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Cindy White
@writewhite.bsky.social
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Senior Editor at the Los Angeles Zoo. Formerly: The A.V. Club, IGN, The Watercooler. WGAE, professional fan of cool stuff, mom of twins, work in progress.
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He’s the biggest tiny goofball. I love him so much. #caturday
An orange kitten sleeping on his back with all four paws splayed out in the air.
September 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Happy Caturday, or maybe I should say Kittenday?
An image of an orange kitten reaching out a paw to touch the lens of the camera taking the picture.
September 20, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Thank you all for the amazing kitten name suggestions. I didn’t expect to get so many! Arthur says hello and bless you, his Bluesky subjects. (We’re calling him Arthur because he hitchhiked a ride to my workplace and that’s how I got him.)
A tiny ginger-striped kitten being held by a young person whose face you can’t see. She is wearing a shirt with wide orange and white stripes that match his coloring. He is asleep with one paw raised in a magnanimous greeting to his Bluesky subjects.
September 16, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Hindsight! It ran for one season in VH1, of all places. Think Peggy Sue Got Married for Gen-X. Cruelly cut short after one season and left off on a cliffhanger.
A promotional poster for the VH1 series Hindsight. It shows two young women sitting on a subway. One of them is wearing a wedding dress, the other is dressed in 90s grunge style with a black leather jacket. They are both drinking through straws from fast food beverage cups.
September 14, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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Timeline cleanse. I brought home a kitten from work this week. He still doesn’t have a name. We’re taking suggestions.
A front-facing picture of a tiny orange kitten with his two tiny front paws perched on the arm of a beige armchair.
September 13, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Floating home after seeing JCS at the Hollywood Bowl. What a sublime experience. Cynthia and Adam were the standouts, obv, but Phillipa Soo and Raul Esparza also slayed. A bit annoyed they didn’t have any programs, though. Not even the expensive glossy ones.
A nighttime shot of the Hollywood Bowl all lit up from far away in the cheap seats.
August 3, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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We had a lovely trip up the coast to Monterey this past week. So lovely that I forgot to post pics. We touched grass. We touched sand. We touched purple sea anemones in the tanks at the aquarium. It was good to get away. Anyway, here are some nice shots.
A natural sand-colored rock formation surrounded by several patinated bronze statues depicting people who inspired John Steinbeck's book Cannery Row. A statue of Steinbeck himself sits atop the rock with a pen and notebook. A view of Monterey's Cannery Row from street level. The street is mostly empty but for a few parked cars and people in the distance. Above the street a covered bridge connects two buildings with a sign on it that reads "Cannery Row Company," A scenic view of a rocky shore with a brown wooden fence in the foreground. A full close-up shot of an African penguin inside the exhibit at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
August 2, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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Argh! We missed that one. But we did make it to that other notable museum in Figueres.
The exterior of the Dalí Theater-Museum in Figueres, Spain. The exterior walls of the building are painted red and dotted with golden sculptures in the shape of bread loaves. The wall in the picture ends at a cylindrical tower, and both are decorated with large white egg shapes.
August 1, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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Have you all heard about this dating sim called Date Everything? Where you can date personified household items and abstract concepts like existential dread? I swear I’m not making this up. The teens insisted we take them to a signing today to meet some of the voice actors.
A standee for Date Everything with some, characters from the game: Mac the computer, Skyler (who represents the glasses you use to make things come to life), Dorian the door, Kopi the coffee maker, and Beverly the minibar.
July 12, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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We did a walk-through preview of the new LACMA building today. No art yet but they had signs showing where some of the pieces will go. Have to say, I’m not sure about the material (oppressive grey concrete) but the design is kind of cool.
A blocky concrete structure against a blue sky background. The second floor has windows and above that is the flat, circular top that makes up the roof. A long, grey concrete structure with a solid base and a second story lined with windows. On the ground floor there is vegetation and some geometric bronze sculptures.
July 7, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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Time to repost this pic I took of The A.V. Club’s short-lived L.A. office on the day G/O Media sold the site. (I had such high hopes for better things but I was so, so wrong.)
An empty open office space with a single white square pillar in the foreground. There is a framed sign propped up on the floor against it with a list of G/O Media’s “company values.” A closeup of company values sign sitting on the floor. The words are too small to read, but it doesn’t matter because they’re all bullshit anyway. No one even bothered to hang up the sign.
