Catherine Fowles
@ccfowles.bsky.social
✨not defined by labour✨
Neurospicy pansexual socialist 🇺🇸/🇬🇧
COVID conscious 😷 Cat Mom 😼😻
She / Her 🧬 🌍🌱🍉🖤🤎🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Neurospicy pansexual socialist 🇺🇸/🇬🇧
COVID conscious 😷 Cat Mom 😼😻
She / Her 🧬 🌍🌱🍉🖤🤎🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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Catherine Fowles
@ccfowles.bsky.social
· Nov 20
Formerly: a scientist and a theatre producer
Exploring: what comes next
Current hyperfixations:
🔴⚪️⚫️David Lynch🔵⚫️
🧶 Knitting & Crochet
🎧 Creating Audio Drama
🎮 Games Producing
📊 Excel
📚 Reading my backlog of books
🎥 Movie Club - BFI Top 100 Critics’ List
🐈 My cats
🩷💛🩵Pansexual superheroes 🔥⚔️🧊
Exploring: what comes next
Current hyperfixations:
🔴⚪️⚫️David Lynch🔵⚫️
🧶 Knitting & Crochet
🎧 Creating Audio Drama
🎮 Games Producing
📊 Excel
📚 Reading my backlog of books
🎥 Movie Club - BFI Top 100 Critics’ List
🐈 My cats
🩷💛🩵Pansexual superheroes 🔥⚔️🧊
Reposted by Catherine Fowles
"If You Suffer from Urgent Normal Syndrome, Ask for Help"
Published: 26 June 2023
Urgent normal syndrome is defined by:
🔸Unhealthy attraction to crowded indoor spaces
🔸Anxiety at the sight of masks or air purifiers
🔸An urge to downplay threats
🔸Avoidance of “bad news"
Source: archive.md/EVlwU
Published: 26 June 2023
Urgent normal syndrome is defined by:
🔸Unhealthy attraction to crowded indoor spaces
🔸Anxiety at the sight of masks or air purifiers
🔸An urge to downplay threats
🔸Avoidance of “bad news"
Source: archive.md/EVlwU
November 24, 2025 at 7:33 AM
"If You Suffer from Urgent Normal Syndrome, Ask for Help"
Published: 26 June 2023
Urgent normal syndrome is defined by:
🔸Unhealthy attraction to crowded indoor spaces
🔸Anxiety at the sight of masks or air purifiers
🔸An urge to downplay threats
🔸Avoidance of “bad news"
Source: archive.md/EVlwU
Published: 26 June 2023
Urgent normal syndrome is defined by:
🔸Unhealthy attraction to crowded indoor spaces
🔸Anxiety at the sight of masks or air purifiers
🔸An urge to downplay threats
🔸Avoidance of “bad news"
Source: archive.md/EVlwU
Reposted by Catherine Fowles
One similarity: “HIV seems to hang out in the brain and gut, and we’re seeing the same patterns with long COVID.”
Important Long-COVID Lessons From AIDS Researchers
The search for long-COVID treatments echoes the previous struggles against HIV/AIDS. Now researchers are taking lessons from those breakthroughs to make new progress.
www.medscape.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM
One similarity: “HIV seems to hang out in the brain and gut, and we’re seeing the same patterns with long COVID.”
Reposted by Catherine Fowles
ICE agents in Queens, New York break down a bedroom door and point guns at a mother & her four US citizen children
They dragged the mother out by her hair while yelling at the kids to “put your hands up, stupid!”
This is tyranny
These kids are traumatized
It was warrantless and no ID was shown.
They dragged the mother out by her hair while yelling at the kids to “put your hands up, stupid!”
This is tyranny
These kids are traumatized
It was warrantless and no ID was shown.
November 21, 2025 at 10:55 AM
ICE agents in Queens, New York break down a bedroom door and point guns at a mother & her four US citizen children
They dragged the mother out by her hair while yelling at the kids to “put your hands up, stupid!”
