AC West
@acwest.bsky.social
Aka Siobhán the bard, iykyk
Expect cats, crafts, creative anachronism, queerness, and kvetching. Not necessarily in that order.
Expect cats, crafts, creative anachronism, queerness, and kvetching. Not necessarily in that order.
Coming soon - the Alignment of the Ears
August 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Coming soon - the Alignment of the Ears
July 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
July 7, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Woohoo!! Found a book I've been looking for for about a decade, that was half remembered from my childhood. :D Small light in the darkness.
July 6, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Woohoo!! Found a book I've been looking for for about a decade, that was half remembered from my childhood. :D Small light in the darkness.
Ok, so I'm occasionally not great at this 'posting every day' thing. Have some dangly peets.
#CatsOfBluesky
#CatsOfBluesky
July 5, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Ok, so I'm occasionally not great at this 'posting every day' thing. Have some dangly peets.
#CatsOfBluesky
#CatsOfBluesky
Countdown day 1413:
Someone wants my breakfast. Also I have discovered the pastry section at Costco. That's a dangerous section right there.
#CatsOfBluesky
Someone wants my breakfast. Also I have discovered the pastry section at Costco. That's a dangerous section right there.
#CatsOfBluesky
March 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Countdown day 1413:
Someone wants my breakfast. Also I have discovered the pastry section at Costco. That's a dangerous section right there.
#CatsOfBluesky
Someone wants my breakfast. Also I have discovered the pastry section at Costco. That's a dangerous section right there.
#CatsOfBluesky
Countdown day 1416:
"Purrent..... it is 5 minutes to dinnertime. And you think you can distract me with a wandtoy??"
#CatsOfBluesky
"Purrent..... it is 5 minutes to dinnertime. And you think you can distract me with a wandtoy??"
#CatsOfBluesky
March 7, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Countdown day 1416:
"Purrent..... it is 5 minutes to dinnertime. And you think you can distract me with a wandtoy??"
#CatsOfBluesky
"Purrent..... it is 5 minutes to dinnertime. And you think you can distract me with a wandtoy??"
#CatsOfBluesky
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Please listen and share—this is a very serious situation. This is extremely alarming! The Trump administration, across two agencies, is considering bringing criminal charges against employees simply for doing their jobs.
March 6, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Please listen and share—this is a very serious situation. This is extremely alarming! The Trump administration, across two agencies, is considering bringing criminal charges against employees simply for doing their jobs.
Reposted by AC West
Why would Musk, who the Trump administration claims in court is not in charge of DOGE, tell a bunch of republican senators that he's in charge of DOGE? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Musk promises better communication between Republican lawmakers, DOGE
Trump adviser Elon Musk stepped up his congressional outreach Wednesday, taking questions from Republican lawmakers, some of whom are facing anger over DOGE.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Why would Musk, who the Trump administration claims in court is not in charge of DOGE, tell a bunch of republican senators that he's in charge of DOGE? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Countdown day 1417:
Playing with a collapsible flute I 3D printed (*magical *), and someone decided to become a music critic.
#CatsOfBluesky
Playing with a collapsible flute I 3D printed (*magical *), and someone decided to become a music critic.
#CatsOfBluesky
March 6, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Countdown day 1417:
Playing with a collapsible flute I 3D printed (*magical *), and someone decided to become a music critic.
#CatsOfBluesky
Playing with a collapsible flute I 3D printed (*magical *), and someone decided to become a music critic.
#CatsOfBluesky
March 4, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Reposted by AC West
Just so we're clear was it not a crisis when it was the other way around?
Young women are now consistently earning more than their male counterparts for the first time, according to a report that warns of a social “crisis” gripping young men
The lost boys: how a generation of young men fell behind women on pay
www.thetimes.com
March 1, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Just so we're clear was it not a crisis when it was the other way around?
Countdown day 1420:
The senior Master Toy-catcher deploys the claw-paw technique to snag his prey without even looking, as his stunned protege looks on in awe. Later, he may go and hunt a dirty sock from the laundry bin!
#CatsOfBluesky
The senior Master Toy-catcher deploys the claw-paw technique to snag his prey without even looking, as his stunned protege looks on in awe. Later, he may go and hunt a dirty sock from the laundry bin!
#CatsOfBluesky
March 3, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Countdown day 1420:
The senior Master Toy-catcher deploys the claw-paw technique to snag his prey without even looking, as his stunned protege looks on in awe. Later, he may go and hunt a dirty sock from the laundry bin!
#CatsOfBluesky
The senior Master Toy-catcher deploys the claw-paw technique to snag his prey without even looking, as his stunned protege looks on in awe. Later, he may go and hunt a dirty sock from the laundry bin!
#CatsOfBluesky
Countdown day 1422:
The face of a cat who is pretending very hard that he does not understand the word "no". He is full of crimes today.
#CatsOfBluesky
The face of a cat who is pretending very hard that he does not understand the word "no". He is full of crimes today.
#CatsOfBluesky
February 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Countdown day 1422:
The face of a cat who is pretending very hard that he does not understand the word "no". He is full of crimes today.
#CatsOfBluesky
The face of a cat who is pretending very hard that he does not understand the word "no". He is full of crimes today.
#CatsOfBluesky
Reposted by AC West
this is the best pov i've seen on this so far tbh, i am v much seeing this thing today as opening the door to people who otherwise might not have realized how varied activism actually is and how many opportunities there are to participate
If someone new to activism tells you about something like Blackout Friday, my feeling is you respond and say, “Cool!” and take part because it costs you nothing, then follow up with “Thanks for telling me about that—do you want to join me on [sustained action]?”
February 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
this is the best pov i've seen on this so far tbh, i am v much seeing this thing today as opening the door to people who otherwise might not have realized how varied activism actually is and how many opportunities there are to participate
February 27, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Countdown day 1424:
A wild (for certain levels of wild) grey cat spots his prey - his brother's tail!
#CatsOfBluesky
A wild (for certain levels of wild) grey cat spots his prey - his brother's tail!
#CatsOfBluesky
February 26, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Countdown day 1424:
A wild (for certain levels of wild) grey cat spots his prey - his brother's tail!
#CatsOfBluesky
A wild (for certain levels of wild) grey cat spots his prey - his brother's tail!
#CatsOfBluesky
February 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Countdown day 1426: Not saying that I egged them on while wrassling, but also not saying that I didn't :P There may or may not have been singing of 'kung foo fighting' involved. (Those cats were fast as lightning!)
#CatsOfBluesky
#CatsOfBluesky
February 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Countdown day 1426: Not saying that I egged them on while wrassling, but also not saying that I didn't :P There may or may not have been singing of 'kung foo fighting' involved. (Those cats were fast as lightning!)
#CatsOfBluesky
#CatsOfBluesky
Countdown day 1427:
Voidboi - stately, statuesque, and creating a gravity well /riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiggghhhhtttt/ on my nip.
#CatsOfBluesky
Voidboi - stately, statuesque, and creating a gravity well /riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiggghhhhtttt/ on my nip.
#CatsOfBluesky
February 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Countdown day 1427:
Voidboi - stately, statuesque, and creating a gravity well /riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiggghhhhtttt/ on my nip.
#CatsOfBluesky
Voidboi - stately, statuesque, and creating a gravity well /riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiggghhhhtttt/ on my nip.
#CatsOfBluesky
Tikkun olam
"You've been chosen," the spirit said.
"What?"
"Save the world, make it kinder, cleaner, safer."
"Me?"
"Yes."
"Alone?"
"We chose everyone."
#CrossRepost
"What?"
"Save the world, make it kinder, cleaner, safer."
"Me?"
"Yes."
"Alone?"
"We chose everyone."
#CrossRepost
February 23, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Tikkun olam
Reposted by AC West
If you're finding it hard to create stuff right now, be kind to yourself. Not only is shit real fucking bad, but this is the last desperate gasps of the cold, dark season. It's hard to do ANYTHING when the world is cold and dark, but the sun will be back soon, bilge rats. We'll get through it.
February 23, 2025 at 3:21 AM
If you're finding it hard to create stuff right now, be kind to yourself. Not only is shit real fucking bad, but this is the last desperate gasps of the cold, dark season. It's hard to do ANYTHING when the world is cold and dark, but the sun will be back soon, bilge rats. We'll get through it.
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Let's say their names:
* General CQ Brown, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: FIRED FOR BEING BLACK
* Admiral Lisa Franchetti, Chief of Naval Operations: FIRED FOR BEING FEMALE
* Admiral Linda Fagan, Coast Guard Commandant: FIRED FOR BEING FEMALE
All replaced by less qualified white guys.
* General CQ Brown, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: FIRED FOR BEING BLACK
* Admiral Lisa Franchetti, Chief of Naval Operations: FIRED FOR BEING FEMALE
* Admiral Linda Fagan, Coast Guard Commandant: FIRED FOR BEING FEMALE
All replaced by less qualified white guys.
its genuinely insane that they're firing CJCS for being black and CNO for being a woman. that is what's happening here
February 22, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Let's say their names:
* General CQ Brown, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: FIRED FOR BEING BLACK
* Admiral Lisa Franchetti, Chief of Naval Operations: FIRED FOR BEING FEMALE
* Admiral Linda Fagan, Coast Guard Commandant: FIRED FOR BEING FEMALE
All replaced by less qualified white guys.
* General CQ Brown, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: FIRED FOR BEING BLACK
* Admiral Lisa Franchetti, Chief of Naval Operations: FIRED FOR BEING FEMALE
* Admiral Linda Fagan, Coast Guard Commandant: FIRED FOR BEING FEMALE
All replaced by less qualified white guys.
Reposted by AC West
Ok, I'm doing a version of this thread for 🧪 who are new to political conditions where info security is a safety issue:
1. Don't make public lists of people who are engaging in acts of resistance
2. Be weary of calls to advertise acts of subversion
3. Don't live post resistance meetings
1. Don't make public lists of people who are engaging in acts of resistance
2. Be weary of calls to advertise acts of subversion
3. Don't live post resistance meetings
This is my “daughter of a Black Panther breakfast program volunteer” coming out but anyone who tells you that you have to be public about all your resistance activity should immediately be under suspicion for being an op, or being under the influence of an op
February 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Ok, I'm doing a version of this thread for 🧪 who are new to political conditions where info security is a safety issue:
1. Don't make public lists of people who are engaging in acts of resistance
2. Be weary of calls to advertise acts of subversion
3. Don't live post resistance meetings
1. Don't make public lists of people who are engaging in acts of resistance
2. Be weary of calls to advertise acts of subversion
3. Don't live post resistance meetings