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KayKinMd
@kaykinmd.bsky.social
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In previous life I supported technology in the largest school system in Maryland, serving more than 160,500 students. I retired early to work full-time on Obama's 2nd campaign, & have kept an eye on Dem politics since.
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Contemplating a murder
Long haired tabby staring out a window a bright red cardinal
November 22, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Like this little dog in the Superman sweater?
White chihuahua in a sweater that has a red cape and a blue front with a Superman "S" on the front. He's curled on a chair looking very embarrassed, with his ears back and drooping.
November 19, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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I wasn't going to post a picture, but.. I mean, just look at that skinny little thing!

What's really galling is that his injury was caused by his (now former) vet clinic.
White chihuahua wearing a cone collar and sitting in a bed. His back leg is shaved and there's an incision over his hip.
November 8, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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It's so hard for them to hold off on that first meeting! Our previous cat Artie LOVES other cats, especially kittens, and was SO anxious to meet Freddie. This picture is at 1 week, when we opened the door & put up a screen between them (making sure Freddie wasn't carrying any diseases).
A tuxedo cat staring through a screen at a gray tabby kitten who is looking back into the hallway at him. This is their first meeting. It will be another week before they get together in "person".
October 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Artie has a normal meow (but doesn't use it often, unless he wants treatos). But he can yell very loud when he wants Freddie to come play with him. It sounds like he's mad, but he just wants to play!

He's adamantly not a lap cat, but he is a prolific purrer.
Tuxedo cat sitting on a map book, under a lamp, in front of a red wall
October 26, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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This guy is a year old, weighs 11 lbs, and doesn't meow nearly that loud! In fact, he rarely meows at all, he mostly just says "hm".

He doesn't know how to purr, either, although in the last few weeks he has started to vibrate ever so slightly.
Silver tabby curled in a white bathroom sink, looking upside down at the camera
October 26, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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I have two: a bunny in the yard, and a fawn born under my kitchen window. He (or she) slept all day but got anxious waiting for mom as the sun began to set.
Brown rabbit in a patch of grass A newborn fawn standing in a patch of catmint. There are spent daffodils and a stone walk in the background.
October 25, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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Morning chair thief
Handsome tuxedo cat who leaped into my desk chair as I approached it and is looking up at me as if to say, "what are YOU doing here?!? This is MY chair!"
October 21, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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In DC with my husband, sis & a group from Leisure World MD yesterday, I was so proud when a group of Korean tourists wanted to take our pictures & take selfies with me! We're trying to do what they did in their country. I hope we're as successful. (I didn't get a selfie with them unfortunately)
Scene from the No Kings protest in DC. In the center are an old man (my husband) waving a large American flag, an old woman (me) holding a sign saying "NO KINGS NO TYRANTS" and a younger old woman (my sister) with a sign saying "I MARCH BECAUSE I LOVE AMERICA" There are lots of people I don't know milling around in the background.
October 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Mine is less patient. In the first picture he's trying to muscle his way onto my husband's lap, and in the second he's made his way onto mine.
Man in a dark blue shirt sitting in a wooden chair with a gray tabby kitten trying to sit with him. An arm in a green sweater is reaching to pull him down. The head of a gray tabby kitten peeks over the edge of the counter from my lap. A man in a blue shirt is in the background.
October 5, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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Looks a lot like my boy who turned a year old this month. He looks like an angel, but...😏
Side view of a silver tabby cat standing with his front paws resting on the back of a black wicker chair, looking pensively out of a screen porch at a wooded area beyond. The back of a man in a blue and white striped shirt is in the far right on the chair.
August 22, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Challenge accepted. Here are my 2 current cats, Artie and Freddie (full name Freddie Mercury because he was a rolly polly ball of silver when we got him) and my 2 much-missed and -mourned cats, Loki and Reilly.
Two very lazy cats, Freddie, a silver tabby, atop a light colored cat tower, and Artie, a black tuxedo cat, one shelf down. They're in front of a yellow corner wall, with windows on either side. This is a 6'6" cat tower & one of their favorite places. Artie, a black and white tuxedo cat, sitting on an open map book under a lamp in front of a dark red wall. Loki, my beloved long-haired brown and black tabby who passed of a broken heart 5 months after the buddy with whom he'd shared his entire life died of necrotic liver tumors. Reilly, left, a large, long-haired gray cat, and Loki, right, a long-haired brown and black tabby cat. They are sitting on a brown tile floor. They weren't brothers, but lived together for 13 years, from the time they were born until Reilly died. They were much loved and are much missed.
August 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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My 2 scoundrels tricked my husband into giving them a SECOND lunch. That's AFTER 1 of them conned me into giving him a treat right after breakfast.
A tuxedo cat and a silver tabby cat looking out a window with some tree branches just outside.
July 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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I grabbed this photo this morning at a No Kings rally in Howard County MD. She looked to be ~90.
Elderly woman in a tan car holding a sign out the window. The sign says "Ice melts under resistance"
June 15, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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I beg to differ.
Tray of hospital food: carton of tepid skim milk, can of chalky glucerna, tube of pro-stat(no idea), a cup of tan stuff, and a blue bowl of white gruel. This was the first food I was offered in 6 days of my stay.
May 24, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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Her son chased them down & finally caught up to talk to 1 of them. Turns out we were WAY off. It was a group of Quakers marching to a rally in DC. They gave him this pamphlet.

