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Status Changed @statuschanged.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Socktober? I don't like to do group knits, they give me anxiety. I just happen to be knitting socks right now because that's finally the next project on the list from my Sheep & Wool yarn. I kinda like the inside better, I may wear them inside-out. #showmeyourknits 🧶

The toes and a bit of foot of some just-started, toe-up, 2-at-a-time socks in brightly-colored neon variegated yarn. No pattern, just vibes. I'm not thrilled about the pooling but now that it's stopped doing that, I think I'll like the finished product.

The toes and a bit of foot of some just-started, toe-up, 2-at-a-time socks in brightly-colored neon variegated yarn. No pattern, just vibes. One is inside-out to show how the ribbing looks cooler on the purl side.

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Status Changed @statuschanged.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I got these from IndiBlossom, one's mine and one is for the child, it makes me happy to look at them! She had a TON of very good things, can't wait to see her again. I hate to link to FB, but she doesn't seem to have any other functional web presence, so here you go: www.facebook.com/indiblossom/

Two brightly-colored stainless steel cups. One is tall with a green background, vibrant pink chrysanthemum, and orange bird. The other is a mug, with a pink background and similar pink flower. Both are by IndiBlossom, Anuradha Mehra.

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Status Changed @statuschanged.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I had a genius idea! I posted *one* picture of a quilt and immediately got hooked into quiltsky. I've been trying to get chickens back on my feed for months, to no avail. So here are some chickens from the fair, chickens which I love and would love to see more pictures of:

Brown-and-white chickens in a cage at the fair, doing random chicken things.

Black-and-white speckled chickens in a cage at the fair, doing random chicken things.

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Status Changed @statuschanged.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

2 Fairs in 2 days is 2 much 4 me but I'm doing it anyway. We picked the hottest possible day for the State Fair, which was bad, but the crowds were small and we managed to have a lot of fun anyway. I love looking at the crafts entries, and the animals, and the giant veggibles.

Jessica Christian's Best-in-Category handknitted pig doll named Petal. With Pear Hat, colorwork dress and cardigan, fairy wings costume, undies, socks, shoes, and a bee on her nose. Absolutely adorable little stuffed toy, amazing skill on display.

An exhibit hall stuffed with handcrafts, and dozens of colorful quilts hanging from the ceiling. I wish we could have seen them more up close, they were beautiful.

A pair of alpaca, one chocolate-brown and one a light fawn color. They are standing just out of petting distance, but unbothered by the crowds.

A display of giant vegetables, including an 1800-lb pumpkin. There was also a nearly 26' tall sunflower, but the picture didn't come out.

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Status Changed @statuschanged.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My child is being a BAD INFLUENCE on the little doggie. Sent me photographic evidence and everything.

A wide-eyed innocent chihuahua chewing on a piece of nori rolled up to look like a marijuana cigarette.

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Status Changed @statuschanged.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Also, I figured out why it's called a shawl. Clearly meant for a chihuahua. (My dog is very patient with my nonsense.)

A chihuahua, unsure about the situation but willing to go with it, wrapped in a handknit scarf in spring-colred pinks and greens.

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Status Changed @statuschanged.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I did a smart! I was just about 5 rows short of a 22nd feather, but I thought that might happen so I put in a lifeline (blue wire) after the 21st, so it was an easy fix/finish. Also, I thought the lifeline looked kinda neat with the short rows, so I took a picture. #knitsky #FOFriday🧶

Closeup of the last few feathers of the pincha shawl (https://ravel.me/pincha-shawl) in Bumblebee Acres Farms Bubble Sock, colorway Spring Court, a mix of Springy pinks and greens. The last feather is separated with a blue wire, a lifeline for ripping back.

A finished pincha shawl (https://ravel.me/pincha-shawl) in Bumblebee Acres Farms Bubble Sock, colorway Spring Court, a mix of Springy pinks and greens.

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Status Changed @statuschanged.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I love knitting in orange, I do it because seeing the yarn makes me happy, but I don't want to wear orange, so I was certain I didn't have any autumnal knits. Then I moved one shawl out of the way and remembered I have two that I wear all the time, I just forgot over Summer. #showmeyourknits 🧶

A variegated rusty-orange shawl in a simple triangle pattern and a bright, candy-corn orange scarf folded. Both freehanded with some random acrylics, no details.

