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Kat. childless cat diva. speed puzzler in training. fairly decent wordler. beginner knitter. team sanity. 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇮🇹🇰🇷🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼🇬🇱🇵🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽 she|her

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otterdisdain 🦦@otterdisdain· 20d

here we go! a weekend finish!! 🥹🍋 moving onto the second in a series of Seed Packets, a tomato! 🍅🥰🌱 #craftsky #stitchsky #xstitch #crossstitch #needlework #thefrostedpumpkinstitchery

a 4 inches hoop rests on a earth toned needlework bag. the hoop is bound with an orange decorative ribbon, peeking through it are three pins attached to the bag. on top is a cross stitch finish: a raw 40 ct. linen stitched with one strand of cotton thread over 2 threads of linen depicting a smiling lemon framed by a seed packet label.
pattern: 🇺🇸 “Bonnie Brae Lemon Seed Packet” by The Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery
fabric: 🇩🇪🇮🇹 40 ct. raw Zweigart linen
floss: 🇫🇷 a mix of DMC and Anchor cotton threads
hoop: 🇹🇷 Nurge nr 1 size hoop Ø 10 cm/4 inches
ribbon: 🇳🇴 decorative ribbon “Love Birds” by Tone Finnanger at Tilda

otterdisdain 🦦@otterdisdain· 23d

all done with Clue 2 of the Welcome To The Circus Stitch-A-Long, with time to spare! 😅 there’s the most adorable 🐼 clown coming Aug 6 🥹 #craftsky #stitchsky #xstitch #crossstitch #thefrostedpumpkinstitchery #TFPSWelcomeToTheCircus

overview of a cross stitch project worked on hand dyed linen in a brownish parchment like earthy tone: stitched up is a lion caught in the act of jumping through a hoop. he’s very cute and wearing a feathered headpiece and bangles. to the right is a Cohana needle minder in the shape of a yellow flower and a pair of yellow Mini Seki scissors with a yellow tassel and butterfly charm dangling from them.
above the lion is a hippo ballerina on a tightrope, she’s holding an umbrella and a pretzel for balance, to her sides are two bird dancers wearing fabulous costumes and headpieces.

details: 🇺🇸 Picture This Plus “Faun” 28 ct. linen stitched 2 over 2 using 🇯🇵 Cosmo cotton threads.
design: 🇺🇸 “Welcome to the Circus Club” by The Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery.
scissors, needle & needle-minder: 🇯🇵 all by Cohana, a collective of hand crafters from various regions of Japan.

otterdisdain 🦦@otterdisdain· 23d

stitchy summer days 🥹🍋 this is the first I’m stitching in a series of Seed Packets 🥰🌱 #craftsky #stitchsky #xstitch #crossstitch #needlework #thefrostedpumpkinstitchery

a 4 inches hoop rests on a white squared notebook page. the hoop is bound with an orange decorative ribbon, mostly covered by a current cross stitch WIP: a raw 40 ct. linen stitched with one strand of cotton thread over 2 threads of linen depicting a smiling lemon framed by a checked black an white motif. to the right is a pair of Japanese hand crafted mini scissors with a yellow tassel and butterfly charm, and a yellow flower wooden needle-minder.
pattern: 🇺🇸 “Bonnie Brae Lemon Seed Packet” by The Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery
fabric: 🇩🇪🇮🇹 40 ct. raw Zweigart linen
floss: 🇫🇷 a mix of DMC and Anchor cotton threads
scissors, needle & needle-minder: 🇯🇵 all by Cohana, a collective of hand crafters from various regions of Japan
hoop: 🇹🇷 Nurge nr 1 size hoop Ø 10 cm/4 inches
ribbon: 🇳🇴 decorative ribbon “Love Birds” by Tone Finnanger at Tilda

