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Puddle Oops

@puddleoops.com
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type designer, famously illiterate xotype.co 📍chicago

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Puddle Oops @puddleoops.com · 4h
may I present one of the best halloween costumes ever devised, because of this
does anyone know who he is

this is from Gay Twitter circa ‘21 (I think)
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Puddle Oops @puddleoops.com · 17h
I’ve been like 85% forgiven for trimming her claws
Norm, annoyed
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Puddle Oops @puddleoops.com · 05/10/2026
everybody shut up and look at Goldie
Goldie, very asleep
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Puddle Oops @puddleoops.com · 04/10/2026
gm
Jasmine doesn’t care
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Puddle Oops @puddleoops.com · 03/10/2026
I ordered one of these puzzle tools, to hopefully complete wrist OT from Massive Bike Wreck of 2024 Resulting In Multiple Broken Bones, and Amazon has decided I’m recovering from a stroke so that’s fun to endure
active-wrist puzzle
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Puddle Oops @puddleoops.com · 03/10/2026
fine
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Puddle Oops @puddleoops.com · 02/10/2026
gn
goldie, in abandon
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Puddle Oops @puddleoops.com · 01/10/2026
anyway happy October
surprise, it’s me
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Puddle Oops @puddleoops.com · 01/10/2026
pizza place is taking forever to get here
capricieux
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Puddle Oops @puddleoops.com · 30/09/2026
gm
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Puddle Oops @puddleoops.com · 29/09/2026
gm
Jasmine, uncaring
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Puddle Oops @puddleoops.com · 25/09/2026
ok this is done what do you see different? nothing what do I see? repairs of all the holes punched in the drywall before we bought the place
living room, fixed and ready to be reset
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Puddle Oops @puddleoops.com · 23/09/2026
I broke a three-year silence on IG yesterday with this post I’ll continue blathering on about type (and only type) over there on @xotypeco if anyone’s interested in such things
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Puddle Oops @puddleoops.com · 22/09/2026
fixing the things that have been broken since we bought the place but were unable to fix because any change generated electric waves of anxiety for Mom
mess (ft Jedediah)
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Puddle Oops @puddleoops.com · 21/09/2026
IMPORTANT: leg
leg
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Puddle Oops @puddleoops.com · 21/09/2026
who’s old enough to remember Oolong I ran across my copy of In Almost Every Picture, which Eric Kessels made about him, simply showing the photos it is a delight
In Almost Every Picture, spine In Almost Every Picture, front coverOolong, patiently allowing himself to be photographed with things on his head
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Puddle Oops @puddleoops.com · 20/09/2026
this was on the back of issue one (of, I think, one) of Sexy Magazine featuring a very young Alexis Arquette
Sexy! Premiere Issue!
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Puddle Oops @puddleoops.com · 20/09/2026
I’ve been moving shelves today and came across this from 1992, which i’d completely forgotten it’s important to remember people have talked like this before
old! provocative in a modern way!
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Puddle Oops @puddleoops.com · 20/09/2026
it’s my time
Near Dark (1987) mentioned
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Puddle Oops @puddleoops.com · 19/09/2026
i’m slowly taking apart Mom’s room so it can be the library but for now Jedediah is enjoying the solitude of her bed
Jeddy is content
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Puddle Oops @puddleoops.com · 19/09/2026
this is a McG-era Charlie’s Angels subplot waiting to be filmed
can you imagine how funny Lucy Liu and Cameron Diaz would have made this
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Puddle Oops @puddleoops.com · 19/09/2026
and I hope lowbeetle, whoever they were, knows about it
this iconic post
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Puddle Oops @puddleoops.com · 18/09/2026
it’s New Boy Harsher Album day for me
Boy Harsher, Get Mean (2026)
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Puddle Oops @puddleoops.com · 18/09/2026
Norma doesn’t care
Norma, nonplussed
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Puddle Oops @puddleoops.com · 18/09/2026
good morning to Riot Fest weekend, I am alone until Monday
when will my husband return from the sea
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Puddle Oops @puddleoops.com · 17/09/2026
idk who needs to hear this other than @milesklee.bsky.social but these are NOT GOOD
NOT GOOD
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Puddle Oops @puddleoops.com · 15/09/2026
enough
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Puddle Oops @puddleoops.com · 14/09/2026
healthcare, engage with actual writers, I beg of you
Hot Topics! In Prostate Cancer!
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Puddle Oops @puddleoops.com · 13/09/2026
i’m teaching Mt Husband about Maria Pappas
Maria Pappas, Cook County Treasurer, as painted by some weirdo
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Puddle Oops @puddleoops.com · 13/09/2026
I completely forgot to post Miss New Car when he was delivered on Thursdsy
please welcome to the stage miss 2026 Honda Civic Hybrid Sport Touring Hatchback
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Puddle Oops @puddleoops.com · 12/09/2026
this puts me in mind of the pastor who eulogized my grandmother by recalling “Eula’s steadfast love and defense of animals” whereas I recall her angrily firing a shotgun down multiple holes in the back yard one crazy afternoon
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Puddle Oops @puddleoops.com · 10/09/2026
yes this tiny thing was my idea phone fits in a pair of jeans’ change pocket buttons were satisfyingly clicky perfect
baby phone
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Puddle Oops @puddleoops.com · 10/09/2026
the last people to live in our apartment were complete assholes so Su and I have been diligent in our kindness to the neighbors and, you guys, the whole building sent us flowers for Mom yesterday
Jedediah patiently waiting to eat them roses
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Puddle Oops @puddleoops.com · 09/09/2026
not a garbage
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Puddle Oops @puddleoops.com · 09/09/2026
this book got thrust into my hands two days before Mom passed and I told them it looks like a comedy prop from a video game
When Death is Near, a treasure you can find that will instantly take down your life levels
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Puddle Oops @puddleoops.com · 07/09/2026
I feel like I might be ready to be perceived again
me, relieved and going out on the bike
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Puddle Oops @puddleoops.com · 07/09/2026
not the bears I thought they meant
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Puddle Oops @puddleoops.com · 07/09/2026
ok Mom’s gone 12:46AM, Labor Day
Judy King

