Cat Kimbriel
@catkimbriel.bsky.social
Writer (mostly SFFH) navigating Life, Interrupted. Avatar by Ethan Kocak. My sunset photo. Lead with kindness. 😷
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Most current pubs https://bookviewcafe.com/bvc_author/katharine-eliska-kimbriel/
https://linktr.ee/dragonrain33
Most current pubs https://bookviewcafe.com/bvc_author/katharine-eliska-kimbriel/
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Cat Kimbriel
@catkimbriel.bsky.social
· Sep 14
I ended up on a SFFH writer’s list and so I say, welcome! To all who decided to drop by. You may not decide to stay, but I’ll tell you that polite unfollows are all part of social media. If BSky is your staying light place, no harm, no foul.
Just remember—we can mute words here. 1/
Just remember—we can mute words here. 1/
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Purring kitten break. Sound up!
January 22, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Purring kitten break. Sound up!
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And if you haven't yet read the first fantasy rom-com in the Queens of Villainy trilogy, Wooing the Witch Queen is available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook now: stephanieburgis.com/books/wooing-the-witch-queen
Wooing the Witch Queen - Stephanie Burgis
North American cover art by Mike Pape Order your copy from the US or find it in the UK. In a Gaslamp-lit world where hags and ogres lurk in thick pine forests, three magical queens form an uneasy alli...
stephanieburgis.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:22 PM
And if you haven't yet read the first fantasy rom-com in the Queens of Villainy trilogy, Wooing the Witch Queen is available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook now: stephanieburgis.com/books/wooing-the-witch-queen
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NEW: We sent a letter to the Ohio Secretary of State informing him that the state's new law mandating secretive voter purges violates the National Voter Registration Act.
This law will cause qualified voters in Ohio to lose their right to vote with little time for recourse.
This law will cause qualified voters in Ohio to lose their right to vote with little time for recourse.
January 22, 2026 at 7:33 PM
NEW: We sent a letter to the Ohio Secretary of State informing him that the state's new law mandating secretive voter purges violates the National Voter Registration Act.
This law will cause qualified voters in Ohio to lose their right to vote with little time for recourse.
This law will cause qualified voters in Ohio to lose their right to vote with little time for recourse.
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Those aren't hallucinations.
It's 100% obvious this mushroom lets you see the fairies.
It's 100% obvious this mushroom lets you see the fairies.
With most psychedelic drugs, you never know what you're going to get. But this mysterious mushroom from China - without fail - causes users to hallucinate tiny people: crawling up walls, popping out from under furniture and marching under doors. www.bbc.com/future/artic...
'They saw them on their dishes when eating': The mushroom making people hallucinate dozens of tiny humans
Only recently described by science, the mysterious mushrooms are found in different parts of the world, but they give people the same exact visions.
www.bbc.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Those aren't hallucinations.
It's 100% obvious this mushroom lets you see the fairies.
It's 100% obvious this mushroom lets you see the fairies.
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Tragically, we have seen incidents where people try to heat their homes using charcoal grills. Burning charcoal releases carbon monoxide. Never try to heat your home with a charcoal grill.
January 21, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Tragically, we have seen incidents where people try to heat their homes using charcoal grills. Burning charcoal releases carbon monoxide. Never try to heat your home with a charcoal grill.
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CW grief
a year ago today, my grandfather died. Last week, I taught my mixed media class how to use traditional Chinese ink like how he taught me. Grief is weird, and time continues.
I wrote this game a year ago for the #36wordGameJam as a way to process my grief and I’d love to reshare it now 🫶🏼
a year ago today, my grandfather died. Last week, I taught my mixed media class how to use traditional Chinese ink like how he taught me. Grief is weird, and time continues.
I wrote this game a year ago for the #36wordGameJam as a way to process my grief and I’d love to reshare it now 🫶🏼
i will see you later. by Nala J. Wu
35 words to help you let go, one word at a time
naladraws.itch.io
January 22, 2026 at 6:35 PM
CW grief
a year ago today, my grandfather died. Last week, I taught my mixed media class how to use traditional Chinese ink like how he taught me. Grief is weird, and time continues.
I wrote this game a year ago for the #36wordGameJam as a way to process my grief and I’d love to reshare it now 🫶🏼
a year ago today, my grandfather died. Last week, I taught my mixed media class how to use traditional Chinese ink like how he taught me. Grief is weird, and time continues.
