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Cat Purcell
@thatcatpurcell.bsky.social
Librarian | mom | writer | spouse | ✡️
#Querying Wilderness of the Heart (Jane Goodall in Space)
#WIP - Of Secrets and Skeleton Keys
Writes about Wonder Woman at Comicsxf.com and researches at
Meetyouroldhouse.com
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Do you like to read? Do you like to read about old mansions, generational secrets, magical statues, or forbidden romance? Do you think you can provide honest feedback? Well then I have a tale for you! If you wanna give this one a chance, dm me your email!!
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Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.

Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
This dog absolutely will not let me read my book without putting his face in front of it every time I move it.
February 1, 2026 at 12:06 AM
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January 30, 2026 at 7:57 PM
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There was rain in one direction this morning but this was the sky in the other direction. Taken from St Michael's tower on Glastonbury Tor.
January 31, 2026 at 12:20 PM
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Do you like to read? Do you like to read about old mansions, generational secrets, magical statues, or forbidden romance? Do you think you can provide honest feedback? Well then I have a tale for you! If you wanna give this one a chance, dm me your email!!
January 29, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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January 30, 2026 at 6:24 PM
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Catherine O'Hara spent decades best known to comedy fanatics, Canadians and "Home Alone" fans who couldn't remember her actual name, but she spent the past decade utterly worshipped in the collective and mainstream consciousness as she deserved to be. She was fully appreciated. And that's good. #RIP
January 30, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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if you run a comics podcast or website and we haven't already talked about me coming to talk to you about this, hit me up!
January 30, 2026 at 4:21 AM
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But they were all of them deceived, for another ring was made.
January 30, 2026 at 6:34 AM
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation stands with the people of Minneapolis and with all of the communities impacted by the ongoing campaign of ICE and CBP violence. EFF will be closed Friday, Jan. 30 as part of the national shutdown. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
EFF to Close Friday in Solidarity with National Shutdown
The Electronic Frontier Foundation stands with the people of Minneapolis and with all of the communities impacted by the ongoing campaign of ICE and CBP violence. EFF will be closed Friday, Jan. 30
www.eff.org
January 29, 2026 at 9:37 PM
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my son is five, same age as Liam Ramos. you don't need to have a child the same age to be fucking horrified by the violence we are doing (and HAVE BEEN doing) upon immigrant children in this nation. but that he keeps asking for his spidey backpack is the kind of detail that rips my heart in two.
January 29, 2026 at 8:32 PM
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Superman & Lois #superman #loislane
January 29, 2026 at 1:29 PM
I love this.
An unidentified man dressed in a Batman costume angrily confronted Santa Clara city officials during a joint meeting of the City Council, city authorities, and the Santa Clara Stadium Authority on Monday, using his public comment to condemn the city’s stance on cooperation with ICE.
January 29, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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Some colleagues pointed out today what a shame it is that more indie comics aren’t included on library awards lists, likely due to the fact they aren’t as widely available.

One of the Comics Library Commons’ goals will be to fix that.

📚 #PubLibs #comicsky
January 29, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Apparently I am a mean mama because I won’t let my 4 year old swim at the park pool when it’s Jan 28th and -1 outside.
January 28, 2026 at 1:29 PM
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the entire difference between kyle rittenhouse and alex pretti is that kyle rittenhouse was there to shoot people the cops wanted to shoot and alex pretti was there to protect people the cops wanted to shoot
January 25, 2026 at 3:58 PM
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It is impossible to overstate how important individual acts of courage are in this moment in history.

It REALLY REALLY REALLY matters that you stand up for what is right.
January 28, 2026 at 2:34 AM
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“An immediate de-escalation on all sides”???

Imagine telling Jews to de-escalate during the Holocaust, or African Americans to de-escalate during Jim Crow.

Every Jewish institution must look at itself and ask what they are doing to end fascism.
There were once plenty of regime loyalists who described the Nazi Gestapo’s targeting of Jews, Roma, dissidents, queer folks & more as so many ‘fatal encounters with law enforcement’. That’s how the head of the ADL just described the ICE murder of Renée Good & Alex Pretti
January 27, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Ok I am like Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. It’s basically exactly A Knights Tale but in GoT land. That is an extreme compliment.
January 27, 2026 at 6:02 PM
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A lot of Dems are going to take Bovino and Noem being fired as the finish line, and it's very important to make it clear to them that it is a starting line
January 27, 2026 at 2:12 AM
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The Chicago Public Library's Legler Regional Branch recently debuted its food pantry, the first of its kind in the city.
Chicago Opens Its 1st Food Pantry Inside A Public Library
Legler Regional Library's food pantry will be open Thursdays and Sundays, offering protein, produce, dairy and other food items, as well as household items and toiletries.
blockclubchicago.org
January 26, 2026 at 5:22 PM
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Check out Sink Your Teeth In, a sapphic vampire noir, now on Kickstarter from Zoe Tunnell, Lauren Knight, JP Jordan and Jodie Troutman.
Sink Your Teeth In to some vampire PI noir on Kickstarter
Check out Sink Your Teeth In, a sapphic vampire noir, now on Kickstarter from Zoe Tunnell, Lauren Knight, JP Jordan and Jodie Troutman.
comicsxf.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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But I need folks to understand that if they can see themselves in Alex Pretti or Renee Good, and they haven't been able to see themselves in Philando Castille or Breonna Taylor?

If it feels different, now?

I need you to examine that.

It's not an accusation. I'm glad you're here with us now.
January 25, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Today just has me so angry and sad. But I celebrated my kids birthday today and am gonna share a pic oof my pretty dog so the timeline isn’t so bad for you.
January 24, 2026 at 10:47 PM
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White Americans are learning once again that the *only* thing that has ever made you safe from fascism is being willing to sacrifice non-white people. That is your contract with white supremacy. "Give us someone else so it won't be you."
January 24, 2026 at 8:32 PM