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Cryptkeeper Kaz

@kazaly.bsky.social

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Undefeated zamboni racer. Indoor enthusiast. I write silly TTRPGs based on pop culture things. she/her 📍MSP

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Cryptkeeper Kaz @kazaly.bsky.social · Mar 16

Flat Pepsi tastes like a sunny day from the 1980s complete with cigarette smoke.

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The Cat Hive @thecathive.bsky.social · 1d

The Criminal

Doodle of an orange cat with a piece of crumpled plastic in his mouth. He is running away quickly, wide-eyed. There is text from someone shouting "WHO IS EATING PLASTIC!!!"

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Mr. Joshua @pantspants.bsky.social · 1d

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Cryptkeeper Kaz @kazaly.bsky.social · 1d

In case you can't type out the link:

bit.ly/resist-25

Resistance Training Series

Censorship, ICE raids, a collapsing ecosystem: there's a lot going on, but we won't let it stop us. The Sunrise Movement is a youth-led organization uniting to stop the oligarchy and win climate justi...

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Cryptkeeper Kaz @kazaly.bsky.social · 1d

Twin Cities folks:

The Monarca Rapid Response Network + Sunrise Movement are hosting a Legal Witness Training!

Tuesday, Oct 14
6–8 PM
Macalester Campus, Saint Paul
Snacks provided
bit.ly/resist-25

Learn to support immigrant communities and be part of the growing rapid response network

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Cryptkeeper Kaz @kazaly.bsky.social · 1d

It isn't even 6am and I am already over this day.

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Saimi Hanma ⚔️ @saimihanma.bsky.social · 5d

Windows 10 support ends on October 14 and there's a link floating around with instructions to enroll for an additional year of security updates, but I'm not linking to that chatgpt article so here's what you do.

Settings
Update & Security
Windows Update
Initiate Enrollment

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Tammi, yeah, that one. 2.1 @tammi.bsky.social · 2d

I found a 19th century Cat Villain!

A huge chonk of a fluffy cat sitting on a table near an open fire. The cat is cream and grey and appears to be shaped like a barrel in a fur coat. They are scowling fiercely with their moustache and bewhiskered ears apparently flowing back into the cold wind. There's a definite vibe that this villainous cat twirls their moustache as they evict orphans into the aforementioned blizzard and think Scrooge was an easy-going lightweight. They are magnificent.

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Cryptkeeper Kaz @kazaly.bsky.social · 2d

I have gone from zero interest to "well, if it hits one of the streaming services I'm already subscribed to I might check it out" based on this post.

Cryptkeeper Kaz @kazaly.bsky.social · 2d

Honestly, that's for the best. 🧡

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Ricardo Levins Morales Art Studio @rlmartstudio.bsky.social · 2d

This week in 1988: 1,000+ ACT UP demonstrators shut down the FDA headquarters, demanding (and eventually winning) action on developing HIV/AIDS treatments. ACT UP's militant and creative actions always included powerful visual artwork, and paved the way for movements in the decades to come.

A photograph from the 1988 ACT UP demonstration outside the FDA. Many people are participating in a die-in on the front steps, holding mock tombstones with messages like "RIP - killed by the FDA" and "Dead from lack of drugs." A line of police officers (some with classic 80s mustaches) wearing riot helmets stands between them and the building; one cop wearing white gloves is walking through the demonstrators. Affixed to the 2nd story windows of the building is a series of posters and a large blank banner reading Silence = Death.

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Cryptkeeper Kaz @kazaly.bsky.social · 2d

May I suggest an army of anglerfish for those still considering their options?

A black and bright blue inflatable anglerfish costume that looks closer to something from a 1960s b-movie

Five different inflatable anglerfish costumes, each a different color, being modeled by people outaide in a large area of grass.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 3d

Chicago

sevedge @sevedge.bsky.social · 3d

photo of a Do Not Enter traffic sign on a Chicago street, but someone has altered it to say Do Not -Let ICE- Enter

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Cryptkeeper Kaz @kazaly.bsky.social · 3d

I've had a woodpecker nemesis this summer. He's been destroying the soffit and I've replaced the same section twice because of his stupid beak.

Cryptkeeper Kaz @kazaly.bsky.social · 3d

Panic Shack callout 😄

Ralph Brandi @thereisnocat.com · 4d

I love this article in The Guardian about a punk scene in the UK made up of menopausal women. I wish they had links to their music. I’ll have to look them up in the morning.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/oct/10/we-were-the-original-punks-the-rebel-women-revitalising-local-music-scenes

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sarahquaint @sarahquaint.bsky.social · 4d

While providing tech support for my FIL:

FIL: What's that screen?

ME: The terminal. You should never use it.

FIL: Never?

ME: So you know how I'm allowed to watch you open the electrical panel and swap out breakers, but I'm not allowed to ever open up it myself?

FIL: Ah! I understand, thank you.

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Cryptkeeper Kaz @kazaly.bsky.social · 4d

My daughter and I made good use of those when they were offered! That was such a great program.

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Cryptkeeper Kaz @kazaly.bsky.social · 5d

I've been playing with watercolor pencils tonight and they kind of remind me of those water paint books from the 80s.

A page from a Paint With Water coloring book from the 1980s.

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Cryptkeeper Kaz @kazaly.bsky.social · 5d

Stilts!

Cryptkeeper Kaz @kazaly.bsky.social · Jul 27

I am not a baseball fan. I find attending baseball games about as fun as snaking a clogged drain. (This in no way is a slam against people who like baseball because I do understand the appeal. For others. Not me.).

That said, I would absolutely watch a Twins game if they all were on stilts.

A photo of Dakota Albritton of the Savannah Bananas baseball team doing pitching warmups in stilts

Cryptkeeper Kaz @kazaly.bsky.social · 5d

(it was unrelated to weight)

I still havent responded to that doc bc I can't form a sentence that does not involve swear words or name calling.

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Cryptkeeper Kaz @kazaly.bsky.social · 5d

I got my first "have you tried losing weight about it" regarding kidney function labs that were drawn because of a lupus flare from a doc I don't usually see. Bitch I have lupus. The disease notorious for fucking up kidneys. My care team messaged & told me what I ACTUALLY need to do.

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 6d

Many sea stars begin life as young fairy-like creature (called a brachiolaria) that float through the open ocean. Eventually, a small star forms within them (here in yellow). The fairy-like brachiolaria sinks under the star’s weight, and the star pops out!
🎥@the_story_of_a_biologist (on Insta)

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Cryptkeeper Kaz @kazaly.bsky.social · 6d

She's from Canada. You wouldn't know her.

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 6d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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james @james.claims · 7d

Your images are not being stolen by some nefarious Bluesky AI bot.

Machine learning has been used for years to ensure a human does not have to be flooded with heinous imagery.

I only had to moderate CSAM once back when I did community management and it fucked me up for ages.

Stop chatting shit.

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Cryptkeeper Kaz @kazaly.bsky.social · 7d

I am getting a strong urge to start using a paper planner again and I am still trying to figure out if it's because of the seasons changing to autumn (back to school vibes), adhd brain, or if I'm just fully burnt out from screens.

Cryptkeeper Kaz @kazaly.bsky.social · 7d

Well this just gives MORE incentive to attend

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