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Kate Pennington
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Writer, Pagan, Witch, Ace, Fat, Disabled. Artist, happily Married. Cetacean watcher & writer. Cat Lady. I do things with words & lots of (bio-degradable) glitter. She / Her Newsletter: https://www.whaletalesandglitter.com/
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🐋WT&G No. 7 🐋 is up: Gone Whale Watching! A Quick Look at some of the amazing things I saw on 3 recent trips. Plus a new website and Spotlight on Mary Anning, Marine Paleontologist #marinelife 🦑 #Whales #MarineMammals #Orca #Fin #Humpback #MaryAnning www.whaletalesandglitter.com
Whoohoo!! This will be awesome.
REMINDER: we're launching my new novella, The Drowned Man's Daughter, online this Wednesday, Sept. 24 at 7pm MDT / 9pm Eastern! Come for the illustrious @premeemohamed.com! I also hear that a wild @jennabutler.bsky.social may appear? UNMISSABLE. Register for free: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-drowne...
The Drowned Man's Daughter digital book launch
You are invited to the digital book launch of award-winning writer C.J. Lavigne’s brand new book The Drowned Man’s Daughter!
www.eventbrite.com
September 22, 2025 at 9:55 PM
🐋WT&G No. 7 🐋 is up: Gone Whale Watching! A Quick Look at some of the amazing things I saw on 3 recent trips. Plus a new website and Spotlight on Mary Anning, Marine Paleontologist #marinelife 🦑 #Whales #MarineMammals #Orca #Fin #Humpback #MaryAnning www.whaletalesandglitter.com
September 10, 2025 at 9:13 PM
WT&G No. 7: Gone Whale Watching! A Quick Look at some of the amazing things I saw on three recent trips Is out tomorrow! Plus a new website and Spotlight on Mary Anning, Marine Paleontologist www.whaletalesandglitter.com/subscribe
September 9, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Our local crow's nest is very noisy today. Me thinks the family has a new fledgling. I wonder if the parents will use our yard as a day-care again? Though our yard is less crow baby friendly these days w/ more stuff. The adults were always near the baby, in the trees etc. #Crow #Corvid #Wildlife
June 16, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The "problem" with being married to a software engineer is that they look at your cute little spreadsheet and a light bulb goes off in their eyes. 24 hours later they tell you they have a first start on a prototype thingee that will be super helpful. And might even be good for other people. wheee!
May 29, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Another story submission done. Whhhhhhy is the processes so nerve wracking??? its just clicks on a screen. It's not like the end result will define my life or anything. *runs whimpering into the void* *the void is sleepy and overbooked* *sigh*
May 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
this sounds amazing! And there's a live stream for it as well. I'm hoping they'll also record it and make it available online afterwards.

"Sir Ian McKellen to open historic all-trans and nonbinary production of Twelfth Night"

www.attitude.co.uk/culture/sir-...
Sir Ian McKellen to open historic all-trans and nonbinary production of Twelfth Night
Director Phoebe Kemp said: "Twelfth Night already toys with gender and performance – it feels like Shakespeare wrote it for us"
www.attitude.co.uk
May 28, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Really loving my first @wiscon.bsky.social even with low spoons. Good panels and tons of neat folks - many new and some old. And a good start to my "Conference season" lol it a season if you're only attending two? :)
May 25, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I've officially typed zooplankton enough that my word processor now offers it to me when I type zoo. I feel like I just leveled up in marine science-y-ness.

why yes, I am (finally) finishing up my notes from April's adventure with 3 whale watching trips in three days.

#zooplankton #MarineScience
May 22, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Issue No. 6 of Whale Tales and Glitter is out & all about my favorite thing: Whale Watching- the how, why, where, and when of it all! Also the May marine biology spotlight is Professor Idelisa Bonnelly, Mother of marine conservation in the Caribbean. www.whaletalesandglitter.com

#marinelife 🦑
May 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Distracted by caterpillars and chrysalis' today... We have a Swallowtail caterpillar who just molted from spiky black with red to spiky light green and black. Our Monarch chrysalis is tucked in a lavender bush, starting to get a bit of translucence! Can see some of the lines of the wings now.
May 18, 2025 at 9:55 PM
The last 100 days have been an unprecedented assault on American science. Our scientists. Our institutions. And the people around the world who rely on it. We must stand united and speak up. Our collective future depends on it. #ScienceMatters www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPlu... savesciencenow.org
You Need Science. Now Science Needs You.
YouTube video by Union of Concerned Scientists
www.youtube.com
May 17, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Part of why I love going whale watching is for the moments you can't predict. We know that Humpbacks breach but never when or where. Yes, the passengers got SOAKed and laughed alot in amazement, as did those of us watching.
Photos by C. Pennington April 17, 2025
#Humpback #Whale #MarineMammals
May 1, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The moment in office cleaning when you realize you CANNOT find the notebook with the sketches for your Space Whales. ... well shit.... "it has to be here somewhere" ... "Nope, not there" "Do not pull your hair out."

