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Kat Farrington, Esq.

@katfarrington.bsky.social

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Law, literature, hiking, horses (and every other animal!). Queer, disabled, autistic, writer. NYC attorney for children & union officer. she/sí/ella/вона. Ukrainian. 🇺🇦

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Kat Farrington, Esq. @katfarrington.bsky.social · Apr 7

At one point, my therapist said this about my mom: "she was so accepting, and just took such joy in the person right in front of her, that she didn't need a label to explain you. She just *liked* you so much."

She really did. The loss of it will never stop hurting. 💔

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Kat Farrington, Esq. @katfarrington.bsky.social · 1h

Oh....oh no

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⚔️🦇𝔞𝔡𝔞𝔦𝔯𝔞🦇⚔️ @gloomyfae.bsky.social · 3h

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 6h

Sign that your 9YO may have two lawyers for parents:

Me: “You’re not complaining, are you?”

9YO: “No. I’m just stating my feelings in an aggravated tone!”

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Kat Farrington, Esq. @katfarrington.bsky.social · 2h

I simply don't understand why more people don't tell me how cute I am

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Stellaween? @antlervel.vet · 12h

Girl same

Hinge bio:

Monogamy
Monogamy only. I can't do math.

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Fossilized Tree Resin @jamberee13.bsky.social · 2h

You shouldn’t worry that I’m rushing out into the woods during a storm, I just need to speak to some ferns urgently

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Guggenheim Collection @guggenheim.bsky.social · 3h

Birth of the Wolves by Franz Marc, 1913
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137619

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection

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J. Stryker | Memento Mori ☠️ @easterncoyote.bsky.social · 4h

Please share a weird animal fact. Or a lesser-known animal fact.

FACT: Coyotes climb trees. (Coyote Ethos: “Never tell me the odds.”)

Your turn!

Coyote in an evergreen tree. Full story here, including more photos: https://goeddelphotography.com/blog/coyote-climbs-tree-and-steals-bobcats-duck/

Coyote in a fruit tree. 📸: Janet Kessler of coyoteyipps.com—arguably, the most fun and informative website in existence.

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Kat Farrington, Esq. @katfarrington.bsky.social · 4h

I will only be riding live wolves, as a steampunk Luddite. The mechanical ones don't love you back :(

Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 17d

Most economists agree by the time you're 50 you should have:
- a robust stock portfolio
- at least 2 enchanted swords
- a tiara of ancient goblin bones
- a secret lair in the old forest
- a steam powered mechanical wolf to ride through the old forest in style and menacing grace

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MindyGraz @melkleingraz.bsky.social · 18h

"Ideas are like fish. If you want to catch little fish, you can stay in the shallow water. But if you want to catch the big fish, you’ve got to go deeper. Down deep, the fish are more powerful and more pure. They’re huge and abstract. And they’re beautiful…"
#DavidLynch 🎬🎥💙👍

photo of David Lynch Photo by Gérard Rancinan, 2001

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piper @roodypatooti.bsky.social · Sep 4

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Kat Farrington, Esq. @katfarrington.bsky.social · 4h

I miss Ireland

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Masuke🐶+rocogirl👩 @rocogirl.bsky.social · 6h

散歩する犬🐶

Good morning! I enjoyed my walk again this morning.
It's the last day of the three-day weekend. What are you going to do for fun?

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Kat Farrington, Esq. @katfarrington.bsky.social · 7h

Say Nothing turned out to be fantastic—as expected—and I am now watching the series. Spent this whole rainy Sunday with Evie and leftover pizza. :)

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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 9h

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Sarah Archer @sarcher.bsky.social · 1d

A mesmerizing array of cookware from the November, 1970 issue of House Beautiful 🫕

Colorful pots and pans set on a black and white striped platform

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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 10h

data to worf who is holding his orange cat spot: “You must talk to him. Tell him that he is a good cat and a pretty cat.”

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Broken Frontier @brokenfrontier.bsky.social · 1d

Preview: Ladies of the Knight – Fiona Marchbank’s “Queer-Normative Historical Fantasy” Webcomic to Be Collected by Oni Press @oni-press.bsky.social in 2026. www.brokenfrontier.com/preview-ladi...

Preview: Ladies of the Knight - Fiona Marchbank's "Queer-Normative Historical Fantasy" Webcomic to Be Collected by Oni Press in 2026 – Broken Frontier

Take a look at a mega-preview of Oni Press's collection of Fiona Marchbank’s webcomic series 'Ladies of the Knight'.

www.brokenfrontier.com

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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 9h

Look, I don’t care what kind of life it’s led before I met it. All that matters to me is that it’s olive oil.

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Meanwhile in Ukraine @meanwhileua.bsky.social · 13h

The most loyal brothers-in-arms 😄💙💛

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Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 13h

Moist owlettes. 🪶

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Bird 🌲 @nepeteaa.bsky.social · 13h

common yellowthroat in the morning glories 🍁💛🪻

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 3d

What is the name of your least favorite child?

In what year did you abandon your dreams?

What is the maiden name of your father's mistress?

Nihilistic Password Security Questions

What is the name of your least favorite child? In what year did you abandon your dreams? What is the maiden name of your father’s mistress? At what...

buff.ly

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Emily L'Orange 🦆🍊 @emilylorange.bsky.social · 15h

Also from tumblr: if small talk is hard for you, normies love being told what day of the week it is. If they ask you how you are and you roll your eyes and say "oh you know, its thursday" they fucking love it and agree about the thursdayness

Chappell Ellison @chappelltracker.bsky.social · 10d

This Tumblr user summarizes something I've been feeling/doing lately. Against everything going on, it somehow feels helpful.

User homoquartz writes: as long as you smile and nod, people are satisfied. it’s just to show that you are nice and there with good intentions. we’re small in a big world and have to rely on other people to be decent to us. so we do our little human dance to each other to say, “i’m not here to hurt you. here’s something we have in common, like the weather or sports or itchy sweaters, so we both know we’re on the same team. we both agree on a basic fact, like that it is rainy or that being itchy is uncomfortable, and this proves we can get along. i’m being light-hearted and non-threatening right now."
Small talk isn't to get to know a person. It's just a greeting to affirm you're buddies in the universe. I am motivated by wanting the other person to know I am friendly, so I have gotten pretty decent at small tall when I used to hate it.

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 19h

The guiña, a small wildcat, has been moved to least concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Found only in Chile and Argentina, this small cat was previously listed as vulnerable.

But the threat downgrade isn’t a sign of conservation success, researchers say.

IUCN downgrades guiña threat status, prompting conservation warning

The guiña, a small cat species found only in Chile and northern Argentina, has just been reclassified as of least concern by the IUCN. Until recently it was listed as vulnerable to extinction.…

news.mongabay.com

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