Kevin Blades (Operation: Puppet) 🇨🇦🏳️🌈
@kevinblades.com
Owner of Operation: Puppet. Professional puppet builder, amateur performer, really amateur podcaster, relapsed goth and maker of fun media.
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#Bluesky keeps growing, so let's connect! #introduction post!
Hi I’m Kevin, professional #puppet builder and maker of fun media stuffs. Been doing this professionally since 2019. Here’s a small sample of my work. I also #livestream and #podcast! www.operationpuppet.com
Hi I’m Kevin, professional #puppet builder and maker of fun media stuffs. Been doing this professionally since 2019. Here’s a small sample of my work. I also #livestream and #podcast! www.operationpuppet.com
If you see this post a vampire
January 11, 2026 at 11:55 AM
If you see this post a vampire
The #podcast was supposed to start again this weekend and I *was* going to game stream but today went totally sideways and I’m at a serious spoon deficit. We will try to get the train back on the tracks next week.
January 11, 2026 at 1:50 AM
The #podcast was supposed to start again this weekend and I *was* going to game stream but today went totally sideways and I’m at a serious spoon deficit. We will try to get the train back on the tracks next week.
Hey 2026, I know you’re young but could you calm the fuck down for 5 minutes, thanks.
January 10, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Hey 2026, I know you’re young but could you calm the fuck down for 5 minutes, thanks.
Had a client send a #AI image for concept art. I bit my tongue but please don't do this to any working artist, in any medium.
Plus the results would have been exponentially better if we'd just brainstormed ideas and you trusted my artistic license instead of the bland sludge ChatGPT extruded.
Plus the results would have been exponentially better if we'd just brainstormed ideas and you trusted my artistic license instead of the bland sludge ChatGPT extruded.
January 9, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Had a client send a #AI image for concept art. I bit my tongue but please don't do this to any working artist, in any medium.
Plus the results would have been exponentially better if we'd just brainstormed ideas and you trusted my artistic license instead of the bland sludge ChatGPT extruded.
Plus the results would have been exponentially better if we'd just brainstormed ideas and you trusted my artistic license instead of the bland sludge ChatGPT extruded.
First new listings for 2026 are up! Some old favourites, Greeblees! www.operationpuppet.com #puppets #puppetbuilding #smallbusiness #artist #handmade
January 9, 2026 at 5:27 PM
First new listings for 2026 are up! Some old favourites, Greeblees! www.operationpuppet.com #puppets #puppetbuilding #smallbusiness #artist #handmade
In retrospect, putting Jimmy’s bench in front of the puppet monitor when I’m trying to do product photos was not well thought out.
January 9, 2026 at 2:10 PM
In retrospect, putting Jimmy’s bench in front of the puppet monitor when I’m trying to do product photos was not well thought out.
Remember dear friends, every day you exist, every day you laugh, make art, feel anger, communicate with people and actually feel *anything* is an act of sheer bloody mindedness defiance.
They want you to feel despair and helpless. Never give a fascist what they want.
They want you to feel despair and helpless. Never give a fascist what they want.
January 9, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Remember dear friends, every day you exist, every day you laugh, make art, feel anger, communicate with people and actually feel *anything* is an act of sheer bloody mindedness defiance.
They want you to feel despair and helpless. Never give a fascist what they want.
They want you to feel despair and helpless. Never give a fascist what they want.
Hey *something* nice happened in the first work week of 2026. #puppets #puppetbuilding
January 8, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Hey *something* nice happened in the first work week of 2026. #puppets #puppetbuilding
Timeline cleanse, I think we all need it. #Puppets! Chill crafty hangoutage on the build #stream. #YouTube #Twitch #puppetbuilding
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Operation: Puppet
Your goth grampa who makes puppets, podcasts and plays games
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January 8, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Timeline cleanse, I think we all need it. #Puppets! Chill crafty hangoutage on the build #stream. #YouTube #Twitch #puppetbuilding
www.youtube.com/@OperationPu...
www.twitch.tv/operationpup...
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www.twitch.tv/operationpup...
I was going to start up the build streams again tomorrow but it feels distasteful in light of the horror. On the other hand I’ve always tried to make it a place to *escape* from the horror, so maybe I can at least do a little good.
Gotta tell you, “angry puppet building” isn’t a thing.
Gotta tell you, “angry puppet building” isn’t a thing.
January 8, 2026 at 12:14 AM
I was going to start up the build streams again tomorrow but it feels distasteful in light of the horror. On the other hand I’ve always tried to make it a place to *escape* from the horror, so maybe I can at least do a little good.
Gotta tell you, “angry puppet building” isn’t a thing.
Gotta tell you, “angry puppet building” isn’t a thing.
I feel sick reading about the murder of that Queer woman by the American Gestapo.
Trump bringing this madness to Canada by military force would have been unthinkable, but is now a possibility. America you put the date rapists in charge. You need to fucking fix this. Now.
Trump bringing this madness to Canada by military force would have been unthinkable, but is now a possibility. America you put the date rapists in charge. You need to fucking fix this. Now.
