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Katie @katiedoesthings.bsky.social · 16m

Reasonable! Though theatre scaffolding isn't hugely spendy and would do for a lot of bedtime Olympic events

Katie @katiedoesthings.bsky.social · 26m

Honestly, the amount of toys that are just stuff I found outside and made into kink crimes is a bit shocking.

Cable tie flogger and strimmer line floggers are good examples.

As is the water main thwacker. 😁

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Katie @katiedoesthings.bsky.social · 31m

It's very autumnal in there!

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Mad Science Mutt @stray-mutt.bsky.social · 34m

Just for fun, if this account gets to 300 followers, I'll give away a 3rd set of keys!

Mad Science Mutt @stray-mutt.bsky.social · 6d

🌟 Official Giveaway!!!! 🌟
To celebrate the launch of the giant keys, and moving into a new studio, I'm giving away two sets of giant keys w/ 2 squishy paw keychains!

Details:
18+ only! (Will be verified)
Reblog and follow to enter
Ends October 31st 11:59 MST

A set of giant toy keys and 2 paw shaped keychains being held in one hand against a white background

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Katie @katiedoesthings.bsky.social · 41m

It is!

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Katie @katiedoesthings.bsky.social · 42m

You wanna see the walls! They came off worse!

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Katie @katiedoesthings.bsky.social · 1h

It really is, but you can't skip hygiene when it comes to safe play.

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Katie @katiedoesthings.bsky.social · 1h

Exactly!

It's about 5 minutes work each to get the impact toys "clean enough" without damaging the coatings or actually sterilising them.

So it's just a process of cleaning, sanitising and then air drying, takes ages.

Also why my toys are mostly bespoke single victim. (Or fluid bound and tested)

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Katie @katiedoesthings.bsky.social · 6h

Toy laundry day is always a hassle, wish they'd invent dishwasher safe wood.

a light blue laundry basket on the ground with impact play toys positioned in it. there are wooden paddles with: D4, metal spikes, sliced lego bricks, bird spikes, and fake teeth. there’s also a slimmer and heavier oak wood paddle, a metal impact toy made out of corset ribbing strips bound at one end, a hitty toy made out of rubber bike tire flayed and turned inside out for texture and fastened at one end of a loop, and “the persuader” which is a cane-type toy made out of two carbon fiber rods.

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 1d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Katie @katiedoesthings.bsky.social · 1d

Thinking about this week's Bsky BS.

I reckon it's at least partly a cynical effort to force controversy and traffic.

Who do we ban this week? Another well liked lefty account so everyone posts like fuck about it for a week until we "notice our mistake" and reinstate them.

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DAVE! (like "Them!" but Dave) @daveexmachina.bsky.social · 2d

normal person: i just want a place to hang out with my friends
tech weirdo: and shitheads
np: no just my friends
tw: but what about hearing alternative views on race and gender?
np: we just want to hang out and goof around
tw: so where do the shitheads fit in then
np: no shitheads
tw: not following

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trasgernder @gemma.transwrites.world · 2d

a lot of people have said the obvious alreadty but its worth pointing out the less than obvious too

the cass review did not recommend many of the more extreme measures our government(s) have taken against trans youth, such as the full ban on puberty blockers, including via private care.

Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 2d

A major new peer-reviewed Australian report warns that the UK’s Cass Review is fundamentally ill-suited to guide care for trans young people — and should not be adopted as a benchmark in Australia www.starobserver.com.au/news/new-rep...

New Report Says Cass Review Should Not Be Benchmark For Trans Healthcare in Australia - Star Observer

A major new peer-reviewed report warns that the Cass Review is fundamentally ill-suited to guide Australia's care for trans young people.

www.starobserver.com.au

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