Kat Keating
@fuseboxdwarf.bsky.social
Reader, writer, and records manager. Basically I love anything with paper and ink and overthinking. She/her, demisexual, 39. Easily distracted knitter. Proud weirdo.
Really good brunch with a really good friend, and then tea and reading all afternoon. If I ignore literally the rest of the world, it’s a great day.
November 22, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Really good brunch with a really good friend, and then tea and reading all afternoon. If I ignore literally the rest of the world, it’s a great day.
Hey, would it be weird and off-putting if I tried to actively get pretentious and overly intellectual as a form of political protest? Everything’s getting so stupid and it’s really pissing me off.
November 17, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Hey, would it be weird and off-putting if I tried to actively get pretentious and overly intellectual as a form of political protest? Everything’s getting so stupid and it’s really pissing me off.
Love that this place lets you reset your handle. Much better. Expect more rambling from me in the future. Yay
November 11, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Love that this place lets you reset your handle. Much better. Expect more rambling from me in the future. Yay
My nerdiest airport thought is that I miss my fountain pens
May 15, 2025 at 9:10 PM
My nerdiest airport thought is that I miss my fountain pens
I know I’m locked in at work when I start talking to the spreadsheets out loud.
May 15, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I know I’m locked in at work when I start talking to the spreadsheets out loud.
A mourning dove flew past me and I could hear its wings slicing through the air.
Autocorrect just tried to turn my attempt at “mourning” into “morbid”.
Autocorrect just tried to turn my attempt at “mourning” into “morbid”.
May 3, 2025 at 12:45 AM
A mourning dove flew past me and I could hear its wings slicing through the air.
Autocorrect just tried to turn my attempt at “mourning” into “morbid”.
Autocorrect just tried to turn my attempt at “mourning” into “morbid”.
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February 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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My mom’s cat has slowly warmed to me, and now she’s sitting on my butt bc I laid down on my stomach. I am honored. 🥰
February 22, 2025 at 11:37 PM
My mom’s cat has slowly warmed to me, and now she’s sitting on my butt bc I laid down on my stomach. I am honored. 🥰
We’ve reached my favorite part of the big family vacation, which is where I hide from all of them on the porch with a rocking chair, a down comforter, a mountain view, and a book.
February 18, 2025 at 9:31 PM
We’ve reached my favorite part of the big family vacation, which is where I hide from all of them on the porch with a rocking chair, a down comforter, a mountain view, and a book.
If you’re able, please help my amazing friend and her family through this everything-is-on-fire time.
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February 4, 2025 at 10:24 PM
If you’re able, please help my amazing friend and her family through this everything-is-on-fire time.
gofund.me/50a01c65
gofund.me/50a01c65
My mom’s taste in music makes a lot more sense to me now that she’s slowly revealed to me what a stoner she was as a teenager.
January 19, 2025 at 4:10 AM
My mom’s taste in music makes a lot more sense to me now that she’s slowly revealed to me what a stoner she was as a teenager.
Nothing like visiting my loud and chaotic family to make me so grateful that I live alone.
January 18, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Nothing like visiting my loud and chaotic family to make me so grateful that I live alone.
My friends! Who has cold hands? I need to knit the weirdest and best mittens I’ve ever seen for someone I love.
January 18, 2025 at 3:51 PM
My friends! Who has cold hands? I need to knit the weirdest and best mittens I’ve ever seen for someone I love.
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STOP. ASKING. CHATGPT THINGS. TO OWN IT.
We all know it's bad and it can't count the number of Rs in strawberry. Quit boiling the planet with your fucking dunks
We all know it's bad and it can't count the number of Rs in strawberry. Quit boiling the planet with your fucking dunks
January 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
STOP. ASKING. CHATGPT THINGS. TO OWN IT.
We all know it's bad and it can't count the number of Rs in strawberry. Quit boiling the planet with your fucking dunks
We all know it's bad and it can't count the number of Rs in strawberry. Quit boiling the planet with your fucking dunks
The diner my friends and I are at has champagne ice cream as a dessert special and I’ve never needed to try anything more
January 11, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The diner my friends and I are at has champagne ice cream as a dessert special and I’ve never needed to try anything more
Genuinely starting to think the simulation is actively trying to kill us off.
Updated CDC technical report on the Louisiana case is out.
There are low frequency mutations in HA that indicate adaptation in a human host—specifically this human host.