This is tyranny
These kids are traumatized
It was warrantless and no ID was shown.
They dragged the mother out by her hair while yelling at the kids to “put your hands up, stupid!”
This is tyranny
These kids are traumatized
It was warrantless and no ID was shown.
Reposted by Catherine Fowles
If someone knits or crochets you a blanket or sweater, they want to keep you warm AND they dedicated many hours of their lives to making it for you.
There's no profit in fiber arts, not when you can get a machine made at Target for 30 bucks. So know fiber artists making for you? Is an act of love.
There's no profit in fiber arts, not when you can get a machine made at Target for 30 bucks. So know fiber artists making for you? Is an act of love.
November 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
If someone knits or crochets you a blanket or sweater, they want to keep you warm AND they dedicated many hours of their lives to making it for you.
There's no profit in fiber arts, not when you can get a machine made at Target for 30 bucks. So know fiber artists making for you? Is an act of love.
There's no profit in fiber arts, not when you can get a machine made at Target for 30 bucks. So know fiber artists making for you? Is an act of love.
Reposted by Catherine Fowles
Eat out to Help Out was killing people, but they “kept it out of the news”.
November 20, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Eat out to Help Out was killing people, but they “kept it out of the news”.
Reposted by Catherine Fowles
BBC News: "the government believe refugees are deliberately bringing their children to avoid deportation"
As opposed to doing what with their children??
As opposed to doing what with their children??
November 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
BBC News: "the government believe refugees are deliberately bringing their children to avoid deportation"
As opposed to doing what with their children??
As opposed to doing what with their children??
Reposted by Catherine Fowles
“They went for pensioners, they went for the disabled, and now they’re going for people fleeing war and conflict. I am furious — this government should hang their heads in shame.”
Zack Polanski on Labour’s new immigration reforms on Newsnight.
Zack Polanski on Labour’s new immigration reforms on Newsnight.
November 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM
“They went for pensioners, they went for the disabled, and now they’re going for people fleeing war and conflict. I am furious — this government should hang their heads in shame.”
Zack Polanski on Labour’s new immigration reforms on Newsnight.
Zack Polanski on Labour’s new immigration reforms on Newsnight.
Reposted by Catherine Fowles
Rudolph the Red-Nosed reindeer was a black sheep because of something on his face that stood out. So when people give you a hard time over the mask on your face, just remember that Rudolph saved Christmas and you’re a badass motherfucker too, out there saving lives and shit. 😷❤️
November 14, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Rudolph the Red-Nosed reindeer was a black sheep because of something on his face that stood out. So when people give you a hard time over the mask on your face, just remember that Rudolph saved Christmas and you’re a badass motherfucker too, out there saving lives and shit. 😷❤️
Reposted by Catherine Fowles
The best strategy for a Labour government is to govern like the sort of Labour government that their voters expected to see in office.
November 17, 2025 at 10:54 AM
The best strategy for a Labour government is to govern like the sort of Labour government that their voters expected to see in office.
Reposted by Catherine Fowles
Living with Long COVID often feels like living in a horror movie. Along with your disease comes a creepy Hive Mind refusal to acknowledge the dangers of COVID infection. In Vince Gilligan's new Apple TV show Pluribus, the Hive Mind comes to life:
www.thegauntlet.news/p/pluribus-c...
www.thegauntlet.news/p/pluribus-c...
"Pluribus" captures the isolation of COVID-awareness in a COVID denialist world
For years I've described having Long COVID as living in a horror movie. Now that horror movie (well, prestige Apple TV show) is here.
www.thegauntlet.news
November 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Living with Long COVID often feels like living in a horror movie. Along with your disease comes a creepy Hive Mind refusal to acknowledge the dangers of COVID infection. In Vince Gilligan's new Apple TV show Pluribus, the Hive Mind comes to life:
www.thegauntlet.news/p/pluribus-c...
www.thegauntlet.news/p/pluribus-c...
Reposted by Catherine Fowles
A Reform UK councillor called children in care “downright evil”.
