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Jules Stark
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A Subtle Calamity. An easily distracted internet weirdo. @InsidiousPie from Twitter. linktr.ee/InsidiousPie
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Maybe I SHOULDN'T be wearing this bracelet while I'm going through customs and border checks today. 😅
A photo of my wrist on which I'm wearing a bracelet made of rainbow plastic pony beads including some square ones that read "ABOLISH ICE"
December 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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This duck can see the future! .....Well, she can see the future cruise consultant's office, anyway! #GetDuckedOn #HappyBirthDuck #PrincessCruises #GrandPrincess
A little red rubber ducky with a tag around its neck sitting on a shelf inside a glass cabinet.
December 7, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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Peekaboo! I see you! #GetDuckedOn #HappyBirthDuck #PrincessCruises #GrandPrincess
A little pink rubber ducky with a tag around its neck has been perched between the glass tabletop and the base of the table.
December 7, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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Pull up a chair and let this ducky buy you a drink! Her favorite is the Key West Cooler, what's yours? #GetDuckedOn #HappyBirthDuck #PrincessCruises #GrandPrincess
A little green rubber ducky with a tag around its neck sitting on an outdoor bar stool facing the bar.
December 7, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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Life duck on duty! He's waiting for the terrace pool to open in the morning! #GetDuckedOn #HappyBirthDuck #PrincessCruises #GrandPrincess
A little blue rubber duck with a tag around its neck sitting on the wooden bench steps out on the pool deck.
December 7, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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Did I group text all of my cousins in my adoptive dad's family just to wish a happy birthday to two of their spouses who have birthdays on either side of mine? Yep. Did I also include this photo? Also yep.

I'm about as subtle as a guitar solo. But, hey! At least I'm cute!
A photo of myself on my cruise ship balcony, the deep blue ocean visible behind me. I'm wearing a t-shirt that says "Birthday Girl" and has balloons and a rubber ducky wearing a party hat on it.
December 7, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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Any time at all, all you've gotta do is call, and this duck will be there! (Or at least it was there last night!) #GetDuckedOn #PrincessCruises #GrandPrincess
A little pink rubber ducky with a tag around its neck perched on top of a wall mounted white courtesy telephone.
December 6, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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The cruise duck crop is coming in quite nicely! #GetDuckedOn #PrincessCruises #GrandPrincess
A little blue rubber ducky with a tag around its neck nestled in the mulch of a potted plant.
December 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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Lights! Camera! Action! This little ducky has found a seat behind one of the big spotlights in the Vista Lounge! #GetDuckedOn #PrincessCruises #GrandPrincess
A little pink rubber ducky with a tag around its neck sitting on a seat behind a big spotlight on a stand.
December 5, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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Little Yellow is hoping she can be an assistant for the next game in the Explorer's Lounge. #GetDuckedOn #PrincessCruises #GrandPrincess
A view of the inner shelves of the lectern in the Explorer's Lounge of the Grand Princess. In the uppermost and widest shelf, there's a little yellow rubber ducky with tray in front of a box of golf pencils.
December 3, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Today we're docked in Antigua! @somersettop.bsky.social and I have already gone ashore, bought ourselves some rum and souvenirs, and come back aboard out of the heat!
A view of the aft of the Grand Princess cruise ship docked in St. John's, Antigua.
December 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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This little ducky is checking the schedule for this evening! #GetDuckedOn #PrincessCruises #GrandPrincess
A little red rubber ducky perched on the corner ledge underneath a big screen that's showing the evening's schedule for the ship.
December 3, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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Our neighbors down the hall have duck magnets all over their door, including one that says they're hiding their own. So I left them a duck on their doorknob! #GetDuckedOn #PrincessCruises #GrandPrincess
A little pink rubber ducky with a tag around its neck rubber banded to a stateroom door handle.
December 3, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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This was our view on our excursion in St. Maarten today!
A beautiful vista point on St. Maarten. Visible are lush green trees, colorful houses, and the brilliant blue sea!
December 2, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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Going up! #GetDuckedOn #PrincessCruises #GrandPrincess
A green rubber duck with a tag around its neck perched above an open elevator door. An up arrow is illuminated next to the elevator.
December 2, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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This duck is pushing his luck by trying to steal the dragon's ice cream! #GetDuckedOn #PrincessCruises #GrandPrincess
A little blue rubber duck with a tag around its neck sitting on a table and looking at an abstract sculpture of a dragon reaching out its tongue trying to eat an ice cream cone that's just out of reach.
December 2, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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Good morning from sunny St. Thomas!
A view of the harbor in St. Thomas. The sky and the water are both a beautiful shade of blue and the green mountains and hills are dotted with houses and hotels.
December 1, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Our next duck went in a trade with our trivia partners this evening! We gave them a pink one in exchange for this little yellow one.

Also, I think the good karma helped because we won the trivia contest!

#GetDuckedOn #PrincessCruises #GrandPrincess
A filled out music trivia sheet that has scored 38/40 points and a tiny yellow rubber duck sitting on the top corner of the paper.
December 1, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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@somersettop.bsky.social and I are officially on our vacation! And we've hidden our first duck of the cruise. This little guy found a nice window from which to watch sail away, but then our lovely server spotted him and asked to take him home with her! #GetDuckedOn #PrincessCruises #GrandPrincess
A little yellow rubber duck with a tag around its neck perched on the indoor ledge of a cruise ship window. He's positioned such that he's looking out at the Puerto Rico cruise terminal.
November 30, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Am I wearing my @printinkling.bsky.social wedding t-shirt in hopes that it imparts good vibes into the food I'm cooking today rather than the frazzled feelings I've got bubbling in my chest? You bet your ass!
Jules with messy hair and a tired smile wearing her rainbow tie-dye wedding t-shirt. A funky hand-drawn design in a early 2000s notebook style a la mitchells vs the machines appears on the rainbow tie-dye shirt. Hand lettered text reads Jules and (ampersand) Zach make a Rainbow. All of the linework is in black; Jules and Zach are jolting outlines with a pinky purple to blue gradient inside, Rainbow has a full rainbow gradient interior and is flanked by white halftone clouds. There are little black linework doodles bursting from the image and representing the couple -- including a rubber ducky with a veil, kirby in a tux, a pokeball, stars, squiggles, meeple, skulls lightning bolts and a cupcake
November 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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🥚 My bio dad is an army vet and has told me a lot of fascinating and sometimes funny stories about his military shenanigans. So obviously I sent him an email yesterday thanking him for being his awesome self and surviving long enough that I got to know him. He sent back stories with photos and this:
Screen grab if the text from an email from my bio dad: "I won't send you the really ugly stuff. Just know it was not all fun and games. We did it because we were the garbageman taking out the trash. We did it for people we didn't know. We did it for people we loved. We did it because nobody else would do it. I'm especially proud that I did it for you. My heart hurts that I didn't know about you. My heart is healing because I know about you now. Love you."
November 12, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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My BlueSky feed has IMPECCABLE timing. Also congrats on being that person's mom, I guess? That's a neat trick that I feel like has to involve at least one time travel paradox. 🤣
Two BlueSky posts from my feed. A post by Amy Ash which was reposted by Mara Wilson: "sobbing as mom makes me smoke av whole pack of baseball in one sitting" A post by Graham Stark: "Oh, you like baseball huh? Well, we're going to sit here while you smoke this whole pack of baseball and THEN we'll see how you feel."
October 28, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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Sending all my best vibes! And this picture of my sleeping cats. Just in case y'all need that too!
Seymour the orange cat and Esteban the black cat curled up asleep together on a couch. Esteban has half rolled over to show his tummy and his front paw is curled in front of him while Seymour has buried his face in the blanket he's laying on.
October 21, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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I'm just a little internet stranger, but I'm offering you all the good vibes I have to spare. And also these photos of my cats doing curled feetsies.

May you find solace in your happy memories during this difficult time. 💜
Esteban Cien Almas the black cat laying on his back on the couch next to my leg. His front feet are curled up in front of him and his head is leaned back, asleep. Seymour Headbutts the orange cat laying half on his side in a bed. His two front feet are curled up in front of him and he's looking at the camera like he's begging for belly rubs.
October 6, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Beth was an incredible woman and the world is both richer for having had her in it and poorer for being without her now.

But a photo of her joy is better than nothing at all. So I'll leave y'all with two photos of my parents when they were about the age I am now.

Rest in peace, mum. 💜
🥚
Two Polaroid photos of my parents are side by side on a wooden table. On the left, one of my mum. A white women with dark brown hair in a tank top on a sailboat. Her head is tilted back in laughter and the sun is shining on her face and shoulders. On the right, my dad. A white man with brown hair and a mustache dressed in formal attire. A woman with dark brown hair (my mum) is fixing the buttons on his vest. He's looking at her deft hands with an endearing expression of love on his face.
October 4, 2025 at 4:58 AM