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Phernie
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Gen X. My cat’s Emotional Support Human. Outdoorsy. Unpaid protester. Screaming inside my heart. Enemy from within, probably.

Citizen of the Republic of Cascadia.
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Same energy
The words Live Laugh Love in gold sparkly cursive on a white background
November 5, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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As far as he’s concerned, it’s dinner time, time change be damned.
#caturday #catsofbluesky #siamesecat
Siamese cat staring directly into the camera.
November 4, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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#NoKings #Seattle #FuckTrump
Picture of No Kings rally in Seattle, with Space Needle on background and a lot of people
October 18, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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I aspire to be the human my cat thinks I am. And to briefly set aside the terrible news of the day and simply exist in peace.

#caturday
#catsofbluesky
#siamese
#zencat
Close up of Siamese cat face, with eyes closed and ears back
July 4, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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53° and drizzly on this Summer Solstice morning in Seattle! Maybe go back to sleep?

#Caturday #CatsofBluesky #Siamese #AdoptDontShop
Siamese cat sprawled out on his back on a red and blue plaid blanket
June 21, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Thank you to the Senate in 2008 for permanently protecting 106,577 acres as the Wild Sky Wilderness. I had a great hike there today (Frog Mountain).

Today’s GOP Senators want to sell off millions of acres of public land to the highest bidder. No f-ing way!
Mountain vista photo—snow covered peaks in the background and evergreen trees in the foreground. Blue sky and clouds.
June 20, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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Seen in Seattle
Parked white van with the words Trump needs to die spray painted on the side
June 17, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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Peering into the week ahead
#Caturday
#CatsofBluesky
#Siamese
#Snowshoe
#AdoptDon’tShop
Two cats sitting on a kitchen counter peering at the camera. One is a seal point Siamese and the other a Snowshoe Siamese.
May 12, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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From an article last Friday in the Seattle Times:

“Fewer ships coming into the U.S. means companies can’t get components. Retailers and consumers can’t get products. Farmers and manufacturers lose foreign markets. “Everything stops,” Smith said.”

www.seattletimes.com/business/tar...
Seattle Times article: “What’s up with Elliott Bay’s missing cargo ships?” with picture of empty Port of Seattle
April 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Goodnight, Bluesky

#Snoeshoe #Siamese #Caturday #Catsofbluesky
Snowshoe Siamese cat lying in white cat bed and looking towards camera
April 20, 2025 at 5:22 AM
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How to disappear people
The Trump administration wants to create a Schrodinger’s box — quite literally, the CECOT prison is that box — where anyone can be sent under an agreement between the U.S. government and El Savador’s government but at which point the U.S. government can claim to no longer have any authority because people within that box are in the custody of a foreign sovereign. If they can get Abrego Garcia out of the box, the plan does not work.
April 14, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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This is the most horrifying statement yet. ALL of us are vulnerable to this plan, even citizens.
On Monday, President Donald Trump told us why Abrego Garcia is not back. Abrego Garcia cannot be brought back because his continued imprisonment there — and the success of its underlying claim that the U.S. doesn’t have the authority to bring him back — is key to the Trump administration’s lawless plans to create an outside-the-law prison system to hold anyone it dislikes, including U.S. citizens. “You know what I want them to do?” Trump told El Salvador President Nayib Bukele as the two walked into the Oval Office. “Homegrown criminals next.” Repeating it to the others in the room — including Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Attorney General Pam Bondi — Trump said, “I said, ‘Homegrowns are next.’ The homegrowns.” adding that Bukele would need to “build about five more places.”
April 14, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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🤔
New York Times April 7, 2025, 4:01 p.m. Ana Swanson Trade and international economics reporter Trump says the reason he hasn’t imposed tariffs again Russia is because “we’re not doing business essentially with Russia.” The United States did not put tariffs on Russia, North Korea, Cuba or Belarus because the U.S. already has substantial sanctions on those countries. Still, the $3 billion of imports the United States brought in from Russia last year is much larger than some of the tiny countries Trump targeted.
April 7, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Puck and his kill
#caturday #siamesecat #CatsofBluesky
Siamese cat standing next to a crocheted mouse toy
April 6, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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Utility box with stickers reading No Fascism in Seattle and Fuck Musk. A sign rests nearby that shows a penguin in the Heard and McDonald Islands and the words resist.
April 5, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Birds over Billionaires!
Birds Over Billionaires sign at Hsnds Off protest Seattle
April 5, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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#HandsOff #Seattle
Photo of Seattle Space Needle and big Hands Off crowd
April 5, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Found one!
Sign with Trump and Vance crossed through
April 5, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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WTAF—glamorous in space?!?!
Breaking barriers by bringing glam to space The all-female crew of New Shepard said they plan to be glamorous in space and not be ashamed about it. "I think it's so important for people to see us like that. This dichotomy of engineer and scientist, and then beauty and fashion. We contain multitudes. Women are multitudes," Nguyen told ELLE. "I'm going to be wearing lipstick." Bowe said she took the hairstyle she plans to wear on the flight on a test run skydiving in Dubai, saying, "I also wanted to test out my hair and make sure that it was OK." "Space is going to finally be glam," added Perry.
April 4, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Frida and her kill
#Siamese #Snoeshoe #CatsofBluesky #Caturday
Snowshoe Siamese cat sitting on a hardwood floor in front of an empty toilet paper tube
March 29, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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The world is going to shit but it’s a beautiful spring day in Seattle today
Close up of pink magnolia tree in full bloom with blue sky in the background
March 26, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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It gives me great comfort to know there are unsung heroes in this world.
Seattle Reddit post: To my neighbor whose Tesla is covered in Kraft singles 1. I am the one who keeps doing this. 2.This is not because you own a Tesla but because of who you are as a person and the choices you have made. 3.Every time you veer out of your way to splash people while we are waiting for the bus, I will do it again. 4. You are never going to catch me. That is all. Seattle Reddit post replies: You could say that car was singled out. They’ve done well to kraft the perfect revenge. Tesla owner is going to have a melt down. Wow, that was cheesy.
March 21, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Frida surveys her kingdom (queendom?) #caturday #snoeshoecat #catsofbluesky
Snowshoe Siamese cat, gazing over her kingdom (queendom?), sitting on a fireplace mantle next to an old wooden clock.
March 16, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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As seen in my neighborhood (Seattle)
Sticker on utility box with Smokey the Bear and the words Only YOU can protect democracy
March 1, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Wake me when it’s over
#caturday #siamesecat #catsofbluesky
Siamese cat, with face buried in cushion, sleeping on a leopard print cat bed
February 22, 2025 at 9:59 PM