I wrote this game a year ago for the #36wordGameJam as a way to process my grief and I’d love to reshare it now 🫶🏼
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IN THIS LIES MY LEGACY
All I value, everything meaningful to me can be found here:
bsky.app/profile/ebon...
My writing is found on the Substack these days:
Cognitive Dissident
— Strange Attractor
— Radio Free Mars
Omniverse
— Light of the Nine Realms
@scifi.radio
#Author #Analyst #Editor
All I value, everything meaningful to me can be found here:
bsky.app/profile/ebon...
My writing is found on the Substack these days:
Cognitive Dissident
— Strange Attractor
— Radio Free Mars
Omniverse
— Light of the Nine Realms
@scifi.radio
#Author #Analyst #Editor
January 22, 2026 at 7:41 PM
IN THIS LIES MY LEGACY
All I value, everything meaningful to me can be found here:
bsky.app/profile/ebon...
My writing is found on the Substack these days:
Cognitive Dissident
— Strange Attractor
— Radio Free Mars
Omniverse
— Light of the Nine Realms
@scifi.radio
#Author #Analyst #Editor
All I value, everything meaningful to me can be found here:
bsky.app/profile/ebon...
My writing is found on the Substack these days:
Cognitive Dissident
— Strange Attractor
— Radio Free Mars
Omniverse
— Light of the Nine Realms
@scifi.radio
#Author #Analyst #Editor
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Hearing about the rush at the grocery stores today—it’s hard not to feel the weight of the coming storm. But as we stock our own pantries, I’m thinking about our neighbors for whom stocking up isn't an option.
Stay safe, check on your neighbors, and let’s look out for one another this weekend. ❄️
Stay safe, check on your neighbors, and let’s look out for one another this weekend. ❄️
Take time to check your emergency kit. Your kit should include:
✔️ Water & non-perishable food (3+ days)
✔️ Phone charger or backup battery
✔️ Flashlight, radio, & extra batteries
✔️ First aid kit & medications
✔️ Items for pets, babies & personal hygiene
Find more preparedness tips at ready.gov.
✔️ Water & non-perishable food (3+ days)
✔️ Phone charger or backup battery
✔️ Flashlight, radio, & extra batteries
✔️ First aid kit & medications
✔️ Items for pets, babies & personal hygiene
Find more preparedness tips at ready.gov.
January 22, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Hearing about the rush at the grocery stores today—it’s hard not to feel the weight of the coming storm. But as we stock our own pantries, I’m thinking about our neighbors for whom stocking up isn't an option.
Stay safe, check on your neighbors, and let’s look out for one another this weekend. ❄️
Stay safe, check on your neighbors, and let’s look out for one another this weekend. ❄️
. . . there are three sets of thermals in this place, and another set on the way. I have to find #2 so I can wash the newer stuff tomorrow.
All the alpaca blankets are on the bed.
Going to be a long week.
All the alpaca blankets are on the bed.
Going to be a long week.
January 23, 2026 at 1:11 AM
. . . there are three sets of thermals in this place, and another set on the way. I have to find #2 so I can wash the newer stuff tomorrow.
All the alpaca blankets are on the bed.
Going to be a long week.
All the alpaca blankets are on the bed.
Going to be a long week.
Void contemplating crime.
Pretending to "Help."
Void's Person is both suspicious & creating, so the paw creeps on. . . .
Pretending to "Help."
Void's Person is both suspicious & creating, so the paw creeps on. . . .
January 23, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Void contemplating crime.
Pretending to "Help."
Void's Person is both suspicious & creating, so the paw creeps on. . . .
Pretending to "Help."
Void's Person is both suspicious & creating, so the paw creeps on. . . .
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Hello! I once almost died of carbon monoxide poisoning. If you feel queasy and suddenly exhausted don’t lay down for “just a minute” - run outside, breathe fresh air. The space between “I feel a little weird, I guess I slept bad/ate something weird” and death is like ten minutes.
Carbon monoxide deaths spike during power outages. Many times, this is due to portable generators being placed too close to people's homes or run indoors. Make sure you have working carbon monoxide alarms. Run your generator outdoors, at least 20ft away from your home.
January 22, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Hello! I once almost died of carbon monoxide poisoning. If you feel queasy and suddenly exhausted don’t lay down for “just a minute” - run outside, breathe fresh air. The space between “I feel a little weird, I guess I slept bad/ate something weird” and death is like ten minutes.
