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skeetlet s pumpkins @skeetlet.bsky.social · 17h

Do you ever pause while making a sauce, realize it might be a hair too much gochujang on your spoon you’re not measuring with, and then decide it’s better not to waste it and stir it in anyway? Yeah. 💀

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skeetlet s pumpkins @skeetlet.bsky.social · 20h

I am going to interview with my fourth company this week tomorrow and would like all the good vibes please. All I want is for two companies to fight over me right now.

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skeetlet s pumpkins @skeetlet.bsky.social · 22h

This little piece of cardboard with packing tape attached has been an endless supply of entertainment to Malört for DAYS.

A photo of a small narrow shred of cardboard, almost an inch long, attached to clear packing tape. It is being held between a person’s thumb and forefinger over their green pajama pants wearing legs.

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skeetlet s pumpkins @skeetlet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I’m re-reading the job posting that I networked my way into and got an interview scheduled within an hour of applying and trying to hype myself up before said interview that I am in fact very qualified for it and I wouldn’t have gotten an interview purely on the networking part alone.

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skeetlet s pumpkins @skeetlet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

@johnmaddening.bsky.social is watching a video of a couple of people thru-hiking the Twin Cities and for one thing, they don’t know how the fuck to pronounce Nicollet and are being elitists about the Nicollet Diner. Secondly, they’re being turds about the Spoonbridge and Cherry. APPRECIATE OUR SHIT.

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skeetlet s pumpkins @skeetlet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Such a weird mix of job things this week. Just had a video call for a place that would be half a mile from my house if they allowed me to work from that office. But corporate culture would be… corporate. Have another interview today for a role I never would have considered, but friend made me apply.

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skeetlet s pumpkins @skeetlet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Ew. Hope Breakfast Bar is doing AI Slop ads now. 👎

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skeetlet s pumpkins @skeetlet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Please help my friend afford treatment for her cat.❤️

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skeetlet s pumpkins @skeetlet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If you follow me and all you post is cat pics that are suspiciously clean and/or “illustrated”, I assume you are data-mining me and you will be blocked. My cats are only for my luddiest parasocial friends.

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skeetlet s pumpkins @skeetlet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Okay, knitting pals. I am VERY CERTAIN I have surrounded an existing edge with i-cord before and it is just not happening for me right now (it’s always leaving an additional edge somewhere). Short of ripping off my cast on edge, which was not done provisionally … anyone have a great guide for this?

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skeetlet s pumpkins @skeetlet.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Going to MN Ren Fest for the first time in 20 years and am fondly recalling the time Twig the Fairy “don’t you know who I am”-ed us at a party… and I can’t decide if that’s more or less ridiculous than Bonnie Thunders “don’t you know who I am”-ing @johnmaddening.bsky.social at a roller derby tourney

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skeetlet s pumpkins @skeetlet.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Never thought I’d hear the words “Lemon Party” on GBBO…

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skeetlet s pumpkins @skeetlet.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Wishing off the last of my bottle of “yay I don’t work there anymore” scotch, so it’s time to get a new bottle of “yay I have a job” scotch… like real soon. 🤞

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skeetlet s pumpkins @skeetlet.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Ngl, pretty upset that the Edmund Fitzgerald Flugtag account isn’t following me (Gail O’November, an Edmund Fitzgerald themed roller derby mascot) back on instagram

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skeetlet s pumpkins @skeetlet.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

At an establishment where Pitbull/Kesha’s Timber is playing and I was bopping along to it like you do … and there are teenagers here and suddenly I was like “oh no this is old people music isn’t it”

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skeetlet s pumpkins @skeetlet.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

So that iced coffee at job interviews dialog is ridiculous… I wanna talk about the (in person) job interview I had where they didn’t offer me a drink. And one of the interviewers had his water bottle out on the table. You are a host and I am a guest. I’m dead-ass serious.

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skeetlet s pumpkins @skeetlet.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Oh damn. Guess we were hungry. Clean plate club for @johnmaddening.bsky.social and me at India House tonight.

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skeetlet s pumpkins @skeetlet.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I see all kinds of knitting bags with built in holes for yarn to go through… but you have to remember at the beginning of the project and you can never change it if something weird happens with your yarn and you want it to be free… I need a knitting bag with openable yarn holes that won’t snag yarn

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skeetlet s pumpkins @skeetlet.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

When I visited Japan, I had “don’t wear makeup mostly” privilege when trying on clothes. When you go shopping, they have bags to put over your head when you try on clothes to protect them from makeup.

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skeetlet s pumpkins @skeetlet.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I’ve been taking a break on my stimulants since being laid off and… did you know that Ritalin…

A photo of a bathroom with a white toilet and white tub and tiles with cleaning products out, in the process of being used.

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skeetlet s pumpkins @skeetlet.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

As a person who lives in a part of St Paul that is only close to parks and a couple of bars… how do people survive when, for example… Savory Bake House, moves in a few blocks from where they live? I’m not used to living in close proximity to really tasty baked goods.

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skeetlet s pumpkins @skeetlet.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

My primary doctor’s new PA said she did kitten rescue and like… how in the world do you have the time and energy for that in addition to working in medicine?

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skeetlet s pumpkins @skeetlet.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I’m so glad that in my era of adding chia seeds to my smoothies and doing chia puddings on the regular, I never had too many because I have seen entirely too many videos of people having gotten their stomachs pumped from chia seed blockages… and also… how many IS that?! Is that all you were eating?

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skeetlet s pumpkins @skeetlet.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I need you to know that this targeted ad I’ve been getting has haunted me all summer… If I scroll to the right a bit, it’s goggles that look like Minions eyes.