December 5th 1947-September 7th 2026
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Puddle Oops @puddleoops.com · 06/09/2026
abandon
Jedediah, very comfortable
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Puddle Oops @puddleoops.com · 05/09/2026
Coppertone Girl
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Puddle Oops @puddleoops.com · 02/09/2026
again with this fuckass “CEO jerked off into a bevnap” logo
a gold car with the most infantile branding imaginable
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Puddle Oops @puddleoops.com · 02/09/2026
these took me six weeks to finish because nobody in management believes in leaving me alone to make something an okay collection nevertheless
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Puddle Oops @puddleoops.com · 02/09/2026
it’s a befuddling to see brands using Big Shoulders for… not Chicago? I mean it’s right there in the description everywhere you find it anyway this typesetting from Hyatt is pretty and airy
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Puddle Oops @puddleoops.com · 01/09/2026
someone in the city of chicago needs to figure out their email template but look! Big Shoulders is fun squished
real questionable Chicago brand implementation in an email header
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Puddle Oops @puddleoops.com · 30/08/2026
didn’t need that rear axle anyway
fuck my car I guess
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Puddle Oops @puddleoops.com · 30/08/2026
it came delightfully packed between all of these
hilarity mirtha kikidudes rock
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Puddle Oops @puddleoops.com · 30/08/2026
so, I ordered a copy of a 44-year-old record
Duran Duran’s Girls On Film Night Version, 1981
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Puddle Oops @puddleoops.com · 27/08/2026
I think my least favorite thing about Internet Culture is this "watch us learn and grow!" bullshit that baby companies decided was cute in like 2005 please hire a logistics manager I don't want to watch you Mr Rogers your way through your career
couple of assholes figuring out how transport ships work
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Puddle Oops @puddleoops.com · 26/08/2026
his slight embarrassment at saying this is going to be generationally kink-defining
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Puddle Oops @puddleoops.com · 25/08/2026
hello to my typeface pulling up outside the front door
Chicago logo, which I had a heavy hand in creating
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