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USAmerican living in NL, previously PL. Doing my best. She/her. Also, cats. icon by @maplekeurig.bsky.social business: [email protected] twitch.tv/michakes michakes.bio.link

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michakes 🌈 @michakes.bsky.social · May 28

Hi hello!
I'm michakes, and you can find me live with games, crosswords, crafting, and more every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday (with bonus co-working streams on Tuesday and Thursday 👀) over at twitch.tv/michakes
I'd love to work with you!
Email: [email protected]
Links: michakes.bio.link
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Streamer, Entertainer, Voice Actress, Vocalist.
michakes (she/her) is an actress-turned-streamer from
Upstate New York, currently living in the Netherlands. Her Twitch channel showcases a variety of games, largely from indie developers and Nintendo, as well as co-working, crossword puzzles, cooking & baking, art & crafting, & event co-streams. While using her platform to entertain, she also hopes to foster a space to inform and educate about various issues and events, with a focus on LGBTQIA+ rights and mental health. Above all, michakes aims to create and spread joy in a world where joy can be so easily stifled and discouraged.
(some) Games Played: Animal Crossing, Disco Elysium, Europa, Gourdlets, Hades 1 & 2, In Stars & Time, Leaf Blower Man, The Legend of Zelda, Little Kitty Big City, Mika and the Witch's Mountain, Minecraft, Paper Trail, Pokemon, Slay the Princess, Space Sprouts, Stray, The Sims 4, Untitled Goose Game, Wanderstop, Webfishing.
Past Collaborations: Chibig Studio, Future Friends Games, Ivy Road, Modiphius Entertainment, Newfangled Games, Playtonic Friends, Schleuder Games, Unbound Creations, Wholesome Games.
Twitch Metrics: Average Viewers 12, Followers 760. Twitch Teams: Artists & Makers and Co-working & Coding Twitch Creator Clubs, Terminal: Velocity.
Audience by Region: 55% N. America, 40% Europe.
Twitch: michakes, Email: michakestv@gmail.com, Bluesky: michakes.bsky.social
All statistics have been updated May 2025.

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ca-dmv-bot @ca-dmv-bot.bsky.social · 7h

Customer: LITAF IS A LEADING MANUFACTURER OF TOP QUALITY BABY PRODUCTS SPECIALIZING IN UNIQUE BABY HIGH CHAIRS, BATHTUBS, POTTIES, CRIBS
DMV: IM LIT AS FUCK

Verdict: DENIED

California license plate with text "IMLITAF".

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Spiffiey @spiffiey.bsky.social · 14h

Day 14 of #Emotetober
Prank for @/MimzyVT 🤡

Also 2 week progress 🎃 Thank you again to everyone who's been entering and apologies to those I won't get to!

I'm thinking of doing another one for the holidays 👀☃️

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michakes 🌈 @michakes.bsky.social · 2d

it's schedule time again yayyy

see you there!

#Twitch #GoingLive

Schedule for twitch.tv/michakes. Streams this week are: Tuesday, 07.10 co-working ; Wednesday, 08.10 playing Arctic Awakening ; and Thursday, 09.10 co-working. | All streams start at 14:30 CEST.

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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 1d

From one year ago

“This is a new missile, Mama,” said Jumana, my nine-year-old daughter. “It makes a sound like a snake when it falls!”

Every day for the past year I have seen or read something that has changed how I think about the world. About people too. Here's one that was published today by a woman named Nour Abdul Latif about living in Gaza:

The nights of genocide had begun; entire residential blocks burned before our eyes. I held my children tightly, trying to shield them from the terror, but how could I? “This is a new missile, Mama,” said Jumana, my nine-year-old daughter. “It makes a sound like a snake when it falls!”

After five nights of constant red skies from the intense bombing, we watched the residents of the Al-Karamah neighborhood evacuate, knowing that our turn would be next.

On the sixth day, I began packing my essentials in preparation for moving to a safer place. It was the hardest task I had ever faced — how could I fit my entire life into a single bag?
What if anything stood out for you there because for me it was the daughter's recognition of a novel type of munition flying over her head. Imagine being bombed so frequently that you come to know – even as a child – the different kinds of missiles sent to kill you by the sounds they make? By the size of the holes they leave behind. A sommelier's expertise in destruction. And what a bounty of varietals we have delivered to her and so many millions of others like her in our bloody history.

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ThePresidentNoir @thepresidentnoir.com · 2d

Ayoooo!

I am happy to announce that I will be joining KawaiiGuyLive tomorrow, on Twitch Main Page!

I will be joining the "Let's Chat" series at 11:30am PT / 2:30pm ET to talk about being a content creator and where my journey is headed!

See you all tomorrow!! on Twitch.tv/Twitch !

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michakes 🌈 @michakes.bsky.social · 2d

This is the way, I have an ancient google home that I got for literally free and I use it to play music while I clean and occasionally make fart noises to scare my cats.

michakes 🌈 @michakes.bsky.social · 2d

Oh these are so rad, the pose on the third one, I see you LOL

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The Yetee 🌈 🕊️ @theyetee.com · 7d

It's time once again for the Annual Ghost Town Pumpkin Festival and we're ringing in the seasonal experience with an official new tee designed by @kduffles.bsky.social and created in collab with @adamgryu.bsky.social: theyetee.com/ghosttownpumpki...

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michakes 🌈 @michakes.bsky.social · 2d

NO WAY this is the highest of compliments thank you???

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michakes 🌈 @michakes.bsky.social · 3d

somehow unexpectedly ended up with a kilogram of fresh rosemary, so decided to try my hand at baking focaccia to use up some of it. extremely pleased with the outcome!!

focaccia fresh out of the oven, decorated with shallots, tomatoes, and rosemary arranged to look like flowers

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michakes 🌈 @michakes.bsky.social · 2d

waaahhhh thank you!!! 😭

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Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 2d

📣 Germany's close to reversing its opposition to mass surveillance & private message scanning, & backing the Chat Control bill. This could end private comms-& Signal-in the EU.

Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be.

Signal @signal.org · 5d

We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...

signal.org

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michakes 🌈 @michakes.bsky.social · 2d

it's schedule time again yayyy

see you there!

#Twitch #GoingLive

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michakes 🌈 @michakes.bsky.social · 3d

thank you!! 🥹

michakes 🌈 @michakes.bsky.social · 3d

YES I knew I had to have shallots in there somewhere!!

michakes 🌈 @michakes.bsky.social · 3d

thank you so much!!

michakes 🌈 @michakes.bsky.social · 3d

somehow unexpectedly ended up with a kilogram of fresh rosemary, so decided to try my hand at baking focaccia to use up some of it. extremely pleased with the outcome!!

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Felix Wind @felixwind.bsky.social · 4d

Hey! I'm Felix Wind, streamer and content creator from Canada! 👋🏾

I'm looking to work with more brands and make cool things, if I seem to be a fit for you from my media kit, let's work together then! 🙌🏾

✉️Email: [email protected]
💙My links: beacons.ai/felixwind

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Angel @angelrosestar.bsky.social · 12d

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#ditto #pokemon #art

Ditto said “less than 50 followers more until I turn into choccy milk”.

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michakes 🌈 @michakes.bsky.social · 4d

Marshal doing literally anything would be a slay 💅
or maybe Marshal and Hopper combo? he’s @lookey.dev’s favorite mwehehe

Animal Crossing Amiibo card for white squirrel villager Marshal, who has blushy cheeks and a sassy pose.

Animal Crossing Amiibo card for penguin villager Hopper, who has red eyes and very intense eyebrows.

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Brendan Albetski @brendanalbetski.bsky.social · 4d

I'm working on my newsletter for October which will go out some time next week. Great time to sign up! Thanks!

Newsletter | Brendan Albetski

www.brendanalbetski.com

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michakes 🌈 @michakes.bsky.social · 9d

schedule time! we have some family visiting for a little while so things are going to be a little different than usual, but the streams will be streamin'

see you there!
twitch.tv/michakes

#Twitch #GoingLive

Schedule for twitch.tv/michakes. Streams this week are: Wednesday, 01.10 playing Arctic Awakening ; Thursday, 02.10 co-working with demos for Sledding Game and On-Together ; and Friday, 03.10 playing Arctic Awakening (Hades II or Minecraft if completed already). | All streams start at 14:30 CEST.

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Makkon @makkon.bsky.social · 6d

a flow-chart with 2 islands. "Do I need AI?" that flows into a final island saying "No"

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Erika Ishii @erikaishii.bsky.social · 8d

I met someone. 🤍🚀
Thank you @kojipro2015.bsky.social for inviting me to tour the studio and meet Ludens-san!

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PapiOddly @papioddly.bsky.social · 7d

💜 I’m BEYOND grateful to have such an amazing & loving community! We reached the Donothon goal, and I can’t thank you all enough! Check out all the Milestones we’ve achieved— it’s been a fun & silly journey! 🥹

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