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CR Collins
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Soup enthusiast.
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Damn I want a cat tour here in Edgewater Chicago fr 😻
I worked late and missed my neighborhood cat tour (enormous wad of people walking around a circuit where people had been told to present their cats at their homes, pics are stolen from other peoples’ excellent posts) and I have never had such severe post-FOMO, luv u Minneapolis
June 27, 2025 at 3:43 AM
This weekend I impulsively went to a book binding workshop. I learned so much about book anatomy and enjoyed the process to the extent that all I’m thinking about today is going home to try my hand at binding books with printed content.
May 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
@howiewowie.bsky.social saw Nim Vind in Austin yesterday. Y’all were so great! Thanks for coming to Texas!
February 23, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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Every time there's a post about how writers shouldn't use AI art, some chucklefuck in the comments says it's not fair because "some people just don't have art skills."

So, from a former "person without art skills," here's a 🧵 about the cool shit that's happened since I decided to make art anyway.
November 27, 2024 at 10:09 PM
I watched the Blob this week, so of course I had to make a cherry kanten.

Unfortunately (or fortunately) my only jelly mould looks like a sphincter.
November 20, 2024 at 4:40 AM
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December 2, 2023 at 9:53 PM
🌬️🩵
November 15, 2023 at 11:29 PM
What working in tech in America is like: “I know you’re out of the office for bereavement, but can you work all night so things are done before I go on vacation with my family?” :(
November 14, 2023 at 11:57 PM
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Homie don’t roll like that
November 2, 2023 at 1:50 AM
Watching a wild parrot trying to fluff up his feathers and warm himself like he’s Bob Cratchit.

This green feathery sphere hates the cold and damp as much as me.
October 29, 2023 at 11:06 PM
Death involves an egregious amount of administrative paperwork.
October 25, 2023 at 7:29 PM
💙💚
October 22, 2023 at 9:48 PM
Made a lil kitty print yesterday.
October 12, 2023 at 4:40 AM
My favorite birds — American Black Vultures! You’d be surprised how clever and affectionate these guys are. There’s a bonded pair that hangs out by my office window.
Siri and Stomp showing how super cute black vultures are! They're also personable, social, intelligent, curious, playful, funny, and a very important part of nature's cleanup crew. 🪶
October 10, 2023 at 3:20 AM
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I wanted to consolidate a few thoughts on google, misinformation, large language models, enshittification, and the fate of the web as we know it.

It started when @carlzimmer.bsky.social shared this remarkable example of Google being fooled by machine-generated bullshit online.

1/n
I can't believe Google still delivers this result.
October 8, 2023 at 4:21 AM
🖤
September 24, 2023 at 10:26 PM
Look at this sweet baby chow chow puppy!
September 7, 2023 at 1:30 AM
Got yelled at for sharing my Thai food with this gangling adolescent grackle tonight.

But just look at his weird little face! Your hand full of crumbs would slip, too.
September 2, 2023 at 5:27 AM
Having a rough week — getting over pleurisy and general ennui. Thankfully she is here to help.
August 31, 2023 at 4:29 AM
My ceramics instructor asked, “what do you do during the day? You have such excellent precision!” “Oh,” I said. “I’m a computer person.”

I loved how easily she accepted that answer. One day before I’m gone I hope to find my way outta tech.
August 29, 2023 at 2:28 AM
Put some things in the salt kiln today. That rusty red will turn into a soft black because it’s fulla iron and the bright yellow is a actually a grassy, glossy green celadon.
August 29, 2023 at 2:23 AM
I just love Franco Grignani’s 1969-70 Penguin SF book jackets.

He shot BW photos, which he then projected and distorted using lenses, shards of glass or mirror, or liquids such as oils to create these weird, trippy, single-color images. I especially like the continuity of the back. 🤌
August 27, 2023 at 6:46 PM
He's so beautiful that I color-matched my living room paint to his nose and tummy.
August 27, 2023 at 4:42 AM
Happy #nationaldogday to my most loyal companion, Cowboy, who never leaves my side, jump scares my friends, nurses me well when I am sick, and looks at me like I’m the most remarkable person on Earth.
August 27, 2023 at 4:25 AM