kupgup.bsky.social
They/them. Neurospicy, queer. Feral goblin hermit since 2020.
I knit (mostly socks) and bake sourdough and hang out with my pet rats.
Sometimes I am sighted at post-apocalyptic preenactment events.
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Weird, she surely has encountered the metric system before
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More detail
ravel.me/kupgup/ss1
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Your par'Mach'kai brings honor to your house! Qapla'!
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Now that's some exotic food mold
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It includes a steroid, which impairs the immune system. I'm guessing this particular one leaves the taker especially vulnerable to flu and UTI in particular?
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Historically long nails were for people too wealthy for manual labor, who had servants to do menial things like buttoning clothes.
These days I think it's mostly about using the pads of your fingers instead of the tippy-tips. (Way too much muscle memory retraining for me, so have not confirmed.)
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This is my go-to for larger areas of damage!
Felting from wear does make it a little harder to pick up/graft stitches cleanly.... My trick is brute force and a mantra of "done is better than perfect."
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GET A ROOM YOU TWO
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That might be a great sound track, since I need to take this stuff for six weeks. ⚰️
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That is the flappiest person I've ever seen. I wish they could teach me. 🥺
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Yeah.... Wish they'd let you see a preview first, before you invite them into your stuff.
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Such a good meeting fidget!
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Heck yeah, welcome to team flap and guest!
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* I am a little sad about this, actually. Black widows are feared much more than they deserve. They're actually very unaggressive toward huge not-prey like us humans. They just want to do typical spider things, i.e. chill on/near their web and eat the small things that get trapped.
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Fun fact! Cellar spiders are known to prey on black widows!*
AFAIK they don't even have a bite that does much to a widow. They just fuckin out-leg them and wrap them up, and then they've won.
Between that and outcompeting for the same ecological niche, I've seen very few black widows at my house.
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I figure dusty vacant cobwebs are probably preferable to whatever the hell is sustaining my vast population of spoods....
I've noticed they seem to be unexpectedly tolerant of other spiders nearby. If they ever get truly cooperative, I hope they will think kindly of me. 🥺
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What could possibly go wrong?
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But what 10yo with a presidential-size candy budget would pick Tootsie Rolls??
Does he think he can bully Mexico into a 1:1 trade for fun-size Reeses cups, or something?
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ravel.me/kupgup/ms5
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ravel.me/kupgup/as2
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As a person who hates doing very much duplicate stitch, I am impressed at your dedication to this mending. 🫡
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Sweet! Very good use of sashiko
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El Chikitin things maybe a snack would help a little.
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Sounds like a good life experience for more AMABs to try. You help medicine/science, AND you get a handy reference for what the menstruating folks in your life often go through! Everyone wins in the long run!
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"A trade deal with Donald Trump" is about the worst possible reason for doing anything.
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The pattern, which is free and mine took like 5g yarn so you've probably got suitable scraps:
ravel.me/bow-pouch
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Big congrats to Farley and Figgy! What venerable old bois!
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Ooh yay! I've been meaning to figure out how to make a graft be purl stitches. I appreciate you doing the figuring for me!
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I'm imagining that Elven wine is expensive single-origin artisenal stuff, with artsy pictures on the labels and whimsical names.
Totally different market segment than cheap blends from Goblinland (which come in a giant waterskin inside a crate).
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Ooh heck yeah!