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Texas winter storm prep means that the minute, I mean THE MINUTE, the media starts making fun of Ted Cruz for going on vacation, you get your ass to HEB or else you're eating gas station snacks and Whataburger for the next five fucking days.
January 22, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Texas winter storm prep means that the minute, I mean THE MINUTE, the media starts making fun of Ted Cruz for going on vacation, you get your ass to HEB or else you're eating gas station snacks and Whataburger for the next five fucking days.
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Prepare now. Prepare now. Prepare now. Prepare now. Prepare now. Prepare now. Prepare now. Prepare now.
⚠️~132 million: Number of people under alerts for snow, sleet, & freezing rain.
A large, long-duration winter storm is expected to bring widespread heavy snow, sleet, & freezing rain from the Southern Rockies & Plains beginning Friday (Jan. 23), spreading eastward toward New England this weekend.
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A large, long-duration winter storm is expected to bring widespread heavy snow, sleet, & freezing rain from the Southern Rockies & Plains beginning Friday (Jan. 23), spreading eastward toward New England this weekend.
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January 22, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Prepare now. Prepare now. Prepare now. Prepare now. Prepare now. Prepare now. Prepare now. Prepare now.
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One of the reasons I am so insistent that everyone remember that only 22% of the US population voted for Trump is that the Christian Nationalists want the myth of a mandate in circulation.
We need to reject it. They never had a mandate, and their coalition is shrinking.
We need to reject it. They never had a mandate, and their coalition is shrinking.
The new NYT poll finds Trump 17 points underwater on immigration, and the nonwhite and young voters who went to Trump in 2024 have snapped back to Dems
It's almost as if 2024 might not have represented a seismic cultural realignment on immigration after all, despite 1,000 NYT op eds to the contrary
It's almost as if 2024 might not have represented a seismic cultural realignment on immigration after all, despite 1,000 NYT op eds to the contrary
January 22, 2026 at 5:17 PM
One of the reasons I am so insistent that everyone remember that only 22% of the US population voted for Trump is that the Christian Nationalists want the myth of a mandate in circulation.
We need to reject it. They never had a mandate, and their coalition is shrinking.
We need to reject it. They never had a mandate, and their coalition is shrinking.
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The GOP’s nearly century long project to roll back the New Deal in its entirety includes erasing any artistic or cultural legacy of it that would preserve the memory of it.
This is uncultured barbarism yes, but it’s also an attempt to erase history.
This is uncultured barbarism yes, but it’s also an attempt to erase history.
VOA's headquarters, 'the Sistine Chapel of the New Deal,' faces possible destruction as part of the Trump administration's drive for "maximum value for the federal real estate footprint." wapo.st/4a5NCsq
The stunning art trove hidden in a D.C. building marked by Trump for disposal
Packed with frescoes, paintings and reliefs, the federal government’s Cohen Building has been called “the Sistine Chapel of the New Deal.” Advocates fear these works could be at risk.
wapo.st
January 22, 2026 at 4:08 PM
The GOP’s nearly century long project to roll back the New Deal in its entirety includes erasing any artistic or cultural legacy of it that would preserve the memory of it.
This is uncultured barbarism yes, but it’s also an attempt to erase history.
This is uncultured barbarism yes, but it’s also an attempt to erase history.
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When I was in high school I did a constitutional debate program and witnessed this exchange:
JUDGE: what’s your favorite amendment?
KID: the third
JUDGE: why the third?
KID: because if there’s soldiers in your house, the other ones really don’t matter
BORN READY FOR 2026
JUDGE: what’s your favorite amendment?
KID: the third
JUDGE: why the third?
KID: because if there’s soldiers in your house, the other ones really don’t matter
BORN READY FOR 2026
January 22, 2026 at 2:36 AM
When I was in high school I did a constitutional debate program and witnessed this exchange:
JUDGE: what’s your favorite amendment?
KID: the third
JUDGE: why the third?
KID: because if there’s soldiers in your house, the other ones really don’t matter
BORN READY FOR 2026
JUDGE: what’s your favorite amendment?
KID: the third
JUDGE: why the third?
KID: because if there’s soldiers in your house, the other ones really don’t matter
BORN READY FOR 2026
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January 22, 2026 at 8:20 PM
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For people asking “why isn’t there a general strike?” earnestly, and not just to be a judgmental prick
Congress passed the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947 (over Truman's veto) to make general strikes so incredibly difficult to organize that there hasn't been one since.
