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Anne Kirn

@houseofdarkly.bsky.social

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Plush artist, puppet builder, Supervising Editor @ Jackbox Games, other stuff. I have approximate knowledge of many things. houseofdarkly.com


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Feeling rather overwhelmed lately honestly, not a great time in history or in life for that, but I also suspect it's a common problem

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I just finished tonight's plush orders so only just opened the box, but I love Lower Decks so much I got my first ever tiny ship: li'l Yosemite. As a great bonus, the edition came with a @mikemcmahan.bsky.social signed plaque! (Yeah okay I did get a li'l'er 1701-D too, even if it is too beige)

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I think all the time about the interviewer who asked Meryl Streep “how did you not know about Weinstein” and she was like “I didn’t know because he NEEDED me not to know” it isn’t a character flaw to have been deceived by someone who is a deceit expert cultivating the cover of your faith & goodwill

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Tuesday night plush pile, we're pretending the smudge on my lens is a '60s Trek Vaseline romantic filter on the tumbleweed. Clearly they're the love interest here

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for those who were following along with this conversation, Amy is heroically running point on a research/writing/design project to build social media shareable graphics to educate the uninformed persuadable voter about Project 2025. sign up here if you want to share your skills!

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Over the course of 15 months and with 62 Lakota speakers involved, The Avengers has been dubbed fully into Lakota by the original cast:

reactormag.com/the-avengers...

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Just found out another show I liked was canceled, on a cliffhanger, and honestly one thing you can say for watching old shows: what are they gonna do, cancel it twice?

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Leonard is a friend, and a trustworthy seller! It's not too early to be considering squirreling away Christmas gifts, either, if you know a collector...

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Some back corner of my brain gets desperate if I'm not listening to music and just starts doing mash-ups. Introducing R.E.M.'s "Stand" + Space Jam theme = "Slam in the Place Where You Are"

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This weekend while trying to continue massive organization and clean out in every area of life I discovered that beads can melt and stick to other beads anyway I've been washing beads

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now and often I think of my favorite panel from Tank Girl

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I don't want to care about this, the person reading it will not want to, I need to get them to forward it to someone higher up and make it their problem (it is not a tiny amount of money)

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So what if I am referencing an episode of Dropout's "Smartypants" for purposes of having to write a Karen email to a company that for the SECOND time has dragged out a refund while lying to me

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My little cousins telling me, dead serious, about this cool new brand called "Uggs" was one of the funniest things I've heard in a while, let's all just work on being here in 15 years for Alpha doing it to them

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Generational discourse is 99% ridiculous and a distraction, do not reach for the cheese with a "what the youth think about your clothes" flag in it

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If you were never cool, you have nothing to lose 🤷‍♀️ Life is too short and fragile to let other people tell you who you are, anyway, especially when doing things your way is way more fun

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Going to SDCC? Do not be this person. And since we all know there will be at least one stupid arsewipe who will go while sick, mask up. That way you’ll never be that person.

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Welcome to my Screamporium, please enjoy our selection of artisanal screaming. Bespoke screaming is also available

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This particular property was renovated in that time gap (but not enough to justify that jump), vs. others I've seen where the flip was only a few days; but I'm seeing it more and more often.

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Any articles placing blame on folks being unable to afford a home on anything other than predatory behavior by investors are lies. You absolutely can't avocado toast your way out of this.

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Dammit, I knew I should've kept mine (it never did burst into flames, but I did worry about it)

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Sharing because if you have to advocate for your own health (and everyone does), you have to be prepared to be kind of an a-hole about it when you know you're right and the doctor isn't

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Well, my primary in fact read a test wrong and I don't have adrenal insuffiency, so I have avoided potentially dangerous additional test and medication based on an incorrect assumption. 🫠

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Stressed, depressed, doing my best.

Sweaters, stickers and tees to let folks know you're still holding it together, even if it is just barely.

Up in the shop now at teeketch.art/shop

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For Disability Pride Month I’m once again begging for more artists to start considering accessibility and add alt text to your images. It helps low/no vision folks, neurodivergent folks, and more. Plus alt text shows up in searches! There’s a toggle in settings so you won’t forget. 👇

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This morning they took 5 vials of blood and also my will to do anything today

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I was there for a craft reason over the weekend and they have little ghosts in holographic sparky sheets, and pink acrylic standees, too (it took a lot of self control to only buy the thing I needed)

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I feel like previous generations of adults had a running joke about not getting the jetpacks they ordered, which was an absurd concern; and meanwhile, we're absolutely getting the terrifying dystopian future we were promised and we have to act

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"With fear for our democracy, I dissent," is about as bedrock and terrifying and vital a statement as you're going to get. That's a line you spraypaint on walls, that you ink into your skin. And it's chilling that it is necessary to say at all.

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Shoutout to everybody who has things they're obligated do today even though their internal monologue is just screaming

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Bailey!! Omg. I was just thinking about you last week, actually! How are you doing?!

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Combined my (closet-sized) storage unit and my parents' into one today, and honestly, maybe actually moving wouldn't feel like a big deal (not that I can, given the current market)

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They're not selling me on why Omega young Orville Redenbacher would be a bad thing, bring on the popcorn empire

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Making art is one of the only things that feels better when everything else is falling apart, but it also gets much harder to do!!

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I really... want to make more puppets, and I really do not have time for it right now

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I have this print, and honestly could save time by just holding it up if anyone asks how it's going

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Had to bail, the window for the time-sensitive blood test closed, and it was easily going to be another hour before I was called. Offices simply don't have the staff, and it's a real problem!

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Lab backed up into the atrium when you're there for a fasting test 🤘🫠

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Explaining podcast in jokes is one of the great joys in life

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Thanks, but I can have an existential anxiety attack without turning on the television, AND it's ad-free!

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My @maximumfun.org MaxFunDrive pins came! Every time I completely forget which ones I got in the end, AND what they even looked like, so it's a delightful surprise.

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Situation in Florida (orange line) is daunting and showing no sign of a plateau or reprieve (due to everyone here pretending it's not a thing). I'm still in an N95 any time I leave the house. Wherever you are, please be aware new variants seem aggressive and take precautions.

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Sage 🏳️‍⚧️'s avatar Sage 🏳️‍⚧️ @trans.bsky.social
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