Irritating Oysters
@irritatingoysters.bsky.social
Writer, mom, gamer, theater maker, known as Kathryn or Catrin.
Been called the irritating grain of sand in an oyster when I have an idea. Not wrong.
Been called the irritating grain of sand in an oyster when I have an idea. Not wrong.
I love the escapism and wish-fulfillment of video games. My character can sleep and wake up refreshed and energized? Wow. Oh, to live in this fiction.
November 16, 2025 at 8:28 PM
If you, like me, wanted to hear Adam Lambert sing the beginning of Jesus Christ Superstar at the Hollywood Bowl, found a good clip here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6rd...
“Heaven on Their Minds” - Adam Lambert, Hollywood Bowl
YouTube video by Dan Saunders
www.youtube.com
August 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
If you, like me, wanted to hear Adam Lambert sing the beginning of Jesus Christ Superstar at the Hollywood Bowl, found a good clip here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6rd...
Based on the first episode, I can imagine they didn't know how to market it - but it has the potential to be good in a not standard issue MCU way. Agatha All Along did that. This might too. Give it a try.
If You Didn’t Know The MCU’s ‘Ironheart’ Was Out Today, Who Can Blame You?
www.forbes.com/sites/paulta...
www.forbes.com/sites/paulta...
If You Didn’t Know The MCU’s ‘Ironheart’ Was Out Today, Who Can Blame You?
Tonight, Disney Plus is dropping Ironheart, its latest MCU production that is limping to release through no fault of its own,
www.forbes.com
June 25, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Based on the first episode, I can imagine they didn't know how to market it - but it has the potential to be good in a not standard issue MCU way. Agatha All Along did that. This might too. Give it a try.
If you're looking to adopt a German Shepherd or Siberian Husky who will need some extra love and the Greater Boston area works as a location, here's the story for you. baypathhumane.org/322-days-in-...
322 Days in Limbo: The Story We Couldn’t Share—Until Now
From Rescue to Renewal: Dogs Seized from Wrentham Breeding Operation Now Ready for Adoption After 322 days of caring for…
baypathhumane.org
May 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
If you're looking to adopt a German Shepherd or Siberian Husky who will need some extra love and the Greater Boston area works as a location, here's the story for you. baypathhumane.org/322-days-in-...
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Comments are open on the FDA’s disastrous decision to limit Covid vaccines to 65 and up
You do NOT have to accept this! Post on the public comments to pressure them to NOT do this! www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
Regulations.gov
www.regulations.gov
May 20, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Comments are open on the FDA’s disastrous decision to limit Covid vaccines to 65 and up
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"Gosh, we could go back to the days when we all chatted on the village green and had church fetes" like you do realise we have literally an entire publishing genre of "British People Trapped With One Another Become Rapidly Murderous".
May 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
"Gosh, we could go back to the days when we all chatted on the village green and had church fetes" like you do realise we have literally an entire publishing genre of "British People Trapped With One Another Become Rapidly Murderous".
The East Coast Society for Creative Anachronism is huge into rapier. Last weekend for the first time they were allowed to use rapier instead of heavy armor with wooden swords to determine the East Coast heads. Somebody made a very pretty video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2GV...
SCA - East Kingdom Rapier Crown Tourney 2025
YouTube video by Sage of the Sword
www.youtube.com
May 7, 2025 at 10:27 PM
The East Coast Society for Creative Anachronism is huge into rapier. Last weekend for the first time they were allowed to use rapier instead of heavy armor with wooden swords to determine the East Coast heads. Somebody made a very pretty video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2GV...
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A flicker in the bath is a rare occurrence... These birds are so striking in appearance - I love it when I capture one with the camera! (pesky sparrow!) #birds
May 7, 2025 at 9:11 PM
A flicker in the bath is a rare occurrence... These birds are so striking in appearance - I love it when I capture one with the camera! (pesky sparrow!) #birds
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A face-off between a cardinal and a junco. It looks like maybe the cardinal was able to drive the junco away.
April 18, 2025 at 12:01 AM
A face-off between a cardinal and a junco. It looks like maybe the cardinal was able to drive the junco away.
Maybe you could use some nice birds in your feed.
A pair of cardinals at the bird bath. I love how the male is bringing a snack to the female as she starts her bath.
April 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Maybe you could use some nice birds in your feed.
The laughter is painful, but still laughing.
