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Valerie Minnich
@peridotmage.bsky.social
Christian gamer wife in the food service industry. Loves indie games, horror, speculative fiction, & the magic of friendship. Knits, crochets, sews, dreams of drawing.

https://ko-fi.com/valerie
Tonight's horror movie was one where they never really explain what is going on, & my brain is trying hard to make sense of it all. I mean that as a compliment. Y'know, some just end & you're done, your brain says "cool story bro" & that's that. Sometimes though the brain says "wait, I need answers"
November 26, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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4 years ago today, I got my offer of pub for CRIP UP THE KITCHEN. 3 years ago today, it went to the printer (1 year is an extremely rushed production cycle for a cookbook oof).

Today is the perfect day to buy it for yourself or the disabled people in your life!

julessherred.com/crip-up-the-...
Crip Up The Kitchen • Jules Sherred - Author
Crip Up the Kitchen is a comprehensive guide and recipe collection that brings the economy and satisfaction of home cooking to disabled and neurodivergent cooks.
julessherred.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
@ericvbailey.bsky.social when did you last think of the pink man & the wheel
November 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
which k-pop group has the least amount of boys to keep track of

listen, I only have so much brain space I want to give
November 25, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Oh no I had a stupid idea that I'm excited to try out
November 24, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I wanna create something, but I don't want to think.
November 24, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I need some whimsy. What's good today?
November 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Because it apparently bears repetition:

You do not make fun of people for things like their weight, height, voice, baldness, ancestry, etc.

Even if they are horrible people. That is not a get out of jail free card.

Pick something else. Preferably in the actions or thoughts zone.
November 22, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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#3157 A helpful tutorial
November 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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This is the digital version of thinking everyone should work a service job for at least six months, and I couldn't agree more. You learn SO MUCH dealing with the general public, and you'll never look at the people doing the work the same way again.
I think we lost something when way fewer people online as a proportion of the whole started to have direct personal experience of moderating a forum or online community - though at least Reddit still exists
I can really tell you didn’t grow up on Internet forums if you’re shocked and indignant about “sometimes even human moderators make capricious and inscrutable decisions that you don’t like”
November 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
November 14, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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People are in denial about how quickly they could become disabled, unhoused or food insecure

It can happen to anyone & it can happen in an instant

Folks act like those receiving assistance have failed

That they should “try harder”

The system is rigged. It’s failed us, not the other way around
November 12, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
November 10, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Having a Totino's pizza for the first time in a very long time. It still tastes like my youth.
November 9, 2025 at 3:26 AM
November 9, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Can you no longer get those bulk packs of sorta awful Pokémon tiny figurine dupes? I want to get some for an "intro to miniature painting" activity lol. I even checked Wish!
November 7, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Performing Squishmallow surgery. Since my dog decided to tear a big hole in this plushie's back, I decided to upgrade the innards while I'm patching it up, so it is receiving a rice bag implant for weight & some rubber bands for stiffness.
November 5, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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Fortnite News & Updates showing more spine than most outlets
Harry Potter x Fortnite coming in Chapter 7

(In other words, Fortnite is adding a transphobic authors work into Fortnite)

#Fortnite #FortniteNews
November 1, 2025 at 11:04 PM
In case you haven't thought about it lately, I'd just like to point out that pixel art hexagons are hard. Small ones are essentially not feasible. I am a frustrated crafter.
November 2, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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In case you didn’t know - alongside Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator, we’re also making an arcade isekai driving game called Truck-kun is Supporting Me From Another World!

Early days, but here’s some cool visuals from the project as it’s coming together!!
October 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Fun fact... I haven't seen the Hobbit movies since they were first released
October 30, 2025 at 12:03 AM
@gaymerfox.bsky.social thinking of you 💚
October 28, 2025 at 3:55 AM