otterdisdain 🦦@otterdisdain· Jul 7

relatively happy w/my 1st switch to a new ball. the fact that it’s not a 100% clean line makes me think I followed the wrong tutorial, this would have worked wonders if I didn’t also change colour 😅🥲 looks like I *need* a new striped WIP especially to practice this 😆😛 #knit #knitting #knitsky #scarf

current WIP: a colour block scarf in dark pink and light pink, 6 rows into the new colour. I followed a tutorial to change yarn ball at the beginning of a new row, Stocking Stitch, on the knit side. the transition wasn’t perfect, but it’s a good start.
details: DMC Knitty 6 • Chunky 100% acrylic in shade 846 (and now 958) on 6,5 mm needles

backside of the same WIP: the two ends have been woven in for 5 stitches each, then backstitched into the previous stitch splitting the yarn, and are now ready to be cut.

otterdisdain 🦦@otterdisdain· Jul 5

woohoo! 🥳🎉 I had a very productive Saturday, the 100g ball of dark pink yarn for WIP 1 is almost over!! and it won’t be too long before I’ll need to switch ball for WIP 2 (snood) so guess what, I just wound up my very 1st yarn cakes! 🥹💕✨🧶 #scarf #knit #knitting #knitsky #craftsky #showmeyourknits

two knitting WIPs displayed on a blue bedsheet: a dark pink scarf (all 100g of DMC Knitty 6 • Chunky 100% acrylic in shade 846, 6,5 mm needles) knitted in Stocking Stitch is laying down, half of it rolled up, only very little yarn is bundled up on top, waiting to colour switch to light pink. on top of it is another Stocking Stitch project, a striped snood (DMC Knitty Pop • DK Light 100% acrylic in shade 477, 4 mm needles), beside it remains less than half of the yarn ball. on top are two freshly wound yarn cakes: one is 50g of matching Knitty Pop for the snood, the other (light pink) is 100g of DMC Knitty 6 in shade 958 resting inside a red yarn bowl.

otterdisdain 🦦@otterdisdain· Jul 2

my very 1st WIP: I cast on 36 and just started row after row of Stocking Stitch. it’ll eventually turn into a two-colours scarf. I’m just past halfway for the dark colour, and it’s been so fun working with 6,5 mm needles! 🥹🥰 it grows fairly fast + #scarf #knit #knitting #knitsky #craftsky

a close up of a knitting WIP: a future scarf is cast on a rose gold anodised aluminium knitting needle, size 6,5 mm. it’s worked in rows of Stocking Stitch, the bottom curled up to show the back of the work. from the top of the needle runs a thread of dark pink yarn (DMC Knitty 6 • Chunky 100% acrylic in shade 846) attached to a ball, halfway through its original size.

a large view of a knitting in bed situation: a dark pink WIP laying on top of blue bed sheets. top left is a yarn bowl containing another WIP (this one on Knitty Pop multicolour yarn, size 4 mm needles), to the right is a tin with stitch markers and orange tulip shaped needle tip. top right is a corner of a breakfast table with a notebook and cardstock the knitting needles came in.

the colour is much closer to the real pink in this picture, I didn’t realise the close up came out with a reddish hue.

otterdisdain 🦦@otterdisdain· Jul 1

yes! so cute! there’s also a crochet option, and I’ll be giving that one a try too at some point, because in that case I could make a relatively tiny one and hang with a keychain on one of my needlework bags 🥹🥰😆 the xstitch club runs until March 2027 so I got time 😂😅

top of the cover for a knitted pretzel pattern by Emma Whittle at Little Whits Knits (patterns sold on Etsy and Ravelry)
https://littlewhitsknits.etsy.com

a caramel brown knitted pretzel is being held in one hand. it has cute black eyes and a tiny smile, dark brown legs, and white French knots scattered around for salt flakes.