Clearly I have put them somewhere *SMART* and will now pay dearly for my choices.
April 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Reposted by Kate Pennington
Are possibly-expired copyrights on 78rpm vinyl records worth destroying THE source for information that’s rapidly disappearing as this administration rampages through the Internet?

Gotta wonder if supporting that #censorship is the real motivation behind this lawsuit.

#Disinformation
#RightToRead
internet archive is getting sued by record companies for $700M to stop public's access to old 78rpm vinyl archives, destroying @archive.org in the process. stop this cycle of attacks against libraries.
Sign the Petition
Defend the Internet Archive
chng.it
April 22, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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We don’t feel much like a “climate” movement right now and that’s as it should be, too many urgent fronts to fight on. But we’re still here. And this assault on climate science needs the greatest response we can marshal.
Thanks @marc-alessi.bsky.social & Rachel Cleetus blog.ucs.org/erika-spange...
Dear Climate Movement: They've Come for Our Climate Science. We Have to Stop Them.
They can't take it from us if we refuse to let it go.
blog.ucs.org
April 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
On the road to Monterey, CA and Hotel California comes on the radio. - why thank you i think we will sing at the top of our lungs. Mini vacation activated!
April 16, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I'm having a very Aries moment. For daaaays I've been blah about my birthday. Today the weather has gone all Spring! &lovely and lo - my whole being also went SPRING! and awake and Weeee! Birthday! lol Be kind to your Aries', we're finally waking up! Also new stuff from WoodlandsCustomCraft on Etsy
April 6, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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Hello everyone! Just here to say that Flights of Foundry @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social is precious and should be protected at any cost! It's a virtual-first con and it's a labor of love. Please participate or donate/sponsor them if you can! They have all their videos online for free on YouTube!
Just gonna mention this again, for reasons. We will be opening this year’s registration very soon!
Had someone ask me recently when @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social would be in-person. The answer is never. We serve a global audience and being virtual means anyone with an internet connection can participate, on their schedule, without travel costs and other barriers to entry.
March 27, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I remembering hearing about Ken Balcomb years ago and being deeply inspired by his work. Looking forward to this film.
A new film called Counting Orca celebrates the life of Ken Balcomb - who spent decades studying the endangered "southern resident" killer whales

It features @darrencroft.bsky.social & the premiere is next month - more details here 👉 nhmu.utah.edu/events/count...

Watch the trailer below 👇
Counting Orca | Trailer
YouTube video by Lakeshore Drive Productions
www.youtube.com
March 26, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Yesterday was a good mail day! My (early) Birthday present from my Mum @saaremartha.bsky.social - a Save our Seas T-shirt from @mcsuk.bsky.social and the Hard cover of Martian Contingency from @maryrobinettekowal.com
March 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Red Tara says hi. I'm going to be shaking things up in my art business ASAP. It's time for change. Find me in Redlands on State St. at 6th on March 30th for the beginning of my "Life is Short" sale. It's the Redlands Art Walk. Let's gooooo! #art
March 24, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Thank you for this amazing and heartening thread.
being an indie bookseller in the helltimes has felt both very stable and very stabilizing, and part of me wishes everyone could be on my side of the counter for a little while, because I think it would help some of you be a little less cynical and doomy right now. so here is my VERY anecdotal data:
March 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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It's #DolphinAwarenessMonth! We have Whale Tales for 31 different species of dolphins including Killer Whales, Hector's Dolphins, Peale's Dolphins, Melon Headed Whales, and Irrawaddy River Dolphins!
🎨 Green Humour
#WhaleTales
March 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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SF, here I come! I finally agreed to do a skateboard show.

I have no idea if this is my best work right now, hahaha. It's the work I need to make. There have been some health developmentsrecentlys. The big one is that I have a small brain aneurysm. I'm processing this thru art. How'm I doing? #art
March 21, 2025 at 7:20 PM