846.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

Hey cross stitch folks, someone asked me if I could stitch a few of my patterns for them (as they like the pattern, but don’t do cross stitch). What would be a reasonable amount to charge for that? Do you set a rate by number of stitches? I’ve only ever sold the patterns, not finished work.

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Medusa’s Wink @medusaswink.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

Because we as white women have the closest proximity to these men, we’re a demographic they need to maintain control of. And the best way to control someone is by recruiting them into their own oppression. What does that mean? It means that we enforce those authoritarian rules on ourselves first.

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Kate, Queen of the Squirrels (she/her) @pavlovcat.myatproto.social · 16/10/2026

She's such a gremlin and he's such a doofus. It's like Lucy pulling the football away from Charlie Brown except Charlie Brown pile drives Lucy afterward while she screams that she's an innocent victim.

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Kate, Queen of the Squirrels (she/her) @pavlovcat.myatproto.social · 16/10/2026

Vivi screeches like that when her and Hammy fight and I thought Hammy was a bully but then I started noticing that Vivi was just far more discreet in how she started shit and when I'd chase Hammy away she would go sit by him again, so I'm pretty sure she just loves the drama.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

if i take a walk in my little walkable neighborhood to buy fresh flowers and crunchy nectarines and my serenity is punctured by the sound of your tesla flipping in the air, i will blow up your car with a rocket launcher

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Kate, Queen of the Squirrels (she/her) @pavlovcat.myatproto.social · 16/10/2026

I would like it to start being a danger to other instead of to itself.

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Kate, Queen of the Squirrels (she/her) @pavlovcat.myatproto.social · 16/10/2026

I'm excited to stitch that one when I get done with my current project.

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Kate, Queen of the Squirrels (she/her) @pavlovcat.myatproto.social · 16/10/2026

I'll definitely sit it down and have a talk with it.

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Kate, Queen of the Squirrels (she/her) @pavlovcat.myatproto.social · 16/10/2026

I think my left index finger has a death wish. Just burned it with hot oil exactly on the scar I got earlier this summer from getting it stuck in the immersion blender.

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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

I am saying - as I have consistently said - that the specific behavior I am quoting is trash.

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Kate, Queen of the Squirrels (she/her) @pavlovcat.myatproto.social · 15/10/2026

Did they honestly think the story wouldn't break containment? Are they unaware social media exists? It boggles the mind.

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Kate, Queen of the Squirrels (she/her) @pavlovcat.myatproto.social · 15/10/2026

Moving the qsnap again. I'm wrestling with what to do with the animal designs within the wave. Outside the wave, all animals with be in different rainbow colors. But I don't know if that would look good within the wave. #LongDog #WIPwednesday #CrossStitch

A partially completed cross stitch depicting two extremely large waves, one full of geometric patterns and another that's still being stitched has fish depicted in relief. All stitching is done in dark blue floss on pale blue-grey linen.

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Kate, Queen of the Squirrels (she/her) @pavlovcat.myatproto.social · 15/10/2026

I'm so sorry. The 11th anniversary of my mom's passing was the 9th. My health always takes an absolute nosedive leading up to it. I hope you're able to find some healing for your body and mind this week.

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Kate, Queen of the Squirrels (she/her) @pavlovcat.myatproto.social · 15/10/2026

I imagine it feels amazing to have that freedom.

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Medusa’s Wink @medusaswink.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

STUBBORN is also a word weaponized against neurodivergents (and women and kids) #ADHD #neurodivergence

kendall (feral) • @kendallesposito70
WAIT WAIT WAIT - SO
APPARENTLY IF YOU FEEL A PHYSICAL RESISTANCE IN YOUR BODY WHEN SOMEONE TELLS YOU WHAT TO DO— EVEN IF YOU WERE ALREADY GOING TO DO IT - THAT IS ACTUALLY AN ADHD RESPONSE??
Yes. It has a name and it is not stubbornness.

