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Kat Beaufort

@onbearfeet.bsky.social

830 followers 200 following 4.2K posts

Writer, teacher, weirdo. Queer as hell. Chaotic good. May or may not have an army of ninja bears at my back. Aware of the fascism, but trying to post things worth fighting for. She/her. patreon.com/user?u=34623230

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Kat Beaufort @onbearfeet.bsky.social · Feb 26

Welp, guess I need a pinned post. I write stuff, I have a Patreon, I edit freelance, and here's the thread about the time I started an antifascist hallway riot in the third grade. Raise a jelly nougat to Granddad!

Kat Beaufort @onbearfeet.bsky.social · Feb 16

Okay, so at the request of the lovely @trance.bsky.social , I'm going to tell a story about what happens when a shitty person is "just joking", and then discovers there are consequences.

AKA That Time Kat Started An Antifascist Hallway Riot In The Third Grade.

Grab your beverage of choice.

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Kurt Busiek @kurtbusiek.bsky.social · 2h

Well, I doubt Neil’s going to be any help here, or that he would be even if he were to try, what with his current, eh, reputational irregularities.

Still, Whovians might be interested nonetheless.

Gary Dorr - TARDIS Cabinets @tardiscabinets.bsky.social · 11h

@neilhimself.neilgaiman.com
Hello Mr. Gaiman,
You may remember me, I am the cabinet maker who built the "221b Baker Street TARDIS" for you.
I could use your help.
I lost my workshop in Wales. If you could share this fundraiser, it would mean the world to me.
gofund.me/f3d48fa2f
Gary

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RainSurname @rainsurname.bsky.social · 9h

I only got Halloween decorations because Harpo liked them so much. #CatsOfBluesky
youtube.com/shorts/jpoQL...

Harpo Halloween Extravaganza

YouTube video by Rain Surname

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Nicole aka Nimasprout @nimasprout.bsky.social · 9h

Saw a v good therapy rabbit today name Mopsy and she was LARGE.

Brown and white long eared rabbit in blanket

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Kat Beaufort @onbearfeet.bsky.social · 7h

This is amazing and everyone should see it

Gare Davis @bishonentype.bsky.social · 10h

I see no point in living if I can't be beautiful

Kat Beaufort @onbearfeet.bsky.social · 12h

*bear hugs*

Kat Beaufort @onbearfeet.bsky.social · 1d

Oooooo. I can't do inflatables, but I bet I could throw together a pretty good smilodon cosplay ...

Kat Beaufort @onbearfeet.bsky.social · 1d

*gentle head pats, with occasional scritchies*

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Matt Baldwin @thisbrokenwheel.bsky.social · 1d

Reading this anecdote and begging, BEGGING people who are not in creative fields to wrap their brains around the fact that figuring one's way through those stuck transitions *IS THE FUN PART*.

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 2d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Christina Orlando @cxorlando.bsky.social · 1d

feed me your booooooooooks

Christina Orlando @cxorlando.bsky.social · Aug 1

I don't know how it got to be the end of summer but...

Hi! I'm the book content editor for Reactor Mag and I'm looking for 2026 sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and crossover speculative books! If you've got an adult or YA SFFH book publishing next year please share the link/info here!

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 1d

Important medieval content

McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 1d

"When they fought, the Vikings fought hahd! N’ some’ah the ones that got the most famous fahr fightin’ the fuckin’ hahdest were the Varangians who fought in Constantinople befoh r’it turned intah a Turkish caliphate ah whatevah." #LeifEriksonDay

A Short History of the Varangian Guard for Bostonians

Art by Matt Smith - - -Now, evuhryone knows that the Vikings were some sehriously hahdco’ah fuckin’ fightahs. ’Cept most’ah ’em actually didn’t go...

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Kat Beaufort @onbearfeet.bsky.social · 1d

It's critical! And apparently not common! I've had to repeatedly explain to people that it's easier for everyone if they just tell me what they want changed in a piece bc I'll probably do 95% of it without so much as a follow-up question. It's the one thing I DON'T have an anxiety disorder about!

Kat Beaufort @onbearfeet.bsky.social · 1d

Supply and demand at work.

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Rex LeBeau @ladyrexlebeau.bsky.social · 2d

This is my cat Gambit making auditioning for a bakery and he is great and thinks you’re great too!

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 2d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Kat Beaufort @onbearfeet.bsky.social · 2d

Idk whether it's quite as spectacular, but it's my understanding that a horse with certain untreated medical conditions (mostly forms of colic) can experience "gastric rupture", which appears to be veterinaryspeak for "guts explode".

Kat Beaufort @onbearfeet.bsky.social · 2d

If I ever win a big award for anything, expect me to either react like this or hide behind the nearest piece of furniture.

Nicholas Whyte @nwhyte.bsky.social · 2d

Dr Ramsdell, whose phone had been on airplane mode, told the BBC's Newshour Programme that his first response when his wife said, "You've won the Nobel prize" was: "I did not."

To which Ms O'Neill replied that she had 200 text messages that suggested he had.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Scientist on three-week off-grid hike finds out he's won the Nobel prize

Dr Fred Ramsdell was "living his best life" offline when the Nobel committee tried to contact him.

www.bbc.com

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Kat Beaufort @onbearfeet.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah. I spent two years in grad school learning (among other things) how to handle criticism of my writing like an adult professional. It's a skill! People should learn it like one!

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Kat Beaufort @onbearfeet.bsky.social · 2d

Right? Otherwise it's like getting mad at someone for discreetly telling you your zipper is down.

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TrustedReveler @trustedreveler.bsky.social · 3d

LA: we will fight you.

Chicago: we will fight you.

PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

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Kat Beaufort @onbearfeet.bsky.social · 2d

Yes! I can also do gratitude bread and gratitude cookies, but gratitude scones have the best gluten-free option!

Kat Beaufort @onbearfeet.bsky.social · 2d

Ye gods, that's insane. I've only rarely been fortunate enough to have professional editors/fact-checkers at my disposal (other than myself, which does NOT count when it's my writing), and my reaction has generally been "Please save me from myself and let me bake you gratitude scones after".

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Kat Beaufort @onbearfeet.bsky.social · 2d

If we share an HMO, I will happily give you the number of the therapist I see, who left that HMO and now has a sliding fee scale. She lives in New York state, but she's great on Zoom and GOD does she understand weird nerds well.

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Kat Beaufort @onbearfeet.bsky.social · 2d

I haven't hyped it (or posted) in a hot minute, but I'm currently revamping it to be a mix of my writing (fiction and nonfiction), my visual art, and photos of my textile stuff like quilts and bears. There's a link in my bio.

Kat Beaufort @onbearfeet.bsky.social · 3d

Working on building up a bunch of new content for my Patreon. First thing I wrote was a Granddad story. Shocking, I know.

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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 4d

GNU Jilly Cooper. Jilly and dad were friends and the only person I’ve known to call him ‘Tel’. Hope they’re both having a big drink somewhere.

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