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joleigh.bsky.social
Purely Speculative
@joleigh.bsky.social
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A mostly lurking book gremlin.

she/her
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The goose meme: the first panel is a black and white cartoon goose asking”Wasn’t working for who?” and the second panel is the same goose chasing a person and asking “Wasn’t working for who, motherfucker?!?”
November 10, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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The California flag stacked on top of the Texas flag with the text “Yes on Prop 50 - It’s time to mess with Texas”
November 5, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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Apparently this flyer has been going around my brother’s very conservative neighborhood so I’m feeling…hopeful?
A flyer with the California flag above the Texas flag and the text “Yes on Prop 50 - It’s time to mess with Texas”
November 5, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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Alright guys, let’s wrap this up. It’s past Clem’s bedtime.
A stripey beige and white kitty curled up on a yellow chair
November 2, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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On this National Cat Day, may we all know the peace Clem is experiencing here.
October 29, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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This is Clementine (aka Clementine-Tiny). She is very pretty, doesn’t even have the one brain cell all orange cats share, and she purrs like a motor.
A closeup profile shot of a beige and white kitten with blue eyes, looking into the middle distance.
October 24, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Clem might not be bright enough to know what solidarity is, but she’s happy to be here.
A fluffy beige and white kitten sitting on a windowsill, staring blankly at the camera. No thoughts, just fluff.
October 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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Happy #Caturday

Sound up for Clem purrs
October 4, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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My mom died last year and it was shit.

Here is Clem being a little loaf.
A beige and white kitten with very long whiskers, loafing with her eyes closed on a yellow chair while the sun shines.
October 3, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Timeline cleanse.

Sound on for Clem purrs.
October 1, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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This is Clem. She has never had a thought in her fluffy life.
A very fluffy beige and white kitten in a basket looking mildly baffled
September 27, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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Clem wants Kelpie to know she survived The Nebulizer and Kelpie will too!
A fluffy white cat with beige markings and a jaunty tail, standing on a windowsill
September 23, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Timeline cleanse with a little Clementine.
A fluffy white kitten with beige lynx pointing laying in a little loaf on a marigold colored chair in the sunshine with her eyes closed.
September 11, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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Clem started life outside.

If Fiasco curious, just ask!

It BAD.
A beige striped kitten with blue eyes being held up by one hand, confused about how she was scooped up from a yard and now she just *gets* food.
September 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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My recently acquired accidental cat says hello!
A cream and beige kitten with blue eyes and very fluffy ears, nestled in blue and white floral sheets and a white and yellow floral duvet.
September 2, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Scrimp have learned to camouflage.
Beige stripey kitten in a tight shrimp pike on a similarly colored blanket
August 23, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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We got a broad spectrum here.
A wood bookcase with three shelves of mostly mass market paperbacks
August 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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This is Clementine and she only sleeps on the most practical of positions.
A stripey beige and white kitten sleeping on a yellow chair in what can only be described as the spinal zigzag. She just looks scrunched but her face is that of a peacefully sleeping kitten.
August 8, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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A surprisingly large turnout at the #handsoff protest in pretty purple Nevada County, CA, part of solidly red CA-03.

Photo from The Union
Picture of 3 sides of a 4-way intersection with a small crowd at each corner with protest signs ranging from the Bernie 2016 campaign to pride flags and Palestine flags to anti-Elon and anti-Trump signs.
April 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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My dog is also never sorry.
A fluffy brown and white dog demanding attention with the entitlement that comes from being born cute.
April 1, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Legally an adult. Emotionally…
An illustration of a stressed out opossum with the text “I’m tired and my brain is soup” written in black on a white background.
March 24, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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My mom was a massive fan of scifi and she gave me Asimov’s Guide to Shakespeare when I got into my Masters program.

It wasn’t necessarily helpful but it reminds me of her whenever I see it.
Books on a wooden shelf: Isaac Asimov’s Guide to Shakespeare The Norton Shakespeare anthology The Riverside Shakespeare anthology Bartlett’s Concordance to Shakespeare The Compact edition of the Oxford English Dictionary
March 12, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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“When you stare into the void, the void stares back.”

*the void in question*
A black cat with very wide eyes, staring up. It’s photographed in such a way where it just looks like a black, cat-shaped blob with eyes as the only feature.
February 22, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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Just as the prophecy foretold.
A pixel graphic featuring a lime green, ox-drawn cart above block text saying “you have died of dysentery” on a black background.
February 13, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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A lot of things suck very much right now but I just got an amazing package and I screamed so loud I scared my coworkers.
A picture of a proof copy of Katabasis by R. F. Kuang, number 159 out of 200. The cover art hasn’t been revealed yet so the cover is blank with only text that reads “Katabasis noun, Ancient Greek: The story of a hero’s descent to the underworld”
January 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM