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Faye Havoc

@fayehavoc.bsky.social

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Burlesque. Sewing. Photography. Tea. Cats. Snakes. Plants. Half of the only pantomime horse to win a title at the Burlesque Hall of Fame. Some weirdo in a costume. patreon.com/fayehavoc fayehavoc.com

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Faye Havoc @fayehavoc.bsky.social · 5h

Super fun thing about this month: I've only worked on or completed projects for which clients already paid in full weeks/months ago, so it REALLY feels like I'm doing a fuckton of work and getting nowhere. 🥲 (This is why I don't love taking full payments upfront; no carrot left on the stick. 🥕)

Faye Havoc @fayehavoc.bsky.social · 22h

For someone who works all the Goddamn time and barely ever buys anything I sure do not have a lot of money.

Faye Havoc @fayehavoc.bsky.social · 9h

Not familiar with that one but, sounds bad. 😬

Faye Havoc @fayehavoc.bsky.social · 18h

Give me squash in soup form or don't give it to me at all.

Faye Havoc @fayehavoc.bsky.social · 19h

Health hazards aside, someone might curse you a decade later for permanently E6000ing feathers to plastic buckram panels, while trying to wire/stitch through a whole lot of dried glue to remount them on new staves.

Faye Havoc @fayehavoc.bsky.social · 19h

Refurbishing a set of Catherine D'Lish ostrich fans for a client and like.. there was A LOT of E6000 involved in the original build; I see now how she got cancer from it.

Faye Havoc @fayehavoc.bsky.social · 19h

Ideally items glued with E6000 should also be left to offgas and cure for 6 months in a garage or shed, but I know very few of us have garages or sheds and none of us plan our costumes or props THAT far ahead.

Faye Havoc @fayehavoc.bsky.social · 19h

This set of fans was made way back when Catherine was still making fans for people, so that gives you an idea of how long ago it was. The dangers weren't well-known at the time but please if you must use E6000:
- sparingly
- outside
- wear a fume respirator
- NEVER use it around animals or kids

Faye Havoc @fayehavoc.bsky.social · 19h

Refurbishing a set of Catherine D'Lish ostrich fans for a client and like.. there was A LOT of E6000 involved in the original build; I see now how she got cancer from it.

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 22h

vancouver planning in the 21st century is developers and the city patting themselves on the back for a sustainable mixed-used community that pays homage to the industrial past while using modern best practices where a two bedroom condo costs a million dollars and there are no schools

Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 22h

cool, awesome, inspiring, just one question where are the schools or buses or community centres

Faye Havoc @fayehavoc.bsky.social · 21h

Lol yeah I live here and I have a love/hate relationship with how new and isolated and lacking in prettymuch everything it is. I feel bad for my neighbours who have kids, and/or anyone who has to take transit with any regularity.

Faye Havoc @fayehavoc.bsky.social · 22h

For someone who works all the Goddamn time and barely ever buys anything I sure do not have a lot of money.

Faye Havoc @fayehavoc.bsky.social · 1d

Haven't seen the Red Cloud in awhile.

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Ro Salarian @rosalarian.bsky.social · 1d

Love the obvious pro-cat bias among the people who decide which emojis there are. 😺😸😹😻😼😽🙀😿😾 No other animal gets this range.

Faye Havoc @fayehavoc.bsky.social · 1d

All that's missing are the damson preserves and dandelion wine!

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Iza All Kinds of Banged Up @izabelakaramia.bsky.social · 3d

@catsofyore.bsky.social While browsing through scanned archives of the magazine Chess Review, which was published from 1933 to 1969, I found a cat! People who have watched Netflix's The Queen's Gambit will recognize that Chess Review was the magazine shoplifted by Beth Harmon.

On the October 1957 cover of Chess Review, a black cat is seemingly playing chess. It is looking intently at the white king on the board. The cover is captioned, "A CT CAN NIP AT A KING." The photo is a black and white photo.

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Ro Salarian @rosalarian.bsky.social · 2d

The trick to getting over stage fright, for me, is to have something you wanna say so badly that it would be worse to not do it.

Faye Havoc @fayehavoc.bsky.social · 3d

(I never used to shed this much. Help.)

Faye Havoc @fayehavoc.bsky.social · 3d

Maintaining the #FakeBlonde lifestyle and an 85% black wardrobe well into your 40s is like being a goth who owns a white cat.

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Not Writing Games @notwritinggames.bsky.social · 3d

I’m l not gonna lie, these questions suck but you should let them know how and why. We all need to tell them that this is mostly a grift. It is obvious by the way the questions are framed that they don’t know.

Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 6d

Canadians: The federal government is seeking public input on how AI should be developed and used in business, research, and the military.

If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:

Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership

Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025 Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renewed...

ised-isde.canada.ca

Faye Havoc @fayehavoc.bsky.social · 3d

Let's hope it does. I do also enjoy the idea of VCs spending every last dollar on it, so they won't have any dollars left to spend when the next totally asinine thing comes along. I'll just be happy to witness either form of collapse, so long as it collapses.

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 5d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

Faye Havoc @fayehavoc.bsky.social · 3d

While I don't want to wait through another year and a half of this nonsense, I remain hopeful.

Faye Havoc @fayehavoc.bsky.social · 4d

Came here (4 days later) to say this.

Faye Havoc @fayehavoc.bsky.social · 6d

Once it's available I don't wait for invitations anymore (I think they straight-up stopped sending them to me?) - I just duck into a small independent pharmacy and get 'er done.

Faye Havoc @fayehavoc.bsky.social · 6d

Like, I'm not spreading anything ever, but there's still lots of full nudity. Maybe my perception is skewed because I've always felt like "it's just a body, so what? Everyone has one. Bodies are plentiful and low in value." I only designate it 18+ because rules. (I get it tho.)

Faye Havoc @fayehavoc.bsky.social · 6d

That's what I also assume. I still get $5 out if it but I guess they then get to screenshot/download whatever they find/want, which isn't great. 😕