Those words matter – and they hurt.
Kerrie Portman explains why in this powerful personal piece.
eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/welfare...
Those words matter – and they hurt.
Kerrie Portman explains why in this powerful personal piece.
eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/welfare...
Cambridgeshire’s most vulnerable deserve respect, not contempt
Councillor Andy Osborn faces investigation after calling children in care “evil,” sparking outrage among Care Experienced people
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A Reform UK councillor called children in care “downright evil”.
Those words matter – and they hurt.
Kerrie Portman explains why in this powerful personal piece.
eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/welfare...
Those words matter – and they hurt.
Kerrie Portman explains why in this powerful personal piece.
eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/welfare...
Reposted by Catherine Fowles
It’s the “new normal”.
Not “normal”.
You can’t wander about pretending SARS 2 doesn’t exist and think everything is gonna be fine.
It’s not fine.
Not “normal”.
You can’t wander about pretending SARS 2 doesn’t exist and think everything is gonna be fine.
It’s not fine.
November 13, 2025 at 8:06 PM
It’s the “new normal”.
Not “normal”.
You can’t wander about pretending SARS 2 doesn’t exist and think everything is gonna be fine.
It’s not fine.
Not “normal”.
You can’t wander about pretending SARS 2 doesn’t exist and think everything is gonna be fine.
It’s not fine.
Reposted by Catherine Fowles
IT'S '6-7', COOPER. A GENERATION ALPHA TREND. WHAT THEY CALL A 'MAY-MAY'. IT'S AN ORPHANED SIGNIFIER, NO SIGNS ATTACHED. ONE COULD CALL IT DADAIST, BUT SOMME SAY IT'S TOO STUPID TO BE DADA. IT'S ANTI-MEANING, ANTI-HUMOUR, BUT DAMN IF THOSE KIDS DON'T FIND IT A CRACK-UP.
November 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
IT'S '6-7', COOPER. A GENERATION ALPHA TREND. WHAT THEY CALL A 'MAY-MAY'. IT'S AN ORPHANED SIGNIFIER, NO SIGNS ATTACHED. ONE COULD CALL IT DADAIST, BUT SOMME SAY IT'S TOO STUPID TO BE DADA. IT'S ANTI-MEANING, ANTI-HUMOUR, BUT DAMN IF THOSE KIDS DON'T FIND IT A CRACK-UP.
Reposted by Catherine Fowles
Guessing it’ll be similar to previous episodes where we learned that he’s enacting legit racist policies, or when he committed unconstitutional acts repeatedly, or when he was actually convicted of multiple felonies…it’ll likely be just another day washed away by the next scandal.
We’re in hell.
We’re in hell.
So that's gonna be awkward when all the evidence is out in front us just like it has been for a long time that Trump's a pedophile & nothing happens to him & he's still the president.
November 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Guessing it’ll be similar to previous episodes where we learned that he’s enacting legit racist policies, or when he committed unconstitutional acts repeatedly, or when he was actually convicted of multiple felonies…it’ll likely be just another day washed away by the next scandal.
We’re in hell.
We’re in hell.
Reposted by Catherine Fowles
It's all true... but the style of this meme is breaking my brain a bit.
November 11, 2025 at 12:12 PM
It's all true... but the style of this meme is breaking my brain a bit.
Reposted by Catherine Fowles
Already run into kids who, when seeing my wildlife photos, exclaim 'that's AI'
I spotted this on Mastodon and I find it horrible, not least for the speed with which this has happened.
November 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Already run into kids who, when seeing my wildlife photos, exclaim 'that's AI'
Reposted by Catherine Fowles
Most people don’t know that with SNAP you are banned from buying “foods that are hot at the point of sale”. So even if you have SNAP (which people don’t now) you can’t get cooked food. Which means you need to also actually have the resources to PREPARE a “healthy” meal.