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Status Changed @statuschanged.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

My dog would disagree - he ran and hid when I got his tiny sweater out to take a picture in. But I do have one from last year:

A little chihuahua on a walk in the cold, looking annoyed, wearing a red-and-white knitted sweater.

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Status Changed @statuschanged.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It might be the 70s in me but I love a philodendron, miss me with your newfangled pothos. My husband wanted a plant of his own, so I made this with things we had around the house (including a 3d printer). The cutting is from my desk plant which started the same size and is now bigger than me.

A 6" hanging pot in a window with two tiny plant leaves growing out of it. Background of leaves and city neighborhood.

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Status Changed @statuschanged.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

After that sweater I needed a quick win. I don't know why this is called a shawl, it's very clearly a scarf. Otherwise, it's very nice. Winding it, I realized this yarn wouldn't work for the pattern I had in mind, but I think it's perfect for this! ravel.me/pincha-shawl #knitting #knitsky 🧶

About 1/3 of a https://ravel.me/pincha-shawl in Bumblee Acres Farm Bubble Sock, colorway "Spring Court" (springy pinks/purples/greens)

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Status Changed @statuschanged.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Finally finished! It blocked out really nice, I love this texture and the cables actually look good. It is exactly the right length and a smidge too wide, and I have 40g of yarn left because I made it for my short-waisted self. ravel.me/atul #knitting #knitsky 🧶

A sweater using https://ravel.me/atul pattern, adjusted to use fingering-weight yarn. Yarn is Miss Babs Katahdin in Mahi-Mahi. Nearly a mile of yarn!

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Status Changed @statuschanged.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

One from my mom this time. She used to knit (before I was born) but switched to crochet because it was faster. Now she's retired to cross-stitch because it takes longer.

A cross-stitched scene from Rothenburg ob der Tauber. 40,000 tiny little stitches!

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Status Changed @statuschanged.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

My child thinks they're funny. Glanced out the kitchen window and:

The view out of a small window; A crying clown statue stares sadly into the home he cannot enter, framed by generic backyard tree and fence.

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Status Changed @statuschanged.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Scarf! I have a million but they're not very interesting, except this one. Designed by my youngest, knitted by me, and they never ever wear it because it's always too warm here. (Yes some of the eyes are supposed to be different.) Perhaps the dog will wear it this winter. #showmeyourknits #knitsky 🧶

A scarf about 6' long and 10" wide, double knit so that it has a motif of white eyes on black background on one side and black eyes on a white background on the other. Some of the eyes are unsettlingly off-center.

A chihuahua sits contemplatively upon a scarf about 6' long and 10" wide, double knit so that it has a motif of white eyes on black background on one side and black eyes on a white background on the other. Some of the eyes are unsettlingly off-center.

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Status Changed @statuschanged.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I firmly believe that if a thing's worth doing, it's worth doing badly. Baked myself a terrible-looking but incredibly tasty cake to celebrate surviving this job 15 years! (IYKYK)

An incredibly sloppy cake that looks to have been baked by a toddler. Betty Crocker Devil's Food box mix with homemade cherry/cranberry compote and vanilla buttercream, with orange sprinkles in the shape of the number 15.

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Status Changed @statuschanged.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Oh, are we doing WIPs? Behold, the same cursed sweater I've had OTN for like 10 weeks. Every bind off has been done at least twice. Now I'm lengthening the sleeves. It's going to require super-hard blocking, but I think it will be ok. Maybe. #knitting #showmeyourknits 🧶

https://ravel.me/atul Atul sweater in a teal, fingering-weight yarn. It's mostly finished, which means it's probably about halfway finished.

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Status Changed @statuschanged.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

This display was impressive, and brought up a discussion of how display => art. Of course the glassblowing child immediately clocked the Joey Kirkpatrick pear at the top.

Rod Zeitler's Home Canning Display, a massive pyramid of canned preserved foods displayed with dramatic underlighting, topped with a blown-glass pear by Joey Kirkpatrick.

