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michakes 🌈
@michakes.bsky.social
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USAmerican living in NL, previously PL. Doing my best. She/her. Also, cats.
icon by @maplekeurig.bsky.social
business: michakestv@gmail.com
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Jiji tangled in lights or peeking out of a christmas tree would be so cute if you need to fill either of those slots!
michakes’ small black and white tuxedo cat Jiji, sitting upright in a cat bed and looking blankly into the camera Jiji laying on the couch snuggling her own back leg and foot. her front paws are sticking straight out and have extra toes in the form of big ol’ thumbs Jiji helpfully lounging on an open IKEA instruction booklet. her whiskers are very long and her head looks empty
November 15, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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oh my god WHY ARE WE DOING THIS EVERYWHERE

The answer is no! I am not paying money to access my right to privacy! This exact pay-or-okay stunt is why I finally gave up on Instagram last year. You want to take cues from Meta?? Embarrassing!
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November 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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what if DK was actually a stinky little kitty that Pauline had to carry around
michakes dressed as Pauline from DK Bananza, holding her small tuxedo cat Jiji who is wearing DK’s red tie
October 31, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Saw Frankenstein last weekend and it was so excellent, absolutely beautiful on the big screen, I feel lucky to have been able to catch it in theaters. I’m obsessed, I’ve been watching everything about it that I can find and in the process I’ve learned that Jiji is also a big @realgdt.bsky.social fan
Jiji the tuxedo cat sitting on michakes’ desk and intently watching a video of a conversation with Guillermo del Toro and Oscar Isaac. Her head is covering most of the screen from michakes’ POV.
October 30, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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This week's schedule!

It's time for The Annual Ghost Town Pumpkin Festival and I'm very excited to carve pumpkins and float around with you all 🎃

I also have a very simple and silly costume planned for Friday yay Halloween!!

See you there!

twitch.tv/michakes

#Twitch #GoingLive
Schedule for twitch.tv/michakes. Streams this week are: Monday, 27.10 playing Minecraft ; Wednesday, 29.10 playing The Annual Ghost Town Pumpkin Festival ; Thursday, 30.10 co-working, and Friday, 31.10 playing The Annual Ghost Town Pumpkin Festival. | All streams start at 14:30 CET.
October 27, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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I’m so sorry bestie I really thought you could reach 😭

#PokemonLegendsZA #PokemonLegends
October 24, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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I am so proud to have been a part of this collab! All the emotes in the graphic are completely free to use with proper credit. Big shoutout to bun for organizing this!!

My contribution this time around is glorp all dressed up for the holiday 👽 mwehehe

Happy Halloween!

#TwitchCreatorClubs #art
Blueish-purple emote display graphic adorned with pink, green, and purple squiggles with michakes' name in pink in the bottom left. The featured emote is a bright green cat-alien with antennae wearing a sheet like a ghost, their ears and antennae stick out from holes cut out of the sheet. The emote is displayed full size in the middle and again smaller in the bottom right on both dark and light mode-colored backgrounds.
October 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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The schedule for this week has arrived! See you there!

Off Thursday to celebrate @lookey.dev's birthday weeee 🎈🎉

#Twitch #GoingLive
Schedule for twitch.tv/michakes. Streams this week are: Tuesday, 21.10 co-working ; Wednesday, 22.10 playing Minecraft ; and Friday, 24.10 playing Minecraft. | All streams start at 14:30 CEST.
October 20, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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The new Pokémon is so cute and fun man I’m really having a good time with it. So many nice little details, especially in the hotel. Like, look at this goofy little outlet! This is so cute!!

#PokemonLegendsZA #PokemonLegends
An outlet in Pokemon Legends: Z-A shaped like a Pokeball, it’s very cute
October 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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this week's schedule is up! see you there!

#Twitch #GoingLive
Schedule for twitch.tv/michakes. Streams this week are: Wednesday, 15.10 playing Minecraft ; Thursday, 16.10 co-working ; and Friday, 17.10 playing Steam Next Fest demos. | All streams start at 14:30 CEST.
October 13, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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after spending a week processing a (surprise) *kilogram* of rosemary my house is going to smell like rosemary forever I think, but at least I made this cute label
A small glass jar labeled "Rosemary Salt" in front of two large jars filled with the same rosemary salt mixture
October 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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it's schedule time again yayyy

see you there!

