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Laura Pearlman
@laurasbadideas.bsky.social
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My stories are in Nature, Shimmer, and a few other places. My LOLcat captions are on McSweeney's. Editor of @catscast.org. Member of Codex, SFWA.
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If you see this, post something orange.
A sleeping fluffy orange cat.
February 17, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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A month in, Seffie is finally taking her rightful place as queen of this airbnb.
A fluffy orange and white cat lounging on an ottoman, looking regal.
February 16, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Just a tiny bit windy here tonight.
January 7, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Orange dreamboats, you say?
A fluffy orange cat with tabby markings on her forehead, leaning her chin on a gray upholstered step. The background is blurred, and she looks glamorous and pensive.
February 17, 2024 at 4:32 AM
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Quote with a picture of water that you took.
A fluffy orange-and-white cat batting at a pink plastic toy in her water bowl. You can tell it's her water bowl because it has "WATER" and a paw print printed on the outside of the bowl (also, there's water in the bowl, and it's on the kitchen floor.
November 16, 2023 at 4:45 AM
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Well, it's official -- I've now looked at every cat picture on the Internet.
A screenshot of a Google image search result page, scrolled to the bottom. Blue arrows have been drawn on the page, one pointing to the word "cat" in the search bar, and one pointing to the sentence "Looks like you've reached the end" at the bottom of the page.
November 12, 2023 at 11:19 AM
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I love this so much! It's a #PoorlyDrawnPets version of my favorite photo of Thunder.
A hand-drawn (looks like colored pencil to me) version of the other image in this post. All the elements are basically the same, but the style and (to a lesser extent, the colors) are different. A dramatically-lit gray tabby cat, sparkling in the sunlight. Outside of the sunbeam (which illuminates the cat and part of the wood floor), the room is pitch-black. The cats body is facing away from the camera, but his head is turned, so we can see his open mouth and his very prominent canine teeth.
October 20, 2023 at 2:48 AM
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Seffie's would come back:

60% sunshine
25% purrs
10% floof
5% scaredy-cat
A fluffy mostly-orange cat, relaxed but looking earnestly at the camera, on a blue office chair.
October 7, 2023 at 2:42 AM
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Seffie has yet to master the game of One-Card Monty. (She wants a treat and saw me put a treat under the ball. This has not inspired her to attempt any particular course of action).
At first glance, this looks like a fluffy orange-and-white cat sitting at a table, on which is a single pink ball. The "table" is actually the top step of a set of three leading up to the couch (the couch isn't in the picture), and she's sitting on the middle step. Seffie is looking off to the side, paying absolutely no attention to the pink ball.
September 6, 2023 at 10:20 AM
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I'm not sure what this is about (the post you're replying to has been deleted), but here's my late cat Thunder, looking fierce.
A dramatically lit gray tabby cat. He's sitting with his body facing away from the camera, but his head turned towards it. His mouth is open and his canine teeth are showing, like a vampire's. His fur sparkles against a black background.
September 5, 2023 at 12:00 AM
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Seffie, an indoor-only cat: *spends 12 years afraid of any kind of weather, running and hiding at the first sign of wind or rain*

Tropical storm Hilary: Hiya!

Seffie: Purr

Hilary: Rain rain rain

Seffie: Purr purr purr snuggle snuggle strrrrrrrretch snuggle snuggle purr
A fluffy orange-and-white cat on a green sofa.
August 20, 2023 at 11:14 PM
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Will you accept a photo of a cat noticing a spider?
A very wide-eyed gray tabby cat.
August 14, 2023 at 12:49 AM
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Please send help I can't move my hand.
A fluffy orange cat resting her chin on an outstretched hand.
August 13, 2023 at 11:46 PM
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I’m bad at following directions.
A fluffy orange cat on a blue office chair
July 29, 2023 at 8:14 AM
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Seffie hopes you're having a nice #Caturday
A fluffy orange cat on a green couch, looking directly at the camera.
July 23, 2023 at 2:56 AM