But this doesn’t really change much in terms of estimating pandemic risk.
www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/spo...
There are low frequency mutations in HA that indicate adaptation in a human host—specifically this human host.
But this doesn’t really change much in terms of estimating pandemic risk.
www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/spo...
Genetic Sequences of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Viruses Identified in a Person in Louisiana
CDC has sequenced the influenza viruses in specimens collected from the patient in Louisiana who was
www.cdc.gov
December 27, 2024 at 4:16 AM
Genuinely starting to think the simulation is actively trying to kill us off.
My bullet journal and new fountain pen got delivered, and I’m making lots of lists and plans for 2025, and it’s wild how different and how much better my life is than this time last year. There’s so much bad going on that I can’t control, but the areas where I do have some are amazing this year. 🥰
December 26, 2024 at 10:45 PM
My bullet journal and new fountain pen got delivered, and I’m making lots of lists and plans for 2025, and it’s wild how different and how much better my life is than this time last year. There’s so much bad going on that I can’t control, but the areas where I do have some are amazing this year. 🥰
I didn’t get to see White Christmas in a theater this year, but I am watching it with my mama, so that’s enough for me. It’s the one and only holiday tradition I really keep up with. 🥰
December 21, 2024 at 10:52 PM
I didn’t get to see White Christmas in a theater this year, but I am watching it with my mama, so that’s enough for me. It’s the one and only holiday tradition I really keep up with. 🥰
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What with the news of Disney removing yet another trans storyline from their cartoons, now is the time to support artists who aren't afraid to share these stories, especially ones for kids! Here's some graphic novels aimed at a young audience that have explicitly trans characters (names in alt):
December 18, 2024 at 3:19 AM
What with the news of Disney removing yet another trans storyline from their cartoons, now is the time to support artists who aren't afraid to share these stories, especially ones for kids! Here's some graphic novels aimed at a young audience that have explicitly trans characters (names in alt):
My coworker brought his pittie puppy in and her name is Leia and she is tiny and blue-eyed and snuggly and it’s the BEST WORKDAY EVER 🥹
December 19, 2024 at 7:24 PM
My coworker brought his pittie puppy in and her name is Leia and she is tiny and blue-eyed and snuggly and it’s the BEST WORKDAY EVER 🥹
I spent a car ride with Rosiee where they played us their playlist for this book and described some of the stories to us and I CANNOT WAIT to read this!!! 👽📖💜
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Head over to Brave & Kind Books to reserve your glow in the dark special edition and sticker sheet!
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December 19, 2024 at 6:18 PM
I spent a car ride with Rosiee where they played us their playlist for this book and described some of the stories to us and I CANNOT WAIT to read this!!! 👽📖💜
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The preorder campaign for Why on Earth is LIVE!!!
Head over to Brave & Kind Books to reserve your glow in the dark special edition and sticker sheet!
www.braveandkindbooks.com/products/pre...
Head over to Brave & Kind Books to reserve your glow in the dark special edition and sticker sheet!
www.braveandkindbooks.com/products/pre...
December 19, 2024 at 6:04 PM
The preorder campaign for Why on Earth is LIVE!!!
Head over to Brave & Kind Books to reserve your glow in the dark special edition and sticker sheet!
www.braveandkindbooks.com/products/pre...
Head over to Brave & Kind Books to reserve your glow in the dark special edition and sticker sheet!
www.braveandkindbooks.com/products/pre...
One of my proudest life achievements is how often I think, “I just love my friends SO MUCH.”
If any of you read this and think I might be talking about you, I AM AND YOU ARE PERFECT
If any of you read this and think I might be talking about you, I AM AND YOU ARE PERFECT
December 19, 2024 at 5:24 PM
One of my proudest life achievements is how often I think, “I just love my friends SO MUCH.”
If any of you read this and think I might be talking about you, I AM AND YOU ARE PERFECT
If any of you read this and think I might be talking about you, I AM AND YOU ARE PERFECT
Missing my friends and feeling anxious and listening to the Cramps about it. It’s helping.
December 12, 2024 at 8:58 PM
Missing my friends and feeling anxious and listening to the Cramps about it. It’s helping.
It’s book club wine day, and we’re all wearing gold glitter freckles, and we look so damn magical 🥰
December 7, 2024 at 8:56 PM
It’s book club wine day, and we’re all wearing gold glitter freckles, and we look so damn magical 🥰