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Holly Brockwell
@hollyqueenofspayeds.com
Tech, cats, cat-tech & being catty about tech. Basically I'm a tech writer who also runs a cat rescue. Well, I do have a lot of mice.
Smol Paul is deeply unimpressed with my new Smol Paul mug 😆

Merry Christmas, everyone!
December 25, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Smol Paul wants a hug
December 23, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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New Christmas wallpaper just dropped
December 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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🎶 with every Christmas card I bite
December 20, 2025 at 7:27 PM
New Christmas wallpaper just dropped
December 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I am just never going to find this name anything but ominous
December 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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HERRO
December 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
HERRO
December 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The winners of the Existential Hope Meme Prize have been announced. Basically just inspirational, uplifting memes and short form media -- treat yourself to a look
Existential Hope Meme Prize
The Existential Hope Meme Prize brought together creators from across the internet to share inspiring, uplifting, and forward-looking memes and short-form media.
www.existentialhope.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM
My perfect boy Bertles here demonstrating exactly why Colin built a keyboard shield. I keep telling him he needs to put them into mass production, everyone needs one 😆
December 17, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Just a nice story about a tiny Nottingham band that got huge because someone found their record in a charity shop and posted it online.

From the excellent Cybercelibate: www.cybercelibate.com/
December 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Look how much Smol Paul loves the Christmas tree 🥰

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December 12, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Positive news: the best inventions of the year
The Best Inventions of 2025
Here are the 2025 best inventions making the world better, smarter, and more fun.
time.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I have definitely said this before but can we take a second to think how groundbreaking it was that Midland Bank (RIP) paid to advertise in 1994's Theme Park videogame? Like someone at a BANK convinced their bosses to spend loads of money on that. In 1994.

Genuinely impressive
3DO Classics - Theme Park - Intro
Hey remember Theme Park? If you don't, hopefully this video will jog your memory. It was a game I played a ridiculous amount as a child. Now I'm revisiting it for some nostalgic moments.
www.youtube.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Colin's work (Rare, the videogame company) had their Christmas dinner the other day & got a Grinch in.

Today Google Photos tagged that Grinch as me 😐
December 11, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Remember how tech companies started making their products look 'cute' so we'd accept them easier?

Well, Perplexity (AI company) uses a Netscape-esque early-internet feel for its AI browser Comet, and as a millennial it's working FAR too well on me. That serif font 😭 Encarta vibes
December 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Oooh Petplan are doing a thing where you can nominate a pet charity to win £1k!

It closes at midnight tonight. If anyone would like to nominate Holly's Merry Moggies, our official postcode is NG3 2DG. Thank you!!
www.petplan.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 7:06 PM
"I have never known such existential dread as when I realized that one of the only available jobs for writers these days is training AI to replace us"

This piece, via @suw.bsky.social, is both depressing and accurate for all kinds of writers, me included

www.mfolson.com/post/publish...
Publishing: The Age of Unpredictability
Every now and then, I encounter someone who's been working on a book or comic or short story collection, and they ask me for advice on how to "break in" to the publishing industry.There are some authors who like to answer this question with a sardonic, embittered "Don't quit your day job," but I always hated that. So I tried to have a good answer ready for developing writers. (Incidentally, I hate the term “aspiring writer.” My friends, if you write, you’re a writer. That's how verbs work.) I wo
www.mfolson.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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Art is an act of hope. Writing is an act of rebellion. The world will always need more stories--from real human beings, not bullshit plagiarism machines. Every book is a love story from the author, and every reader is fighting the war against cruelty, ignorance, and hopelessness. We are fighting.
November 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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I am a logical but generally optimistic person, and this is the first time in my life that things have felt like everything is trending downward. It feels like I've been slapped. My old tricks don't work. So here is the only thing I can tell you, the only thing that brings me comfort and hope:
November 20, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Cream cheese
December 5, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Ads on your fridge, what could possibly go wrong...

www.reddit.com/r/LegalAdvic...
December 2, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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November 30, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I hope you've enjoyed some of the all-time greatest hits of the most ridiculous wobbly tuxedo cat, Smol Paul. I have LOVED sharing him with you these past 5 years and will never stop.

He cracks me up every day. This was literally yesterday
November 30, 2025 at 10:29 PM
That time I was apparently taking pictures of the wrong cat
November 30, 2025 at 10:24 PM