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Laureline Knightley 📚🥄
@laurelknightley.bsky.social
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I like romance novels, black cats, SSRIs, little treats, and democracy. Recently-RIF’d Fed 🤬.
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Just started this Laura Kinsale last night. Historical romance is my comfort. And I ordered these other used books on Pango recently because I LOVE the covers—yes, I absolutely judge a book by its cover.
Laura Kinsale’s “The Hidden Heart” book cover Very 1960s-style cover of Georgette Heyer’s “A Blunt Instrument” Catherine Coulter’s “Moonspun Magic” and Georgette Heyer’s “They Found Him Dead” and “Behold, Here’s Poison.” The Heyer mysteries have a 1960s vibe with font, style, and clothing, while the Coulter novel is peak historical romance bodice-ripper stepback.
November 29, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Her tail flicking 😻
November 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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On a lighter note, please enjoy these photos of my void kitty. She is my saving grace and neighborhood terror. #voidkitty #blackcatenergy #Spook
Black cat lays in her owner in bed Black cat curled into a “C” and looking all cozy in bed Black cat with gold eyes sits on grass with her resting kitty face
November 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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I have one! She has such feral energy.
Black cat with gold eyes and purple collar sitting on the arm of a chair in front of a red wall Black cat with gold eyes and purple collar sitting behind an old porcelain sink outside Black cat lying in a flower bed
June 19, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Are… Are employers okay? What’s with these job titles?
Job announcement for a “Content Alchemist,” whatever that means. Windranger Labs, remote in the United States. Pay info not provided. Full-time job with easy apply from Indeed.
June 7, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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Just watched the latest Handmaid’s Tale episode. College roomie/BFF was waiting on pins and needles to discuss with me today. @bradleywhitford.bsky.social, High Commander, you outdid yourself, fine sir. Praise be.
A text conversation between two friends. Friend 1’s blue text bubble says “I just watched it! Wow! Friend 2’s bubble says, “If Bradley Whitford doesn’t win an Emmy for this episode, there’s no justice in the world.” Friend 1 replies with two consecutive bubbles: “Yes!” and “Amen”
May 21, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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I just finished the masterpiece that is Flowers from the Storm. A Duke has a stroke and a Quaker woman feels God calling her to care for him and protect him from his family. It’s wild and so, so good. #historicalromance #booksky
Quote from Flowers from the Storm by Laura Kinsale: “The flame in her was slow and deep—he was going to incite it with the fire in himself; he was going to make a blaze to burn down cities, to lay waste cathedrals and castles and plain meetinghouses—to make a world where it was only him, and only her, and this bed, and one flesh.”
May 15, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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Lots of yard work lately. It’s been so nice outside recently (usually where I live, it’s already warm and humid but it’s been amazing). Also, this little mongrel is keeping me sane. She is a chaos goblin and I love her so much.
A black cat with a purple collar sitting on a chair in front of a red wall stares into the camera.
May 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Good morning and happy Cinco de Mayo. Saw this on my son’s History Channel military calendar. Even Woodrow Wilson cared about providing food to our allies during war. Who knew “Meatless Mondays” isn’t a 21st century thing? The more you know… 🌈🌟
MAY 5, MONDAY MILITARY HISTORY Cinco de Mayo 1917: President Woodrow Wilson asks Herbert Hoover to head the U.S. Food Administration On May 5, 1917, Herbert Hoover was asked by President Woodrow Wilson to head a newly formed volunteer organization in the hopes that he would guide the United States in improving the global food crisis caused by World War I. By October 1917, that organization would officially become the U.S. Food Administration. As one of his first duties, Hoover asked Americans to contribute to food conservation efforts in order to support the war effort. He recruited thousands to volunteer under his organization, and he swiftly produced and disseminated propaganda to inspire Americans to conserve resources. He particularly asked the public to avoid specific food groups on specific days to save rations for soldiers overseas. He also led the Commission for Relief in Belgium (CRB), an American-led organization developed with the mission to protect German-occupied Belgium from famine and starvation during the war. German soldiers were absorbing all of Belgium's domestic resources for themselves, leaving Belgian citizens without sustenance. The CRB was able to use legal and international loopholes to ship and coordinate food deliveries to citizens in need. Source: Wikipedia Poster with a patriotic theme to save food (1917), issued when domestic food restrictions were applied to support the war effort. The caption says, “Be Patriotic, sign your country’s pledge to save the food. U.S. Food Administration”
May 5, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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In a case of Laureline-is-a-chaos-goblin, I let this pumpkin from the Fall rot in my flower bed and now it’s growing. I can’t keep things alive I spend a lot of time on, but I can sure grow something unintentionally. 🤦🏻‍♀️
Inside of a rotten green pumpkin, showing a ton of seeds. Sprouted vine from pumpkin seeds Flourishing vine from pumpkin seeds
May 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Get you a man who does this of his own volition. The Trumpers down the street moved so maybe we won’t get egged. They probably don’t even know what it means anyway.
