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evilrooster.bsky.social
eviŁrooster
@evilrooster.bsky.social
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Dual US/UK techie living in the Netherlands. Technical writer and contagious documentarian by day, bookbinder by night.

My opinions are my own, and do not reflect those of anyone who employs, hangs out with, or is in any other way stuck with me.
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evilrooster.bsky.social
Dude, you’re flat enough. #CatsOfBluesky
A fluffy golden cat lies on a sunlit ironing board while an equally fluffy grey cat lies on the rug nearby.
January 18, 2026 at 2:41 PM
evilrooster.bsky.social
Multipurpose? Or just insulting to cats?
Two cat litterboxes on a shelf labeled “monsters “ in a hardware store.
January 10, 2026 at 2:34 PM
evilrooster.bsky.social
Timeline cleanse: cat.
An extremely fluffy grey tabby cat with white socks on his back feet lies asleep on a red and white quilt. He has his little paws over his little face like the incarnation of adorabz.
January 9, 2026 at 9:46 AM
evilrooster.bsky.social
Unrelatedly, I have a tattoo based on a stained glass window…
Tattoo on my inner left forearm. It’s an abstract cathedral rose window design made of dots of color in a black frame.
December 31, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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Tattoo, phase one. Phase two in February after it heals.
Very fresh greyscale tattoo with a rooster with a garland of roses and a Torchon lace pattern, covering most of the upper right arm of a white woman.
December 30, 2025 at 6:20 PM
evilrooster.bsky.social
If nothing else, regurgitating AI responses does make people politer during arguments.
Thanks for pushing on this. You're right, but the nature of the dialogue is different to that with a human or with an LLM (3 different That's fair and a result of flattening this in a post reply. But books aren't dialogic and rochancive in the wow dithor humon or Al
December 28, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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The gnomes have added another work to our art wall: Gnomerican Gothic.
Gnomerican Gothic: American Gothic but with gnomes. And a fork. A gallery of famous pictures redone with gnomes; the Gnome with the Pear Earring, Gnoma Lisa, the Gneam (the Scream), and now Gnomerican Gothic.
December 25, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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Today I got some felt to cover the lower surface, then finished sanding and staining the new edges.

Result: gaming table in a couple of days. (n=7)
The table showing the lower level with its green felt playing surface. It’s surrounded by chairs occupied by gnomes. The table with its top on it, surrounded by chairs occupied by gnomes.
December 23, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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The edges of the box were pretty rough and splintery. I poked around the local hardware store’s website and found some hardwood edging with an L cross section. That would cover the rough part as and save our wrists. (5/n)
The table with unstained wooden edging. And an MDF lower surface.
December 23, 2025 at 1:08 AM
evilrooster.bsky.social
Solo did some QA. (4/n)
A large fluffy orange cat sitting on the unsupported center of the cardboard base, bending it to a ridiculous degree.
December 23, 2025 at 1:03 AM
evilrooster.bsky.social
A person could take out that center bar, if they were willing to abandon the leafing. A person could then add a sunken surface there and have one of those fancy gaming tables.

We tried it out with a bit of cardboard. (3/n)
The table base with cardboard forming a lower table surface.
December 23, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Typical secondhand store find. The leafing mechanism was fussy (it was wonk when we found it in the store).

But the base structure made us think. (2/n)
Base of the wooden table, with the top and leaves removed.
December 23, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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On Saturday M and I bought a table to put in a corner of the living room and play games on. Chunky, wood, old, leafs out. (1/n)
A wooden table whose top is divided into four panels. The outer two are leaves that can otherwise be stored in the table base.
December 23, 2025 at 12:53 AM
evilrooster.bsky.social
I have another version. It got a ton of laughs.
A white woman with salt and pepper hair wearing a red ugly Christmas sweater with the text BUT DID YOU DOCUMENT IT? in green.
December 17, 2025 at 1:32 PM
evilrooster.bsky.social
Digging through my Aida cloth and found this bit of blackwork I designed.
Late 2020? Early 2021?
Blackwork embroidery of a red Covid virus surrounded by masks and syringes.
December 6, 2025 at 10:56 AM
evilrooster.bsky.social
Chilling on the couch.
A grey-hatted gnome on a blue sofa.
December 2, 2025 at 10:40 AM
evilrooster.bsky.social
IT BEGINS.

(iykyk)
A cuddly gnome with a red hat sits on a plinth.
December 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
evilrooster.bsky.social
You just died.

The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
A very fluffy grey tabby sits curled up in a shoebox. He’s looking at you solemnly.
November 27, 2025 at 7:13 AM
evilrooster.bsky.social
Still playing with bobbin lace.
A feather made of white lace, pinned to a black background. The left side is very regular, the right side chaotic.
November 13, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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I’m currently obsessed with bobbin lace. The bobbins in question are little wooden or bone things, 10-15 cm long, and some of them are exquisite.
An intricately carved wooden bobbin. It looks kind of like a medieval tower. A dark wood bobbin with a blue and white cameo embedded in it. Three bobbins painted with Rennie Mackintosh roses. They have bead loops hanging from them, also with painted roses. Dark green glass bobbins.
November 11, 2025 at 7:08 AM
evilrooster.bsky.social
Are you poly? Or just…
Shop named “Polycurios”. A sugn in the window above it says “You can do it 🙂”.
November 7, 2025 at 6:42 PM
evilrooster.bsky.social
I do like a workplace that enjoys Halloween.
A white woman with skull-shadows on her face and red lipstick. She is wearing a crown of roses and a black hood atop it. Her earrings are glowing red.
October 31, 2025 at 11:47 AM
evilrooster.bsky.social
Making lace on the train.
The lacemaking kit on the fold-down table of a train seat.
October 26, 2025 at 9:12 AM
evilrooster.bsky.social
Update: added a strap.
Closed leather satchel with a tablet-woven strap, brown with green vines and red-and-yellow roses.
October 26, 2025 at 7:12 AM
evilrooster.bsky.social
Are you aware of blackwork? It’s an embroidery technique to make it look like you’re wearing lace.

(I did some during the pandemic lockdown period. Here’s my Death Star sampler.)
An embroidered Death Star with different patterns in black thread in each of the segments.
October 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM