Caitlin
@walshcaitlin.bsky.social
Queer - they/them - Mx honorific.
Geek - Star Trek and Doctor Who.
Bostonian. Transit Nerd. Disability Advocate.
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Geek - Star Trek and Doctor Who.
Bostonian. Transit Nerd. Disability Advocate.
Remember to use alt text - I occasionally repost images to add at text.
Argh. I participated in a project that has a celebration event tonight and I have to decide whether I want to make the trek to Southie. Where with traffic ubering is about the same time as the T.
I know if I don't go I'll have some FOMO but I don't know if it's enough to force myself to go.
I know if I don't go I'll have some FOMO but I don't know if it's enough to force myself to go.
November 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Argh. I participated in a project that has a celebration event tonight and I have to decide whether I want to make the trek to Southie. Where with traffic ubering is about the same time as the T.
I know if I don't go I'll have some FOMO but I don't know if it's enough to force myself to go.
I know if I don't go I'll have some FOMO but I don't know if it's enough to force myself to go.
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So, listen, call Schumer’s office no matter where you live, no matter if you’re registered to vote. Leave a voicemail that says if Senate Dems cave without an ACA premiums fix, you will never vote for or donate to another Senate Democrat as long as he is Leader
Call them:
Schumer (NY)
202 224-6542
Booker (NJ)
202 224-3224
King (ME)
202 224-5344
Hassan (NH)
202 224-3324
Durbin (IL)
202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA)
202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH)
202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY)
202 224-4451
Masto (NV)
202 224-3542
Warner (VA)
202 224-2023
Fetterman (PA)
No Point
Schumer (NY)
202 224-6542
Booker (NJ)
202 224-3224
King (ME)
202 224-5344
Hassan (NH)
202 224-3324
Durbin (IL)
202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA)
202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH)
202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY)
202 224-4451
Masto (NV)
202 224-3542
Warner (VA)
202 224-2023
Fetterman (PA)
No Point
November 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
So, listen, call Schumer’s office no matter where you live, no matter if you’re registered to vote. Leave a voicemail that says if Senate Dems cave without an ACA premiums fix, you will never vote for or donate to another Senate Democrat as long as he is Leader
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Can you call Chuck Schumer right now? No matter where you live, can you take a few minutes and tell Schumer that if Senate Democrats cave you will not support Senate Dems as long as he is leader?
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November 9, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Can you call Chuck Schumer right now? No matter where you live, can you take a few minutes and tell Schumer that if Senate Democrats cave you will not support Senate Dems as long as he is leader?
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Skipped the compression socks yesterday. Not 100% sure if I was more uncomfortable as a result but I'm wearing a pair today. And I have a pair for the car ride home tomorrow.
November 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Skipped the compression socks yesterday. Not 100% sure if I was more uncomfortable as a result but I'm wearing a pair today. And I have a pair for the car ride home tomorrow.
Back up in Maine. I've received feedback on the novel. I think the best way to describe the vibe is folks can tell I was a track changes hoarder and the document is more like a house with renos and additions tacked on.
Need a new document to start fresh. Or could find another idea to work on.
Need a new document to start fresh. Or could find another idea to work on.
But here's the light fixture I always take a photo of at the start of our (super casual) writing retreat
November 8, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Back up in Maine. I've received feedback on the novel. I think the best way to describe the vibe is folks can tell I was a track changes hoarder and the document is more like a house with renos and additions tacked on.
Need a new document to start fresh. Or could find another idea to work on.
Need a new document to start fresh. Or could find another idea to work on.
A (tongue in cheek) existential crisis: is 37 still mid 30s or late 30s? 😜
Doesn't matter much to me I never feel my actual calendar age, I always feel a few years younger.
Doesn't matter much to me I never feel my actual calendar age, I always feel a few years younger.
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 PM
A (tongue in cheek) existential crisis: is 37 still mid 30s or late 30s? 😜
Doesn't matter much to me I never feel my actual calendar age, I always feel a few years younger.
Doesn't matter much to me I never feel my actual calendar age, I always feel a few years younger.
This birthday/election cycle has been the least stressful one for me in years, probably since 2019. It would have been different if Michelle Wu's challenger wasn't a billionaire carpetbagger trying to cosplay as "the common man" and stayed in the race for the general.
November 7, 2025 at 1:28 PM
This birthday/election cycle has been the least stressful one for me in years, probably since 2019. It would have been different if Michelle Wu's challenger wasn't a billionaire carpetbagger trying to cosplay as "the common man" and stayed in the race for the general.