Rod Zeitler
born 1952;
resides Iowa City, IA
Home Canning Display 2025
glass mason jars and preserved foods
Rod Zeitler has preserved his status as an IA State Fair legend. For the last several years he has had an entry in each of the roughly 180 canning classes, and he typically wins a ribbon per class.
Zeitler grew up on a farm in rural IA, where he was a 4-H member and exhibited livestock at fairs. Years later, seeking to emulate his wife's success in winning fair ribbons for her weaving, he began entering canning competitions.
This display features more than 700 jars of Zeitler's home-canned pickles, relishes, sauces, vegetables, fruits, jellies, jams, preserves, and butters. The stepped arrangement recalls historical canning and horticultural exhibitions at state fairs.
Courtesy of Rod Zeitler

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Status Changed @statuschanged.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

There were a bunch of awesome quilts. I thought this temperature one was especially neat because I've seen it in knit and crochet a bunch, but never quilting before. The Medallion Quilt is just amazing, all the fabrics look so soft and good and I can see why it took 5 years.

Debra Wykert's "Temperature Quilt - Wonky Weather". A quilt where each block represents the temperature on that day of the year, forming an interesting gradient of cool and warm squares.

Debra Wykert
born 1960; resides Muscatine, IA
Temperature Quilt - Wonky Weather
2023
cotton
Debra Wykert's quilt, which won first place at the 2023 Iowa State Fair, is a visual record of the daily high and low temperatures in Wykert's home city of Muscatine, Iowa, in 2022. Each patterned block represents a day. A legend matches each fabric color to a five-degree temperature range. The transition between cool and warm colors reflects the area's weather patterns and seasonal fluctuations.
Courtesy of Debra Wykert

Bertha Neiden's Medallion Quilt, an amazingly detailed quilt of over 10,000 tiny pieces.

Bertha Neiden
1888-1976, resided Lincoln, NE
Medallion Quilt
1909-14
machine-pieced wool suiting, serge, and gabardine
Bertha Neiden's Medallion Quilt took nearly five years to construct. Following the traditional pattern of a medallion quilt - a center motif framed by multiple borders - Neiden pieced approximately 10,200 triangles and squares to create a dynamic gradient effect. (The discoloration is the result of a flood in 1951.) In 1914, Medallion Quilt won a purple ribbon (first place) at the Nebraska State Fair.
Neiden was born in Gorodish, a small Jewish village in the Russian Empire, now Ukraine. At age twenty0one she immigrated to Lincoln, Nebraska, where she worked as a seamstress in a department store. The quilt fabrics could have been leftovers from her work or fabrics she brought from Europe.
Courtesy of International Quilt Museum

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Status Changed @statuschanged.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The quilt was not the only ribbon-quilted project on display. There was also this very cool jacket by Penny Singer:

Penny Singer's "Prized Winner Jacket", a poncho-style jacket made out of satin and fair ribbons.

Penny Singer
Dine (Navajo)
Born 1970; resides Albuquerque, NM
Prized Ribbon Jacket,
Award Ribbons from SWAIA, HEART, Pueblo Grande Art Show, NACC
2024-25
cotton and satin-lined ribbons and photo tranfer
For Penny Singer, "fashion happened by accident" when she began sewing shirts for her boyfriend, a powwow dancer, and discovered her passion for design. Self-taught in applique techniques, Singer has received numerous awards for her work. She constructed this jacket from the ribbons she won at various Native American art markets and fairs since 1995 and photo transfers of herself and family members over the years. This jacket embodies both her artistic journey and her dedication to Indigenous fashion.
Courtesy of Penny Singer.

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Status Changed @statuschanged.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I was musing to my husband about why the Lucille Ball portrait was so much better than all the rest. He said it was probably because they used an old photo of her, you know, a grainy one. >:(

A wall displaying seed art portraits of various celebrities. The Lucille Ball one is really spectacular, although the rest aren't bad at all.

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Status Changed @statuschanged.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I was not prepared for the size of this quilt. I didn't have a banana, so my husband (5'11") stood in for size. I'm so glad this quilt inspired me to go to the exhibit, it was 100% my jam, there were so many cool pieces I feel lucky I got to see.

Carol St. Clair Johnson's "O Fair New Mexico - 41 Fair Years" quilt, made of all of her ribbons she won. A man stands in front of it, showing its large size.

Carol St. Clair Johnson's "O Fair New Mexico - 41 Fair Years" quilt, made of all of her ribbons she won.