A “jean” printed one-piece swimsuit on a speedo ad. There is also a version of the one-piece jeans swimsuit with shorts.

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skeetlet s pumpkins @skeetlet.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

My friend recently adopted an elderly French bulldog and I just met him. His name is Dani Rojas and he sounds like he’s screaming all the time in a way that one can never take his concerns seriously. He sounds like a cockatoo.

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skeetlet s pumpkins @skeetlet.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

First interview conducted by a bot: done GROSS. I doubt it’ll go anywhere given they massively lowballed on the hourly rate and I was just like “nope” when the bot asked if I’d still be willing to discuss said rate.

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skeetlet s pumpkins @skeetlet.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

It’s gotta be so embarrassing to be Ed Sheeran rn.

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skeetlet s pumpkins @skeetlet.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

He demands that I say “But his Butthead is top-notch” I responded, “I didn’t complain about your Butthead”

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skeetlet s pumpkins @skeetlet.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Also he has finished his dinner and I still have half my Chimiqueso left. RIP my gut.

A plate with half a deep fried queso smothered burrito sitting on it. It is surrounded by sauce remnants, pico de gallo, lettuce, sour cream, and guacamole.

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skeetlet s pumpkins @skeetlet.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I just want you to know that @johnmaddening.bsky.social does THE WORST Beavis laugh impression I have ever heard in my life and I never want to hear it again. How did we get this far?

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skeetlet s pumpkins @skeetlet.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I think I can never fully quit Meta because the algorithm game in my Insta and FB accounts are so uniquely odd. Like right now FB is giving me tours of Soviet apartments.

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skeetlet s pumpkins @skeetlet.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Idk how interview went, but I think it was good? Tbh the job isn’t even posted yet and while yay, I got early access by way of their HR person deciding my linkedin profile looked promising and getting me a conversation with the hiring manager, now I’m like “ahhhhhh when job and pls gib to me”

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skeetlet s pumpkins @skeetlet.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

For h*ck’s sake. This is too much.

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skeetlet s pumpkins @skeetlet.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Do you ever just wanna cry because cat?

A grey/black/brown tabby cat with thick black stripes on her upper arms, white feet, and a white chin & chest curled up on someone’s lap, sleeping soundly. The person is wearing a dark grey tank top and a yellow linen button up shirt. The cat’s paws are just draped lazily against the person’s stomach.

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skeetlet s pumpkins @skeetlet.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I’m putting a lot less thought into what I’m wearing for my job interview tomorrow than I did for my interview last week that I didn’t really want (aside from it being, you know, a job that would have paid me money). Like I got a “chill vibe” feeling. So I’m gonna wear a button up shirt and pants?

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skeetlet s pumpkins @skeetlet.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I’ve got an interview on Monday and I’m wishing them a very happy “pls hire me”

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skeetlet s pumpkins @skeetlet.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Stumbled across an old picture from 2009, when I worked in a datacenter and it wasn’t a bad word. This was tiny. Took up the space of two rooms on the Mezzanine Floor in the Plymouth Building in downtown Minneapolis.

A handful of server racks behind a big picture window. There is a person with their black and burgundy shoes propped up against the frame of the window. They are wearing blue jeans and their bright pink/red hair is in the reflection of the window. They are holding a camera to take the picture.

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skeetlet s pumpkins @skeetlet.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Got rejected by this one, but honestly that’s fine. I did not want to be 100% in-office on a guaranteed 30 minute commute each way every day. And I got a hint of a red flag during the interview process that the HR guy let my call drop after he had called me and the company owner needed something.

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skeetlet s pumpkins @skeetlet.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

You wanna know what really happened on 9/11? @johnmaddening.bsky.social and I went on our first date (in 2004).

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skeetlet s pumpkins @skeetlet.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I don’t live in South Minneapolis, so I’m not often driving through it in such a way that I just happen to drive past Renee Good’s memorial… but I did tonight. I was at a stop and I just felt HEAVY and looked over and there it was.

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skeetlet s pumpkins @skeetlet.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Because I had to get up early enough to drive to Golden Valley this morning, I did that thing where I repeatedly woke up well before I needed to because anxiety about missing my alarm. So anyway I am beat.

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skeetlet s pumpkins @skeetlet.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Oh damn. The absolute power of telling the person I just had a video call with that I had another interview this morning… I’m drunk on that power. Hire me for many human dollars pls.

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skeetlet s pumpkins @skeetlet.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

They didn’t ask me about my LLM habits or imply I would need to use any…

The “surprised Pikachu” meme, featuring the Pokémon Pikachu, who is yellow with long pointy brown tipped ears and deep red circles on his cheeks, with his mouth open wide in shock.

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skeetlet s pumpkins @skeetlet.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Dressing and doing my hair tomorrow for a job interview tomorrow morning is gonna be wild because I don’t wanna overdress for the industry but I need to look like I made an effort. And also no one is gonna notice how nicely my hair will be done and that’s gonna be such a waste.

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skeetlet s pumpkins @skeetlet.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

In case any of you need further motivation to use MapQuest, did you know you can have a unicorn icon instead of a silly car?

A screenshot of MapQuest navigation in Roseville, MN with a blue line navigating along Lexington Ave N. toward Larpenteur Ave W. There is a smiling pixelated unicorn indicating the current location of the user.

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skeetlet s pumpkins @skeetlet.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I -think- the September hiring boom might be a real thing, based on how my current hunt is going. Fingers crossed for that. Got an in-person interview tomorrow, a video call with another place, and a third possible interview that a recruiter is trying to get me in for. 🤞

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