Heading to the office for a few hours before PT today. I'm using uber and bringing my crutches. MGH PT is a half mile from the office... down super steep Bowdoin Street.
I don't have any restrictions from the surgeon, but I think having the crutches when I know I'll be walking will be a good idea.
I don't have any restrictions from the surgeon, but I think having the crutches when I know I'll be walking will be a good idea.
November 6, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Heading to the office for a few hours before PT today. I'm using uber and bringing my crutches. MGH PT is a half mile from the office... down super steep Bowdoin Street.
I don't have any restrictions from the surgeon, but I think having the crutches when I know I'll be walking will be a good idea.
I don't have any restrictions from the surgeon, but I think having the crutches when I know I'll be walking will be a good idea.
Quirks of an older house. There is no overhead lighting in our front room. I'm too comfortable on the couch to move. But at least I got 25 pages into a new book before the light got too dim.
November 2, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Quirks of an older house. There is no overhead lighting in our front room. I'm too comfortable on the couch to move. But at least I got 25 pages into a new book before the light got too dim.
I have my "going out in public" sweats and my "not leaving the house" sweats.
Not sure how long I'm supposed to keep wearing compression socks after I get my sutures out so I bought some from Bombas. (15-20 mmgh). Seeing the surgeon again on Tuesday.
Not sure how long I'm supposed to keep wearing compression socks after I get my sutures out so I bought some from Bombas. (15-20 mmgh). Seeing the surgeon again on Tuesday.
November 2, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I have my "going out in public" sweats and my "not leaving the house" sweats.
Not sure how long I'm supposed to keep wearing compression socks after I get my sutures out so I bought some from Bombas. (15-20 mmgh). Seeing the surgeon again on Tuesday.
Not sure how long I'm supposed to keep wearing compression socks after I get my sutures out so I bought some from Bombas. (15-20 mmgh). Seeing the surgeon again on Tuesday.
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SO this lady who lives miles away from me in a different neighborhood filed a complaint w/the city that’s now potentially going to get my little free library & little free pantry shut down unless we can amend code to specifically protect site amenities as such pls sign my petition
c.org/DRrMJb6Czq
c.org/DRrMJb6Czq
October 31, 2025 at 1:09 AM
SO this lady who lives miles away from me in a different neighborhood filed a complaint w/the city that’s now potentially going to get my little free library & little free pantry shut down unless we can amend code to specifically protect site amenities as such pls sign my petition
c.org/DRrMJb6Czq
c.org/DRrMJb6Czq
Actually wish I could watch the game. I have a play by play on yahoo open.
November 2, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Actually wish I could watch the game. I have a play by play on yahoo open.
I don't think I've ever had an Uber driver cancel on me as I see them pull up. Until now. I know it happens all the time for disabled folks who use mobility aids or have white canes and/or service animals.
November 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I don't think I've ever had an Uber driver cancel on me as I see them pull up. Until now. I know it happens all the time for disabled folks who use mobility aids or have white canes and/or service animals.
Need to do laundry but I only have 1 load of quarters left. Wonder if I can get a roll at Market Basket tomorrow. I usually get them at my bank... Which is downtown.
October 31, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Need to do laundry but I only have 1 load of quarters left. Wonder if I can get a roll at Market Basket tomorrow. I usually get them at my bank... Which is downtown.
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Donate to the Greater Boston Food Bank if you can. They seed donations to smaller pantries across the region. When you help them, you help a lot of people.
The Greater Boston Food Bank
The Greater Boston Food Bank works to end hunger here by providing our neighbors in need across 190 cities and towns with the food and resources they need.
Gbfb.org
October 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Donate to the Greater Boston Food Bank if you can. They seed donations to smaller pantries across the region. When you help them, you help a lot of people.
I know I have to listen to my body but it's hard to quash the "oh I'll be symptomatic no matter what I do" mentality. I have to be patient and literally keep my feet up and wear compression socks.
October 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I know I have to listen to my body but it's hard to quash the "oh I'll be symptomatic no matter what I do" mentality. I have to be patient and literally keep my feet up and wear compression socks.
Speaking of Trek fandom: I went to Star Trek Las Vegas in 2016. Beyond had just come out so I was trying to pose like Jaylah on the Captain's chair. (The last time I went to STLV)
October 25, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Speaking of Trek fandom: I went to Star Trek Las Vegas in 2016. Beyond had just come out so I was trying to pose like Jaylah on the Captain's chair. (The last time I went to STLV)
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women are absolutely the reason modern fandom exists, and you can even trace the origin of the term "slash [fic]" to women!
it's frustrating to see men know nothing (or not caring) about what women have contributed to society while pretending they add so much.
it's frustrating to see men know nothing (or not caring) about what women have contributed to society while pretending they add so much.