January 7, 2026 at 10:26 PM
I feel sick reading about the murder of that Queer woman by the American Gestapo.
Trump bringing this madness to Canada by military force would have been unthinkable, but is now a possibility. America you put the date rapists in charge. You need to fucking fix this. Now.
Trump bringing this madness to Canada by military force would have been unthinkable, but is now a possibility. America you put the date rapists in charge. You need to fucking fix this. Now.
Greeblee 2, Electric Bloo Galoo. Will be working on this and the green one on tomorrow’s build stream. #puppets #puppetbuilding
January 7, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Greeblee 2, Electric Bloo Galoo. Will be working on this and the green one on tomorrow’s build stream. #puppets #puppetbuilding
Mainstream social media is so utterly poisoned that now if I get a new follower on #Instagram and their profile happens to look too bland and generic I automatically assume they’re an AI slop bot instead of just an average human.
January 7, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Mainstream social media is so utterly poisoned that now if I get a new follower on #Instagram and their profile happens to look too bland and generic I automatically assume they’re an AI slop bot instead of just an average human.
The frog lied, it wasn’t all that difficult. #puppets #puppetbuilding
January 6, 2026 at 5:30 PM
The frog lied, it wasn’t all that difficult. #puppets #puppetbuilding
HBO Max will now be known as Microsoft Office. #microslop
January 5, 2026 at 11:17 PM
HBO Max will now be known as Microsoft Office. #microslop
I’m rebranding #puppets as “Hand Sweat Arm Pain Dolls” after being inspired by #Microslop rebranding Office as Copilot App.
January 5, 2026 at 9:04 PM
I’m rebranding #puppets as “Hand Sweat Arm Pain Dolls” after being inspired by #Microslop rebranding Office as Copilot App.
And we’re back. #puppets #puppetbuilding
January 5, 2026 at 6:24 PM
And we’re back. #puppets #puppetbuilding
I'm #microslop back in the #microslop shop today building puppets #microslop and feels #microslop good to get back to it!
Just #microslop doing my part to help the #microslop algorithms scrape the #microslop right data. #microslop
Just #microslop doing my part to help the #microslop algorithms scrape the #microslop right data. #microslop
January 5, 2026 at 5:13 PM
I'm #microslop back in the #microslop shop today building puppets #microslop and feels #microslop good to get back to it!
Just #microslop doing my part to help the #microslop algorithms scrape the #microslop right data. #microslop
Just #microslop doing my part to help the #microslop algorithms scrape the #microslop right data. #microslop
I had a very nice bit of downtime but I’m also ready to get back to it. It’s the make-or-break month for the #puppet shop so I’m afraid I’ll need to be pushing the marketing posts a little hard for a bit. Please bear with me, I hate it too but it’s that or starve. #smallbusiness #artist
January 5, 2026 at 2:16 AM
I had a very nice bit of downtime but I’m also ready to get back to it. It’s the make-or-break month for the #puppet shop so I’m afraid I’ll need to be pushing the marketing posts a little hard for a bit. Please bear with me, I hate it too but it’s that or starve. #smallbusiness #artist
That's right friends, the dusty old #blog is back and fired up. Time to tell the #tech oligarchs exactly where they can cram it. #AI #fascism kevinblades.com/2026/01/02/t...
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January 2, 2026 at 7:56 PM
That's right friends, the dusty old #blog is back and fired up. Time to tell the #tech oligarchs exactly where they can cram it. #AI #fascism kevinblades.com/2026/01/02/t...
Had a dream something small flew at my head and I flinched, which my body did IRL but because I was actually laying on my side, I strained a muscle in my neck.
So I managed to hurt myself *while asleep*, in case you're wondering how 2026 is going so far. #NewYear
So I managed to hurt myself *while asleep*, in case you're wondering how 2026 is going so far. #NewYear
January 2, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Had a dream something small flew at my head and I flinched, which my body did IRL but because I was actually laying on my side, I strained a muscle in my neck.
So I managed to hurt myself *while asleep*, in case you're wondering how 2026 is going so far. #NewYear
So I managed to hurt myself *while asleep*, in case you're wondering how 2026 is going so far. #NewYear
Spun up my long dormant #blog instance again today. Starting the year by doubling down as a digital monk preserving the old ways and avoiding fascists. Yoda on Dagobah.
January 2, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Spun up my long dormant #blog instance again today. Starting the year by doubling down as a digital monk preserving the old ways and avoiding fascists. Yoda on Dagobah.
#Warframe stream idea: Spin a wheel with every frame on it and I have to play whatever it lands on in Steel Path. Even if it's Limbo (which I am bad at).
I just wanted my first post of the year to be about Warframe.
I just wanted my first post of the year to be about Warframe.
January 1, 2026 at 9:21 PM
#Warframe stream idea: Spin a wheel with every frame on it and I have to play whatever it lands on in Steel Path. Even if it's Limbo (which I am bad at).
I just wanted my first post of the year to be about Warframe.
I just wanted my first post of the year to be about Warframe.