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decornery.bsky.social
@decornery.bsky.social
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Vintage-slinger (20thC), cool hunter, design curator, cat lady. Not a fan of the Partisan Misinformation-Outrage Machine, confirmation bias, echo chambers, alternative facts. Here for the cats. Cambridge, MA

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decornery.bsky.social
east bay crows, impassively watching. harbinger? omen? portent? (or just waiting for peanuts?) #doomscrolling #birdsky
in the foreground, a crow balances on a telephone wire on a very gray day in the east bay. a second crow can be seen in the background. in the foreground, a crow balances on a telephone wire on a very gray day in the east bay. a second crow can be seen in the background.
November 14, 2025 at 12:38 PM
decornery.bsky.social
new toy fresh from the bag #friyay
cream tabby on an orange table cloth, ears forward, staring intently at a thin green bean. her right paw is drawn back about to strike the green bean. cream tabby cat on an orange table cloth, chomping a green bean. both ends of the green bean are sticking out of the sides of her mouth.
November 14, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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petridishes.bsky.social
how I came to be in the Epstein files
How I Came to Be in the Epstein Files
A conspiracy wrapped in a conspiracy theory wrapped in an enigma
www.theatlantic.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:35 PM
decornery.bsky.social
that time my felt fish toy made me unhinged #tbt #throwbackthursday #catsofbluesky #catsky
photo of a cream tabby cat on a black and white bedspread, mid-pounce. her left front and rear paws are touching the bed while her right front and rear paws are both extended, for balance and better aim. her ears are in angry 'airplane' mode (each pointing outward, and turned down). the toy the cat is attacking cannot be seen in the photo. cream tabby cat on a bed (with black, white, grey and yellow sheets), mid pounce, in front of an orange pillow. the cat's tail is stiffly pointing up for balance, and both rear paws curled, mid-air, both ears pinned back. the toy she's chasing cannot be seen in the photo. cream tabby cat on a bed (with black, white, grey and yellow sheets), mid pounce, in front of an orange pillow. the cat's tail is curved for balance and both front paws are extended, attempting to grasp the yellow felt fish that is airborne between her paws. photo of a cream tabby cat in a bed, tail pointing up, head pointing down, head, back and legs curled around a yellow felt toy fish. the cat's mouth is open, mid-chomp, and one of her lower canine teeth can be seen biting the toy.
November 13, 2025 at 11:32 AM
decornery.bsky.social
500 Internal Server Error #weirdowednesday #wackywednesday #catsky
cream tabby cat caught arms and legs akimbo, ears flattened and turned, looking like she's been folded wrong (in reality, she was aggressively attempting to kill the little yellow felt fish on the right side of the photo)
November 12, 2025 at 10:47 AM
decornery.bsky.social
I was hoping for cookies, but instead had a good cry. thank you, @marissarothkopf.bsky.social for sharing this. (and I'll have time for cookies tomorrow)
marissarothkopf.bsky.social Marissa Rothkopf @marissarothkopf.bsky.social · 2d
I share my father's recollections of Kristallnacht almost every year on the anniversary. This year, with Trump's Brownshirts arresting people across the country, the similarities are stark.
open.substack.com/pub/marissar...
Who exactly are "the worst of the worst?"
In order to have faith in our quality as human beings, we need to remember.
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:41 PM
decornery.bsky.social
her face when I read her the news #tickedofftuesday #toothytuesday #tongueouttuesday #catsky
the face of a cream tabby cat protesting with her mouth open when her mum tried to get a look at a new scabby spot (you can see the cat's tongue and teeth). cat looks pissed off
November 11, 2025 at 10:45 AM
decornery.bsky.social
v tight meatloafing this #meatloafmonday #catsky #catsofbluesky
cream tabby sitting in meatloaf mode (all paws tucked under), staring at the photographer
November 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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radiofreetom.bsky.social
"Democrats could have held the line on the shutdown, and spent weeks watching Trump’s approval ratings fall," writes @jonathanbchait.bsky.social
Instead, he argues, they're making a mistake by giving in:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Senate Democrats Just Made a Huge Mistake
The shutdown was hurting Trump. Ending it helps him.
www.theatlantic.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:52 AM
decornery.bsky.social
little friend: a story in four parts #catsky #catsofbluesky
the back of the head of a cream tabby cat in the foreground, looking through a glass door at a brown rabbit, who appears to be looking back at the cat the back of the head of a cream tabby cat in the foreground, looking through a glass door at a brown rabbit, who appears to be looking back at the cat-- the rabbit is looking interested the back of the head of a cream tabby cat in the foreground, looking through a glass door at a brown rabbit, who is so interested he has hopped over, nose nearly pressed against the glass door, *definitely* looking at the cat after many uncontentious minutes (and a lot more staring between a very calm cat and a seemingly calm rabbit), the rabbit turned and hopped away (photos is of the rabbit, mid-hop, somewhat blurry due to the movement)
November 9, 2025 at 10:50 PM
decornery.bsky.social
big mad. big big mad #catsky #catsofbluesky
cream tabby cat angrily staring at her mum (the photographer). the cat is sitting on the kitchen table, next to a mug with a cat on it, and wearing the dreaded Cone of Shame (in our house we call it the Stupid Hat) close up of the same cream tabby cat angrily staring at her mum (the photographer)
November 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM
decornery.bsky.social
yesterday's project, before and after #foodsky #vegetariancooking #vegan
thinly sliced red onion, shallot, potato, zucchini, red and yellow tomatoes, layered tightly in a 9x9 glass pan lined with parchment paper the same pan of thinly sliced red onion, shallot, potato, zucchini, red and yellow tomatoes, layered tightly in a 9x9 glass pan lined with parchment paper, after it's been roasted in the oven
November 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
decornery.bsky.social
my girl seems to be avoiding boxes at the moment, so I present her void cousin #catboxsunday #catsky #catsofbluesky
large black handsome cat sitting in next of tissue in a cardboard box
November 9, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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brittanytrang.com
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.

Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."

Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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jbf1755.bsky.social
A truly fascinating article.

Kara Walker’s work is so profoundly powerful.

(Gift article)

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/m...
How to Make Art Out of Confederate Monuments
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
decornery.bsky.social
hangin' with my rat friend this #caturday #catsky #catsofbluesky
cream tabby cat sitting with a felt rat on a purple coverlet cream tabby cat lying, eyes closed, on a purple coverlet, with her felted rat
November 8, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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universalhub.com
#Massachusetts to resume full #SNAP payments today even as regime declares it would rather starve children than stop terrorizing American cities
www.universalhub.com/2025/regime-...
November 7, 2025 at 9:47 PM
decornery.bsky.social
coldest morning of the season here (31 degrees) but mum let me under the covers so there's that #friyay #catsky
cream tabby cat pulling a (skeptical, slightly irritated) face at her mum
November 7, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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thedailyshow.com
Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
decornery.bsky.social
that time mum gave me a rat and I chomped it #throwbackthursday #tbt #catsky #catsofbluesky
cream tabby cat standing on two legs like a penguin, clutching a felted mouse in her paws, head down, mid-mouse-chomp
November 6, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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petridishes.bsky.social
STOP ASKING MIKE JOHNSON ABOUT THE NEWS! HE IS PROTECTING HIS MENTAL SPACE!
Mike Johnson: I Am Tuning Out the News Cycle to Focus on Self-Care
Don’t ask me about the news. I am protecting my mental space.
www.theatlantic.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
decornery.bsky.social
a memorial to the patch of whiskers and fur I clawed from my face #whiskerwednesday #catsky
close up of the right side of the face of a sleeping cream tabby cat. the bald patch where a chunk of fur/whiskers has been pulled out is obvious (dang allergies)
November 5, 2025 at 12:08 PM
decornery.bsky.social
golden hour toe beans #toebeantuesday #catsky #catsofbluesky
closeup of cream tabby cat sitting in the sunlight on her bum, the bubblegum pink toe beans of her right left foot prominently displayed in the foreground
November 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM
decornery.bsky.social
meatloaf with a view #meatloafmonday #catsky
large black cat, in partial meatloaf mode (paws in front of him like a sphynx, ears forward), sits in the sun in his cat tree with a view of san francisco in the far distance
November 3, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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mobydickatsea.bsky.social
you cannot sit motionless in the heart of these perils, because the boat is rocking like a cradle, and you are pitched one way and the other, without the slightest warning
November 2, 2025 at 11:47 AM