An upside-down American flag on a red brick home with a green yard in the background. The upside-down flag denotes a nation under duress.
May 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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My husband put this up yesterday.
May 2, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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On a lighter note, this valiant warrior has been keeping me sane. #catsofbluesky
April 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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5) Just take yourself for a little treat… small coffee shop, local bookstore, thrift shop. Or do a rage room if you are perpetually pissed!

What are your ideas? Share them with me! ⬇️
A fist with the phrase “nolite te bastardes carborundorum” which loosely translates from Latin to don’t let the bastards keep you down.
April 12, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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🤣 I usually don’t use the google AI answers, but it was the shortest explanation I could find of 1 Samuel 8
Samuel warned the Israelites that choosing a king would lead to conscription, heavy taxation, and the king taking their property and people, resulting in oppression and ultimately, the people's cries for help being ignored by God. Here's a more detailed breakdown of Samuel's warnings: Conscription and Forced Labor: The king would take their sons and daughters to work for him, including as soldiers, charioteers, and in various menial tasks like cooking and baking. Taxation and Seizure of Property: The king would take a tenth of their grain, vineyards, flocks, and other possessions, and give them to his servants. Loss of Freedom and Oppression: The people would become the king's slaves, and their cries for help would be ignored by God because they had chosen a king instead of following God's guidance. Rejection of God: Samuel sought to communicate the true position of Saul as the new leader of Israel, but the people rejected Saul.
April 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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My buddy is not going to be happy when I’m go back to the office tomorrow. Thankfully, Dad will be home most of the time, save for a few doctor’s appointments.
A German shepherd-pit bull mix dog lays on a couch A German shepherd-pit mix looks out a window of a house with red bricks
March 16, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Girl, I have one!
A hand holding a pink neck fan
March 16, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Mmmm, tastes like 1994 and Sweet Tarts.
Bottle of Country Raspberry Clearly Canadian sparkling water.
March 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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The horror persist, but so do I. With ice cream (including Magic Shell) and a physical book. Not reading KU this week due to the blackout. I have enough physical books to keep me company! *I also have favorite indie authors who use KU and I will continue to support them there.
Bowl of vanilla ice cream with the book “Savor It” by Tarah DeWitt. Book cover of Savor It by Tarah Witt
March 12, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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So tired of doomscrolling so I decided to get cozy and watch P&P. Granted, I am a 1995-version girlie but I’m giving 2005 another chance. Gonna live post my thoughts 💁🏻‍♀️.
Opening scene of 2005 Pride & Prejudice with Elizabeth Bennet waking and reading a book.
March 9, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Just had the rescue this ignoramus from behind the fridge. Life is never dull with her.
A black cat sits on a window sill looking outside.
March 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Someone else posted this and my soul left my body
Beetlejuice sits on a couch in a tux and looks at Marco Rubio slouched down
March 1, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Read some cool books this past month. I usually read more but *gestures around*
5 book covers on a pink background labeled “February” with a gif that says “Shhh, I’m reading” and a tracker that shows 12 books read for the year out of 100. Books were Lost and Lassoed, The Rom-Commers, You Between the Lines, Then Came You, and Dreaming of You.
March 1, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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My desk-mate this morning. Don’t mind the mess.
Black kitten sitting on a notebook in front of a window.
February 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Got my angry grrrl playlist on while I decompress from work. Vibe is still weird. People are stressed and not holding back their emotions (decorum went out the window). I get it but it makes it even harder to deal with, especially as an empath. My chest is tight from the anxietieeeeees.
February 19, 2025 at 10:45 PM