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Kat
@kitkathy.bsky.social
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(she/her) ecologist and public servant in the great lakes basin. I love hiking, photography, ceramics, fiber arts, sci-fi, dnd, & podcasts. 🐘🌊🌾🌲my dog is my #1 lad 🐕
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boy go ZOOM
a dog blurred by the speed of his zoom. in the blur you can still see his manic grin
October 25, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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took the boy for a walk along the Lake Michigan shoreline yesterday evening. #dogsofbluesky
a chocolate lab mix staring into the distance, limned with the light of a setting sun and backed by a field of ice.
February 24, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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the view from our morning walk today 💕 #dogsofbluesky
a brown and white dog standing on a pier, with a backdrop of a foggy white sky and teal waves. the dog is looking into the warm light and sniffing the breeze.
November 25, 2024 at 3:57 PM
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epigraph from chapter thirteen, set in December of 2026. It reads, “There is no end // to what a living world // will demand of you.” From Earthseed: The Books of the Living.
November 17, 2024 at 5:37 PM
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yet while it’s grim, it’s not hopeless, which I love. the point is to hope for the best and prepare for the worst - the only logical way to live in a “disintegrating world” (www.nytimes.com/1994/01/02/b...)
text that reads, “I stared down the hill from our camp where just a glint of water was visible in the distance through the trees and bushes. The world is full of painful stories. Sometimes it seems as though there aren't any other kind, and yet I found myself thinking how beautiful that glint of water was through the trees.”
November 17, 2024 at 5:33 PM
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An excerpt of dialogue that reads: Travis: “Your [ideology that God is change] isn’t very comforting.” Olamina: “It is after a while. I’m still growing into it myself. God isn't good or evil, doesn't favor you or hate you, and yet God is better partnered than fought." Travis: "Your God doesn't care about you at all.” Olamina: "All the more reason to care about myself and others. All the more reason to create Earthseed communities and shape God together. 'God is Trickster, Teacher, Chaos, Clay.' We decide which aspect we embrace--and how to deal with the others.”
November 17, 2024 at 5:28 PM
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text that reads, "Things are changing now, too. Our adults haven't been wiped out by a plague so they're still anchored in the past, waiting for the good old days to come back. But things have changed a lot, and they'll change more. Things are always changing. This is just one of the big jumps instead of the little step-by-step changes that are easier to take. People have changed the climate of the world. Now they're waiting for the old days to come back."
November 17, 2024 at 5:23 PM
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text that reads: "Do you think our world is coming to an end?” Dad asked, and with no warning at all, I almost started crying. I had all I could do to hold it back. What I thought was, “No, I think *your* world is coming to an end, and maybe you with it.” That was terrible. I hadn't thought about it in such a personal way before.
November 17, 2024 at 5:21 PM
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tumblr’s had a robust blocking culture for years for this reason. it’s free, it’s fun, and it improves your experience of the internet. can’t recommend it enough tbh
a meme where Jesus is saying “blocked. blocked. blocked. you’re all blocked. none of you are free of sin,” which closes with a caption that reads “the people were astonished at his doctrine.” it’s from a dril tweet edited into a Jack Chick tract, and is very popular on tumblr.
November 16, 2024 at 1:44 PM
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the boy with a pearl earring
a dog laying on a bed, slightly looking back over his shoulder at the camera. very demure, very mindful
November 15, 2024 at 9:45 PM
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click into each blocklist, then click “subscribe”, then click “block accounts”. easy peasy
screenshot of the blocklist with a highlight box around the “subscribe” button. screenshot of the blocklist after the “subscribe” button has been pressed, showing the options “mute accounts” and “block accounts”. there is a highlight box around “block accounts”
November 15, 2024 at 8:26 PM
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sir where did your bones go
a dog standing in a snowy yard. he’s in the middle of a shake-off, which makes his body look squiggly, like a fusilli pasta noodle.
November 15, 2024 at 2:57 AM
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*chuckles* I’m in danger
a dog laying on his back on a couch. his front legs are held like t-rex arms, and his ears are pressed vertical above his head by the couch cushion. his eyes are wide like he’s seconds from bursting into zoomies, and one canine tooth is just barely showing. he looks vaguely like dracula, or maybe batman.
November 15, 2024 at 2:50 AM
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his skull just has three dry peas rattling around in there.
a dog on a sandy beach, staring at the camera. his eyes are blown wide and his tongue is just barely sticking out. the overall impression is that of a joyful creature with no brain cells, who might be planning some mischief.
November 15, 2024 at 2:45 AM
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bringing some positivity to the skyline via photos of my dog 🧵 #skydogs (inquire within for doofus energy)
a chocolate lab mix standing on a pier, looking pleased. in the background is a city skyline half shrouded in fog.
November 15, 2024 at 2:36 AM
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surely one more dept will solve all the other dept’s problems!
An xkcd comic titled “how standards proliferate (see chargers, character encodings, instant messaging, etc.)”. Three panels, left to right. Panel 1 text reads “Situation: There are 14 competing standards.” Panel 2 shows a stick figure telling another, “14?! RIDICULOUS! WE NEED TO DEVELOP ONE UNIVERSAL STANDARD THAT COVERS EVERYONE'S USE CASES.” The other stick figure agrees. Panel 3 text reads, “SITUATION: THERE ARE 15 COMPETING STANDARDS.”
November 13, 2024 at 5:16 AM