Catherine P
@cath97.bsky.social
Science (chemistry laboratory) by day, crochet by night, easily distracted all the time. Love my dog, my books, my peace and quiet, and my craft projects. "Set your course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship." ~Omar Bradley~ she/her
Checking the forecast while I have insomnia, wishing I could get to sleep as easily as my dog.
Looks like several inches of snow on Saturday, time to put the shovel by the front door. And find my boots!
Looks like several inches of snow on Saturday, time to put the shovel by the front door. And find my boots!
November 26, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Checking the forecast while I have insomnia, wishing I could get to sleep as easily as my dog.
Looks like several inches of snow on Saturday, time to put the shovel by the front door. And find my boots!
Looks like several inches of snow on Saturday, time to put the shovel by the front door. And find my boots!
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This is Skye. She refuses to let her human leave for college. Willing to do anything to get him to change his mind about this whole "education" thing. 13/10 (IG: skye.redgoldenretriever)
November 25, 2025 at 11:30 PM
This is Skye. She refuses to let her human leave for college. Willing to do anything to get him to change his mind about this whole "education" thing. 13/10 (IG: skye.redgoldenretriever)
Woke up and let my dog out to pee and was extremely confused that my kitchen smelled like tomatoes...until I remembered I put the ingredients for pasta sauce in my crockpot to cook overnight.
Smells delicious but an odd smell in the very early morning.
Smells delicious but an odd smell in the very early morning.
November 25, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Woke up and let my dog out to pee and was extremely confused that my kitchen smelled like tomatoes...until I remembered I put the ingredients for pasta sauce in my crockpot to cook overnight.
Smells delicious but an odd smell in the very early morning.
Smells delicious but an odd smell in the very early morning.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I object, I have no plants at all (because i kill them with my black thumb, if they didn't die i certainly would). And once I have some time that I can take off from work in a row i plan on tidying up and decluttering so yeah.
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I object, I have no plants at all (because i kill them with my black thumb, if they didn't die i certainly would). And once I have some time that I can take off from work in a row i plan on tidying up and decluttering so yeah.
Went to the store to get a basic toaster for when I'm hungry late in the day, so I can eat toast instead of cookies. Saw a great price on a little sandwich maker too.
I'm going to need to keep so much cheese on hand for quick grilled cheese sandwiches now, because it works better than I thought!
I'm going to need to keep so much cheese on hand for quick grilled cheese sandwiches now, because it works better than I thought!
November 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Went to the store to get a basic toaster for when I'm hungry late in the day, so I can eat toast instead of cookies. Saw a great price on a little sandwich maker too.
I'm going to need to keep so much cheese on hand for quick grilled cheese sandwiches now, because it works better than I thought!
I'm going to need to keep so much cheese on hand for quick grilled cheese sandwiches now, because it works better than I thought!
Got a long list of tasks for this weekend and I'm trying to get a start, but since my dog knows it's the weekend she keeps asking for morning pets instead.
November 22, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Got a long list of tasks for this weekend and I'm trying to get a start, but since my dog knows it's the weekend she keeps asking for morning pets instead.
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Fawn Hall marrying Oliver North somehow feels like the most normal thing that happened in 2025.
Iran-Contra figures Oliver North and Fawn Hall marry after 40 years
The pair shredded documents to cover up secret arms sales to Iran in a scandal that rocked Ronald Reagan's White House.
www.bbc.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Fawn Hall marrying Oliver North somehow feels like the most normal thing that happened in 2025.
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🧵 Let’s be so effing for real right now. The Department of Education saying these jobs are no longer PROFESSIONAL is dumb as hell and insulting as fuck. It takes YEARS of post-graduate training, including passing certifying exams, to earn degrees in these fields. #fdt #momsky
November 21, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Got some stuff for the person whose tag i picked off the tree at my parents' church. A mom asked for slippers, socks, or self-care items. I got some of everything. If she's anything like my mom, the bathroom is the only place she has some peace so I hope she likes the shower gel and bath bombs. 🙂
November 21, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Got some stuff for the person whose tag i picked off the tree at my parents' church. A mom asked for slippers, socks, or self-care items. I got some of everything. If she's anything like my mom, the bathroom is the only place she has some peace so I hope she likes the shower gel and bath bombs. 🙂
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periodic reminder of the existence of Atkinson Hyperlegible, a free font available from the Braille Institute designed to improve readability for people with low vision
I use it in talks because it's pretty and also because, as an audience member, I am perpetually squinting at people's slides
I use it in talks because it's pretty and also because, as an audience member, I am perpetually squinting at people's slides
Atkinson Hyperlegible Font - Braille Institute
Read easier with Atkinson Hyperlegible Font, crafted for low-vision readers. Download for free and enjoy clear letters and numbers on your computer!