otterdisdain 🦦@otterdisdain· Jul 1

all ready for Clue 2 of the Welcome to the Circus Club by The Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery! drops tomorrow at 7PM 😆🕰️ I’m not a circus person, but cross stitching cute animals with jobs is ofc extra fun 🥰 we already had a few sneak peeks 👀 #craftsky #crossstitch #embroidery #TFPSWelcomeToTheCircus

close up of a cross stitch project worked on hand dyed linen in a brownish parchment like earthy tone: stitched up is a lion caught in the act of jumping through a hoop. he’s very cute and wearing a feathered headpiece and bangles. to the left is a Cohana needle minder in the shape of a yellow flower. to the right a pair of pink Mini Seki scissors with a white tassel dangling from them.
details: Picture This Plus “Faun” 28 ct. linen stitched 2 over 2 using Cosmo cotton threads.
design: “Welcome to the Circus Club” by The Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery.

otterdisdain 🦦@otterdisdain· Jul 1

thank youuu!! 🥹🥰💕 I don’t quite believe it myself to be honest! 🥲🫠 these are the very very first stitches I made 😅😆 I unravelled this swatch several times until I liked the way it looked 🤣

screenshot from the Photo app showing a picture from June 15 2026: a swatch/practice knitting work in progress (cast on 14, Garter Stitch) using DMC Knitty 10 (Super Chunky 100% acrylic), and their rose gold anodised aluminum 10 mm needles.

otterdisdain 🦦@otterdisdain· Jul 1

jumped to 6,5 mm needles & Chunky yarn. I got a couple of DMC beginner knitter kits so that I had a super basic pattern to follow & yarn that matched, but wasn’t so expensive I would worry about making mistakes. I went for DMC products first bc they deliver really fast to where I live, and offer

screenshot of the dmc.com website, Knitting Kits section. at the very end of the list are boxed kits for beginners. highlighted are two products: a Garter Stitch scarf in two shades of blue, and a mustard yellow snood & hat in Stocking Stitch.

https://www.dmc.com/IT/en-GB/kits/kits-by-craft/knitting?q=

otterdisdain 🦦@otterdisdain· Jun 30

I started learning how to knit 15 days ago … and it’s been going swimmingly!! 🫠🥳🤸‍♀️🎉💕 I can’t believe how fun and relaxing this is!! *love* the clickity-clackity of the needles, it’s like making your own asmr 🥹🥰 officially hooked!! #scarf #knit #knitting #knitsky #craftsky

knitting in bed with my current WIP laid out: I’m working on a simple snood pattern by DMC (cast on 50, Stocking Stitch, until 140 cm long) using their rose gold anodised aluminum needles in size 4, and their Knitty Pop yarn in shade 477 (DK Light, 100% acrylic). needle tips are protected by pink tips, above is a red ceramic yarn bowl in the shape of Calcifer (a character from the animated film Howl’s Moving Castle). inside the bowl is the Knitty Pop ball of yarn, the colours change from orange to dark green, cyan blue, green, orange, purple, violet, purple, orange, …

close up of a red ceramic yarn bowl in the shape of Calcifer (a character from the animated film Howl’s Moving Castle). inside the bowl is a DMC Knitty Pop ball of yarn in changing colours. to the right is a tin of stitch markers and a ring counter. below is a pair of 4 mm rose gold anodised aluminum knitting needles, protected by pink tips. to one needle is attached a current project: a simple snood pattern by DMC (cast on 50, Stocking Stitch, until 140 cm long), knitted using their Knitty Pop yarn in shade 477 (DK Light, 100% acrylic).

otterdisdain 🦦@otterdisdain· Apr 9

Armando, the Tasketta league has put so much faith in you! 🥹🥲🙃

screenshot of the Taskmaster app showing the Fantasy Taskmaster feature. all answers for this week have been submitted.

otterdisdain 🦦@otterdisdain· Apr 1

you summoned Him

still from the movie musical Cats (2019): six actors in skin-tight suits walk toward the camera. James Corden is in the center, supposedly leading the group of hard-to-look-at “cats” (all with digitally removed buttholes) while pulling some type of sassy move. everything about it screams failure.

