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strings 🎻 @strings.inkling.social · 18/09/2026

First side tournament of the weekend. Locking in… protect me grubbin…

ID: a crochet plushgrubbin next to a Pokemon VGC setup. End ID.

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strings 🎻 @strings.inkling.social · 14/09/2026

And a last supper in the Kalahari parking lot to end this Riptide off

ID: my plush sona amist a social gathering of people in a parking lot. End ID

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strings 🎻 @strings.inkling.social · 13/09/2026

Stares longingly at outdoor water park (I had fun)

Id: my plush sona facing the window view of the kalahari outdoor water park. End ID.

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strings 🎻 @strings.inkling.social · 13/09/2026

50% of doctors recommend the hippo

Id: a photo of my plushie sona, a golf ball, and a club at an indoor mini golf course. End ID

ID: a big open mouthed hippo decoration on an indoor mini golf course. End ID.

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strings 🎻 @strings.inkling.social · 13/09/2026

Day 2 fun. Had some awesome sets and I’m happy with how our team did. Visited a local card shop and teached my friends how to mahjong

ID: a display case of Pokemon cards. End ID.

ID: my plushie sona in front of a mahjong mat, mid play. End ID.

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strings 🎻 @strings.inkling.social · 11/09/2026

2-1 Pancakes rn, this Bo5 is heating up

ID: a plate of three big potato pancakes. A half-empty latte is in the background. End ID.

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strings 🎻 @strings.inkling.social · 10/09/2026

My two sons and I are at the airport

ID: a little eve plushie and a crochet grubbin plush sit at the window of an airport. An airplane is in the background. End ID.

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strings 🎻 @strings.inkling.social · 06/09/2026

Helloooooo Riptide 2026 goers. I have Pokemon cards. I would like to trade them, maybe even for Pokemon I'm collecting? Please bring your binders and trade Pokemon cards with me.

ID: a black-and-white graphic of my octoling sona holding a pokemon card binder. The binder has ho-oh and grubbin stickers on it, and pokemon cards are laid out on the table in front of him. He is holding a wiglett illustration rate card in his hand, showing it to the camera. A sliter wing plush sits on the right. The text reads: "Bug Catcher Strings wants to trade Pokemon cards! Catch me at Riptide wearing this (Octoking) mask. Looking for Ho-oh cards I don't have, and as many grubbin cards I can find. I'll have cash too)" End ID.

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strings 🎻 @strings.inkling.social · 02/09/2026

My son and I and friends went to the nelward concert tonight

ID: a plushie of my sona propped up against an old fashioned. End ID

ID: the same plushie facing a poster for nelward’s stone bogus tour. End ID.

ID. Me holding the same plushie in the crowd at the nelward concert. End ID.

ID: the same plushie, now facing the stage. End ID.

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strings 🎻 @strings.inkling.social · 29/08/2026

My favorite page of my ho-oh binder is the one that’s completely blank because that’s where all the skyridge cards are

ID: a 9-card binder page of greyed-out placeholder cards. They are all from the same e-reader set, except for the skarmory on the top left. End id.

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strings 🎻 @strings.inkling.social · 27/08/2026

Felt like shit, bought a bird for an absolute steal

ID: a wizards of the coast-era ho-oh promo card, marked as moderately played. End ID.

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strings 🎻 @strings.inkling.social · 19/08/2026

Fuck, now I have to care about the 30th anniversary set. Praying this card is like 50 cents…

ID: a screenshot of a post from the pokemon YouTube channel. It features a new Ho-Oh card with the 30th anniversary stamp, and reads:
“Ready to take flight with Ho-Oh and Lugia?

Enjoy a peek at these two Legendary Pokémon from the #PokemonTCG: 30th Celebration expansion 🪽” End ID.

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strings 🎻 @strings.inkling.social · 15/08/2026

Traded for a big boy, and actually made some money at today’s card show.

ID: My hand holding an Ethan’s Ho-Oh Special Illustration Rare card.End ID.

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strings 🎻 @strings.inkling.social · 09/08/2026

Today’s card show haul. I love you heavily-played and damaged Pokemon cards, l got some crazy discounts on a lot of these.

