Kaitlin Ruiz
LightNews LightNews
banner
kaitlinruiz.bsky.social
Kaitlin Ruiz
@kaitlinruiz.bsky.social
11K followers 1.8K following 17K posts
I have a zest for despair
kaitlinruizplease (at) gmail
Posts Replies Media Videos
kaitlinruiz.bsky.social
nabbed this cashmere sweater for six bucks at the thrift shop. addressed some holey bits with wool roving and thread. red isn't really my color, but I'm happy with it. :)
red knit sweater, held aloft so that one sleeve is front and center; the elbow has been patched with an appliqué shaped like a peach same sweater, different angle: to one side of the neckline, another peach appliqué
November 8, 2025 at 10:11 PM
kaitlinruiz.bsky.social
found this guy washed up with the tide. showed it to my dad, who laid a hand over his heart and announced "cute!!!! he must have been made in Mexico!"
tiny plastic figurine of a cartoonish axolotl
November 8, 2025 at 9:34 PM
kaitlinruiz.bsky.social
ghosts fly to-nite @yorkshiretea.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 2:52 AM
kaitlinruiz.bsky.social
Bob Odenkirk in a leather jacket and orange-tinted shades
October 25, 2025 at 4:00 AM
kaitlinruiz.bsky.social
for your Saturday: photo update from Nibs and his family! our boy is growing so fast!!!
pale orange kitten looks at the camera, front paws kneading a pair of white sneakers
October 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
kaitlinruiz.bsky.social
@parsnip.bsky.social talking with the mayor about my friend geoffrey (cc: @joshuajfriedman.com)
September 29, 2025 at 6:26 AM
kaitlinruiz.bsky.social
farewell, eric adams
text: THE GLOWING MAGGOT OF DOOM
September 28, 2025 at 8:58 PM
kaitlinruiz.bsky.social
100 percent tariffs on all prescription drugs coming into the US... Trump really has me [God's most medicated child] out here praying for Big Pharma...
drawing of a little guy poking at the words "big pharma" with a stick. he looks sad, saying "c'mon, do something."
September 26, 2025 at 4:14 AM
kaitlinruiz.bsky.social
in other news: may I present Mister September himself, ready for his cover shoot. it's time to get up close and Bergsonal. (thanks to the folks at Turbo Photo for developing my latest roll!)
a fluffy black cat loafs upon a bed, softly backlit by late afternoon sunshine.
September 12, 2025 at 11:31 PM
kaitlinruiz.bsky.social
the Waldmeister is as beautiful an object as it is useful; when I'm done admiring, it'll get plenty of play among my stable of pencils! (thank you so much to the good folks at KUM Germany for the lovely surprise, and extra special thanks to Sebastian!)
photo of a pencil sharpener, dissembled so you can see its components: a glass jar (the well for wood shavings) and a wooden screw-top with two openings for blades. same pencil sharpener, now reassembled so that it sits squatly upon my desk that same pencil sharpener
September 12, 2025 at 11:17 PM
kaitlinruiz.bsky.social
bit of a wild hare, but do any of you good folks have a lead on where to find a used copy of this book? the director of a South Texas community theatre is in the market for this very thing, and I'm poking around in the hopes of ushering a copy his way!
a pile of curriculum materials for performing arts, including a CD, deck of cards, and a book titles The Drama Game File: Companion Notebook. same book, different edition
September 12, 2025 at 9:18 PM
kaitlinruiz.bsky.social
because you deserve something good amid Everything Happening: Nibs update! everyone's favorite tiny man is living his best life with my cousin. the best part?! he has an orange big brother named Taco Bell!!!
tiny orange kitten, blurred with motion, reaches one paw upward
September 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
kaitlinruiz.bsky.social
Charlie Kirk spent his life defending the right to kill. this is not inference; he took pains to explain that he could tolerate school shootings, so long as his right to high-powered weapons went untouched. Charlie Kirk believed that a stringent reading of the Second Amendment was inviolable. the application fee for his faith? children, college kids, any student brazen enough to dream that campuses might be stations for growth, not shooting ranges. Charlie Kirk died by the gospel he preached: the cult of gun ownership. while any death by gun violence is devastating, the real tragedy isn't limited to how Kirk died--it's that his life was utterly wasted. mourn the spectacle of violence; mourn how readily we've learned to accept it, one headline, one vacant classroom after another. but don't get it twisted: Charlie Kirk wasn't an American hero. in the end, he wasn't even a martyr to his cause--only slop at the feet of an idol.
September 11, 2025 at 6:40 AM
kaitlinruiz.bsky.social
fluffy black cat looks at the viewer in alarm; photo is edited so that three exclamation points hover between his ears
September 6, 2025 at 8:25 PM
kaitlinruiz.bsky.social
happy bergday
fluffy black cat, yellow eyes wide in shock, ears airplaning
September 5, 2025 at 11:55 PM
kaitlinruiz.bsky.social
WE ARE CELEBRATING OUR FRIEND
fluffy gray cat loafs magnificently
September 4, 2025 at 4:27 AM
kaitlinruiz.bsky.social
up and running :)
September 2, 2025 at 5:37 PM
kaitlinruiz.bsky.social
from Premee's page, here are additional images of Fiasco:
long-haired gray cat with green eyes and white chest long-haired gray cat with green eyes and white chest; in this photo, we can see that his front paws have teeny tiny white tips. long-haired gray cat with green eyes and white chest long-haired gray cat with green eyes and white chest
August 31, 2025 at 6:26 PM
kaitlinruiz.bsky.social
sweetest guy is heading to his forever home today! love you absolute heaps, Nibs.
tiny orange kitten lounges on a yellow blanket while hugging my arm
August 31, 2025 at 5:13 PM
kaitlinruiz.bsky.social
Fiasco, Tarragon backs you up 100 percent!!!
fluffy gray cat gazes into the middle distance, expression softly aggrieved
August 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
kaitlinruiz.bsky.social
(quick Tarragon for you, her dearest friend!)
fluffy gray cat lounges outrageously atop a cardboard box
August 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
kaitlinruiz.bsky.social
living deliciously
tiny orange kitten looks at the camera, expression gently startled same kitten, tongue swiping his whiskers; his expression manages to be both sneaky and satisfied all at once same kitten, eyes downcast, tongue sticking out floppily same kitten, eyes bright and alert, cheerful expression accentuated by his pink tongue, which just manages to swipe his nose
August 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
kaitlinruiz.bsky.social
the happy little man
blurry photo of a tiny orange kitten, chin tilted slightly upward in an inquisitive pose
August 27, 2025 at 4:22 PM
kaitlinruiz.bsky.social
an update on His Nibs: he's in sidecar mode
blurry photo of a tiny orange kitten peering out of the hood of a black hoodie (I'm wearing the hoodie backwards, so the hood falls beneath my neck, so as to form a little pouch for him)
August 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM
kaitlinruiz.bsky.social
who did "Fake Empire" better
group of old white guys comprising the band The National National Guard assholes stomping through DC
August 26, 2025 at 4:23 AM