otterdisdain 🦦@otterdisdain· Mar 14

heard you was talkin shit

Basil, an Italian tabby cat with white paws, doing the Italian hand thing 🤌🏻 for “wtf are you on about?”. in case you can’t read Italian gestures, he’s being extra judgy with his look.

otterdisdain 🦦@otterdisdain· Mar 9

cannot recommend The Snowman enough!! Michael Fassbender playing Harry Hole WITH A STRAIGHT (albeit troubled) FACE, Chloë Sevigny playing twins, psychotic 🎶 throughout, a tragically underused Rebecca Ferguson, SUPERB Val Kilmer (and his iconic pretend-jizz with a bottle of water). what A CLASSIC!!

movie poster from the movie The Snowman (2017): a blank page with a message written in childish handwriting, all capitals, blue ink: “MISTER POLICE. YOU COULD HAVE SAVED HER I GAVE YOU ALL THE CLUES” and a stick figure drawing of a snowman with a meh unimpressed face 😐

“based on the TERRIFYING BESTSELLER THE SNOWMAN. IN THEATRES OCTOBER 20”

otterdisdain 🦦@otterdisdain· Feb 28

bet you didn’t know the Italian version of WOTM is “TV Smiles and Songs” (Tivvù Sorrisi e Canzoni), with its iconic phrase “for fans of the genre” (per i fan del genere) to describe movies that objectively only a few weirdos would enjoy.

cover of the current issue of TV Sorrisi e Canzoni, the most famous TV guide magazine in Italy

otterdisdain 🦦@otterdisdain· Feb 27

you’d have been a shit friend for not asking tbh! in hindsight, sharing it can code as I’m Going Through It™️

THE Trixie Mattel looking like a 70s babe in a luscious blonde double number, sitting in bed (lovely pink duvet set) with her hands crossed on her lap, staring into the distance. she’s been cropped out of the original picture and placed like a sticker on train tracks.

otterdisdain 🦦@otterdisdain· Feb 27

this is so cursed

otterdisdain 🦦@otterdisdain· Feb 26

ain’t that the truth!

a delicious Alan Rickman wearing overalls covered in paint, turns around with a friendly smile.

otterdisdain 🦦@otterdisdain· Feb 26

IT CAME EARLY!! IT CAME!! ✨⛰️ 🙏 🎶 Gorillaz • पर्वत • The Mountain 🎶 officially out 2/27 #musicsky already faves: - Orange County 😭😭 “you know the hardest thing is to say goodbye to someone you love” “The Manifesto” 🔥🔥 “The Happy Dictator” 🙃🙃 and “Damascus” 🛕🛕 youtube.com/playlist?lis...

otterdisdain 🦦@otterdisdain· Feb 23

proud to report I’ve been a grade A customer for so long, the last time I went (dull hours), the cashier unloaded the last bits of the shopping from my cart to the belt while I bagged

Jack Black in a good suit & delightful setting, raising an espresso cup while looking perfectly pleased with himself.

otterdisdain 🦦@otterdisdain· Feb 22

due to current events/conditions promising to be overwhelming, I’m back to Neko Atsume for a sense of control & comfort 🫠 hp.sakuraweb.com/games/neko2/...

screenshot of the Neko Atsume 2 app. an arrangement of cat beddies and toys occupies several spots in a garden (right side of the screen) with a view to the inside of a house (left). currently 5 cats are visiting and a bowl of luxury cat food is full.

otterdisdain 🦦@otterdisdain· Feb 19

@jammaj.bsky.social odd ask, do you (or anyone in the choir) perchance know anything of this author? I missed his webinar/lecture a few weeks ago and was curious to know if his latest book is a reliable source re:history of 🇺🇦. I rarely read anything in 🇮🇹 these days and I could use the chance 😉 ty 🙏

screenshot of Laterza (Italia publisher) website showing a book by Italian author Simone Attilio Bellezza “Identità ucraina” [Ukrainian identity] (2004)