ID: a volcarona plushie next to a spread of pokemon cards. They are, from top left to bottom right. Yanmega holo from the platinum era, beedrill v illustration rare, ho-oh break, Kricketune illustration rare, yanmega ex full art, glimmora ex shiny full art, ho-oh black and while promo, ho-oh ex from unseen forces, and an infernape level X promo. End ID.

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strings 🎻 @strings.inkling.social · 03/08/2026

GOML and Toronto was fun. Explored various bars, did karaoke, did some shopping, played DnD, oh and I think a splatoon tournament in there somewhere,

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strings 🎻 @strings.inkling.social · 22/07/2026

yesterday I showed my son why our Splatoon team is named Death Crab for Cutie

ID: me holding a plushie of my octoling sona, eve, at the Death Cab for Cutie concert. End Id.

ID: me holding the plushie so he is facing the stage. End ID.

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strings 🎻 @strings.inkling.social · 06/07/2026

Hello Pokemon TCGheads. Are you going to Gridlock, and have bulk lying around? Well I have a deal for you. I’m collecting as many of THIS grubbin card as I can get my hands on. I’m paying 20 cents per grubbin, 50 cents per reverse holo. SCR or ASC are fair game. If you got grubbins, I want em!

ID: the stellar crown common grubbin card, of the cute beetle pokemon grubbin looking up and to the right. End ID.

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strings 🎻 @strings.inkling.social · 02/07/2026

Just the one card this visit, but it’s a big one!

ID: my hand holding up a reverse holo weedle from the skyridge set. End ID.

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strings 🎻 @strings.inkling.social · 21/06/2026

Card show haul from today. Always fun to haggle and trade with others!

ID: a spread of six cards, the center one held by a tiny volcarona plushie. In order: rising rivals e4 scizor, nymble illustration rare, fourth place reverse holo scyther, first edition Neo discovery scyther, and Neo discovery unlimited scizor holo. End ID.

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strings 🎻 @strings.inkling.social · 19/06/2026

You ever look at a pokemon card so cute you start tearing up? Just me?

ID: a common Pokemon card of grubbin, featuring a crochet plush of the tiny beetle pokemon. End ID.

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strings 🎻 @strings.inkling.social · 14/06/2026

Contorted in ways I didn’t think possible

ID: my black cat Effy, contorted in a way where she is simultaneously lying on her back and standing on her front two paws. End ID.

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strings 🎻 @strings.inkling.social · 08/06/2026

About damn time I went to the cafe…. It’s been too long since I’ve been, and it’s just so nice out

ID: A picture of my food at an outdoor cafe table. It’s a strawberry turnover with a white vanilla drizzle over it. A tall glass of iced coffee is to the side of the plate. End ID

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strings 🎻 @strings.inkling.social · 08/06/2026

Some cool bugs that decided to say hello to me today at work. For reference, the dobsonfly is about as big as my hand, and the cecropia moth is bigger than that. What beauties!

ID: a colorful orange and brown cecropia moth relaxing on the side of an emergency exit door. Its wings are pulled inward, and it is very fluffy. End ID.

ID: a dark brown winged insect, I believe a female dobsonfly, climbing up a wall. It has long antennae, little eyes on the side of its head, and prominent mandibles. End ID.

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strings 🎻 @strings.inkling.social · 12/05/2026

Had a bad day so I bought some bugs about it

ID: me holding two Pokemon cards, the breakdancing genesect V alt art, and the ariados e-reader card. End ID.

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strings 🎻 @strings.inkling.social · 29/04/2026

One year since I’ve adopted Effy, by the way. I love her so much.

ID: my black cat Effy lying down on my lap on the couch. End ID.

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strings 🎻 @strings.inkling.social · 12/04/2026

I’m having fun giving my son Beverages

ID: a small plushie of my sona propped up against a packaged baked good and a coffee cup bigger than he is. End ID.

ID: a small plushie of my sona propped up against a can of mead bigger than he is. End ID.

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strings 🎻 @strings.inkling.social · 11/04/2026

Everyone shut the fuck up and look at this plushie I got from @cherililyyy.bsky.social They did a fantastic job with my son and you want to commission them soooo bad