Thinking about the social stigma against eating fast food in a country where poor people are being starved by the govt, the cost of groceries and fresh vegetables are astronomical, and a cheeseburger at McDonald’s costs $3.50.
“Clean” and “healthy” eating rhetoric is racist, ableist, and classist.
“Clean” and “healthy” eating rhetoric is racist, ableist, and classist.
November 8, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Most people don’t know that with SNAP you are banned from buying “foods that are hot at the point of sale”. So even if you have SNAP (which people don’t now) you can’t get cooked food. Which means you need to also actually have the resources to PREPARE a “healthy” meal.
Reposted by Catherine Fowles
Exulansis -the moment you simply give up trying to explain the in‑between.
📖 This article gives voice to the silent struggle of families living with #LongCovid, where recognition, care and empathy often fail them.
www.longcovidadvoc.com/post/exulans...
📖 This article gives voice to the silent struggle of families living with #LongCovid, where recognition, care and empathy often fail them.
www.longcovidadvoc.com/post/exulans...
Exulansis - The Gulf of Understanding
An Ongoing Battle for Adequate Treatment and Care: The Impact of Long Covid on Families' by Marianne Lynch.
www.longcovidadvoc.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Exulansis -the moment you simply give up trying to explain the in‑between.
📖 This article gives voice to the silent struggle of families living with #LongCovid, where recognition, care and empathy often fail them.
www.longcovidadvoc.com/post/exulans...
📖 This article gives voice to the silent struggle of families living with #LongCovid, where recognition, care and empathy often fail them.
www.longcovidadvoc.com/post/exulans...
Reposted by Catherine Fowles
I feel like the theme for this revolution will be "oh, fuck THIS shit to death"
November 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I feel like the theme for this revolution will be "oh, fuck THIS shit to death"
Reposted by Catherine Fowles
We’re hiring!
Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.
Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
transition2025.com/apply
Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.
Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
transition2025.com/apply
November 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
We’re hiring!
Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.
Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
transition2025.com/apply
Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.
Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
transition2025.com/apply
Reposted by Catherine Fowles
Mamdani going so hard for trans right and winning is some juicy proof that every dem that abandoned us didn’t do it for politically advantageous reasons. They did it because they’re transphobes and they will lose for it
November 5, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Mamdani going so hard for trans right and winning is some juicy proof that every dem that abandoned us didn’t do it for politically advantageous reasons. They did it because they’re transphobes and they will lose for it
Reposted by Catherine Fowles
As you celebrate Mamdani’s victory, I want to take in that it was not a victory for the Democratic Party. He won in spite of the party.
November 5, 2025 at 5:22 AM
As you celebrate Mamdani’s victory, I want to take in that it was not a victory for the Democratic Party. He won in spite of the party.
Reposted by Catherine Fowles
Even Elon Musk's biased Grok estimates the cost to UK of Brexit at about £300bn a year (about £60bn in tax).
All the 'black holes' we have are just Brexit.
Stop filling them in with tax rises and Public Service cuts and just get rid of Brexit.
All the 'black holes' we have are just Brexit.
Stop filling them in with tax rises and Public Service cuts and just get rid of Brexit.
November 2, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Even Elon Musk's biased Grok estimates the cost to UK of Brexit at about £300bn a year (about £60bn in tax).
All the 'black holes' we have are just Brexit.
Stop filling them in with tax rises and Public Service cuts and just get rid of Brexit.
All the 'black holes' we have are just Brexit.
Stop filling them in with tax rises and Public Service cuts and just get rid of Brexit.
Reposted by Catherine Fowles
Covid is a civil rights issue and human rights issue, period. You have the right to a safe workplace. Without reasonable precautions like upgraded air filtration and masking, covid makes the workplace patentl unsafe. Failure to address it is ubiquitous. That does not make it any less wrong.
November 2, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Covid is a civil rights issue and human rights issue, period. You have the right to a safe workplace. Without reasonable precautions like upgraded air filtration and masking, covid makes the workplace patentl unsafe. Failure to address it is ubiquitous. That does not make it any less wrong.