www.brailleinstitute.org
November 17, 2025 at 4:19 AM
periodic reminder of the existence of Atkinson Hyperlegible, a free font available from the Braille Institute designed to improve readability for people with low vision
I use it in talks because it's pretty and also because, as an audience member, I am perpetually squinting at people's slides
I use it in talks because it's pretty and also because, as an audience member, I am perpetually squinting at people's slides
Working through ball number 10 of 11 before I think this will be a good size to finish off my blanket (but if I need more length, I estimated needing 13 balls so I have plenty of extra yarn). Should be finished soon then on to another project. 🙂
November 16, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Working through ball number 10 of 11 before I think this will be a good size to finish off my blanket (but if I need more length, I estimated needing 13 balls so I have plenty of extra yarn). Should be finished soon then on to another project. 🙂
Heh. One of my coworkers donated blood at a workplace event partially so he could find out what his blood type was. He got a notification within days that his blood was used already.
Turns out he is O negative. 😄
Turns out he is O negative. 😄
November 16, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Heh. One of my coworkers donated blood at a workplace event partially so he could find out what his blood type was. He got a notification within days that his blood was used already.
Turns out he is O negative. 😄
Turns out he is O negative. 😄
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This year we have sold 31% of the advent calendars that we sold last year 😓
The art is so pretty and colorful 🥺
The facts are so good 🥺
Eels are so cool 🥺
Get an eel facts advent calendar at EelFacts.net
The art is so pretty and colorful 🥺
The facts are so good 🥺
Eels are so cool 🥺
Get an eel facts advent calendar at EelFacts.net
November 9, 2025 at 2:24 PM
This year we have sold 31% of the advent calendars that we sold last year 😓
The art is so pretty and colorful 🥺
The facts are so good 🥺
Eels are so cool 🥺
Get an eel facts advent calendar at EelFacts.net
The art is so pretty and colorful 🥺
The facts are so good 🥺
Eels are so cool 🥺
Get an eel facts advent calendar at EelFacts.net
Had a little extra cash this month but I have no cats and my dog needs fancy prescription food so I don't know what all-purpose kibble is good. Fortunately the pet food pantry at my local humane society takes monetary donations as well.
Might not be much, but it should help a few folks.
Might not be much, but it should help a few folks.
November 15, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Had a little extra cash this month but I have no cats and my dog needs fancy prescription food so I don't know what all-purpose kibble is good. Fortunately the pet food pantry at my local humane society takes monetary donations as well.
Might not be much, but it should help a few folks.
Might not be much, but it should help a few folks.
The comments on this are amazing. 😄😄😄
November 15, 2025 at 12:02 AM
The comments on this are amazing. 😄😄😄
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how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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A message for the senate democrats
November 9, 2025 at 11:45 PM
A message for the senate democrats
The winter weather forecast for Chicago and surrounding areas is quite impressive. I had a relative who went to college at Notre Dame and the locals loved explaining "wind chill" and "lake effect snow" to those from more distant areas.
Wonder how much winter gear ICE and Border Patrol have lol.
Wonder how much winter gear ICE and Border Patrol have lol.
November 9, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The winter weather forecast for Chicago and surrounding areas is quite impressive. I had a relative who went to college at Notre Dame and the locals loved explaining "wind chill" and "lake effect snow" to those from more distant areas.
Wonder how much winter gear ICE and Border Patrol have lol.
Wonder how much winter gear ICE and Border Patrol have lol.
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“The elites are ecstatic about imagining a vast, uneducated, and unproductive population forced to pay companies like OpenAI to access the written word and to approximate thought.”
Must read piece by Noah McCormack with too many quotaboe lines to select one! thebaffler.com/salvos/we-us...
Must read piece by Noah McCormack with too many quotaboe lines to select one! thebaffler.com/salvos/we-us...
We Used to Read Things in This Country | Noah McCormack
Technology changes us—and it is currently changing us for the worse.
thebaffler.com
November 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“The elites are ecstatic about imagining a vast, uneducated, and unproductive population forced to pay companies like OpenAI to access the written word and to approximate thought.”
Must read piece by Noah McCormack with too many quotaboe lines to select one! thebaffler.com/salvos/we-us...
Must read piece by Noah McCormack with too many quotaboe lines to select one! thebaffler.com/salvos/we-us...
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
Detroit Tigers fans understand! 😄
November 9, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Detroit Tigers fans understand! 😄
Made a triangle shawl just to test a yarn I've never worked with before, then decided I likely wouldn't wear it. After considering how annoying it wpuld be to unravel it, decided to add it to the growing pile of random stuff to donate that I'm amassing.
I'm sure SOMEONE can use it, just not me!
I'm sure SOMEONE can use it, just not me!
November 9, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Made a triangle shawl just to test a yarn I've never worked with before, then decided I likely wouldn't wear it. After considering how annoying it wpuld be to unravel it, decided to add it to the growing pile of random stuff to donate that I'm amassing.
I'm sure SOMEONE can use it, just not me!
I'm sure SOMEONE can use it, just not me!
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