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Kate, Queen of the Squirrels (she/her) @pavlovcat.myatproto.social · 14/10/2026

12 big grape clamshells filled with soil and ready to go for winter sowing. Not sure yet of the list of things I'll try growing. Joe Pye Weed, Culver's Root, Ironweed, and Baptisia for sure though.

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Kate, Queen of the Squirrels (she/her) @pavlovcat.myatproto.social · 14/10/2026

Vivi fell off the bed while husband was walking past it this morning and raked the shit out of his leg - 6 inch long gashes - and he's just now telling me he didn't bother to clean them. Good luck with that, dude.

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Amanda DeLong | BAD Stitch @badstitch.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Last call for Ghost Peppers on my Patreon! I like my spooky to be not-scary, but also whimsical and kind of weird. Swipe to see weird! This model was stitched on creamy 16ct Sandcastle by @liveanddyela.bsky.social 10/10 recommend this dyer!

A cross stitch project on creamy white fabric of a chili pepper plant with long ghosts twirling through the leaves. There are small starry motifs inside the peppers and surrounding the leaves. The photo is staged with real foliage, greenery, paintbrush, and mint. Last Call. BAD Stitch.

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🎀 samanthalanetextiles 🎀 @samanthatextiles.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Part three of my FREE Halloween mini stitch-a-long ‘Trick or Treat Besties’ is now available on my Ko-fi page! 🦒🧪💖 Link to this Giraffe x stitch pattern: ko-fi.com/s/afabfce442 #halloween #crossstitch #stitchsky #needlework #fiberarts #craftsky

A picture of a cross stitch giraffe standing next to a cross stitch penguin. The giraffe is dressed up as a witch and the penguin is dressed up as a penguin. They’re both surrounded by colourful beads and some cross stitch bats.

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Jack - Oi, Shiny! @oishinythings.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Last 2 picture jasper spiral pendants! This is another strand of stones I've been rationing out from an old supplier and finally reached the end of. oishiny.etsy.com/listing/4524... C & D still available, who wants to take home their very own planet? #Handmade #XmasGifts #ShopSmall

Row of 4 bead and silver spiral pendants in browns and greens.

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Kate, Queen of the Squirrels (she/her) @pavlovcat.myatproto.social · 14/10/2026

More Responsible Adult things today. Made an appointment to get my labs drawn. They have a service (for a fee) where they'll come to your house so I splurged on that because otherwise husband would have to take the morning off to drive me - it's a fasting test and the lab is a half hour away.

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Phew. Long day. Going to fall into bed now. Here’s a spectacular sunset to wrap up the day 🌿

A fiery orange sun heading behind a bank of clouds and reflected in the water below. Trees are silhouetted at the horizon and tall grasses in the foreground. It’s a very striking scene.

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Kate, Queen of the Squirrels (she/her) @pavlovcat.myatproto.social · 14/10/2026

Same goes for the version of me that washed the automatic cat feeders earlier and now has to put them back together before I go to bed.

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Kate, Queen of the Squirrels (she/her) @pavlovcat.myatproto.social · 14/10/2026

The version of me that hauled laundry to the basement and started a load this morning had no respect for the version of me that exists now and has no energy to go down to the basement again.

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Kate, Queen of the Squirrels (she/her) @pavlovcat.myatproto.social · 14/10/2026

Me when I first started cross stitching: I always think Lugana fabric says Laguna, like the beach. Me after cross stitching for five years: Oh damn, look at that erosion at Lugana Beach.

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Kate, Queen of the Squirrels (she/her) @pavlovcat.myatproto.social · 14/10/2026

Another reason conservatives don't want universal health care: less incentive for marriage, both getting married and staying married.

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Kate, Queen of the Squirrels (she/her) @pavlovcat.myatproto.social · 13/10/2026

I am at that point in this long term flare when I start to question if I will ever feel better again. And I know I will, but it's still awful. End of September/beginning of October is always one of the worst times for me. Just gotta white knuckle it a bit longer, hopefully.

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Kate, Queen of the Squirrels (she/her) @pavlovcat.myatproto.social · 13/10/2026

I'm sorry. Everything feels like one step forward, 731 steps back at the moment.

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