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Status Changed @statuschanged.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Got a pic of one of the first things I ever knit, ~30 years ago. My mom still uses it, my kids grew up snoozing in it, it's surprisingly warm for being 99% holes and definitely showing its age. It's Lion Brand Homespun something, long discontinued. My doggie thinks it is for him, natch. #knitting 🧶

A lacy acrylic blanket doubled and spread on the floor, in neutral greens and purply-brown. A blurry chihuahua rushes over to investigate.

A chihuahua sits proudly on a lacy blanket spread on the floor to photograph, not actually for him to sit upon.

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Status Changed @statuschanged.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I don't usually post pictures of myself on the Internet, but here's one of me & my mom having lunch with the lil' doggie.

A photo angled low over a dining room table, so the chihuahua sitting in a chair looks extremely far away and tiny. Two people sit on either side of him, and he looks invested in the conversation.

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Status Changed @statuschanged.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Never say I don't support my child's art. I have allowed this to live on our porch.

A 2' statuette of a classic sad clown, with tiny red hat and umbrella, fluffy pompom buttons, and giant tears rolling down his clown-makeuped cheeks. The tears glow in the dark but that isn't apparent from the photo.

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Status Changed @statuschanged.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

My dog and I feel the same way about me going into the office.

Closeup of a sleepy chihuahua face, eyes half-closed and tongue slightly sticking out.

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Status Changed @statuschanged.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

It took a bit over 2 weeks to reknit everything. Also did 1.5 repeats of wrong in a different way, so there's still a big messed-up bit because I couldn't psychologically do it a 3rd time. I don't know that I'll ever like cables, trying to read them is like trying to read Greek. #knitsky 🧶

Most of a teal sweater, still in the process of being knitted. Pattern is Atul, on Ravelry. A Jacob-horse pillow looks on approvingly.

A chihuahua looking pleased with himself for jumping on my sweater as soon as I put it on the couch.

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Status Changed @statuschanged.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Are you Team Snoppy or Team Sncoby?

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Status Changed @statuschanged.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

WELP. Somehow I switched the cabled edges after joining the fronts and have been working them backwards for 6". That's about 8 hours worth of #knitting I'm gonna rip back. 😭 On the plus side, that's 8 extra hours of knitting before I have to buy new yarn! What a savings! #knitsky 🧶

The cabled edges of an Atul sweater, showing where the cables reverse slightly over halfway through.

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Status Changed @statuschanged.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

My tattoo is finally finished, and it's the most beautiful thing in the world but I'll never post a picture of it on the Internet, so instead I will share this can of Liquidypuff. (No relation.)

A can of QDOL peach soda. The can is pink and has a picture of Jigglypuff's face on the front. Dangerously cute!

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Status Changed @statuschanged.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Jim Henson's Creature Shop is doing tours right now. It's not cheap and you can't take photos in most of it, but it was 100% worth it. Everything was so cool! You get to see so many Muppets! I drove to Long Island and back and lived to tell the tale!

Posed puppets of Ma Otter, Emmet Otter, and Charlie Muskrat from Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas.

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Status Changed @statuschanged.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Another project from my child - their OC Eridian, Disco. Designed and crocheted by them, I think it came out great! #crochet 🧶

A pastel, multicolored soft toy with five legs, in the style of a Project Hail Mary Eridian, lays in a dog bed while a chihuahua looks on in concern.

A 5-legged crocheted soft toy in pastel and gray colors, in the style of a Project Hail Mary Eridian.

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Status Changed @statuschanged.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

For years I had this idea that using too many stitch markers was a sign of weakness. Then I stopped being dumb, and the best thing I've bought is a bag of bulb pins and a bag of number beads - rows, repeats, anything you want, right there on your piece! It's glorious! #showmeyourknits 🧶

A box filled with multicolored bulb pins, a bag full of tiny beads marked with numbers 0-9, and a piece of knitting with the beads added to the pins to mark rows of a cable pattern.

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Status Changed @statuschanged.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Something has gone wrong, with the bigass ball of yarn! Ok, it wasn't a *surprise* exactly, but I was pre-yarn-chickening and ignoring it. I've joined all the bits, and weighed the yarn, and I have just barely over half the ball left. Which means none for the sleeves/hems. #knitting #knitsky 🧵

1/2 of the body of an Atul cardigan - https://ravel.me/atul - in Miss Babs Katahdin, Mahi Mahi color. The fronts are joined to the back and the underarm stitches added.

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Status Changed @statuschanged.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

This *was* the new innovation in stitch markings - a numbered marker after every even row. Now I've joined the fronts and back, so there's a marker after every row. They count the 8-row cable, while the unnumbered ones count groups of 10 rows still. #knitting #knitsky 🧶

The edge of a piece of knitting, every other row marked with a numbered bead on a bulb pin, counting by 2s. Unmarked bulb pins mark every 10 rows.

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Status Changed @statuschanged.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

My kid has been slightly obsessed with Project Hail Mary lately, so I printed them a Rocky. They immediately used it to pester the dog.

A chuhuahua facing away, steadfastly ignoring the figurine perched on his back. The figurine is an articulated 3d printed model of Rocky, from the movie "Project Hail Mary", about 5" across, a perfect size to ride a chihuahua.

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Status Changed @statuschanged.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

This week's #showmeyourknits is WIPs, lucky me - ravel.me/atul is going to be OTN for probably another month before it's finished. I'm working both fronts simultaneously, which is doing exactly what I wanted, so hooray for experimenting! #knitting 🧶

Just a big ol' rectangle of textured knitting, with a large number of stitch markers. It's the back to the armholes and two fronts about 1/3 of that length.

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Status Changed @statuschanged.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

OTN: ravel.me/atul, adjusted to use fingering weight yarn. THE SYSTEM! Markers every 20 sts across, to check pattern. Every 2 rows, a marker. Every 5 of those, take the 2s off and leave the 10. Every 5 10s, add a # bead to the stitch marker. I WILL NOT LOSE COUNT. #knitting #knitsky 🧶

A boring rectangle of knitting studded with a plethora of stitch markers, viewed horizontally.

A boring rectangle of knitting studded with a plethora of stitch markers, showing the edge counting rows.

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Status Changed @statuschanged.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Proof that I am not making up the Coworker Who Doesn't Understand Puzzles.

A jigsaw puzzle with a picture of a tree, with the entire top edge put in randomly, not matching the rest of the picture.

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Status Changed @statuschanged.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Finally finished the birthday socks! Unfortunately they're not cute laying-flat socks, but they look cute on the foot they were knit for. No pattern, just vibes, using the Cat Bordhi Sweet Tomato Heel. #knitting #knitsky 🧶

A cute chihuahua with a single pink lace sock

Sock slightly stretched out, showing the lace pattern.

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Status Changed @statuschanged.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

I wanted to take a silly picture of my dog trying on socks, and my stupid phone ADDED AN EYE TO HIS BLANKIE. Just made it up. Stupid fucking AI. Just take a picture of what's there. My dog's still cute tho.

An adorably confused chihuahua modeling bright pink hand-knitted human socks, with an entirely unasked-for AI eye added to a blanket in the background by my stupid phone.

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Status Changed @statuschanged.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

🎶 Bigass ball of yarn, bigass ball of yarn, surely nothing can go wrong, with a bigass ball of yarn.🎶3 hours of hand-winding, 16.5 oz (467g) of fingering weight, Bluefaced Leicester wool.

A teal-blue solid ball of fingering-weight yarn about 6" in diameter.

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Status Changed @statuschanged.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Well, that's a new one. Have they been judging their "intimate moments" this whole time??? #paralives

A screenshot from the game Paralives. Zane is staring angrily at his sleeping partner in bed, and his stress card reads "Had a mediocre intimate moment."

A closeup of the Stressed emotion card. "Stressed. Had a mediocre intimate moment (2h54m left).

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Status Changed @statuschanged.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

A blankie! I made it for my eldest when they went off to college, a lil' home hug/dorm decoration for while they were gone. I forgot when making it lap-sized I also made it kinda triangular so it might look like a shawl, but it's def a blanket. #showmeyourknits #pride 🧶

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Status Changed @statuschanged.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Man I hate AI staging. Mmm, chair cheese!

An AI-staged apartment with a wildly skewed perspective (attempt to make it larger) and weird plates of food everywhere, including a plate of mozzarella and tomato on a dining chair.

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Status Changed @statuschanged.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Turkey in my backyard (I know, I know, it's serious)

A female wild turkey sitting on a fence in an urban back yard.

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