Elder millennials watching traders freak out about a global economic collapse that will wreck tens of millions of lives and livelihoods, possibly irreparably
April 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The laughter is painful, but still laughing.
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Check out the Wing Span... The chicks are growing by leaps and bounds! Sunny is on the left (wings aloft) and Gizmo is on the right. Take a note of the flight feathers on Sunny!
April 7, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Check out the Wing Span... The chicks are growing by leaps and bounds! Sunny is on the left (wings aloft) and Gizmo is on the right. Take a note of the flight feathers on Sunny!
After using StoryGraph for several years, this thoughtful approach doesn't surprise me. They've made tracking and picking books a good experience without a lot of add-ons or tracking I don't want.
April 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
After using StoryGraph for several years, this thoughtful approach doesn't surprise me. They've made tracking and picking books a good experience without a lot of add-ons or tracking I don't want.
I'm not the only one flashing back to Frank Capra's Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, right?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6Ub...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6Ub...
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Speech
YouTube video by Michael Kirkpatrick
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April 1, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I'm not the only one flashing back to Frank Capra's Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, right?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6Ub...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6Ub...
Whatcha doin?
Printing out my social security records on paper.
Why?
I've programmed COBOL.
Printing out my social security records on paper.
Why?
I've programmed COBOL.
Social Security systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in COBOL, an archaic programming language. Safely rewriting that code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months.
DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase In Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse
Social Security systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in COBOL, an archaic programming language. Safely rewriting that code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months.
wrd.cm
March 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Whatcha doin?
Printing out my social security records on paper.
Why?
I've programmed COBOL.
Printing out my social security records on paper.
Why?
I've programmed COBOL.
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HHS has a proposed change to the ACA that removes gender-affirming care from essential health benefits, and excludes DACA recipients from the ACA. The comment period closes 4/11
Some dope-ass people I know put together a site to help you comment. Plz share
action.transequality.org/a/protecttra...
Some dope-ass people I know put together a site to help you comment. Plz share
action.transequality.org/a/protecttra...
Protect Our Healthcare – Make Your Voice Heard
action.transequality.org
March 28, 2025 at 2:43 AM
HHS has a proposed change to the ACA that removes gender-affirming care from essential health benefits, and excludes DACA recipients from the ACA. The comment period closes 4/11
Some dope-ass people I know put together a site to help you comment. Plz share
action.transequality.org/a/protecttra...
Some dope-ass people I know put together a site to help you comment. Plz share
action.transequality.org/a/protecttra...
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Robin taking a bath on the first day of spring.
March 21, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Robin taking a bath on the first day of spring.
@deannaraybourn.bsky.social When I read the name Carstairs, I cannot help but think of Mrs. Pollifax. It's probably a coincidence? But the older women spies element makes me wonder a tiny bit.
March 20, 2025 at 4:05 AM
@deannaraybourn.bsky.social When I read the name Carstairs, I cannot help but think of Mrs. Pollifax. It's probably a coincidence? But the older women spies element makes me wonder a tiny bit.
WUHSSTER! Was looking forward to this before, but now I am even more. @seananmcguire.bsky.social
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bookshop.org/p/books/inst...
Installment Immortality: An InCryptid Novel
An InCryptid Novel
bookshop.org
March 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
WUHSSTER! Was looking forward to this before, but now I am even more. @seananmcguire.bsky.social
bookshop.org/p/books/inst...
bookshop.org/p/books/inst...
I'd love to see short clips of some of her exchanges like the ones below in comments.
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu struck a defiant tone in her prepared remarks for a House hearing on immigration enforcement, defending the city’s approach and criticizing the Trump administration’s push to deport undocumented immigrants.
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March 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I'd love to see short clips of some of her exchanges like the ones below in comments.
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The first egg is hatching. If you get lucky, you can hear the little one peeping... (use YouTube - the Big Bear Bald Eagle website is buried - 21K viewers on YouTube at the moment)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4-L...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4-L...
March 4, 2025 at 4:39 AM
The first egg is hatching. If you get lucky, you can hear the little one peeping... (use YouTube - the Big Bear Bald Eagle website is buried - 21K viewers on YouTube at the moment)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4-L...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4-L...
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Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance.
Democracy requires your courage.
Democracy requires your courage.
February 20, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance.
Democracy requires your courage.
Democracy requires your courage.