October 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
women are absolutely the reason modern fandom exists, and you can even trace the origin of the term "slash [fic]" to women!
it's frustrating to see men know nothing (or not caring) about what women have contributed to society while pretending they add so much.
it's frustrating to see men know nothing (or not caring) about what women have contributed to society while pretending they add so much.
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I’m not a Trekkie but I’ve done enough basic research into the Star Trek fandom to know women basically invented it, and are why the show even continued to exist. This kind of writing is part of institutional sexism that denies women’s accomplishments and role in history and it infuriates me
October 25, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I’m not a Trekkie but I’ve done enough basic research into the Star Trek fandom to know women basically invented it, and are why the show even continued to exist. This kind of writing is part of institutional sexism that denies women’s accomplishments and role in history and it infuriates me
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p.s. more babes who smash the narrative of "only conservative men like star trek" should totally post cool photos of themselves and their friends doing cool trek things, because if nothing else, it'll bring this skyline some needed joy and beauty <3
Loving the call for visibility in response to erasure. Here are four photos representing some of my involvement in Trek fandom, from Trektivism panels to leading the STLV LGBTQIA+ Annual Photo Op and participating on the Trek Talks team that’s helped raise almost half a million dollars for HoFoCo 🖖🏼
October 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
p.s. more babes who smash the narrative of "only conservative men like star trek" should totally post cool photos of themselves and their friends doing cool trek things, because if nothing else, it'll bring this skyline some needed joy and beauty <3
Yearly post to help me keep track of the shows I follow.
Ghosts (US)
Watson
Grey's Anatomy
Abbott (which I haven't started the new season yet)
Ghosts (US)
Watson
Grey's Anatomy
Abbott (which I haven't started the new season yet)
October 25, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Yearly post to help me keep track of the shows I follow.
Ghosts (US)
Watson
Grey's Anatomy
Abbott (which I haven't started the new season yet)
Ghosts (US)
Watson
Grey's Anatomy
Abbott (which I haven't started the new season yet)
Mom won't see this but I want you all to know I'm super grateful for her. I ended up staying longer at her place than I expected. The pain/discomfort kinda ramped up last Wednesday/Thursday. So she took me back to the apartment where I picked up my work laptop.
October 22, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Mom won't see this but I want you all to know I'm super grateful for her. I ended up staying longer at her place than I expected. The pain/discomfort kinda ramped up last Wednesday/Thursday. So she took me back to the apartment where I picked up my work laptop.
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THE LOST RELIQUARY, coming October 21, 2025 from Saga Press.
Available for pre-order at bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
(Every pre-order is a super appreciated pre-order 💜, but especially those that support indie bookstores!)
Available for pre-order at bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
(Every pre-order is a super appreciated pre-order 💜, but especially those that support indie bookstores!)
February 6, 2025 at 1:03 AM
THE LOST RELIQUARY, coming October 21, 2025 from Saga Press.
Available for pre-order at bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
(Every pre-order is a super appreciated pre-order 💜, but especially those that support indie bookstores!)
Available for pre-order at bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
(Every pre-order is a super appreciated pre-order 💜, but especially those that support indie bookstores!)
Very considerate of my green line train to become disabled at Copley so I could walk to the orange line. I could tell something was wrong by how we *crawled* from Hynes to Copley. Good thing we ran express from Coolidge Corner to St. Mary's. #mbta
October 9, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Very considerate of my green line train to become disabled at Copley so I could walk to the orange line. I could tell something was wrong by how we *crawled* from Hynes to Copley. Good thing we ran express from Coolidge Corner to St. Mary's. #mbta
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Chanel has been trying to buy a new wheelchair van for months. It's a huge deal for someone to basically be confined to their immediate surrounding streets because they don't have adequate transportation. If you can donate, any amount helps. Shares are free, and those help too.
Typically I’d be making plans to see my favorite teams hit the ice this season but wheelchair van sadly died in May.
Fortunately, this amazing community has helped me & I’m hoping that continues!
If you see this please share!
🔗: gofund.me/bce5b50a
#Hockey #HockeyFam
Fortunately, this amazing community has helped me & I’m hoping that continues!
If you see this please share!
🔗: gofund.me/bce5b50a
#Hockey #HockeyFam
October 8, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Chanel has been trying to buy a new wheelchair van for months. It's a huge deal for someone to basically be confined to their immediate surrounding streets because they don't have adequate transportation. If you can donate, any amount helps. Shares are free, and those help too.