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Kittybard
@kittybard.bsky.social
Neurospicy, ace, quiet on socials, writing NB/queer fantasy (Pen name TBA)

Managing chronic illness is a full-time job

Can't count, can prob[stats] math?

Prefer no 3rd person pronouns OR ze|zir|zem/zeir/zeirself (they/them/themself okay)
There's some *options* for my old high school

A prominent sitcom actor, director, show host, and commedian (died 2022)

The primary student behind the lawsuit that netted the US Supreme Court ruling re: public school-sanctioned Bible readings being unconstitutional
Who's the most famous alum of your high school?

I'll go first: David Draiman of Disturbed
guys i just found out i went to the same high school as howard lutnick. please respect my privacy at this time.
February 12, 2026 at 5:21 PM
The whistles I requested from the Leftist Supply Depot/Whistle Printing Alliance Chaos Vortex have arrived!

(Pics to come once I am less-deadzo, but they're bitonal mini-kitkat-sorta-sized ones, green + black)

Post-Bloodpocalypse, I'm gonna hand them out to my neighbors

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February 12, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Book 1 cover commision is a go

Book 1 is getting edits, I have like 2 more weeks before those are due back to me

I have a clear shot at doing both the beta reading I owe one friend and drafting another large chunk of Book 2

Uterus: Fucking lul, *Bloodpocalypse intensifies*
February 12, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Given a kitchen, stock pot, stove, + freezer space...

Rotisserie chicken --> chicken broth

I'm allergic to heat and can't stand by the stove, and can still do this every few months

So feeze that carcass until you're ready; do not worry about thawing it, and even freezer-burnt works just fine
Rotisserie chickens are a loss leader for stores tho?

In case someone seeing this doesn't know:

Stores use almost-expired whole birds for rotisserie chicken, price them at a discount to get folks in the door and product gone

This is good for us

You get a whole chicken, precooked, ezpz dinner(s)
February 11, 2026 at 4:18 PM
So the old predominant pronoun labeler got deleted

This one is still spooling up but seems promising, if folks have any other pronoun labelers I'd love to see them and make sure I'm subscribed
Click into this thread to choose your displayed pronouns
February 9, 2026 at 2:56 AM
Reposted by Kittybard
"We would have lost so much if we'd driven him away" is the justification.

But we lost all those girls. We lost the women they would have become. We lost the work they would have done. Why was his future work so much more valuable than theirs?
February 5, 2026 at 9:02 PM
This had never occurred to me before, and the more I think about it the more terrifying it is

Nopenopenopenope

Juggling an incredibly neurodivergent cast is already plenty
I have spent years explaining that the characters in my historical novels almost never smoke because I can't be bothered to manage the stage business of cigarettes.

I am now in 2nd draft of a MS with a smoking character and I'm pleased to say I was right all along: it is a *huge* pain in the arse.
February 6, 2026 at 4:36 PM
In retrospect, one of my earliest clear "I wish I could be like that" moments is associated with the Olympics

When I was in middle school iirc, the Winter Olympics coverage was mangled by NBC such that it was impossible to just watch a damn event start to finish

Except

Curling, on USA network
February 6, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Loot that drops after defeating me:

- A Chirp wheel
- A half-eaten plain bagel + cream cheese
- A Brita water bottle that probably needs to go through the dishwasher
- A Yellow Submarine
- A trove of fun factoids and puns likely to make your audience lament language's existence
- Too much cat fur
Loot that drops after defeating me:

-a free ULINE pocket knife (cursed)
-battered iPhone
-worn Tevas of a discontinued style
-Thermo B20
-CIA challenge coin
-So Much Coffee
Loot that drops after defeating me:

-A half-empty can of Red Bull
-A worn copy of "The Effects of Nuclear Weapons"
-A tarot deck
-Dryer lint
-A persistent sense of unease
February 5, 2026 at 5:24 AM
When I think of a lot of my formative works, it really kinda boils down to this

And that's the energy I hope my own work ultimately brings to the table
I want to read books that could only have been written by *that* author, because of their perspective, their sense of humor, their pet peeves, their experiences, their niche interests. I want to read books flavored by the author as a human, not by tropes on repeat.

And that's how I want to write.
January 29, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Yeah, two sleeps with clonidine and the ever-present hives + flushing are ~90% gone

This is goddamned medical sorcery and it's freaking awesome

Only notable side effect I'm feeling is a little drowsiness? That's nbd, we already stan naptime here, and I won't say no to falling asleep faster
Two doses of clonidine in, and I can already say a few things

1. Probably gonna need to titrate the dose up quite a ways and/or trial it in patch form

2. Holy mast cell stabilizer, Batman! (My baseline flush/hives level is already fading some! My housemate even independently commented on it!)
We love a responsive doc!

He okayed stopping the minoxidil and is swapping me to clonidine!

(Notably, clonidine is a mast cell stabilizer and should also play nice alongside ADHD meds etc.)
January 29, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Two doses of clonidine in, and I can already say a few things

1. Probably gonna need to titrate the dose up quite a ways and/or trial it in patch form

2. Holy mast cell stabilizer, Batman! (My baseline flush/hives level is already fading some! My housemate even independently commented on it!)
We love a responsive doc!

He okayed stopping the minoxidil and is swapping me to clonidine!

(Notably, clonidine is a mast cell stabilizer and should also play nice alongside ADHD meds etc.)
Insurance refuses to be bullied about the Zepbound XP

And I haven't seen any indication that doc has tried writing a script for a PDL GLP-1 option

So I took my first minoxidil dose last night, and I'm already like 95% sure this med is gonna be a fail due to it setting off MCAS rxns
January 28, 2026 at 7:47 PM
So ~1.5 days later, I can confirm that I am ow

Also, I looked back at timestamps and it was more like 2 hrs of laughter (no wonder my everything feels like I got hit by a bus)

It was very much needed

I could just go for a wee bit less pain (both achiness and myalgia) + fatigue on the back end
Was hanging out with friends in a voice call

Someone started sharing memes and then the floodgates opened and next thing I knew it was an hour later and my entire torso was sore from laughing so much

I needed that, but I will definitely be all kinds of sore in odd ways tomorrow
January 27, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Reposted by Kittybard
The whistle plates are feeling temperamental in this unexpected Alabama freeze, so instead of the cracking videos, enjoy 40 seconds of pretty colored whistles falling from the sky. 😂

174,765 shipped since mid December. ❤️

Get whistles/support us at linktree.ee/3Dwhistles 💕
January 26, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Was hanging out with friends in a voice call

Someone started sharing memes and then the floodgates opened and next thing I knew it was an hour later and my entire torso was sore from laughing so much

I needed that, but I will definitely be all kinds of sore in odd ways tomorrow
January 26, 2026 at 4:56 AM
This is such an excellent example of the kind of energy that helps holds the darkness at bay for a little while
Feels like society’s really broken down in the US in a way that’s deeply traumatic.

But also there are college students knocking on doors asking for shovels (they’re not well-prepared) and helping trapped motorists by shoveling and pushing out cars. Up to 24 of them now, wandering streets together
January 25, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Curled up and cozy as this 'Snowpocalypse' envelops Pittsburgh

It's the perfect day to sip a warm drink while implementing one of the last rounds of feedback/edit notes for Book 1

Also, I finally 100% sorted funds for my cover art, so I can get that ball back in motion again!
January 25, 2026 at 6:40 PM
We love a responsive doc!

He okayed stopping the minoxidil and is swapping me to clonidine!

(Notably, clonidine is a mast cell stabilizer and should also play nice alongside ADHD meds etc.)
Insurance refuses to be bullied about the Zepbound XP

And I haven't seen any indication that doc has tried writing a script for a PDL GLP-1 option

So I took my first minoxidil dose last night, and I'm already like 95% sure this med is gonna be a fail due to it setting off MCAS rxns
Back on my bullshit (bullying insurance)

Doc prescribed Zepbound as my GLP-1, which is not on the preferred drugs list (PDL), so we're gonna try to force through a prior auth on one from the PDL

Hopefully we can yet this all resolved such that I can pick it all up with my other Rx'es next week :P
January 23, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Turns out failing off a med is doing wonders for today's productivity XP

(I 100% understand why; brain decided to try and ignore the MCAS rxn and other strange/unhappy sensations by picking a dozen little action items and powering through them)
January 23, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Insurance refuses to be bullied about the Zepbound XP

And I haven't seen any indication that doc has tried writing a script for a PDL GLP-1 option

So I took my first minoxidil dose last night, and I'm already like 95% sure this med is gonna be a fail due to it setting off MCAS rxns
Back on my bullshit (bullying insurance)

Doc prescribed Zepbound as my GLP-1, which is not on the preferred drugs list (PDL), so we're gonna try to force through a prior auth on one from the PDL

Hopefully we can yet this all resolved such that I can pick it all up with my other Rx'es next week :P
Insurance has now called me twice, oh so helpfully telling me my Prior Auth has been denied, without ever indicating which thing was, y'know, denied :P

Anywho, heading home tomorrow, then I get to go on the documentation warpath and bludgeon insurance assholes with a plurality of large trout
January 23, 2026 at 2:53 PM
The quoted interaction reminds me of this Xkcd comic in the best kind of way

Congrats on being one of the lucky ones! And thank you to *everyone* who writes solid alt text!
January 23, 2026 at 2:36 PM
So I got a pregnancy pillow last year for sleeping support to ease many pains

It's mostly been quite successful

However

My two cattos have decided during this winter weather spell that the space between the pillow and my body makes for a top-tier cat bed

My brain loves this, but my body is ow
January 22, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Reposted by Kittybard
today my therapist was talking about how adhd and ptsd can set each other off because it’s harder to regulate trauma responses when you’re already disregulated because you’ve forgotten to eat or drink all day so like idk who else needs to hear this but go drink a glass of water
January 20, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Time to go poke my doc again about switching the GLP-1 script from Zepbound to something from the PDL

Then moar fixing the start of book 2 (I've edited ~13.5k of 22.5k words, more on that in a sec)
January 19, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Reposted by Kittybard
when you are petting a cat and the purr descends in register from “love it” to the louder slower “oh hell yes now that’s the stuff” purr, that is a blessing in this world
January 18, 2026 at 2:11 PM