(same Laterza webpage) book info translated from Italian:
“Ukraine has long been a disputed territory between powerful empires and in competition with each other. Yet, since the nineteenth century, a national consciousness has developed, which after 1989 has given meaning and identity to the new independent state. After the first theorisations, it was the failure of the national revolution of 1917 that open the doors on one hand to Soviet patriotism elaborated by the Bolsheviks, and on the other to a Ukrainian nationalism of the diaspora which in the period between the two wars progressively approaches fascism and nazism.”

2024
240 pages
collana: Storia e Società [series: History and Society]
ISBN: 9788858153055

otterdisdain 🦦@otterdisdain· Feb 17

I would like to remind everyone of some of Bannon’s classics: DV (of course!), a fucked up “terrarium people” experiment, and renting a meth house in Florida. sources: @maddow.bsky.social The Rachel Maddow Show (2017/8/18 A block)

Stephen Bannon:
- in 2009 produced "The Steam Experiment", a movie starring Val Kilmer in which a mad scientist locks people in a steam room and holds them hostage in order to get a spotlight on his article about the existence of global warming
- in 2016 produced "Torchbearer", a movie that is supposed to be a non-fiction documentary to show and prove that one of the guys from Duck Dynasty is a living prophet on earth sent from heaven to show humanity the way
- ran for a time Biosphere 2, a Texas billionaire's experiment in the 90s to try and make humans live for years in giant terrariums with no link to the outside world. His tenure resulted in a law suit against him because one of the female terrarium dwellers accused him of screaming at her that he would take her safety concerns about the biosphere and "run them down your fucking throat", in the court case he admitted to saying exactly so

- a couple of years after, the police was called to his home and he ended up being charged with domestic violence and battery as well as charges that he was trying to interfere with his wife's ability to testify against him in that domestic violence case; charges that were later dropped when his wife didn't turn up to court to testify about the charges
- rented a meth house in Florida where he received his mail
- registered to vote in multiple states at the same time, while also leading a crusade in the Trump White House against supposed voter fraud

- on August 17th 2016 was brought on board to replace Paul Manafort at the head of the Trump Campaign; he was part of a "package deal" with Kellyanne Conway as they both had been working for pro Trump outlets of different kinds that were both funded by the same reclusive right-wing billionaire Robert Mercer, who is the single largest donor overall to the effort to elect Trump president. Even though Bannon was taking over Manafort's role of Campaign Manager, he insisted on being instead called "Campaign CEO"; once he was installed as Senior White House Strategist he insisted that it be made publicly known that his Chief Strategist role was of equal rank to being White House Chief of Staff; he then named himself to the National Security Council before that National Security Adviser, Michael Flynn, got fired and the new one, H. R. McMaster, kicked him out

sources: The Rachel Maddow Show (18/8/17 A block) and politico.com article "Trump's foreign policy team baffles GOP experts" by Michael Crowley (21/3/2016)

otterdisdain 🦦@otterdisdain· Feb 15

putting my money where my mouth is, like @notalawyer.bsky.social tangentially heartbroken that you quashed any chance of slowly growing your collection, though. that’s a serious lapse in judgement I’m quite concerned about — and fyi, if I ever unsubscribe again, that’s what I’ll attribute it to.

a screenshot of the iPhone subscription plan for the amazing podcast “If Books Could Kill”. subscription is shown as cancelled upon renewal in early March (decision taken to save a few pennies, not as a judgment of the pod).

said cancelled subscription has been reactivated upon learning of Peter’s (one of the podcast hosts) Shrek stunt. he took himself to a Swarowski store (we keep hating these nazi fanboys), and took one for the team when he dropped $750 on a crystal statuette of Shrek labelled ‘Shrek Shrek’. he refused to slowly grow his collection, and that’s making me question his judgment.

