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Beth
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Storyteller | Chaos Coordinator | Lover of Cats, Coffee, and Books

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What really makes me queasy is knowing that all I'll get from Scott Perry's office is a form letter that says nothing. These numbers are damning.

Thanks @americanprogress.bsky.social for crunching the numbers. www.americanprogress.org/article/hous...

#dosomething #peoplewilldie #handsoff
A screenshot of Pennsylvania districts. Figure 1 from The Center for American Progress's report on the lives that will be lost due to the Medicaid Cuts being proposed as of May 2025. https://www.americanprogress.org/article/house-republicans-medicaid-cuts-and-associated-lives-lost-by-congressional-district/
May 15, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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Caught my cat just hanging out in the shower. 😆
Tortoiseshell cat sitting primly in a shower stall with shower curtain in the foreground.
April 28, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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Doing the thing... Reposting pic with age... 😬

Annnddd...

Drum roll...

I'm 41.
April 4, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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Self care is putting your face on a soft cat. ♥️♥️

#tillycat #ensigntilly #catsofbluesky #sosoft
April 1, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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Slow start to the day, but there is sunlight and spring air and homemade caramel lattes. Refuel today folks. Whatever that looks like for you.

#coffeefueledresistance #pause #springjoy
March 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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A little Friday evening joy. I'm so glad that we have warm evening sunlight again.

#fridayjoy #daffodils #joysighting #allthevitamind
White daffodils with yellow centers in the late afternoon sun.
March 22, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Soooo behind...

30 Day Book Challenge Day 6...

Day 7: Best audiobook to listen to on a road trip
The Black Prism by Brent Weeks

Specifically the Graphic Audio version. You won't regret it.

#booksky #graphicaudio #amovieinyourmind
List of assignments for the 30 Day Book Challenge by Professional Book Nerds. Day 7: Best audiobook to listen to on a road trip. The Lightbringer Saga by Brent Weeks - Book 1, The Black Prism. Recorded and performed in full cast by Graphic Audio
March 19, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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Real talk... I am CRAZY behind:

Choose 20 #StarTrek episodes that have stayed with you or influenced you. One episode per day for 20 days, in no particular order.

No explanations, no reviews, just images or gifs 🖖

#TrekSky
Measure of a Man

6/20
A shot of Captain Picard looking somber and maybe a little concerned in the background while Commander Maddox smiles smugly in the foreground. - From Star Trek The Next Generation, The Measure of a Man
March 19, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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Despite the ridiculousness of today let it not be said that I forsook my sacred Pi Day duties.

#piday #allthewondrouspies
Two pies. The top pie is shoo fly and the bottom is a cherry crumb.
March 15, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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Some weeks you catch the string and some weeks the string catches you... Happy Friday from Tilly. You made it to today! Go you! You deserve a little treat. And maybe a nap.

#tillycat #ensigntilly #catwisdom #tgif #whataweek
A tortoiseshell cat with a peach ribbon over its ear.
March 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Done and done. Tilly sends her love in return.
March 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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The cognitive dissonance of work travel as a parent. Here's to kissing hands and stuffed animal companions.

#dcsummit25 #workingparent #kissinghand #worklifebalance #ilovetotravel #imissmypeople
A hand holding a steering wheel with a heart drawn in pen next to the thumb.
March 4, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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Tilly and I hope you feel better soon!
March 1, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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Little bit of #booksky humor for your morning.
February 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Choose 20 #StarTrek episodes that have stayed with you or influenced you. One episode per day for 20 days, in no particular order.

No explanations, no reviews, just images or gifs 🖖

#TrekSky
Homefront and Paradise Lost

5/20
Sisko, Odo, and Leyton discuss while holding flashlights in Homefront. Sisko is held at phaser point in Paradise Lost
February 22, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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30 Day Book Challenge Day 6...

Day 6: Book that broke your heart.
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

I have a core memory of finishing this book after I was supposed to be asleep and going downstairs and sobbing uncontrollably in my mother's lap.

#booksky #gutwrenching #nothingcrushesus
List of assignments for the 30 Day Book Challenge by Professional Book Nerds. Day 6: Book that broke your heart. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
February 22, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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30 Day Book Challenge Day 5...

Day 5: Favorite classic novel
The Once and Future King by T.H. White
OR
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
#booksky #cantdecide #classiclit
List of assignments for the 30 Day Book Challenge by Professional Book Nerds. Day 5: Favorite classic novel The Once and Future King by T.H. White Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
February 22, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Choose 20 #StarTrek episodes that have stayed with you or influenced you. One episode per day for 20 days, in no particular order.

No explanations, no reviews, just images or gifs 🖖

#TrekSky

4/20
Skin of Evil
Tasha Yar faces the tar monster.
February 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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My assistant doesn't seem to understand my desire to eat my soup while it's warm...🤣

#tillycat #ensigntilly #earlylunch #catsofbluesky #iamabed
February 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Choose 20 #StarTrek episodes that have stayed with you or influenced you. One episode per day for 20 days, in no particular order.

No explanations, no reviews, just images or gifs 🖖

#TrekSky

3/20
The Impossible Box
Narek standing behind Soji with his hands on her shoulders and the box in his right hand.
February 20, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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30 Day Book Challenge Day 4...

Day 4: Book you remember from childhood.
Caps For Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
#booksky #youmonkeysyou #classicchildrensbooks
List of assignments for the 30 Day Book Challenge by Professional Book Nerds. Day 4: Book You Remember From Childhood. Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business by Esphyr Slobodkina
February 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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On today's edition of "What is my cat doing??"

Wrong answers only.

#ensigntilly #tillycat #catsofbluesky
A tortoiseshell car underneath a bed.
February 20, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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30 Day Book Challenge Day 3... (This one is cruel!)

Day 2: Book you did not finish.
Atherton by Patrick Carman
#booksky #dnf
Atherton: The House of Power by Patrick Carman List of assignments for the 30 Day Book Challenge by Professional Book Nerds. Day 3: Book You Did Not Finish.
February 19, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Choose 20 #StarTrek episodes that have stayed with you or influenced you. One episode per day for 20 days, in no particular order.

No explanations, no reviews, just images or gifs 🖖

#TrekSky

2/20
Labyrinths
An image of the Eternal Galactic Archive from Star Trek: Discovery's episode Labyrinths
February 19, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Choose 20 #StarTrek episodes that have stayed with you or influenced you. One episode per day for 20 days, in no particular order.

No explanations, no reviews, just images or gifs 🖖

#TrekSky

1/20
The Drumhead
Simon Tarses being interrogated for possible engagement in sabotage on the Enterprise.
February 18, 2025 at 11:13 PM