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Beth Quitslund
@profqueue.bsky.social
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Ren/Ref English literature professor and petty bureaucrat. Likes books, bibles, cats, doggerel, shiny objects. Wife, mom, friend to humans. Low-emoji vibe. Professional DMs only.
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A plague of Asian ladybeetles. The air is full of them, and my hair is not immune, either.
Dozens of Asian ladybeetles crawling on an external window frame. Or a horror movie storyboard.
October 27, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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The stuff of nightmares
Instagram logo on screaming pink background with caption "MLA Style is now on Instagram!"
September 23, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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I'm telling you it is still a box
Grey tabby sitting on unfolded and mostly flat cardboard that had been a box.
June 19, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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So this is going well.
Demented cat standing amid sewing supplies on a length of peach colored satin and chewing on the top of a bottle of fabric glue.
June 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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On being given to understand that it is Hug Your Cat Day.
June 5, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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We got some help with the yard work.
May 21, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Fits/sits
May 16, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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May 14, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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If I die of Hanta virus, it will be because I have a rodent-hunting cat, not despite it.
May 1, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Peeps rabbits with protest signs reading "Give Peeps a chance" "Visualize world Peeps," and other blurred messages in front of a silouette of the Seattle skyline.
April 20, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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this is a Paul checkpoint, post a famous Paul or do not pass go
Marble sculpture of St Paul at the Sienna Duomo by Michelangelo (1503-4)
April 18, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Trifle thinks I should be grading.
April 9, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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NYT highlights this morning. #becarefulwhatyouwishfor
April 7, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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Athens, OH
Protestors holding signs along E State St in Athens, OH, with the photographer's head in the lower right corner of what was supposed to be a selfie.
April 5, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Why does this couch cushion have an ear
March 26, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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I am pretty sure the head-exploding quality of this is intentional. But I won't absolutely rule out stupidity.
Screenshot of headline and subhead from The Chronicle of Higher Education reading " The NIH is Canceling Grants for Research About Trans People. At least a half-dozen research grants were terminated by the NIH, which said that 'programs based on gender identity are often unscientific.'"
March 6, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Still working out the how-to-be-a-lap-cat thing.
March 4, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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And don't think I can't do the same thing to you.
March 3, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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Portrait of the artist as a little shit
March 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Untitled
Gateau, 2025

Teeth and found laptop charging cable

#catsofBluesky
March 1, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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My email
February 22, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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#Caturday
February 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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February 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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Gateau ruling over his lit de just fleece
#cats
#Blueskycats
February 13, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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You don't really mean the biscuits unless you use three legs
February 12, 2025 at 2:55 AM