otterdisdain 🦦@otterdisdain· Feb 15

🥹 Basil says Happy Sunday 🌿

Basil (a silver black tabby cat with white), 13, with skin cancer and heart condition 💔, is asleep in a moon/banana shaped beddy, with a sky blue blanket. he is wearing a striped fuchsia t-shirt to prevent licking/scratching, and is hugging his favourite smelly toy: a furry ferret packed with dry valerian.

otterdisdain 🦦@otterdisdain· Feb 8

@mattbelloni.bsky.social @lucasshaw.bsky.social 1/4 👋🏻 long time 🇮🇹 listener a few notes/perspectives on HBO/Olympics opening ceremony: in hosting nation Italy, only HBO Max/Discovery can stream every game + full opening ceremony (national broadcasting service, RAI, now only shows a ~3 min supercut).

The Pitt actress Katherine LaNasa being interviewed on the Eurosport/HBO Max/Discovery Milano Cortina 2026 red carpet airing minutes before the Opening Ceremony

screenshot of the RAI streaming website raiplay.it (the Italian National Broadcasting Service) showing only a 3 min best moments supercut of the 2026 Opening Ceremony. the live broadcast was the only rights they could air, and apparently was so chock full of gaffes and bad looking moments, newspapers reporting on it. of note: they didn’t comment on the boos for JD Vance as the were happening.

text shown says:
“Milano Cortina 2026
Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina 2026
The best of the Opening Ceremony Italy
season 2026 - 3 min

The Winter Olympic Games in Milan Cortina 2026 officially start with the announcement of President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella and the lighting of the two braziers by Alberto Tomba, Deborah Compagnoni and Sofia Goggia. Many emotions in the evening of San Siro, with performances by Mariah Carey and Chali, the Italian anthem sung by Laura Pausini, "Nessun Dorma" by Andrea Bocelli and the appeal to peace by Charlize Theron.”

HBO Max payments plans for Italian customers. the service arrived at the beginning of 2026.
3 price tiers (all include full access to Milano Cortina 2026 content, max 2 devices simulcast):
- €5,99/month (full HD with ads, 2 devices) [$7.08]
- €11,99/month (full HD, 2 devices, 30 downloads) [$14.17]
- €16,99/month (4K UHD & Dolby Atmos, 4 devices Olympics excluded, 100 downloads) [$20.08]

HBO Max Sports add-on, available for every subscription plan:
+ €3 Sports add-on (Eurosport 1 and 2 channels + 2026 cycling/tennis/more live events) [$3.55]

otterdisdain 🦦@otterdisdain· Jan 23

AGREE!! keep the enshittified Copilot nonsense!!

inside a car: a black silver tabby cat with white mittens & socks (Basil) sits perched up on top of the passenger seat & head rest. “this is a wonderful copilot location, with a much improved view than the seat itself, and that’s how we should resume our travels”

otterdisdain 🦦@otterdisdain· Jan 15

bet you didn’t have “cat having breakfast in bed in his pjs doing his best Pokémon impression” on your bingo card this morning 🙃🫠😸 #gottacatchemall #bulbasaur #venusaur

our cat, Basil (BaBa) a black silver tabby w/white mittens & socks, having a chicken and salmon breakfast in bed, while poking out of a cat beddy shaped like a cactus 🌵
he’s wearing a striped pink summer t-shirt because he cannot lick his chest & neck areas. he’s developing several nodules/granulomata (very likely skin C-word-related 😭) and news are not exactly rosy 💔, so he’s getting extra extra pampering

otterdisdain 🦦@otterdisdain· Jan 7

need to spend 2h+ at the hospital waiting to find out if you have unwittingly developed diabetes? (!!) @murderbastard.bsky.social is a superb companion post glucose, dastardly cloying drink. quite sobering, in fact 💉🩸🧪🍬⏲️