That there is a general strike happening in a major US city on such short notice is nothing short of a miracle.
That there is a general strike happening in a major US city on such short notice is nothing short of a miracle.
National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
January 22, 2026 at 10:23 PM
For people asking “why isn’t there a general strike?” earnestly, and not just to be a judgmental prick
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Morning update from the Whistle Witch! The crew has sent out 93,230 whistles over the past 22 days, to 35 different states. Every morning I open our inbox and see dozens of newly radicalized people asking for a way to protect their neighbors.
This is my daily joy and my daily spite. 💓
More info:
This is my daily joy and my daily spite. 💓
More info:
3D Printed Whistles | Linktree
We ship community protection whistles for free. Need some? Click the email link below & tell us how many you need (between 100 - 1000) & where to send them.
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January 22, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Morning update from the Whistle Witch! The crew has sent out 93,230 whistles over the past 22 days, to 35 different states. Every morning I open our inbox and see dozens of newly radicalized people asking for a way to protect their neighbors.
This is my daily joy and my daily spite. 💓
More info:
This is my daily joy and my daily spite. 💓
More info:
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Corollary to @faineg.bsky.social's discourse on "good tech needs no begging to adopt": when the humble web browser has become so encumbered by AI features that an article about using the command line to run GitHub scripts to shut them off is viral news amongst normies, it's a full repudiation of AI.
January 22, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Corollary to @faineg.bsky.social's discourse on "good tech needs no begging to adopt": when the humble web browser has become so encumbered by AI features that an article about using the command line to run GitHub scripts to shut them off is viral news amongst normies, it's a full repudiation of AI.
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WARMING CENTERS: As St. Louis experiences an arctic air and snowfall on Friday and Saturday, warming centers and shelters are available. Here’s the list:
STL City - stlouis-mo.gov/live-work/wa...
STL County - bit.ly/4pSojyK
For additional information, you can call 211. Stay safe, y’all!
STL City - stlouis-mo.gov/live-work/wa...
STL County - bit.ly/4pSojyK
For additional information, you can call 211. Stay safe, y’all!
January 22, 2026 at 9:01 PM
WARMING CENTERS: As St. Louis experiences an arctic air and snowfall on Friday and Saturday, warming centers and shelters are available. Here’s the list:
STL City - stlouis-mo.gov/live-work/wa...
STL County - bit.ly/4pSojyK
For additional information, you can call 211. Stay safe, y’all!
STL City - stlouis-mo.gov/live-work/wa...
STL County - bit.ly/4pSojyK
For additional information, you can call 211. Stay safe, y’all!
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Museums and art spaces in the Twin Cities—including the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis Institute of Art, the Minnesota Museum of American Art, Dreamsong, and others—will be closed tomorrow in support of the general strike against ICE: www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/22/m...
Museums and galleries in Minneapolis join citywide general strike in protest of Ice operations
In protest of federal immigration enforcement officers’ violent campaign in the city, hundreds of local business and organisations will shutter on 23 January
www.theartnewspaper.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Museums and art spaces in the Twin Cities—including the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis Institute of Art, the Minnesota Museum of American Art, Dreamsong, and others—will be closed tomorrow in support of the general strike against ICE: www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/22/m...
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Lots of premade covers--free of generative AI--in need of a good home, including Vampire Lesbians in Space. Note that you do not have to keep the titles, I customize those for your project, but I do truly believe that title would sell a lot of books. payhip.com/IndigoChickD...
Indigo Chick Designs - Premade Cover
Writer, artist, and editor Skyla Dawn Cameron worked behind the scenes in publishing for six years as a cover artist, editor, and art director. She went exclusively freelance in 2013, and approaches c...
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January 22, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Lots of premade covers--free of generative AI--in need of a good home, including Vampire Lesbians in Space. Note that you do not have to keep the titles, I customize those for your project, but I do truly believe that title would sell a lot of books. payhip.com/IndigoChickD...
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It's official. The US has left the World Health Organization as of today. I don't know when or how or where, but I can guarantee that mathematically the infectious diseases of the world will not stop at national borders and they will cause millions more deaths when the world does not cooperate.
January 22, 2026 at 5:56 PM
It's official. The US has left the World Health Organization as of today. I don't know when or how or where, but I can guarantee that mathematically the infectious diseases of the world will not stop at national borders and they will cause millions more deaths when the world does not cooperate.