July 3, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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We drove past Manzanar on our way to a wedding this weekend. The buildings and watchtower are still there. I’ve been that way before, but it hit different this time. My brother stopped to look around and found this newly posted sign, mandated by the federal government:
The text of the sign reads: Manzanar National Historic Site belongs to the American people, and the National Park Service wants your feedback. Please let us know if you have identified (1) any areas that need repair; (2) any services that need improvement; or (3) any signs or other information that are negative about either past or living Americans or that fail to emphasize the beauty, grandeur, and abundance of landscapes and other natural features.
July 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Attended a lovely destination wedding in the Eastern Sierras this weekend. Look at these gorgeous brides! One of them is my ex-sister-in-law, who will always be family to me. My brother was there with his new wife, celebrating with everyone else. Funny how things work out sometimes. ♥️🏳️‍🌈
A couple of brides walking down a grassy aisle at woodsy outdoor wedding ceremony.
June 30, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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Great crowd. We had a big group and somehow managed to stay together, but it wasn't easy!
A crowd of protesters with anti-Trump signs. One protester holds up a mylar balloon in the shape of an ugly orange baby with straw-colored hair wearing a diaper.
June 15, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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There were probably more people at the Armed Forces Day parade a month ago than there were in DC today.
A crowd of protesters with anti-Trump signs. One protester holds up a mylar balloon in the shape of an ugly orange baby with straw-colored hair wearing a diaper.
June 15, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Great turnout for the protest in my normally quiet little LA suburb. There was music, dancing, chanting, costumes, and lots of really good signs. Very fun vibes. This lady was carrying a torch with bubbles coming out of it and me my kid hold it.
A woman a the City of Torrance protest dressed as the Statue of Liberty holding a tablet that reads “I said what I said.” Her other arm is joyfully raises in the air. She has sunglasses and a huge, open-mouthed smile.
June 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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I showed my 14-year-olds some Schoolhouse Rock and they became obsessed. One of them drew this poster for the protest today.
A sign up against a door with the words “NO MORE KINGS” and a picture of King George from the Schoolhouse Rock short, recolored with orange skin.
June 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Save this one for the headline museum.
“Another act of vandalism in downtown L.A. as Robert O’Hara defaces Hamlet at the Taper”
June 7, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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If there ever were a "watching for the plot" show for me it's Dept. Q on Netflix.

The plot:
A split-screen image of Matthew Goode as DCI Carl Morck in Dept. Q. On the left is a three-quarter image of him holding a jacket and looking scruffy and angry. On the right is a closeup of him, still looking scruffy and angry, but also really hot.
May 30, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Now that the embargo is up I can say that this was about Murderbot, which I thoroughly enjoyed (in a different way than I enjoyed the books, because they are not the same thing). I wrote up a brief rec here: watercoolerhq.co/watercooler-...
Alexander Skarsgård as Murderbot in a scene from Murderbot. He is dressed in high tech sci-fi armor facing the wall of a ship, leaning his forehead against it.
May 17, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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Can’t afford to go out to eat, so it’s a beach picnic with homemade sandwiches day. Which is way better anyway.
A pair of back flip flops on a sandy beach in front of the edge of a blue and lime green beach towel in the foreground.
May 11, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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Look at this shirt the kids gave me today! 😍 With handmade cards, no less. Sorry to the other moms, but I’ve won Mother’s Day.
A black T-shirt with a green and white sci-fi design showing a dotted line representing moon’s orbit around a graduated green orb with a silhouette of a futuristic city rising from it. In white letters it reads “The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon,” a fictional serial from the Murderbot book series by Martha Wells.
May 11, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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I was catching up on Daredevil: Born Again and look who popped up in the most recent episode! It's The Pitt's Nurse Dana (Katherine LaNasa), all dolled up and lookin' fancy (no black eyes in sight).
In a still from a recent episode of Daredevil: Born Again, actress Katherine LaNassa looks very glamorous in a white cocktail gown, holding a glass of champaign at a black-tie event.
April 11, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Saaaaame. Here’s Howard. He hasn’t had a rough week, he just looks like that in solidarity.
A grey and white chihuahua resting with his head down on a tiger print blanket.
April 11, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Looks like a big middle finger. Don’t know who it’s for, though.
A screenshot of the Dow Jones on April 7. The red line starts low, goes sharply up, then falls back down again, in a configuration Tesla drivers may find familiar.
April 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM