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Kate, Queen of the Squirrels
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She/her. Michigander, AuDHD - Living with POTS, MCAS, celiac, & perimenopausal rage. Fuck fascists. Free Palestine.

Your 1 stop shop for TMI, soap box diatribes, native plant nerdery, cats, and cross-stitch.

I only repost images with alt-text.
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🌱🌿 Five Things You Can Do To Save the Butterflies:

1. Stop using pesticides and herbicides (unless you're trying to manage aggressive invasive species). Everything else I list will be designed to attract life to your yard and that's pretty pointless if you kill them after they arrive.
I can't emotionally or intellectually process any of the dire geopolitical events taking place so I'm going to be over here outraged at Brachs for replacing the purple conversation heart with blue fucking raspberry.

How dare they?!
January 3, 2026 at 10:29 PM
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he looks like he got a donor face from a bog body
November 8, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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The ONE TIME it’s actually supposed to be ducks
Yeah, we have since replaced that mat with adhesive non-slip fucks
January 3, 2026 at 3:15 AM
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Shiny things, get your shiny things for the new year! 20% off everything - just 7 pendants left to choose from:

oishiny.etsy.com

#Handmade #DisabledArtist #ShopSmall
January 2, 2026 at 10:35 PM
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“I’m a developer for a major food delivery app. The 'Priority Fee' and 'Driver Benefit Fee' go 100% to the company.

The driver sees $0 of it.”

www.reddit.com/r/confession...
January 2, 2026 at 9:36 PM
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First post of 2026 - The Ravine ✨
January 2, 2026 at 4:37 PM
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I made this too! #CrossStitch

Only supports DMC colours, but Anchor will be added soon.

www.daveandbecca.co.uk/nearest-flos...
Nearest Floss Selector
www.daveandbecca.co.uk
January 2, 2026 at 4:50 PM
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Daily Cross Stitch Patterns for 2026

I've decided to set up my etsy shop for craft supplies and patterns, and to get my shop established as quickly as possible, I'm going to be posting one hand-drawn pattern per day. Other patterns may also go up, such as photo conversions or samplers. For the…
Daily Cross Stitch Patterns for 2026
I've decided to set up my etsy shop for craft supplies and patterns, and to get my shop established as quickly as possible, I'm going to be posting one hand-drawn pattern per day. Other patterns may also go up, such as photo conversions or samplers. For the first one, I have a lovely bluebird. Measures approx 11x11" at 18 stitches per inch.
lewiswhatshisname.com
January 2, 2026 at 6:42 PM
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The good news: Over 500 items still left to get on my website for 75% off. Most expensive item is $7.50.

The bad news: I am still not shipping to the US.

But Europe, UK? The price is VERY right for you. (The price is also good for Australia, just close to par.)

loxythemaker.com
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Earrings, necklaces, hair clips, pins, magnets, wall hangings, suncatchers and other custom creations made from polymer clay and laser cut wood.
loxythemaker.com
January 2, 2026 at 5:19 PM
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The genocide in Gaza has ended, and I found myself without a home, without a city, and everything around me past, present, and perhaps future is destroyed. I am trying to rebuild my life, and I hope you will support me, even in a small way.

chuffed.org/project/1389...
Help Jamal’s family leave the war zone and rebuild their life!
Hi my loves! My name is Caroline, and I created this fundraiser to help Jamal support his family as they fight to survive the genocide in Gaza, evacuate to safety, and eventually rebuild their lives f...
chuffed.org
December 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM
In fantastic news, the zit from hell has finally popped. I am serious when I say it's the size of a marble. Hopefully it starts to go away now. It was a bit alarming, tbh.
January 2, 2026 at 6:45 AM
Supplies for my Long Dog won't arrive until Monday, which leaves me not enough time to complete a little cross stitch but too much time to not have a project to work on. The horror. Maybe I'll do a Living on the Rainbow ghostie.
January 2, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Hi, I'm pregnancy and childbirth.
Hello, I'm a ruptured brain aneurysm.
January 2, 2026 at 4:26 AM
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Delete your Twitter account right now.

Just do it.
so x dot com’s ai generated CSAM and they admitted it may violate US law and … i haven’t seen in anyone in power say much at all or call to stop using the platform
January 2, 2026 at 3:38 AM
So I'm 99% sure I have a cavity and I'm paralyzed by indecision. My current dentist is a MAGA piece of shit who loves to mock people on the left on his Facebook page.

I haven't managed to go back to him in 2 years because of it.

But I need dental care. And I have major dental anxiety so switching
January 2, 2026 at 1:19 AM
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First completed cross stitch of 2026 #craftsky #crossstitch #medievalsky
January 1, 2026 at 7:52 PM
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Anyway, things are tight for us for the next couple weeks, and we can’t go donate plasma while we’re still expelling mucus. Anyone want to help us get food? Need about $300 to see us through. CA and V: KellySMcGonigal
January 1, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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Grok's new "feature" that allows users to undress women in photos posted to X is a new low for the platform. If you're somehow still active over there, I urge you to let this be your final straw.
January 1, 2026 at 5:22 PM
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If you want to see what's currently available, click on this view: loxythemaker.com/collections/...
Help me clear out my stock. An unprecedented 75% off everything on my website until January 12. Orders go out January 13.

International shipping (minus US) available.

Loxythemaker.com

#bsnm
Loxy the Maker - Yukon-made jewelry and accessories
Earrings, necklaces, hair clips, pins, magnets, wall hangings, suncatchers and other custom creations made from polymer clay and laser cut wood.
Loxythemaker.com
January 1, 2026 at 4:54 PM
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East Bay peebel!
I’m facilitating the rehoming of two sweet cats who belonged to a friend who recently passed unexpectedly. They deserve a stable place to land. 2-3 year old bonded pair, one male one female. Please send me a DM if you have the interest and ability to care for these sweet voids. Located in Oakland.
January 1, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Gotta love it when the furnace stops working in the middle of the night. And yes, I tried changing the filter.
January 1, 2026 at 8:22 AM
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may palestinians see freedom in 2026
January 1, 2026 at 2:55 AM
Fresh off the qsnap. My final finish of 2025 side by side with the pattern photo to show the changes I made to the colors.

I learned a lot. Mainly that I have no idea what I'm doing and I apparently refuse to let it stop me.

#CrossStitch
January 1, 2026 at 3:09 AM
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Just an hour and a half left in the year!
Just checking Etsy stats - I've had 144 orders this year. (Doesn't say how many individual items.)

Not going to get to to 150 in the next 7 hours, but fingers crossed for 1 or 2 more!

Snap up a shiny thing - 20% off everything:

oishiny.etsy.com

#Goals #NewYearsEve #Handmade
December 31, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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“For Christmas, I got Talia a candle and she gave me a homemade cross-stitch wall hanging of my childhood cat, Buttons, having somehow woven in some of his fur, despite him having been dead for nealry three decades.”

Gift yourself the full article: www.patreon.com/posts/146212...
December 30, 2025 at 12:10 PM