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Wildwestcats
@wildwestcats.bsky.social
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Currently cat-less cat lady. Loves reading anything but especially fantasy and science fiction, into cross-stitching, playing cozy games, reading/watching about history and science, playing old arcade and pinball games.
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azbatrescue.bsky.social
Please welcome our newest bat, a big free-tailed bat (N. macrotis). She came to us from Nebraska Wildlife Rehab. They assume she was blown off course during a storm. Since they aren't found in NE, they brought her to us for release. For now we have 4 of the 5 species of free-tailed bats in AZ. 🦇
Close up of the face of a dark brown bat with large ears.
November 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
wildwestcats.bsky.social
I've been postcarding again! This was a campaign from @postcards2win.bsky.social to encourage people to vote for Aftyn Behn in Tennessee's CD 7 special election. I mailed off 100 of these postcards on Friday.

#postcards #democracy #getoutthevote
Postcards to get out the vote. On the left is a red-bordered blue postcard. At the top in white letters: On Tuesday Dec. 2. Under that the words TENNESSEE VOTES with an acoustic guitar underneath. The guitar is light brown with music notes on the body. The letters in TENNESSEE are filled with city scenes and VOTES is in light blue. At the bottom is the phrase, "Visit VotingMattersTN.org for voting info." To the left is the handwritten message that went on the postcards, "Hi (name blanked out), Your friend and family may need your reminder to vote. Please ask them to vote in the Tues Dec 2 Special Election for US Congress. Thank you! (name blanked out)" The date and which election this is for is written in green.
November 24, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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thekrakensays.bsky.social
Woke up to no deposit today. 🤬 Emailed all the people. Could be next week.

I feel cursed. Worried about not having a Thanksgiving for kid. Panicked about moving. The shakeup at ED has me shook.

Help, donate, share please:

gofund.me/405a85781

#CatsOfBluesky
A tuxedo cat is wearing a Christmas collar and looking at the camera.
November 20, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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wishesrescue.bsky.social
Can we make SIMMS go viral? This cat has SO much personality!

A cross-eyed, three-year-old, FIV+ tabby, Simms is just hanging out and waiting to go home with you! Adopt him in #Tucson.
November 19, 2025 at 3:17 AM
wildwestcats.bsky.social
Vintage postcard from postcard-from-the-past on Tumblr. Text on the bottom translates to "After you, if there's still some."

#vintage #cats
Vintage postcard with a buff background. On the left is a small black cat with a pink ribbon around its neck and green eyes. It appears to be drinking from a black plate on the floor that has something white in it. On the right is a larger black cat, also with a pink ribbon around its neck and green eyes. It's sitting and has one paw reaching towards the plate. Under the cats is a green area and in the bottom corner is the French phrase, "Après toi s'il en reste." Translation: After you, if there's still some.
November 17, 2025 at 6:38 AM
wildwestcats.bsky.social
For the past several years I've been getting a Van Cat Meow calendar. Willow's people have given up the van life and I thought that meant no more calendars. So I bought this super awesome Love Notes From Nature made by @sarahmackattack.bsky.social. But! (1/2)
2026 Love Notes from Nature calendar. Cover shows a dark lizard with yellow and white splotches sitting on top of a tan mushroom. There are 2 smaller mushrooms in the grouping with a green ground cover plant at the base and a single yellow leaf. The background is a forest with faint trees in the far background and grass and one yellow-leafed plant in the near background. 2026 Van Cat Meow calendar featuring Willow, a short-haired black cat with green eyes sitting in a field of yellow, white and purple flowers. Willow's collar is blue and there is a blue circular tag off to one side.
November 16, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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batconservation.bsky.social
Bats play an important role in many habitats around the world. www.bats.org.uk/about-bats/w...
November 15, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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thekrakensays.bsky.social
The eviction notice was taped to my door today.

I have to file an answer or pay within 7 days.

Contractors haven’t been told to go back to work yet.

Please help. Donate. And share.

We can’t be homeless. We can’t lose the pets. We are so scared.

#CatsOfBluesky

gofund.me/405a85781
Donate to Urgent Aid for Karin's Medical and Housing Needs, organized by Leslie Harris
Urgent Help for Karin and Her Son: Facing Eviction, Medical Crisis, and… Leslie Harris needs your support for Urgent Aid for Karin's Medical and Housing Needs
gofund.me
November 14, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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azbatrescue.bsky.social
BATTLE OF THE FLOOF! Who wore it best?
1. western red bat 2. hoary bat 3. silver-haired bat 4. western yellow bat 🦇

#bats #arizona #wildanimals #cuteanimals #wildlife #floof
Bat with reddish fur held in gloved hand. Fluffy bat with brown and white fur held in yellow gloved hand. Black bat with fluffy fur in white cloth. Yellow colored bat with fluffy fur on a leather glove.
November 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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azbatrescue.bsky.social
How perfect is Duchess on a scale of 100% to absolutely perfect? Duchess is a western mastiff bat, the largest bat species in the United States. 🦇

#bats #arizona #wildanimals #cuteanimals #wildlife
Brown colored bat with big ears held in a brown gloved hand with a burgundy background.
November 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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weirdmedieval.bsky.social
hey i wrote an article about folk names for birds and you should check it out!!!

open.substack.com/pub/weirdmed...
November 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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thekrakensays.bsky.social
Things were much happier last year.