#Twitch #GoingLive
Schedule for twitch.tv/michakes. Streams this week are: Tuesday, 07.10 co-working ; Wednesday, 08.10 playing Arctic Awakening ; and Thursday, 09.10 co-working. | All streams start at 14:30 CEST.
October 6, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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somehow unexpectedly ended up with a kilogram of fresh rosemary, so decided to try my hand at baking focaccia to use up some of it. extremely pleased with the outcome!!
focaccia fresh out of the oven, decorated with shallots, tomatoes, and rosemary arranged to look like flowers
October 5, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Marshal doing literally anything would be a slay 💅
or maybe Marshal and Hopper combo? he’s @lookey.dev’s favorite mwehehe
Animal Crossing Amiibo card for white squirrel villager Marshal, who has blushy cheeks and a sassy pose. Animal Crossing Amiibo card for penguin villager Hopper, who has red eyes and very intense eyebrows.
October 4, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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did a cool (pun intended) eyeshadow look for my first stream of @goldfirestudios.com's Arctic Awakening last week! I really enjoyed the first episode and I'm very much looking forward to tackling more of it this week 👀

Thank you to @mooncat.games for the key ✨
Arctic Awakening key art featuring a person and their round, floating robot silhouetted against an icy, cold, wooded landscape, next to a selfie of michakes wearing eyeshadow that blends from dark blue to icy white, with sparkle all over.
September 29, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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schedule time! we have some family visiting for a little while so things are going to be a little different than usual, but the streams will be streamin'

see you there!
twitch.tv/michakes

#Twitch #GoingLive
Schedule for twitch.tv/michakes. Streams this week are: Wednesday, 01.10 playing Arctic Awakening ; Thursday, 02.10 co-working with demos for Sledding Game and On-Together ; and Friday, 03.10 playing Arctic Awakening (Hades II or Minecraft if completed already). | All streams start at 14:30 CEST.
September 29, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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there exist people who will hear this news, read this list (highest scored games released *this year*), and look you straight in the eye and tell you that video games are dead
Hades II – 94 (that’s Switch 2, which has the most reviews in, it’s a 95 on PC) ; Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - 93 ; Blue Prince – 92 ; Hollow Knight: Silksong - 92 ; Split Fiction – 91 ; Donkey Kong Bananza – 91 ; Death Stranding 2: On the Beath – 89; Monster Hunter Wilds – 88 ; Kingdom Come: Deliverance II – 88
September 25, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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I am LIVE checking out @goldfirestudios.com's Arctic Awakening, out now! The demo for this one was VERY cool and super interesting, and I can't wait to see the rest of the story!!

Huge thank you to @mooncat.games for the key ✨

twitch.tv/michakes

#Sponsored #GoingLive #Twitch
Key art for Arctic Awakening, featuring a person and their floating round robot silhouetted against an icy, cold, wooded landscape.
September 22, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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I have returned! This week's schedule is here, hooray!

See you there 🤠

twitch.tv/michakes
Schedule for twitch.tv/michakes. Streams this week are: Monday, 22.09 playing Arctic Awakening (sponsored) ; Tuesday. 23.09 co-working ; Wednesday, 24.09 playing Arctic Awakening ; Thursday, 25.09 co-working ; and Friday, 26.09 playing Hades II 1.0. | All streams start at 14:30 CEST.
September 22, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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post a movie you like with a terrible rotten tomatoes score
Rotten Tomatoes page for Hot Rod, 2007 comedy starring Andy Samberg. It has a 39% Tomatometer score and a 64% Popcornmeter score.
September 17, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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It’s autumn, my nails said so 😌

(done by the incredible @nailedbygerda on instagram 🖤)
michakes’ hand with burnt orange nails and pale nude-pink accent nails with small, cute, hand-painted maple leaves. she is wearing a long black ring that looks like a snake and her blue sweater sleeve falls over her hands
September 14, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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rest in peace little Maru, the internet was a warmer, sweeter place because of you
digital painting of greyish-brown tabby Maru, 18 year old internet famous Japanese cat, asleep in a box that is much too small for him.
September 7, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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played through a few shorter games on stream today, including Catto’s Post Office! a super cute, wholesome game that I really enjoyed my time with. absolutely had to do eyeshadow to match!

thank you to @cultgames.bsky.social for the key ✨
Catto’s Post Office key art featuring a black-and-white cat in a blue shirt carrying a yellow envelope and mail bag, next to a selfie of michakes wearing eyeshadow that blends from blue to yellow.
September 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Cannot believe that I won these beautiful crocheted coasters during @jurandria.bsky.social’s recent fundraiser for Lothian Cat Rescue in Scotland!
Thank you so much for supporting such a great cause Jura, these are lovely, the artist did an amazing job and I feel so lucky to have them!!
Two hand crocheted, round coasters with cat ears, one in dark brown and the other in tan. They are resting on top of a note that reads, “Thank you michakes for supporting Jurandria’s charity event!” and a small brown envelope with a cute, simple cat face drawn on the flap.
September 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Giveaway CLOSED!

The winner is: @lookey.dev!!!

Congratulations!! Send me a DM here or on Discord and I'll get you hooked up with your key!

Thank you to everyone who entered, and a huge thank you to @spiritcitylofi.bsky.social for working with me on this!
Picker Wheel results reading @lookey.dev
September 4, 2025 at 11:05 AM