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Kitty Howlett

@misskitty79.bsky.social

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Proud (& loud) budget-conscious intersectional feminist wordnerd seeks to balance livelihood w/ life & love. Nocturnal 3rd shifter. Montréalaise bilingue. Expect: Kittehs & kyootness. Politics & jigsaw puzzles. Coupons & crosstitch. Rage & indignation.

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Kitty Howlett @misskitty79.bsky.social · Sep 11

@googlephotos.bsky.social recently updated their UI, removing the manual editing options (like my fave, the perspective feature, that let you de-skew an image by choosing individual, specific corners to crop w/in).
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Kitty Howlett @misskitty79.bsky.social · 4d

W/ that reprieve, I was able to slowly begin distancing myself from his misdirected rage, & by the time I was fifteen, my father's barbed words no longer caused me to flinch, because the opposite of love isn't hate, it's indifference.
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Kitty Howlett @misskitty79.bsky.social · 4d

When I was eleven or so, I told my father that, if he ever hit me again, I'd claim he'd touched me. I was too steeped in the abuse to see the physical violence as unacceptable, but the threat of sexual assault accusations? That might just stay his hands...
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Kitty Howlett @misskitty79.bsky.social · 20d

Them: "Do we have to wear these seatbelts?"
Me: "Am I wearing a Megabus
uniform?!"

FYI: I am *not* wearing a Megabus uniform, but I *am* wearing my seatbelt; double decker busses are wobbly.

Kitty Howlett @misskitty79.bsky.social · 20d

Them: "Do any of these seats have chargers?"
Me: "They're under every set of seats."
Them: "Mine doesn't seem to?!"
Me: ::sighs::
Me: "Did you look *under* your seat?"
Then: "Oh."

Kitty Howlett @misskitty79.bsky.social · 20d

Them: "Is this where to wait for the bus?"
Me: "Depends what bus, but your best bet is to check any of the MANY screens throughout the station, all of which will tell you which gate your specific bus will be at."

Kitty Howlett @misskitty79.bsky.social · 20d

I wish I understood why, but no fewer than five people have interrupted me to ask a variety of questions since I arrived at the station an hour ago (the bus left 15min late, about 15min ago).

Kitty Howlett @misskitty79.bsky.social · 20d

Bus people are fucking weird...
We haven't even left the station, & some rando just asked me if I could hotspot him?! 😑🖕

Kitty Howlett @misskitty79.bsky.social · 20d

Bus people are fucking weird...
We haven't even left the station, & some rando just asked me if I could hotspot him?! 😑🖕

Kitty Howlett @misskitty79.bsky.social · 20d

Collected myself a Thai peanut sauce burrito thingy, before making my way to the bus terminal. Fingers crossed I'll be able to have a seat set to myself for at least part of the way... 🤞
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Kitty Howlett @misskitty79.bsky.social · 20d

This is my last morning in Toronto...
I skipped taking the GO train, walked up to Trinity Bell Woods, & lazed in the park for an hour before grabbing the 503 over to Union station.
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Kitty Howlett @misskitty79.bsky.social · 23d

I, of course, took it as a compliment. Both that they thought I was young enough to have been out partying last night, & that they assumed it was makeup rather than permanent bags under my eyes.

Kitty Howlett @misskitty79.bsky.social · 23d

TFW your lunch date mistakenly assumes that the bags under your eyes are last night's makeup.

Kitty Howlett @misskitty79.bsky.social · 23d

Having war criminals give speeches at the UN is fucking wild.

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 23d

During his address to #UNGA80, which many diplomats boycotted, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said the war on Gaza is ‘not done yet’. Israel’s genocide has killed at least 65,500 Palestinians.

Kitty Howlett @misskitty79.bsky.social · 23d

Having war criminals give speeches at the UN is fucking wild.

Kitty Howlett @misskitty79.bsky.social · 23d

You know you're québécoise when you submit a French-only document for homework, w/out it ever occurring to you that the assignments would be language specific... 🤦😂

Kitty Howlett @misskitty79.bsky.social · 24d

At one point, earlier, there were two people watching videos w/ the sound on & someone having a speakerphone convo!? 🤬
I asked the people to use their headphones though, & they did!
So it's blessedly quiet now.
I think I'mma nap for a bit...

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Kitty Howlett @misskitty79.bsky.social · 24d

How did I not realise that my phone doesn't have an audio jack?
(The earbuds I brought w/ me? USELESS 😭)

Kitty Howlett @misskitty79.bsky.social · 24d

There is a woman on this bus, seated a full five rows ahead of me, who smells like an entire Lush store.
#megabus

Kitty Howlett @misskitty79.bsky.social · Sep 20

Microsoft 365 can get fucked.

Kitty Howlett @misskitty79.bsky.social · Sep 18

Most of my vacationing usually happens in the second half of each year, but have any of you got anything planned during that time that I should be thinking about/accounting for?
#vacationrequests

Kitty Howlett @misskitty79.bsky.social · Sep 18

It's coming up on time for me to put in vacation requests for Jan-June of next year (I've got until Halloween to submit my requests)...

Kitty Howlett @misskitty79.bsky.social · Sep 13

I somehow not only submitted the assignments, w/ time to spare, but I made it through the entire day w/out once crying on camera.
Please applaud.
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Kitty Howlett @misskitty79.bsky.social · Sep 13

A dear friend, whom I have not seen for much too long, died last night.
Today was my first day of the autumn semester of college, w/ a mandatory orientation session, technical difficulties, & two assignments due, & homework too.
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Kitty Howlett @misskitty79.bsky.social · Sep 11

Wu-Tang Clan - Protect Ya Neck (Official HD Video)

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Kitty Howlett @misskitty79.bsky.social · Sep 11

They've been replaced by AI garbage that randomly recrops however it pleases, w/ no way to redirect, or correct its delusions.
It's pm entirely ruined all editing in the app, & I'm in desperate need of a free alternative that has a perspective feature.
Anyone have any advice/suggestions?
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Kitty Howlett @misskitty79.bsky.social · Sep 11