The Quakers who ran my high school would've been appalled at the uniforms & flags, but 🤷‍♀️.
Pamphlet saying: The Quaker-interfaith pilgrimage for peace and justice, walking to DC to affirm and defend everlasting human rights across all borders UPC code, ALL ARE WELCOME [Instagram]WALKTOWASHINGTON
May 21, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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Our (slightly) older cat Artie looks like he has some Oriental shorthair in him and he fits that description exactly. Really smart and elegant, and he has such good manners! He's trying to teach the kitten, but Freddie is pretty rambunctious.
Black and white cat sitting in front of a fire in a fireplace.
May 3, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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This looks a lot like Freddie!
Adolescent silver tabby standing with his front pyon the top edge of a brown wicker chair. A man in a black-striped white shirt is sitting in front of him. A railing, hostas, and a stone path are in the background. A silver tabby curled in a white sink looks upside down at the camera.
May 3, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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This is my son's Chihuahua. He died in 2022. He was evil tempered and not too bright. Even in his current state, buried in my garden, he'd do a better job.
Face of a white Chihuahua with brown eyes and nose looking over a gray blanket. Tan bed and blue paisley chair in background Head of a sleeping white Chihuahua with his tongue hanging out. He's covered in cream blankets. Wood floor, beige wall, brown basket on a white rug in the background. Sleeping white Chihuahua on a gray patterned pillow with his tongue hanging out. Goofy looking white Chihuahua with partly closed eyes and tongue sticking out. He's on a rust color chair
May 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Having drinks on the screen porch with the neighbors, and Freddie got to birdwatch from the "outdoors" for the first time. I'm sure he's going to insist it's not the last time...
An adolescent silver tabby stands with his front paws resting on the back of a dark brown wicker chair, gazing to the left of picture. The back of a man in a black striped white shirt can be seen sharing kitty's chair. In the background is a white railing, hostas, and a stone path.
May 2, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Lol we got a kitten a little while after Artie (the cat for whom Artie was companion died), & while we love him, & Artie has been great about raising him, he really is a wild man.

Not his fault though, he has this evil TAIL that follows him everywhere, no matter how fast he runs or high he climbs.
Freddie, a silver tabby kitten with white chin & paws and black-tipped tail, curled in a white sink bowl, looking upside down over his back at the camera.
April 28, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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For anyone who thinks, "She's been available awhile, must be something wrong with her," We got Artie (below) after he'd been up for adoption at 2 separate shelters, for over 6 months. He started as a kitten, was an adult when I got him. He's just about the smartest, sweetest, BEST cat I've ever had.
Black & white (tuxedo) cat sitting on a map book under a gooseneck lamp in front of a red wall.
April 28, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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How about two animals?
A sitting black and white cat and a gray striped cat standing on his hind legs, both looking out a window. There are tree branches, a green field, a blue recycling bin, and a red car visible outside the window.
April 10, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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Mornings are for bird-watching
Artie, a black tuxedo cat, and Freddie, a silver tabby kitten, stare intently out a mullioned window thru bare branches at a field. A red car and blue recycling bin are in the distance.
March 19, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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Dental hygiene is overrated anyway, right?
Silver kitten curled in a white bathroom sink, looking up at the camera.
March 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM