Uhm hello I forgot I had this account! I am still alive! Here's my line up for the year ahead, making a conscious effort to take it a little easier than last year... Maybe not 23 events again. 10 is good. Right?

Thank you so much! I may have forgotten I had this account as well LOL...

This just came up so for anyone who doesn't know - .AI files are *a vector file type*, they are Adobe Illustrator's native file type. Files ending with .ai don't have anything to do with /that/ kind of AI 🫶 Pls don't call out an artist bc you see them working on an .ai file

periodic reminder that you should stop using Elon Musk’s X

There's a petition to ban conversion practices (targeting LGBTQIA+ people) in the European Union. We need one million signatures, and we currently have 180,000+. If you live in Europe (even if you don't), spread the word ! 🌈🔥✊ eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...

I’m really tired of people demanding I lower my mental health to their level, like some kind of RFK meets Harrison Bergeron scenario

Chuck Feeney here who died in 2023. A man who made an estimated €8 billion out of Duty Free and then gave it all away to make the world a better place. A modest man too. Which is why you may never have heard of him. www.forbes.com/sites/steven...

A few highlights of the past week- I’ve rediscovered The Bends #radiohead, my orange #cat is a fake gamer boi, I’ve been making some #glinda crowns and I’ve been accepted to table at both @mcmcomiccon.bsky.social in May AND @hyperjapan.bsky.social WOOO!

I hope they both rot in hell variety.com/2025/tv/news...

This is truth. SO many of you have no idea the sputtering, wild-eyed meltdown you would trigger. Criticism means nothing coming from marginalized person; they've already decided we don't matter. But YOU? You're supposed to be on THEIR side. And I can almost guaranteed they just assume you are.

"Sorry, your game sold millions of copies but our projections said it should have sold at least fifteen trillion for shareholders to be satisfied, so we're going to have to fire all of you. Now watch the news unquestioningly report that your game was a commercial failure. Probably because of woke."

Absolutely batshit you can watch on live TV a rotting whale eating, bear corpse vandalizing, brainworm eaten, anti-science sex pest who drove an ex wife to suicide & looks exactly like corrupted Leland Palmer from Twin Peaks & sounds like Megatron auditioning to be head of America’s healthcare.

Game studio announcements be like, “We laid off all your favourite devs! But don’t worry, all the people actually responsible for the horrible decision-making that led to this massive failure are staying on :) and they will still be driving their new Porsches :) all is well!!!!!”

We all need a copy of this.

Fun fact: if you're buying from a creator on etsy, you can reduce their etsy selling fees from 6.5% to 2.5% by ordering via 'shopname.etsy.com' instead of 'etsy.com/shopname' or searching from the main site. It costs you the same but the creator makes more

You just have to look at this to see what it is. And if you’re explaining this away, then you’re an asshole and probably a colossal piece of shit.

Why is it so much fun sharing the weirdest animations with your friends?!

The whole new Cat Cameo collection! Little preview before I take them all to @megaconlive this weekend :) lemme know if you wanna snag one before then!

How to find me this weekend @megaconlive in London! The show guide has me listed as Helen Simm… which is not ideal. I mean it’s my name but yeah I table under Cats Are Better Than People! Really hope yall find me! 🥰🥰🥰

How to see you all this weekend at megacon London! #cats

We're going to make it through this 🩷💙 Let's turn our fear and rage into community action.

Popular…you’re gonna be pop-uwu-lar❤️

With the next four years being, well, you know, Maddie and Jadzia want to give you some words of motivation. You got this you sassy little taco

Popular…you’re gonna be pop-uwu-lar❤️

I’m sorry about TikTok, I know it was really important to a lot of people. It’s hard to lose a thing you really like and it’s also really hard to hope someone gross will save something

First convention of the year is coming up next weekend! I’ll be tabling in the trader section of @megaconlive in London at the excel! Come talk kitties with me!

I’m currently knee deep in painting 101 Orange cats (one shared braincell) for an art book!

The weeks keep passing and still Ash & Willow are still waiting for their person. If you’ve never had wobbly cats before or you think you’d like to adopt them but aren’t sure what kinds of accommodations they need, please feel free to ask. We can transport within the lower 48 for the right home.

Everything is dumb and terrible, and it's gonna be dumb and terrible for a while. It’s important to do what you can to make it less dumb and terrible, and it's important to find a way make some contentment for yourself in spite of everything being dumb and terrible.

Lunch break. Play along if you like. A- Age: 44 B- Biggest fear: my cats dying C- Current time: 1 pm D- Drink you last had: caff free Diet Coke E- Every day starts with: a cat butt to the face F- Favorite song: currently Solange Knowles - Cranes G- Ghosts, are they real? Probs! H- Home: NE UK

This is by far the most wonderful story I've read all week. I'll be linking to it in tomorrow's newsletter. I haven't seen it get too much attention so I'm sharing it here as well. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

I can’t feel my legs

New shiny things coming soon!

Working on some new tiny pieces for Megacon London 🥰

Just a few conventions I’ll be working this year! Hopefully gonna add to it too… anyone got any suggestions?

Oh Worfle…it’s a tough life.

Same.

What ARE they plotting?!

Bluesky asking me what my interests are. Me looking for the cat button.

Disgusted and disappointed to see the Mucha Museum creating and promoting A¡ artwork, then doubling down after receiving valid criticism. They could have used their platform to uplift human artists but chose to support inethical practices instead. What is the art world coming to?

Finished!!!! And just in time for Christmas phew 🥰

Reposting this guide from twitter because I COOKED here. (and still refer to this at work even now!)