Even as the shutdown ends, we’re facing eviction, medical bills and uncertainty. We need to stay housed.

Please, if you can help, donate and share.

#CatsOfBluesky #Shutdown

gofund.me/405a85781
An orange tabby cat is sitting in a cat Christmas house.
November 11, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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weratedogs.com
We only rate dogs. This is a family of Suburban Gold Fairies. It's rare for them to travel together like this. Very magical but please only send dogs. Thank you... 13/10 for all (TT: hdbrosriley)
November 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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alexsteed.bsky.social
Please share YouTube links to the most regionally specific representations of where and when you grew up. Like… local sandwich shop commercials. Footage of amateur theater productions. Hyper regional news stories. I wanna see it all.
November 8, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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weratedogs.com
This is Oakley. He has an injury that requires physical therapy and at-home massages. Luckily, his cat sibling River has been training his whole life for this. 14/10 for both
November 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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thekrakensays.bsky.social
Friends,

Pegasus Residential told me this morning that they are moving ahead with the eviction despite the government likely reopening this week, which make it nearly impossible to rent a new place.

Please help us, and Bigby and friends, stay housed.

#CatsOfBluesky

gofund.me/06a263fcf
A black and white tuxedo cat is on her back looking at the camera with a playful expression.
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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thekrakensays.bsky.social
Please consider donating. We really don’t want to Have to surrender the pets, but it looks like that could be necessary.

#CatsOfBluesky

gofund.me/0c6d0790b
A tuxedo cat is in her bed licking her paw.
November 9, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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candacerobbauthor.bsky.social
I love this. Everything about it. Way to go, Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux! (and he loves Poirot--but of course!)
alyssaharad.bsky.social Alyssa Harad @alyssaharad.bsky.social · 17d
“His mother, Félicité Garzon Delvaux, grew up in an 18th-century museum-palace, daughter of a curator and an artist — and regularly takes her son to exhibits.”

And he dresses to match his Resistance hero. Perfection.

apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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thekrakensays.bsky.social
I’ve reached out to a community group for help, and they’ve set up a GoFundMe to help avoid the eviction, pay for food and get us set in another place. As a federal contractor, it could be 30 days before they pay me after the shutdown ends. Please help if you can. Please share.

gofund.me/e63ca61e9
Donate to Urgent Aid for Karin's Medical and Housing Needs, organized by Leslie Harris
Urgent Help for Karin and Her Son: Facing Eviction, Medical Crisis, and… Leslie Harris needs your support for Urgent Aid for Karin's Medical and Housing Needs
gofund.me
November 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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drnwillburger.bsky.social
It's time for #Caturday and a timeline cleanse!

A terracotta figurine of a #cat playing the harp.

From #Egypt, #Roman period, late 1st century AD.

On display at Museum August Kestner, Hannover.

Have a lovely #weekend!

📷 me

🏺
Fragment of a yellowish-brown clay figurine depicting a cat playing a harp. The cat is upright, with detailed facial features and textured fur, holding the harp to its side. The surface shows signs of wear and age, and the piece is displayed on a clear stand.
November 8, 2025 at 8:20 AM
wildwestcats.bsky.social
I actually voted by mail a few weeks ago. Been saving my sticker that came with the ballot for today!

#voting #democracy
I Voted sticker from local county ballot. Top half shows a cartoon ballot wearing glasses and a yellow ball cap with the word BALLOT on it. His cartoon right hand is giving a thumbs up. The lower half of the sticker is dark blue with white text - I VOTED with 3 yellow stars under that and Maricopa County written along the bottom curve of the sticker.
November 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
wildwestcats.bsky.social
Happy Birthday @pbs.org! ♥️ 🎉 🎂
November 4, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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mizrobyn.bsky.social
🎶 JUST HEAR THOSE SLEIGH BELLS JINGLING RING-TING-TINGLING TOOOOO. 🎶 (Picture is from 2022 - those are then-fosters Nacho (the leaper) and Gus)
November 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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sapiens.org
From the archive. Unraveling a mystery around millennia-old goat bones, an archaeologist reflects on the harm people can cause their most cherished animals. Read more: www.sapiens.org/archaeology/...
What Ancient Goat Teeth Reveal About Animal Care
Studying millennia-old goat bones, an archaeologist reflects on the harm people can cause their most cherished animals.
www.sapiens.org
November 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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irongranny.bsky.social
October 12, 2025 at 11:36 PM